Magnum abbreuiamentu[m] statutorum anglie vsq[ue] ad annum .xv. H. viii inclusiue
Series: Early English Books, 1475-1640 -- 1516:02
Publisher: Ioha[n]nes Rastel imprimi me fecit
Published: 1528
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; roa; lat
Subjects: Statutes; Digests; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Magnum abbreuiamentum statutorum anglie vsque ad annum .xv. H. viii inclusiue
Work titles: Laws, etc. (Abbreviamentum statutorum)
Notes: Imprint from colophon.

"Cum priuilegio regali." --foot of colophon.

Collation: [pi]⁸ A-Z⁸ [et]⁸ [rum]⁸ a-q⁸ [$4 signed; misprinting N2 as N3; z2 as ii]

Error in foliation: leaf cxlii printed xlii.

Rastell's device (McKerrow, Devices, no. 37) on verso of final leaf.

In black letter type.

Initials.

Abridgment of the statutes through the parliament of 1523, 15 Henry VIII; titles and references in alphabetical order.

"Statutes expyryd" and errata at end.

"Some copies of this ... are supplemented by abridgements of individual years of 21 Hen. VIII and later." --STC (2nd ed.)

STC (2nd ed.) 9520

Beale, J.H. Engl. law S45

Cowley, J.D. Bibliography of abridgments 15

"Abridged in original languages, Latin, Law French, and English." --STC (2nd ed.)

Ex libris George Dunn (his sale, Sotheby, 12 Feb. 1913, no. 291)

Bound in very worn contemporary calf decorated in blind with fillets and unidentified "Renaissance panelled" roll. (cf. Oldham, Blind-stamped, RP no.?) Bookplate of George Dunn. Faint inscription in Latin on title page and a few other early markings.