 | Earl George John Spencer Spencer, Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Incunabula - 1815 - 740 pages
...it; both of which authorities, in the present instance, are bufficiently meagre and uninstnictive. To the antiquary, or historian, few books are more...those which contain the first printed promulgation oflaws and customs ; and it is only by the possession of such volumes as the present, that the topographer... | |
 | thomas thorpe - 1839 - 1352 pages
...l'ait regardé comme un des objets les plus remaiijuables de sa riche bibliothèque.'' — Brunei. " To the antiquary or historian few books are more deserving of a cartful F* г isal thau those which contain the first printed promulgation of laws and cnston», and... | |
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Tew books are more deserving of a careful perusal than those which contain the first printed promulgation of laws and customs, and it is only by the possession of such volumes as the present, that the topographer can fully describe the earliest institutes... 