Cy ensuont ascuns nouel cases
By: collectes per le iades tresreuerend iudge, Mounsieur Iasques Dyer, chiefe Iustice del Common banke. Ore primierment publies & imprimies
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: In aedibus Richardi Tottelli
Published: 1585
Place of publication: Londini
Language: roa; lat; eng
Number of pages: 377
Subjects: Law reports, digests; Early works to 1800; England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas; England and Wales. Court of King's Bench
Other titles: Ascuns nouel cases
Work titles: Ascuns novel cases
Notes: Title within woodcut border (McKerrow, Borders, no. 153; Devices, no. 196) with the initials RT (i.e. Richard Tottell) at the base.

"Cum priuilegio, Regiae Maiestatis." --foot of title.

Edited by Dyer's nephews, James Dyer and Richard Farwell.

Dedication to Judge Thomas Bromley (ca. 1530-1587) signed R. Farewell and Ia. Dyer.

Colophon, leaf 62 recto: Imprinted at London in Fleetestreete within Temple Barre at the signe of the Hande and Starre, by Richard Tottyl. Anno dom[ino]. 1585. Cum priuilegio.

Colophon, leaf 377 verso: Imprinted at London in Fleetestreete, at the signe of the Hande and Starre, by Richarde Tottyll. An. do. 1585.

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

Collation: [par.]⁴ A-G⁸ H⁶ J-Z⁸ 2A-2Z⁸ 3A⁶ 3B⁴ [$4 signed]

Errors in foliation: leaves 75, 126, 129 and 131 printed 78, 129, 121 and 139.

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

Initials, some historiated.

Side notes.

Law reports covering the years 1513-1582, 4 Henry VIII - 23 Elizabeth I.

List of judges of the Courts of King's (and Queen's) Bench and Common Pleas on final leaf: "Nomina capitalium iustic. de Banco Regis, ab anno xxii. Edwardi tercii, vsque annum 16. Reg. Elizab." and "Nomina capitalium iustic. de Communi Banco, ab anno domini 1399 ... vsque annum 24. Reg. Elizab. ..."

There are 2 editions; A2r line 2 ends (a) 'attaynt' or (b) 'attaint'. In (a) S1 and U1 are sometimes cancels; e.g. S1r line 6 ends: 'droyt' (original) or 'droit dis-' (cancel); (b) has: 'droyt dis-' --STC (2nd ed.)

STC (2nd ed.) 7388

Beale, J. H. Engl. law R481

Received Sept. 30, 1915; Kelly Law Book Co.

Text mostly in Law French. Dedication in Latin; preface to readers in English.

Bequest of Henry N. Ess, 2000.

Ex libris Thomas Harley.

Ex libris Edmund McClure --Bequest of Henry N. Ess, 2000.

Ex libris Thrift Thomas -- Gift of Herbert Robinson, 2005.

In this copy, A2r line 2 ends 'attaint'.

Printed binding waste from contemporary edition of the English Bible, leaves from the Apocrypha. Early marginal annotations throughout.

In this copy, A2r line 2 ends 'attaynt' and S1r line 6 ends 'droyt'.

Owndership inscription at head of title page: "Thomas Harley 1655", probably the Thomas Harley called to the bar, Lincoln's Inn, June 1654. In another hand, "Oxford". With some marginal annotations throughout in a 17th century hand.

In this copy, A2r line 2 ends 'attaynt' and S1r line 6 ends 'droyt'.

Bookplate of Edmund McClure. Early marginal annotations throughout.

In this copy, A2r line 2 ends 'attaint'.

On front flyleaf, price(?) notation in an early hand; 'Thrift Thomas.' in an 18th century hand. With some contemporary or early 17th century marginal annotations.

Bound in contemporary calf, covers decorated in blind with fillets and center medallion stamp. Spine label, gilt: Dyer's reports.

Bound in early 20th c. quarter morocco and plain bookcloth. Spine title, gilt: Dyer's cases.

Bound in 17th century vellum.

Bound in contemporary calf, covers decorated in blind with fillets, a center medallion stamp within a pane, and scallop corner ornaments; rebacked. Edge-mark: Dier: H & Eli  Phi M  El(?).