Shelfmark
Fo.3.02
Author
Uniform title
[De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae]
Title
Henrici de Bracton De legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae libri quinq[ue] in varios tractatus distincti, ad diuersorum et vetustissimorum codicum collationem, ingenti cura, nunc primu[m] typis vulgati: quorum quid cuiq[ue] insit, proxima pagina demonstrabit..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini. : Apud Richardum Tottellum., An. Do. 1569. Cum priuilegio..
Physical description
[16], 172, 175-444 leaves ; 29 cm. (fol.)
Note
Editor's dedication signed "T.N." (almost certainly the legal writer/editor Thomas Norton).
Note
There are two states of the title page. One is as described above; in the other the words "Cum priuilegio." are absent from the foot.
Note
Entered 18 February 1583.
Note
Signatures: [parag.]⁴-3[parag.]⁴ A-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ Aaa-Zzz⁴ AAAa-ZZZz⁴ AAAaa-SSSss⁴ TTTtt⁶.
Note
Woodcut initials.
Citation/references note
STC, 3475
Citation/references note
ESTC, S122159
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731. 18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
?Earlier ms. price at head of title in form: ":-: p[re]tium - 35s - An. 1652 :-:-:".
Binding
17th century brown calf; border of blind-tooled thin-thick-thin fillets; rebacked in modern brown goatskin retaining earlier black leather spine label; ms. title at head of fore-edge.
Copy-specific note
Library copy is in state with "Cum priuilegio." at foot of imprint.
Copy-specific note
Early ms. page reference on flyleaf facing t.p.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Di.3.02, Fp.4.02.
Subject
Law Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Norton, Thomas, 1532 - 1584 editor.
Added entry--name
Tottel, Richard, ? - 1594 printer.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B42885