Two treatises : one of the ecclesiasticall jurisdiction of testaments the other of the disposition or administration of intestate goods / written by John Selden of the Inner Temple Esq. : manuscript, 1639.

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Two treatises : one of the ecclesiasticall jurisdiction of testaments the other of the disposition or administration of intestate goods / written by John Selden of the Inner Temple Esq. : manuscript, 1639.

In an unidentified hand with manuscript corrections by J. Sotheby on 26 Jan. 1639.

[71] p., bound ; 31 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7800102

Houghton Library

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Sotheby, J., fl. 1639,

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Selden, John, 1584-1654

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John Selden (1584-1654) was a lawyer, parliamentarian and a scholar. His De Diis Syris (1617) established his credentials as an orientalist, which were consolidated by his later studies in rabbinical law. Further details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Oriental manuscripts of John Selden, 13th-17th century, (University of Oxford, Department of Oriental Collections, Bodleian Library) English jurist. From the description of...