Noua statuta
Publisher: Emprynted by my Rycharde Pynson.
Published: 1500
Place of publication: London
Language: roa; lat
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Statutes; Early works to 1800; Law
Other titles: Nova statuta
Work titles: Laws, etc. (Nova statuta)
Notes: Title from the caption title on a1 recto.

Imprint from colohon (²G3 verso); suggested date of imprint from STC (2nd ed.)

Collation: [pi]a-[pi]c⁸ [pi]d⁶ a-z⁸ [et]⁸ [rum]⁸ A⁸ B⁸ (B4+1) C⁸ D-F⁶ G⁴ ²D⁴ ²E-²F⁶ ²G⁴ [$4 (+B5) signed; [pi]a1 and ²G4 blank]

Printer's device (McKerrow, Devices, no. 9b) with Pynson's monogram, on verso of leaves 2F6 (following 11 Henry VII) and 2G3 (following 12 Henry VII).

STC (2nd ed.) notes "The last quire, 2nd G⁴ (12 Hen. VII), may have been pr[inted] a little later than the rest."

In black letter type.

Initials; type and woodcut.

Statutes from 1 Edward III through 12 Henry VII (1327-1497)

STC (2nd ed.) 9265

Beale, J.H. Engl. law S2, with conjectured date of ca. 1507

Goff S703

Hain 14992

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books 4020

Received Jan. 23, 1911, from Mssrs. Ellis.

Text in Law French and Latin.

Ex libris Charles Osborne.

Bound in 19th century brown morocco period binding, decorated in blind in a diaper pattern with fleur de lis and Tudor roses, all edges gilt, signed F. Bedford. Spine title has date 1496-97. On front pastedown, J.H. Beale's pencilled note suggesting a printing date ca. 1503. Ink bookstamp of "Charles Osborne" on title page. Some guide letters for woodcut initials not filled in. With a few contemporary marginal annotations. Copy imperfect; lacking blank leaves [pi]a1 and ²G4.