first publish’d by the present Lord Bishop of Lincoln, in the year 1695, together with the life of the author, now revised
by his Lordship. To which are added, two more treatises of Sir Henry Spelman, never before printed: one, of the admiral-jurisdiction, and the officers thereof: the other, of antient deeds and charters.
With a compleat index to the whole.
London: printed for
D. Browne, sen. & jun.
W. Mears,
F. Clay, and
Fletcher Gyles.
mdccxxiii
. [1723.]
AC6 .S6
Folio. 2 parts in 1, 198 and 148 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, 2 folded sheets, one with the genealogical tree of the Spelman, the other of the Lestrange family, general title printed in red and black, separate title for the Reliquiae Spelmannianæ,
with separate signatures and pagination.
Lowndes V, 2473.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 25, 76.
Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
Sir Henry Spelman, 1564?-1641. This is the
first edition of his collected works, and contains the life of the author by Edmund Gibson. The list of subscribers at the beginning includes the name of Narcissus Luttrell. Other works by Spelman appear in this
catalogue.
[2721]
J. 166
Madox’s firma burgi.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 419, as above, reading
Firmi.
MADOX,
Thomas.
Firma burgi, or an historical essay concerning the cities towns and buroughs of England. Taken from records. By Thomas Madox Esquire, his Majesties historiographer.
London, printed by
William Bowyer; and sold by
Robert Gosling.
mdccxxvi
. [1726.]
JS3041 .M2
First Edition. Folio. 160 leaves collating in twos, engraved emblematic device of London and York by J. Clark on the title-page, engraved head and tail pieces, historiated initials, some signed by Vertue after Grisoni and by J. Clark; text in long lines above the notes in double columns.
Lowndes III, 1448.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 872.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 260, 10.
Rebound in half morocco in 1903 by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
Thomas Madox, 1666-1727, English legal antiquary and Historiographer Royal, made his historical researches under the patronage of Lord
Somers. According to the
Dictionary of National Biography
there was an earlier edition of 1722 but no trace of such an edition has been found. Other works by Madox appear in this
catalogue.
[2722]
J. 167
Rushworth’s collection.
8. v.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 423, as above.
RUSHWORTH,
John.
Historical collections of private passages of state, weighty matters in law . . . beginning the sixteenth year of King James,
anno 1618 . . . [--to the death of King Charles the First 1648] by John Rushworth [late] of Lincolns-Inn, Esq . . . Vol. I.-Vol. VII.--The tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . . . Vol. VIII.
London: printed for
D. Browne,
J. Walthoe [and others]
mdccxxi-mdccxxii
. [1721-1722]
DA385 .R96
