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The reading of the famous and learned Robert Callis, Esq.; upon the statute of 23 H. 8 cap. 5. of sewers: as it was delivered by him at Gray's Inn, in August, 1622

Callis, Robert, active 1634 · 1686 · London : Printed for Tho. Basset & W. Canning · 1 picture

A legal treatise on the sewer statute of 23 Henry VIII, delivered by Robert Callis at Gray's Inn in 1622 and printed in London in 1686 for the trade booksellers Thomas Basset and William Canning, aimed at lawyers and property owners. The single picture is an engraved heraldic achievement, a shield of arms with a lion crest and scrolled acanthus mantling, bearing the inscription of Thomas Thoroton of the Middle Temple, which a designer could use for a bookplate or crest motif.

Sewerage · Great Britain

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