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BRACTON, Henricus de (d.1268). De legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri quinque. London: Richard Tottel, 1569.
2o (290 x 195 mm). Historiated initials. (Title-page a little soiled, other very minor occasional soiling or spotting, generally clean.) Contemporary calf (old rebacking preserving original spine, corners repaired, later spine label).
FIRST EDITION of the classic exposition of thirteenth-century English common law. Bracton "combined a systematic inquiry into the legal maxims of general validity with their practical application in the common-law courts. Thus he arrived at a formulation of principles which have determined the whole development of English law" (PMM 89); STC 3475.
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FIRST EDITION of the classic exposition of thirteenth-century English common law. Bracton "combined a systematic inquiry into the legal maxims of general validity with their practical application in the common-law courts. Thus he arrived at a formulation of principles which have determined the whole development of English law" (PMM 89); STC 3475.