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Mare clausum

TitleMare clausum
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1635
AuthorsSelden, J
CityLondon
LibraryBritish Library
BindingElaborately bound in black goatskin with stamp 15a in gold on both covers
Other Provenance InformationArmorial bookplate: Erthig [Erddig hall, Denbighshire, ancestral home of the Yorke family]; Inscription: The gift of Philip Yorke, esqr. Octr. 13th 1790
Call NumberDavis 183
Stamp(s): 

Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1600 - 1649) (Stamp 15a)

Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. France and England quarterly 2. Scotland 3. Ireland Crown of a sovereign Order The Garter
Possibilities for Identification: 
<p>Very similar to stamp 15, but note the straight lower line of the rim of the crown; also beak on dexter grotesque</p>