First edition, one of just 563 copies.
 
Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled paper covered boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration, and morocco title label lettered gilt to the spine. A near fine copy, tall and untrimmed.
 
A tall and untrimmed copy of Wilkins’ scarce and important work on Anglo-Saxon law.
 
A scholar and a linguist, Wilkins compiled the present edition of writings on Anglo-Saxon law while librarian at Lambeth Palace.