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The first part of the Institutes of the laws of England, or, A commentary upon Littleton, not the name of the author only, but of the law itself

Title: The first part of the Institutes of the laws of England, or, A commentary upon Littleton, not the name of the author only, but of the law itself / Hæc ego grandævus posui tibi, candide lector, authore Edwardo Coke, milite.
Author: Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634.
Publication: London : Printed by William Rawlins, Samuel Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins ... and are to be sold by Christopher Wilkinson, Richard Tonson, and Jacob Tonson ..., 1684.

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Additional Authors

Littleton, Thomas, Sir, -1481.

Description

[12], 28 p., 395 leaves, [62] p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : 1 ill., 2 ports.; 32 cm. (fol.)

Alternative Title

Commentary upon Littleton.
Reading upon the 27th of Edward the First.
Statute of levying fines.
Of bail and mainprize.
Treatise of bail & mainprize.

Subject

Note

Text of Littleton's Tenures in parallel columns of English and the original Anglo-Norman (Law French); text of Coke's Commentary in English.
"To this edition is added two learned tracts of the same authors; the first, his Reading upon the 27th of Edward the First, entituled, The statute of levying fines: and the second, Of bail and mainprize."
Signatures: A⁶ a-g² A-3E⁴ 3F⁶ 3G-5E⁴ 5F⁶ ²A-²E⁶ [²A3 signed "3Y3"].
Illustrations: 2 prints : engraving ; full-page. Subject: Ports. of Littleton and Coke. -- Historiated table (woodcut with letterpress), on folded leaf (37 x 29 cm.). Subject: Degrees of parentage and consanguinity.
"Le reading del Mon seignior Coke ... sur Lestatute de 27 E. I.": p. 1-18; "A treatise of bail & mainprize, written by Sir Edward Coke, Knight": p. 19-28.

Indexed In (note)

Wing (2nd ed.)

Call Number

*KC+ 1684 89-578

LCCN

22000560

OCLC

4045300
NYPG89-B55229

Author

Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634.

Title

The first part of the Institutes of the laws of England, or, A commentary upon Littleton, not the name of the author only, but of the law itself / Hæc ego grandævus posui tibi, candide lector, authore Edwardo Coke, milite.

Imprint

London : Printed by William Rawlins, Samuel Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins ... and are to be sold by Christopher Wilkinson, Richard Tonson, and Jacob Tonson ..., 1684.

Edition

The 9th ed., carefully corrected, with an alphabetical table.

Indexed In:

Wing (2nd ed.) C4928

Local Note

Leaf A1, blank?, wanting.

Provenance: John Martyr (autograph, 1726); Chester C. Conant (autograph, 1878).

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Added Author

Littleton, Thomas, Sir, -1481. Tenures. English & Anglo-Norman. 1684.

Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634. Reading del Mon Seignior Coke sur lestatute de 27. E. I. appelle lestatute de finibus levatis. 1684.

Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634. Little treatise of baile and mainprize. 1684.

Added Title

Commentary upon Littleton.

Reading upon the 27th of Edward the First.

Statute of levying fines.

Of bail and mainprize.

Treatise of bail & mainprize.

Research Call Number

*KC+ 1684 89-578

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