A boke of presydentes exactely writen in maner of a register
Subtitle: newly imprinted, augmented and corrected, with addicions of dyuerse necessary and sundrye presidentes meete for all suche persons to knowe, as desyre to learne the fourme and maner howe to make all maner of euydentes and instrumentes. The perticulers whereof shal appere more playnelye in the table of this presente boke
Series: Early English books, 1475-1640 -- 1810:13; Early English books online
Publisher: By Thomas Marshe.
Published: 1555
Place of publication: Imprinted at London in Flete Strete at the sygne of the Princes Armes
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Conveyancing; Forms; Early works to 1800; Forms (Law)
Other titles: Ryght fruytfull boke of exemplers or copyes of instrumentes of wrytinges; Boke of sundry instrumentes; Booke of sundry instrumentes; Addicions to the boke of instrumentes
Work titles: Book of precedents
Notes: Caption title: A ryght fruytfull boke of exemplers or copyes of instrumentes of wrytinges.

Most of text has running titles: The boke of sundry instrumentes; The booke of sundry instrumentes. Leaves Cxvi, verso-Clix have: Addicions to the boke of instrumentes.

Imprint from colophon.

Collation: A-Y⁸ [$5 (-A4, -AI5) signed; misprinting G4 as E4, G5 as H5, V5 as T5; Y8 blank]

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman type.

Title page, almanac, and calendar printed in red and black.

Initials, some historiated.

Side notes.

The almanac on verso of title page is for the years 1548-1565.

Originally published in 1543 with preface by Thomas Phayer, to whom this work has often been attributed. The [1546?] edition and all subsequent editions omit Phayer's preface. Cf. STC (2nd ed.)

STC (2nd ed.) 3332

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T434

Text in English and Latin.

Ex libris William Justine -- William B. Ogden -- George Dunn (his sale, Sotheby, 12 Feb. 1913, no. 217)

Bookplate of George Dunn, who purchased it in October 1905. Signature on front flyleaf: Wm. B. Ogden 1816. On B8 verso: Wm. Justine his booke, 1630. An early owner's signature at head of Y7 verso, torn. With some annotations in other early hands on title page and flyleaves. Copy imperfect; gathering D misbound: D3, D4, D1, D2, D7, D8, D5, D6.