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Title

The

Common Law of KENT ;

or,

The Customs of

GAVELKIND

with

An Appendix

concerning

Borough English

by Thomas ROBINSON

of Lincoln’s Inn Esq.

The Third Edition

With Notes

and References to Modern Authorities and Determination

and

A Copious Index;

by John Wilson, Esq.

of Lincoln's Inn.

[Third Edition – Half Leather Binding]

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Author

Thomas ROBINSON

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Year of Publication

1822

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Publisher

London: Printed for A Strahan.

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For full description see below - after all photographs

 

Description:

London: Printed for A Strahan, 1822, Third Edition.

Half leather binding, five raised bands, gilt fillets, new end papers. Moderate toning to interior, light toning to title page and a few other places.

Gavelkind was a system of land tenure chiefly associated with the Celtic law in Ireland and Wales and with the legal traditions of the English county of Kent.

The word may have originated from the Old Irish phrases Gabhaltas-cinne or Gavail-kinne, which meant "family settlement" (Modern Gaelic gabhail-cine). The term came to describe all tenure and inheritance practices where land was divided equally among sons or other heirs.

The first edition was published in 1741.

xxi, [i], 421, [3]pp Adverts.

Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates.

Approximately 9 ¼ inches tall.

 

Condition Report

Externally

• Spine – very good condition – gilt titles, five raised bands, gilt filets to the bands.
• Joints – very good condition.
• Corners – very good condition.
• Boards – very good condition.
• Page edges – good condition – all tanned and untrimmed.
• See above and photos.

Internally

• Hinges – very good condition – sound.
• Paste downs – good condition – new.
• End papers – good condition – new.
• Title – good condition – tanned and foxed.
• Pages – good condition – tanned throughout.
• Binding – good condition.
• See photos.

Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1822
Binding: Hardback

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