The first part of the Institutes of the laws of England, or, A commentary upon Littleton, not the name of the author only, but of the law itself / Hæc ego grandævus posui tibi, candide lector, authore Edwardo Coke, milite.

Institutes of the laws of England. Part 1

London : Printed by William Rawlins, Samuel Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins ... and are to be sold by Christopher Wilkinson, Richard Tonson, and Jacob Tonson ..., 1684.

T C668iL 1684

The ninth edition, carefully corrected, with an alphabetical table.

Commentary upon Littleton
Reading upon the 27th of Edward the First
Statute of levying fines
Of bail and mainprize
Treatise of bail & mainprize

12 unnumbered pages, 28 pages, 395 leaves, 62 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : 1 illustration, 2 portraits ; 32 cm (folio)

(OCoLC)4045300

Text of Littleton's Tenures in parallel columns of English and the original Anglo-Norman (Law French); text of Coke's Commentary in English
"To this edition is added two learned tracts of the same authors; the first, his Reading upon the 27th of Edward the First, entituled, The statute of levying fines: and the second, Of bail and mainprize."
Signatures: A⁶ a-g² A-3E⁴ 3F⁶ 3G-5E⁴ 5F⁶ ²A-²E⁶ [²A3 signed "3Y3"]
Illustrations: 2 prints : engraving ; full-page. Subject: Ports. of Littleton and Coke. -- Historiated table (woodcut with letterpress), on folded leaf (37 x 29 cm.). Subject: Degrees of parentage and consanguinity
"Le reading del Mon seignior Coke ... sur Lestatute de 27 E. I.": pages 1-18; "A treatise of bail & mainprize, written by Sir Edward Coke, Knight": pages 19-28.

Littleton, Thomas, Sir, -1481. Tenures. English. 1684.
Littleton, Thomas, Sir, -1481. Tenures. Anglo-Norman. 1684.
Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634. Reading del Mon Seignior Coke sur le statute de 27. E.I. appelle le statute de finibus levatis. 1684.
Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634. Little treatise of baile and mainprize. 1684.

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