The principal lawes customes and estatutes of England which be at this present day in vse, compendiously gathered togither [sic] for y[e] weale and benefit of the kinges maiesties most louing subiect[es], newely recognised and augmented
Contributors: Banckes, Richard, active 1523-1546, printer; Bosville, Ralph, active 16th century, former owner?; Dunn, George, 1864-1912, former owner
Publisher: Richard Bankes
Published: 1540
Place of publication: Londini
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Land tenure; Law and legislation; Early works to 1800; Real property; Statutes
Work titles: Institutions in the lawes of Englande
Notes: "Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum." --foot of title page.

With preface by Richard Taverner, who was probably the editor --cf. STC (2nd ed.)

Colophon: Ex aedibus Richardi Tauerneri, per Richardum Bankes typographum.

"Cu[m] priuilegio ad imprimendum solum." --foot of colophon.

Collation: A⁴ B-N⁸ [$5 (-CK3, -BCEN4, -H5) signed; misprinting E2 as E3; I2 as H2]

Described erroneously by Joseph Ames, Typographical Antiquities (1749 ed.), as a duodecimo; error repeated in later editions.

Errors in foliation: leaves 13, 15 and 25 printed 15, 'xv' and '2iiii'; leaves 26-64 and 91 printed 25-63 and 61; leaves 8, 16, 27, 32, 38 and 39 not numbered.

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman type.

Floriated initial, B1 recto.

First published as 'Institutions in the lawes of Englande', printed by John Bydell [1538?], STC (2nd ed.) 9290.

STC (2nd ed.) 9290.5

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T269

Ames, Joseph. Typographical Antiquities (1749 ed.) p. 162

Ames, Joseph. Typographical Antiquities (1785-1790 ed.) v.1, p. 408

Ames, Joseph. Typographical Antiquities (1810-1819 ed.) v.3, no. 1112