Littleton tenures in Englishe
Contributors: Tottel, Richard, -1594, printer; Tylden, Richard, active 16th century, former owner
Publisher: By Richard Tottle; the .xvi. daye of April the yere of our lord. M.D.LVI. [16 April 1556
Published: 1556
Place of publication: Imprinted at London in Fletestrete within Temple Barre, at the signe of the Hande and Starre
Language: eng
Translated from: roa
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Real property; Early works to 1800; Land tenure; Law and legislation
Work titles: Tenures
Notes: "Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum." --foot of title and colophon.

Imprint from colophon.

Collation: A-S⁸ T² [$4 (-C2, -S3,-HS4,+E5, +T2) signed; misprinting K3 as I3]

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman type.

Initials.

Another issue of STC 15766, with T² reset and 'daye' in the colophon.

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.) 15766.5

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T49