Littletons tenures in English
Subtitle: Lately perused and amended
Contributors: Yetsweirt, Charles, -approximately 1595, printer
Publisher: By Charles Yetsweirt Esq. and are to be sold at his house within Temple Bar neere to the Middle Temple.
Published: 1594
Place of publication: Imprinted at London
Language: eng
Translated from: roa
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Real property; Early works to 1800; Land tenure; Law and legislation
Other titles: Tenures in English
Work titles: Tenures
Notes: Decorative type ornament on title page.

Colophon: Imprinted at London by Charles Yetsweirt Esq. at his house within Temple Barre neere to the Middle Temple. 1594.

"Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis." --foot of title and colophon.

Collation: A-S⁸ [$4 signed]

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman and italic type.

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.) 15775

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T59