Thomas Gataker | Of the nature and use of lots, London, 1627, second edition, contemporary calf

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Thomas Gataker

Of the nature and use of lots: a treatise historicall and theologicall... The second edition. Reviewed... and enlarged... London: John Haviland, 1627

4to (179 x 138mm.), penultimate leaf Hhh "De scriptis", last leaf Hhh2 with errata on recto, seventeenth-century calf, sprinkled edges, Ccc2 with tear at outer margin (not affecting text), most text leaves wormed at margins

Gataker was accused of favouring games of chance, but this work is an elaborate historical and legal survey with massive documentation of the use of lots. It was first published in 1619.

LITERATURE:

STC 11671