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The first part of the institutes of the lawes of England. Or, a commentarie vpon Littleton, not the name of a lawyer onely, but of the law it selfe. Authore Edw: Coke Milite. The second edition, corrected: with an alphabeticall table thereunto added.
by Coke, Edward, Sir (1552-1634); Littleton, Thomas (d. 1481)
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London: London, printed by the assignes of Iohn More Esquire; and are to be sold by Richard More in S. Dunstans Churchyard. Anno 1629., 1629. 2nd Edition . Leather. Good. Description: Sm. folio (10¾ ×7¼ in): [5], 395, [1]; [34] leaves. Early reverse calf. · Register: 2º: ¶^6 A-5G^4 ^2A-G^4 H^6 (this copy lacks ¶1, a blank; 4I1 not signed; 5G4 is the title-page for the table; table begins new register). · Condition: Joints starting to crack, chipping at head and tail. Portrait of Littleton missing, portrait of Coke present; lacks initial blank; table of sanguinity torn with loss at bottom; light damp staining to preliminaries and to margins throughout; worm trail in final third of text, affecting one or two letters at most in each page; some leaves creased. · Comments: The first edition of 1628 contained a large number of printing errors. · References: S&M 1:449(7); STC 15785; ESTC S113341.
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- The first part of the institutes of the lawes of England. Or, a commentarie vpon Littleton, not the name of a lawyer onely, but of the law it selfe. Authore Edw: Coke Milite. The second edition, corrected: with an alphabeticall table thereunto added.
- Author
- Coke, Edward, Sir (1552-1634); Littleton, Thomas (d. 1481)
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 2nd Edition
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, printed by the assignes of Iohn More Esquire; and are to be sold by Richard More in S. Dunstans Churchyard. Anno 1629.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1629
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About Nostre Livers
Specializing in antiquarian Anglo-American law and legal history. "Nostre livers": "our books (usu. meaning year books)."--J.H. Baker, Manual of Law French, p. 141, s.v. "livers" (1990).
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