Lot 241 , Somner, William - A Treatise of Gavelkind, both Name and Thing....2nd edition. corrected from the many errors of the former impression. To which is added, the Life of the Author....frontispiece, head and tailpiece decora

° Somner, William - A Treatise of Gavelkind, both Name and Thing....2nd edition. corrected from the many errors of the former impression. To which is added, the Life of the Author....frontispiece, head and tailpiece decorations; contemp. blind decorated calf (sometime rebacked), 4to. 1726; Robinson, Thomas - The Common Law of Kent: or, the Customs of Gavelkind. With an Appendix concerning Borough-English. contemp. calf (sometime rebacked with gilt panelled spine and maroon label. 1741; Sandys, Charles-Consuetudines Kanciae. A History of Gavelkind and other Remarkable Customs in the County of Kent. 3 folded facsimiles and a folded table, subscriber's list; original blind decorated cloth (sometime rebacked with gilt panelled morocco). 1851; together with another volume on this subject; sold together with Halliwell, James Orchard - A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Archaic Customs ... 2 vols, 20th cent. gilt-ruled polished calf, gilt extra panelled spine, ge. and turn-ins. 1847; also Statues of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. engraved illus. (title and another), old calf. reprinted 1812
£80-120

Condition:
Somner - some bndg. wear, title soiled, little text spotting (mostly good); The Life by White Kennett. (13), 136, (4), 216, (98) pp.; Robinson - reasonably good, old ownership at front and lawyer's indelible stamp, another old ownership on title. xxiv, 300, (15)pp.; Sandys - the table totally darkened and heavily spotted (as often). xvi, 352pp. (incl. half title) and 2 cats. (24)pp. of John Russell Smith; 4th vol. - 3rd edition (with notes by John Wilson) of Robinson, 1822; later 19th cent. half morocco and marbled bds. xxxii, 421pp. and 3 advt. pages, pencilled notes and scoring (mostly 1 page) Halliwell - good set, iii-xxxvi, 480 & (2), 482-960pp; Bath - upper joint cracked, few text marks, affixed end blanks is a ribboned seal (damaged) of Francis Townsend ... 'deputy Bath King of Arms' (& Windsor Herald); some irregular pagination, but VIII, 77pp.

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