Lyttilton tenures truely translated in to Englyshe
Publisher: William Powell
Published: 1548
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: roa
Subjects: Real property; Early works to 1800; Land tenure; Law and legislation
Work titles: Tenures
Notes: Title within woodcut border (McKerrow, Borders, no. 55; Devices no. 106) with Wyllyam Myddelton's mark in the sill; Powell was Myddelton's successor.

Colophon: Imprynted at Lo[n]don in Fletestrete at the sygne of the George next to Saynte Dunstones churche by Wyllyam Powell. In the yere of our lorde God M.D.xlviii. the syxte daye of Iulye.

Collation: A-Y⁸ Z⁶ [$5 (-CIKRZ4) signed]

Errors in foliation: leaves xxvii, xxxix and lxxiii printed xxxv, xxxvii and lxiii; leaves Clii, Cliiii, Clvi and Clx printed Cli, Clvi, Clvii and Clix.

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman type.

Initials, some historiated; tail piece.

Side notes.

First published in Law French in 1482, Littleton's work was the earliest printed treatise on English law not printed in Latin. It incorporated some material from the Old tenures and "sums up the development of what was then the most important branch of the common law". --cf. Oxford companion to law.

The 1st translation from Law French into English (STC 15759.5) was published by John Rastell [1523-1525]

STC (2nd ed.) 15765

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T44

Ex libris Simon Parret -- George Dunn (his sale, Sotheby, 11 Feb. 1913, no. 132)

Bound in contemporary calf, covers decorated in blind with fillets, corner ornaments and center stamp of Tudor rose with crown; rebacked. Bookplate of George Dunn, who purchased it in March 1906. On title page, written several times in a 16th century hand, ownership inscriptions of Simon Parret. With some marginal annotations in Parret's hand. With this is bound STC 9293.8, Institutions or principal grounds of the laws and statutes of England (1547)