Research Catalog

Title

Lex terrae : a discussion of the law of England regarding claims of inheritable rights of peerage.

Author

Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837.

Publication

Geneva : Printed by William Fick, 1831.

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Details

Additional Authors

Fick, William.

Description

[4], 384 p.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Nobility > Great Britain
• Peerage claims

Note

• "100 copies only." (From t.p.)
• Attributed to Egerton Brydges. Cf. DNB.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Brydges/Lex terrae) 1831

OCLC

NYPG03-B4147

Author

Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837.

Title

Lex terrae : a discussion of the law of England regarding claims of inheritable rights of peerage.

Imprint

Geneva : Printed by William Fick, 1831.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Apparently a proof copy: pages [1]-[16] printed on thin proof paper; corrections in ink in Brydge's hand. (From bookseller's enclosed description)

Provenance: Stacey Grimaldi (inscription on half-title; note on verso of front free endpaper: "Stacey Grimaldi F.S.A. 1831 / Given to me by Sir Egerton Brydges Bt. the Author"); Michael Sadleir; Anne Renier and F.G. Renier (bookplates).

Binding: Later half dark green morocco, marbled boards.

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Added Author

Fick, William. Publisher

Grimaldi, Stacey, 1790-1836. Former owner

Sadleir, Michael, 1888-1957. Former owner

Renier, Anne, 1910-1988, former owner.

Renier, Fernand Gabriel, 1905-1988, former owner.

Research Call Number

Pforz (Brydges/Lex terrae) 1831