Lot 193
Bracton, Henry de
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri quinq. London: Richard Tottell, 1569, first edition, folio in fours 272 x 183mm.), woodcut initials, ninteenth-century calf, raised bands, early inscription on title, title and second leaf lightly dust-soiled
Footnote
Footnote: A tall clean copy of a classic work on English law. '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). STC 3475.
Provenance: W. Foster 1736, inscription on title, The Hon. Henry Booth, bookplate on *3; Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, gilt stamp to upper cover