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The Compleat Parish-Officer..
by [JACOB, Giles]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
[London] In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling...for Bernard Lintot...and W. Mears, 1720. [4], 138pp, [10]. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep. Rubbed and marked, some scoring to boards, lower joint split. Pastedowns sprung, without fly-leaves, minute worm-track to foot of text-block, early inked ownership inscriptions of William Kinsey and Thomas Kinsey to FEP and head of title respectively. An early revised and extended edition of a vade mecum designed to assist parish administrators in their interpretation and enforcement of increasingly complex laws surrounding social reform, including the Poor Law Act of 1601 and its numerous amendments, the duties of constables and highway surveyors, and the statutes relating to hackney coaches. First published in 1718, the work is commonly attributed to legal writer Giles Jacob (bap. 1686, d. 1744), author of The Compleat Court-Keeper (1713) ESTC N4920.. Second edition. 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ17466
- Title
- The Compleat Parish-Officer..
- Author
- [JACOB, Giles]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Second edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling...for Bernard Lintot...and W. Mears
- Place of Publication
- [London] In the Savoy
- Date Published
- 1720
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- Government
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Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
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We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Wareham, Dorset
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