The English Works of Sir Henry Spelman, Kt. Publish'd in His Life-time; Together with Posthumous Works Relating to the Antiquities of England First Publish'd by the Present Lord Bishop of Lincoln, in the Year 1695, Together with the Life of the Author

1723: Printed for D.Browne, Sen. & Jun., W. Mears, F. Clay and Fletcher Gyles "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." Published by Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London according to Enc. Brit. (1911), Printed in two parts with a List of Subscribers and cost of purchase [2], The Life of Sir Henry Spelman [unpaginated, 16, with folding genealogical table], Contents of First Part [2], A Catalogue of Authors cited in this First Part [2]. De Non Temerandis Ecclesiis: Churches not to be Violated (7th edition) Preface i-xxvi, Text of De Non Temerandis 1-30, The Apology 31-38; The larger Treatise Concerning Tythes [39-49 printed on heading] l-lxv, 67-172; De Sepultura [173-190]; Villare Anglicum or a View of the Towns of England, 191-194 and 131 pp (unpaginated 3 columns per page- a gazetteer of English towns and villages); "Part II, Reliquiae Spelmannianae. The Posthumous works of Sir Henry Spelman Kt, Relating to the Laws and Antiquities of England, publish'd from the Original Manuscripts", (London 1723), Dedication [2]. The Preface [8], The Contents of the Second Part [4], pp.1-46, Feuds and Tenures by Knight-Sevice in England; pp. 47-65, Two Discourses, I, Of the Ancient Government of England, II, Of Parliaments; pp. 68-104, The original of the Four terms of the Year; pp. 105-132, A Short Aplogy for Archbishop Abbot and Treatise of the Original of Testaments and Wills; pp.133-162, Icenia sive Norfolciae Descriptio Topographica; pp.163-186 Comites Marescalli Angliae et de Milite Dissertatio; pp. 187-200, Historia Familiae de Sharnburn, with folding genealogical table; pp. 201-214, A Dialogue concerning the Coin of the Kingdom, A Catalogue of the Places of Dwellings of the Archbishops and Bishops of this Realm; pp. 213-256, Two Discourses, I,Of the Admiral-Jurisdiction and the Officers thereof, II, Of Ancient Deeds and Charters; Index (to Parts I and II), [20, unpaginated], Catalogue of Authors cited in the Second Part [3, unpaginated], errata [1]. Contemporary full calf with compartmented spine, gilt rulings to both covers, red leather label with gilt title (a replacement?]. Leather of front hinge worn through but still well attached, finish of leather degraded. Ownership inscription of Fra. Theobald 1730 and H. Marriott on fpd, ffep all but detatched, LACKING ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of Spelman as listed in STC.. First. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.