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Item #74898 Jus Sigilli, Or, The Law of England, Touching His Majesties Four. John Brydall.
Jus Sigilli, Or, The Law of England, Touching His Majesties Four...

Jus Sigilli, Or, The Law of England, Touching His Majesties Four...

"His Majesties Four Principal Seales" [Brydall, John (b. 1635?)]. Jus Sigilli: Or, The Law of England, Touching His Majesties Four Principal Seales, Viz. The Great Seale, The Privie Seale, The Exchequer Seale, And the Signet. Also of Those Grand Officers, to Whose Custody These Seales are Committed. London: Printed by E. Flesher, For Thomas Dring, 1673. [iv], 129, [15] pp. Includes 9 pp. publisher catalogue. 12mo. (4-3/4" x 2-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing and some minor scuffs, scratches and soiling to boards, which are separating at ends but secured by cords, moderate rubbing to extremities, chipping to spine ends, corners lightly bumped and worn, faint offsetting to endpapers. Light toning to interior, very light foxing and soiling to a few pages. $650. * Only edition. Jus Sigilli is a detailed description of the four principal seals of England. The Great or Broad Seal is used by the Lord Chancellor to denote the approval and authority of the king. Charters, commissions, or grants from the king must have the mark of the Great Seal in order to carry any authority. The Privy or Little Seal, the monarch's personal seal, was used by the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seale to authorize the use of the Great Seal on important documents, or as an authorization on documents of lesser importance. The Exchequer Great Seal is the seal used by The Court of the Exchequer, which oversees royal revenues. The Signet is affixed to royal documents relating to personal matters. This title was reissued in 1696 with a title beginning The Law of England Touching His Majesties Four Principal Seals. Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1727. English Short-Title Catalogue R19862.

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