The second volume conteinyng those statutes whiche haue ben made in the tyme of the most victoriouse reigne of kyng Henrie the Eight
Subtitle: With a table to the whole
Publisher: In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti
Published: 1551
Place of publication: Londini
Language: eng; lat
Subjects: Statutes; Indexes; Early works to 1800; Session laws
Work titles: Laws, etc. (Statutes : 1509-1545)
Notes: Title page and alphabetical table only; statutes of Henry VIII, by regnal year, were intended to be bound following.

"Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum." --ttitle page.

Collation: A⁸ [$4 signed]

First initial, A, historiated.

Title in predominantly Roman type; table in predominantly black letter type.

STC (2nd ed.) 9303.7

Beale, J.H. Engl. law S34

No received date in vol; gift of Beale?

Received Dec. 24, 1918; bound 1930

Ex libris Henry Payne -- Roger Snowden -- Joseph H. Beale.

Ex libris George Dunn (his sale, Sotheby, 12 Feb. 1913, no. 294)

Bound in worn early (17th cent.?) sheep, decorated in blind with fillets, rebacked. Bookplate: "From the books of Joseph Henry Beale of Cambridge". An early ownership statement at head of title crossed out. With this are bound 16 other works, covering 1-37 Henry VIII: STC 9360 (Beale S113); STC 9362 (Beale S119a); STC 9363.2 (S124); STC 9367 (Beale S131); STC 9370.6 (no Beale no.); STC 9375 (Beale S146); STC 9377.3 (Beale S152); STC 9383 (Beale S158); STC 9388 (Beale S165); STC 9392.5 (S171); STC 9395 (Beale S174); 9397.7 (Beale S182); STC 9400.7 (Beale S188); STC 9405.5 (Beale S194); STC 9408.5 (Beale S202); STC 9410.7 (Beale S209); STC 9413 (Beale S212). On final leaf (verso) of STC 9383 is signature "H. Payne" in a contemporary hand, possibly Henry Payne of Lincoln's Inn, active there ca. 1541-1577. On verso of final leaf of volume (STC 9413) in another 16th century hand: Ex dono Roger Snoden [Snowden?]

Title page and table only; no statutes appended.

Vol. 2 of a 6 v. collection of statutes from Henry III to James I, issued by various printers between 1548-1589, uniformly bound by Murton --cf. Dunn sale catalog. Bound in 19th century calf, period binding decorated in blind with fillets, corner ornaments and center medallion, all edges red. Marbled paper pastedowns. Shelf mark on front flyleaf. Binding signed C. Murton. Bookplate of George Dunn. With some 18th century annotations. With this are bound 11 other works, covering 1-28 Henry VIII: STC 9360; STC 9362; STC 9363.2; STC 9367; STC 9370.8; STC 9375; STC 9377.7; STC 9383; STC 9388; STC 9392.5 and STC 9396.