Les tenures de Lyttelton
Subtitle: nouelment imprimes, et ouesq[ue] toute diligence reuises, coriges, et amendes: et ensement oue plusours authoriteis annotes et marques en le marge de cest lyuer, ou mesme les cases sount ouertement debatus et purparles pluis a large
Publisher: By me Robert Redman.
Published: 1540
Place of publication: Imprynted at London
Language: roa
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Real property; Early works to 1800; Land tenure; Law and legislation
Other titles: Lyttylton
Work titles: Tenures
Notes: Below title, cut of the royal arms with crown, supported by a griffin and a greyhound (Beale, J.H. Engl. law, plate no. 44)

Rectos of leaves have "Lyttylton" at head.

Imprint from colophon; suggested approximate date of imprint from STC (2nd ed.)

"Cum gratia et priuilegio Regali." --foot of colophon.

Collation: [chi]1 A-N⁴ [$3 (-L2) signed; misprinting G2 as H2]

The "Table exposicion et diuision" on verso of title page is within a border of scroll pieces.

Errors in foliation: leaves 6, 21, 23, 31, 35 and 44 printed 4, 22, 21, 13, 33 and 42.

In predominantly Roman type; some black letter type.

Text in double columns.

Initials.

Side notes.

First published 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.

STC (2nd ed.) 15732

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T11

Received Jan. 5, 1912.

Bound in 19th century brown crushed morocco, decorated in gilt with fillets and spine ornaments, gilt inside dentelles, all edges gilt; signed Wallis. With some 16th century marginal annotations.