The first part of the Institutes of the lawes of England, or, A commentarie vpon Littleton
Subtitle: not the name of a lawyer onely, but of the law it selfe ... [quotes in Latin from Martial and Cicero]
By: Haec ego grandeuus posui tibi candide Lector. Authore Edw: Coke Milite
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Societie of Stationers
Published: 1628
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; roa; lat
Translated from: roa
Number of pages: 395
Subjects: Law; Early works to 1800; Land tenure; Estates (Law)
Other titles: Coke's institvtes; Coke's institutes; First part of the Institutes of the laws of England; Commentarie vpon Littleton; Commentary upon Littleton
Work titles: Institutes of the laws of England. Part 1
Notes: Title within an ornamental woodcut border (McKerrow, Borders, no. 223)

Printer's name from STC (2nd ed.)

First leaf blank.

Preceding leaf 19 is a folded table of consangunity titled "Gradus parentelae & Consanguinitatis, pro meliori intelligentia authoris nostri. The degrees of parentage and of consanguinitie for the better undersatnding of our authour."

In predominantly black letter and Roman type; some italic type.

Initials; headpieces.

Errata leaf [1] at end.

Side notes.

Includes bibliographical references.

STC (2nd ed.) 15784

ESTC S113366

Text in original Law French with English translation and commentary; some Latin.

Copy 2: Gift of John Savile, Baron Savile of Pontefract to Sir Edward Nicholas -- ex libris Richard Nicholas.

(Copy 2): Note on verso of leaf [7]: "Ex dono ... Johanni Savili ... 2 December 1628 ... " signed Edw. Nicholas. On title page and leaf 1 recto: "Richd: Nicholas" in a later hand.

(Copy 2): On the first [blank] leaf is an offset from an armorial bookplate, evidently lost when book was rebound in 1897.

With c.2 is bound: Table to the First part of the Institutes. (1630)