Author: Lewis, Percival
Title: Historical Inquiries Concerning Forests and Forest Laws with Topographical Remarks, on the Ancient and Modern State of the New Forest in the County of Southampton. First Edition
Description: London: T Payne, 1811. 4to. 23 x 28cm. ; half-title, engraved frontispiece and folding map (hand-colored in outline), contemporary gilt diced calf, gilt spine with decorative devides; ,piece missing at top of spine; rear cover rubbed.. scarce..OCLC Number / Unique Identifier (digital copies only): 1337701531 Physical Description: iii, [1], vi, 227, [1] p. front. (illus.) fold. map. diagr. tables. 4°... This is both a historical study and a response to the effects of the 1801 the Inclosure Act, which reduced public use of open (common) land, modified the boundaries of estates and altered the relationships between landlords, freeholders and tenants. Sympathetic to the landlords, Lewis aimed to a provide them with a historical background for any claims they wished to make. .

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