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BRACTON, Henry de (?-1268). De Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri quinq[ue] in varios tractatus distincti. London: Richard Tottell, 1569.
2° (293 x 195 mm). (Title soiled, marginal tear to f. 288, fingermark to the gutter of f. 355, and small burnmark to f. 422 touching a couple of letters.) Contemporary calf (rebacked and recornered with old gilt spine laid down).
First edition of a classic of English law, 'incomparably the best work produced by any lawyer in the middle ages' (Encyclopaedia Britannica), 'a formulation of principles which have determined the whole development of English law, of which the use of precedents is perhaps the most characteristic', and 'a model for legal literature until the present day' (PMM). Beale T-323; PMM 89; STC 3475.
2° (293 x 195 mm). (Title soiled, marginal tear to f. 288, fingermark to the gutter of f. 355, and small burnmark to f. 422 touching a couple of letters.) Contemporary calf (rebacked and recornered with old gilt spine laid down).
First edition of a classic of English law, 'incomparably the best work produced by any lawyer in the middle ages' (Encyclopaedia Britannica), 'a formulation of principles which have determined the whole development of English law, of which the use of precedents is perhaps the most characteristic', and 'a model for legal literature until the present day' (PMM). Beale T-323; PMM 89; STC 3475.
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