This important reference work records the benefices of the Church of England together with details relating to the payment of First Fruits and Tenths, taxes historically levied on ecclesiastical livings. It remains an invaluable source for historians, genealogists, church historians, and collectors of Anglican and antiquarian works.

Presented in an attractive full leather fine binding with pleasing period character. A substantial and increasingly sought-after reference work from the reign of King George I, providing a valuable snapshot of the established Church in the early Georgian period.

Details

• Full leather fine binding
• Gilt-lettering to spine on handsome label
• Spine richly adorned with gilt
• Gilt frame decoration to boards
• Headpiece and tailpieces
• Appendix: Some things necessary to be observed and performed by a Clergyman upon his Admission to any Benefice.
• pp: [8] [16] 1 - 444 plus An Index of the Dioceses, Counties and Deanries Contained in this Book
• Size: 210mm x 132mm x 30mm
• Weight: 650g
• Printed: 1723

Condition

A handsome fine binding; gilt remains bright, decoration attractive; a few small marks to boards; small leather loss to lower spine; binding sound; leaves secure; leaves age-goldening / browning with sporadic spotting and notation in old ink throughout including the odd ink stain. A working copy

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A desirable antiquarian volume, ideal for collectors of ecclesiastical history, English topography, genealogy, and early eighteenth-century printing.