Lyttilton tenures truelye translated into Englishe
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: Thomas Marsh
Published: 1556
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: roa
Subjects: Real property; Early works to 1800; Land tenure; Law and legislation
Work titles: Tenures
Notes: Title within a woodcut border (McKerrow, Borders, no. 43; Devices 86); the sill piece, with Thomas Petyt's mark, has been replaced by an ornamental panel with grapevine, birds, and a snail.

Colophon: Imprinted at Londo[n] in Fletestrete nere to. S. Dunstones church, by Thomas Marshe. Anno M.D.L.VI.

Collation: A-Y⁸ Z⁶ [$5 (-CIRZ4, -QUX5) signed; misprinting P5 as B5]

Errors in foliation: leaves Cxxii, Cxxvii, Cxxxii, Clxi and Clxxvii printed Cxii, Cxvii, Cxxxiii, Clix and Clxxi.

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman type.

Initials.

Side notes.

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.) 15768.5

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T47

Received July 24, 1906; bound Oct. 1906.

Ex libris John Payne.

Edges of some side notes lost due to close cropping. Above colophon: 'Jno. Payne'.