BACON, John.
BACON'S LIBER REGIS
BACON, John.
Liber Regis vel Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum. With an appendix, containing proper directions and precedents relating to presentations, institutions, inductions, dispensations, &c. and a complete alphabetical index.
London: printed for the author by John Nichols and sold by J.F. and C. Rivington, J. Robson and T. Cadell, 1786. 
2 vols., 4to (11" tall). Half diced 'Russia' calf. Very handsome bindings with gilt raised bands, titles, panels and top edges. Armorial bookplates.
"Bacon (1738-1816) spent nearly the whole of his working life in the first-fruits department of the office of Queen Anne's Bounty, and is now remembered by church antiquaries for his improved edition of Ecton's ?Thesaurus,? a detailed account of the valuations of all ecclesiastical benefices which were charged with first fruits and tenths." DNB.
£450.00    (equal to approx. US$711.71* or €558.73* for 19 May 2012)

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