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BRACTON, Henry de (d. 1268). De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae libri quinque in varios tractatus distincti. London: Richard Totttell, 1569.
4° (286 x 185mm). (Title rather soiled, with small internal tear and repair at inner margin, some generally light browning, a few marginal defects, final leaf soiled on verso and also repaired at inner margin.) Late 18th-century russia, spines attractively panelled in gilt, gilt edges (rebacked, a little rubbed). Provenance: George Fortescue Wilbraham (bookplate); 'Wilbraham Sale' (pencil note on front free endpaper, presumably the Roger William Wilbraham Sale of either 20 June 1898 or 27 February 1899).
FIRST PRINTED EDITION OF BRACTON'S TREATISES ON MEDIEVAL LAW, the unknown editor signing the preface 'T.N.' and taking credit for a careful recension of the text. Portions of the text had previously appeared in other books. The Treatise of the Laws of England of c. 1533, a work traditionally attributed to John Britton, was largely derived from Bracton, while Sir William Staunderford's Plees del Coron of 1557 contained extensive quotations from the same source. Probably written between 1250 and 1260, Bracton's work was the first great exposition of English law and was cited in court up to the 18th century. Referring in a practical manner to no less than 500 decisions of the king's judges, it moulded the common law of England into an effective form, and established the principal of precedent later followed by Littleton and Coke. Beale T323; Sweet and Maxwell I, p. 38:4; PMM 89; STC 3475.
4° (286 x 185mm). (Title rather soiled, with small internal tear and repair at inner margin, some generally light browning, a few marginal defects, final leaf soiled on verso and also repaired at inner margin.) Late 18th-century russia, spines attractively panelled in gilt, gilt edges (rebacked, a little rubbed). Provenance: George Fortescue Wilbraham (bookplate); 'Wilbraham Sale' (pencil note on front free endpaper, presumably the Roger William Wilbraham Sale of either 20 June 1898 or 27 February 1899).
FIRST PRINTED EDITION OF BRACTON'S TREATISES ON MEDIEVAL LAW, the unknown editor signing the preface 'T.N.' and taking credit for a careful recension of the text. Portions of the text had previously appeared in other books. The Treatise of the Laws of England of c. 1533, a work traditionally attributed to John Britton, was largely derived from Bracton, while Sir William Staunderford's Plees del Coron of 1557 contained extensive quotations from the same source. Probably written between 1250 and 1260, Bracton's work was the first great exposition of English law and was cited in court up to the 18th century. Referring in a practical manner to no less than 500 decisions of the king's judges, it moulded the common law of England into an effective form, and established the principal of precedent later followed by Littleton and Coke. Beale T323; Sweet and Maxwell I, p. 38:4; PMM 89; STC 3475.
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