Surueyinge
Series: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature -- no. 26; Early English Books, 1475-1640 -- 42; Making of the Modern World
Publisher: Thomas Berthelet
Published: 1539
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Landlord and tenant; Early works to 1800; Reclamation of land; Land tenure; Law and legislation
Other titles: Surveyinge; Surueyenge; Surveyenge
Notes: Title within ornamental border (McKerrow, Borders, no. 34)

Colophon: Londini in aedibus Thomę Bertheleti typis impress. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum. Anno. M.D.XXXIX.

Collation: A-H⁸ [$5 (-A5, -BG3) signed]

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman type.

Initials, some historiated.

Side notes.

Attributed to John Fitzherbert by STC (2nd ed.); sometimes also attributed to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert --Cf. NUC pre-1956.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 00026.

STC (2nd ed.) 11008

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T352

Goldsmiths' Lib. cat., 26

Received Nov. 14, 1907.

Most of text in English; portions in Latin.

Ex libris Alexander Beresford Hope.

Bequest of Henry N. Ess, 2000.

Bound in 19th century calf period binding, decorated in blind with fillets and corner ornaments, with gilt inner dentelles and marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt. Armorial bookplate of Alexander Beresford Hope.

Bound in 20th century brown morocco decorated in blind with fillets; center medallion of red morocco, laid on and decorated in gilt; signed Birdball, Northampton. Tipped in at end is a vellum guard of early manuscript waste, annotated, from older (original?) binding, and a note in a 19th century hand, citing a reference to this title by Sir Egerton Brydges. Verse, in an 18th century hand, on A7 verso. Signature of Roger G---s[?] in a 16th century hand in margin of final leaf, verso. With a few contemporary marginal annotations.