first edition
1630
by DODDRIDGE John
1630. First Edition. (WALES) DODDRIDGE, John. The History of the Ancient and Moderne Estate of the Principality of Wales, Duchy of Cornewall, and Earldome of Chester
London: Printed by Tho. Harper, for Godfrey Emondson, and Thomas Alchorne, 1630. Small quarto, modern three-quarter brown calf, raised bands, gilt spine, marbled boards. $1500.First edition of this posthumously published political and fiscal history of Wales, Cornwall and Chester, derived from records held at the Tower of London, handsomely bound.Sir John Doddridge (1555-1628) was a member of the Society of Antiquaries and justice of the king's bench. ""In this treatise Sir John, with a (truncated)