A Key to Domesday, Showing the Method and Exactitude of Its Mensuration and the Precise Meaning of Its more Usual Formulae The Subject being Specially Exemplified by an Analysis and Digest of the Dorset Survey

First edition of this reference to the Domesday Book in consideration of the Dorset Survey. A work by R. W. Eyton useful to help ascertain the Domesday antecedent of every locality in Dorset; distinguish and compare the various classes property was divided (borough, port of commerce, manor, farm .); show the areal extent of such estates; determine the wealth of each estate. Sharing topographical and historical information on Dorset.The first edition of this work. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally generally smart with minor shelf wear, spine bumped and lightly chipped to head and tail, minor mark to front board. Previous ownership pencil inscription to front pastedown, undated. Front hinges only slightly strained, holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good.