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[Norman Kane]

CHAMBERLAYNE, EDWARD.  ANGLIAE NOTITIA; OR, THE PRESENT STATE OF ENGLAND: TOGETHER WITH DIVERS REFLECTIONS UPON THE ANTIENT STATE THEREOF.  THE SECOND EDITION CORRECTED AND MUCH AUGMENTED.  London: Printed by T. N. for John Martyn Printer to the Royal Society, and are to be sold at the Sign of the Bell a little without Temple-Bar, 1669.  12mo, leather of the period with rules, &c, stamped in blind, later nicely rebacked in leather with raised bands, rear paste-down end paper has small vestiges of old tape and an ink 
blot, otherwise very good.  [12], 480 pages.  STC C1820.  ESTC R17212 records 5 copies in the U. S. (Government, nobility, church offices, social and living conditions, and on and on. "A necessary Book for all Englishmen at all times: so that every one might without trouble always carry it about with him as a Companion to consult upon all occasions" - "To the Reader." Other Parts were published later, not all by Chamberlayne. )    $375.00

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