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Henrici de Bracton de Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliæ Libri quinq; in varios tractatus distincti, ad diuersorum et vetustissimorum codicum collationem, ingenti cura, nunc primũ typis vulgati: quorum quid cuiq; insit, proxima pagina demonstrabit.

Accession number
PML 37268
Creator
Bracton, Henry de, -1268.
Published
Londini : Apud Richardum Tottellum, 1569.
Notes
At foot of title: Cum priuilegio.
"The first printed edition of the entire work was published by Richard Tottell in 1569 (fol.), with a preface by one T.N. (whose identity has never been determined), in which credit is taken for a careful recension of the text."--Dict. nat. biog.
First complete ed.--(STC 3475).
Text (l. 235-238) duplicated; l. 362 numbered 360, l. 439 numbered 437.
Description
16 p. l., 444 (i.e. 448) numb. l. 30 cm.
Inscriptions/Markings
Some marginal annotations (cross-references?) in the early part of the text.
Provenance
With the engraved armorial book-plates of Sir Thomas Trevor, dated 1702; and James Hustler of Acklam, dated 1730.
Binding
Vellum (modern).
Classification
Department