AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES, DUTCHY OF CORNWAL, AND EARLDOM OF CHESTER. COLLECTERD OUT OF THE RECORDS OF THE TOWER OF LONDON, AND DIVERS ANCIENT AUTHORS. THE SECOND EDITION; The Second Edition: To which is added his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's Patent both in Latin and English; also an Account of his Dignity, Privileges, Arms, Rank and Titles, and of his Sons and Daughters

Dodridge, John (Sir, Knight)

Published by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, London, England, 1714

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Small Octavo. 7 3/4 in. x 4 3/4 in. Quarter-bound worn calf (spine only) over paper-over-boards, decorated with red, blue, and yellow non-pareil marbling. Five raised bands to spine with gilt-lettered titling on contrasting leather label. NOTE: Both front and rear board detached, scuffing to boards, rubbing to extremities. Front pastedown endpaper bears a bookplate with (one of the four) Lyttleton (Littleton) family crests -- this one, of Rev. Charles Lyttelton, LLD. It bears the motto "Ung Dieu . Ung Roy" (One God. One King). This motto was originally a war cry. Lays out the provinces and principalities of Wales: Venedotia or North-Wales; Dometia (South-Wales); and Powisia (Powisland), each of these Provinces again subdivided into Cantreds, and every Cantred into Comots, after which "The whole Country is now allotted into Shires, which are thirteen in Number."Following this are History, Manner of Government, Tax Fees, including Cornwall and Chester. Pages bright, supple and quite easily turned. 147 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES, DUTCHY OF CORNWAL, AND EARLDOM OF CHESTER. COLLECTERD OUT OF THE RECORDS OF THE TOWER OF LONDON, AND DIVERS ANCIENT AUTHORS. THE SECOND EDITION; The Second Edition: To which is added his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's Patent both in Latin and English; also an Account of his Dignity, Privileges, Arms, Rank and Titles, and of his Sons and Daughters
• Publisher: J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, London, England
• Publication Date: 1714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Condition: Boards Poor; Interior Good.