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Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac eraill, Seu Leges Wallicae ecclesiasticae & civiles Hoeli Bonï et aliorum Walliae principum ; quas ex variis codicibus manuscriptis eruit, interpretatione Latina, notis & glossario illustravit Guilielmus Wottonus,
by WOTTONUS Gulielmus [Wotton William] 1666-1727
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Londini: : Gulielmi Bowyer, 1730. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. A Very Good example of this Key Work First edition, small elephant folio, in contemporary half calf over green marbled boards, corners & edges rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to black calf label, joints cracked. Internally, [2] ms notes, [6], [4] subscribers list, (xxviii), [4], [3], 4-586 pp, [20] index, numerous decorative initial letters & some large headers, title page in red and black, dedication signed: Gulielmus Clarke (the editor). Pp. [551]-586: 'Glossarium vocum forensium quae in legibus Hoelianis occurunt' compiled by William Wotton. Parallel Welsh and Latin texts, bookplate to fpd (Ricardi Bagot, Bath & Wellen Episcopi). (Folio, 396*248 mm). (ESTC T63960. Bowyer Ledgers 1549). 1 leaf of ms text in an old hand about Mr Ward's objections on ffep. Of an edition of 564 copies, four were printed on super, 160 on royal and 400 on derry paper. The deputy editor, through whom the book may well have come into the library, was Moses Williams. Wotton, a linguist and theologian was supposedly able to read Latin, Greek and Hebrew verses when aged 5, and later on in life to avoid his creditors he lived under an assumed name. See ODNB. Title continues: S.T.P. ; adjuvante Mose Guilielmio, A.M.R.S. Soc. qui & appendicem adjecit.
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- Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac eraill, Seu Leges Wallicae ecclesiasticae & civiles Hoeli Bonï et aliorum Walliae principum ; quas ex variis codicibus manuscriptis eruit, interpretatione Latina, notis & glossario illustravit Guilielmus Wottonus,
- Author
- WOTTONUS Gulielmus [Wotton William] 1666-1727
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- Gulielmi Bowyer
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- Date Published
- 1730
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- Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" t
- Weight
- 6.83 lbs
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- law legal Wales Welsh Latin
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