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Book Condition: Used Binding Copy
Seller: Quaint Book Shop, IOBA

United States
About Item: Printed for John Billinger ... and Geo. Dawes, London, 1675. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Binding Copy. Book In his preface, Brydall writes that he has written this work now that the High Court of Chivalry has reopened. The court, which rules on whether or not individuals are in line for a title, had been dissolved by the Long Parliament in 1640. Brydall works through the various ranks of nobility and gentry, explaining their origins and rules of hereditary and dealing with such topics as the exemption of a Peer from arrest, the degradation of a Peer for poverty and the “Small or Little Diversity betwixt a Squire and a Gentleman.” WorldCat shows 37 holdings under four separate OCLC numbers: 9623922 (31 holdings), 228675088 (3 holdings), 1015527214 (2 holdings) and 457178124 (1 holding). Size: 6"-7" - Sextodecimo (16mo). Item Type: Book. The paper is tanned from age, but still supple. There is some soiling along the side page edges and some spots throughout. A couple of leaves (pp.… Read More
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