The Common Law of KENT : or, the Customs of Gavelkind, with an Appendix concerning Borough = English by Thomas ROBINSON of Lincoln’s Inn Esq. [FIRST Edition – Full Leather Binding]

London: London: In the Savoy: printed by R. and B. Nutt, and F. Gosling, (assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for F. Cogan, 1741, FIRST Edition. Full leather binding, new spine to older boards, five raised bands, gilt fillets and red leather label to spine, stamped and inscribed end papers. Moderate toning to interior, light toning to title page and a few other places. Stamps to the page edges and underlining and marginalia to the text and margin. 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 published in 1741. xxiii, [i], 300, [16]pp Appendix of Borough English. Provenance: name J Hade Duther inscribed to the paste down, stamp for William Dawes to the paste down and end paper, 2 ink inscriptions to the top of the title page. Approximately 8 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine – good condition – gilt titles, five raised bands, gilt filets to the bands. Joints – good condition – repaired. Corners – good condition – bumped and worn. Boards – good condition – older leather boards. Page edges – good condition – all tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges – good condition – repaired. Paste downs – good condition – inscriptions and stamp. End papers – good condition – inscribed and stamped. Title – good condition – tanned, ink previous owner’s name to the top. Pages – good condition – tanned throughout, marginalia and underlining sporadically throughout. Binding – good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1741 Binding: Hardback.…