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[MADOX, THOMAS.] The History and Antiquities of the Exchequer of the Kings of England. [6], xvii, 752, xii, 75, [7] pages. Folio, contemporary

[MADOX, THOMAS.] The History and Antiquities of the Exchequer of the Kings of England. [6], xvii, 752, xii, 75, [7] pages. Folio, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip with 19th-century morocco lettering piece added; occasional light marginal dampstaining. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Parker of the Inner Temple, Esq. London: John Matthews for Robert Knaplock, 1711

  • Notes: first edition of a landmark history of the Royal Exchequer and medieval English taxation. "After two centuries Madox's great work still serves a double purpose: it is the history of constitutional institutions and it is also an apparatus towards a history of the ancient Common Law"--NYU/Marke, page 38. Kress 2726; Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, page 38 (for Madox's account of the Exchequer of the Jews on pages 150-78).

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