The grete abbregement of the statutys of Englond vntyll the .xxii. yere of Kyng Henry the .viii
Series: Early English Books, 1475-1640 -- 6:11
Publisher: William Rastell
Published: 1531
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Statutes; Digests; Early works to 1800
Work titles: Laws, etc. (Abbreviamentum statutorum)
Notes: Prologue by John Rastell.

Edited by William Rastell?

Imprint from STC (2nd ed.)

Collation: [pi]x⁸ a-z⁸ [et]⁸ A-O⁸ [$5 (-[pi]x,m,t,[et]4) signed]

In black letter type.

Initials.

Following the abridgments are lists of "Statutes expyred"; titles of statutory powers of the crown, the chancellor and other authorities; statutes abridged for the 1st time, but not through 22 Henry VIII.

"A revision of STC 9518 [abridgment of the statutes through the parliament of 1523, 15 Henry VIII], enlarged through 21 Hen. VIII." --STC (2nd ed.)

Formerly also STC 9521a.

STC (2nd ed.) 9521

Beale, J.H. Engl. law S48

Cowley, J.D. Bibliography of abridgments 19

First translated from the French and Latin by John Rastell, 1527 edition.

Ex libris George Dunn (his sale, Sotheby, 12 Feb. 1913, no. 286)

Ex libris George Dunn (his sale, Sotheby, 12 Feb. 1913, no. 284)

Bound in the Netherlands in contemporary calf decorated in blind with panel stamps. With vellum guards of manuscript waste. Back panel, with 5 compartments of animal figures, identified in Dunn sales catalog as described in Weale, Bookbindings and Rubbings v.2, no. 404. Front panel, not identified, has 2 heads-in-medallions. Bookplate of George Dunn, who acquired it in July 1900, with his annotations on verso of flyleaf. With this are bound supplementary abridgments of the statutes of 22 and 23-24 Henry VIII (STC 9533.8 and 9536.5) Copy imperfect; upper corner of first leaf torn.

Bound in 19th century brown morocco, decorated in blind with fillets, all edges gilt. Pasted on inside front cover is one side of a 16th century French calf panel stamped binding: 2 panels with figure of St. Paul and symbols of the Evangelists, with the initials M.E. Identified in Dunn sales catalog as described in Weale, Bookbindings and Rubbings v.2, no. 529. Final flyleaf (torn) is a sheet of 16th century printed waste. Bookplate of George Dunn, who acquired it in July 1886, with his annotations on flyleaf. On title page, signature in a 16th century hand, "Willyam E[?]", list of names in same hand on verso of final printed leaf. With some 16th century marginal annotations.