The Repertorie of Records Tapa dura - 1971

Amsterdam: Da Capo Press / Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. 9022102912 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, light sun, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1631 edition, London: Printed by B Alsop and T Favvcet for B Fisher. STC 194. "The attorney Thomas Powell’s Direction for the Search of Records Remaining in the Chancerie (1622) was also motivated by the growing number and complexity of legal suits, which ‘for want of their proper records’ led to great expense and protraction. Powell’s work relied on the substantive and authoritative cataloguing undertaken by Arthur Agard (1540–1615). Agard, who trained in common law, served as Deputy Chamberlain of the Exchequer for more than forty years, and as such became the keeper of the records of the four treasuries; he was also an active member of the Elizabethan Society of Antiquaries. Agard produced a number of inventories of the holdings… Leer más