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Halifax, and it's gibbet-law Placed in a true Light. Together With a Description of the town, the Nature of the Soil, the Temper and Disposition of the people, the Antiquity of its Customary Law, and the Reasonableness thereof...To which are added, The Unparallel'd Tragedies committed by Sir John Eland, of Eland, and his Grand Antagonists
by [BENTLEY, William]
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Halifax: Printed by P. Darby, for John Bentley, [1761]. [4], 95pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. With a divisional title-page dated 1761: 'Revenge upon Revenge: or, an Historical Narrative of the Tragical Practices of Sir John Eland, of Eland...' Contemporary blind-ruled sheep, the slightest of rubbing to extremities. Pastedowns sprung, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to verso of upper board, very slight paper flaw to text of verso of leaf N1 (p.70) - without loss, foxed. A crisp copy, preserved in the original sheep, of the third edition of William Bentley's history of the Yorkshire town of Halifax (first printed 1708), paying particular attention in the second chapter to their specific Gibbet-Law. An early form of guillotine, the Halifax Gibbet, which was used to execute local thieves, and terrify les autres, is defended vigorously and depicted on the frontispiece. ESTC T33073.. Third edition. 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ14814
- Title
- Halifax, and it's gibbet-law Placed in a true Light. Together With a Description of the town, the Nature of the Soil, the Temper and Disposition of the people, the Antiquity of its Customary Law, and the Reasonableness thereof...To which are added, The Unparallel'd Tragedies committed by Sir John Eland, of Eland, and his Grand Antagonists
- Author
- [BENTLEY, William]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- Printed by P. Darby, for John Bentley
- Place of Publication
- Halifax
- Date Published
- [1761]
- Keywords
- History
- Size
- 12mo
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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.
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.
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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.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- Foxed
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- 12mo
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