The first part of Simboleography
Subtitle: Which may be termed the art, or description, of instruments and presidents
By: Collected by William West of the Inner Temple Esquire
Edition: And now newly augmented with diuers presidents touching marchants affaires.
Publisher: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Companie of Stationers.
Published: 1610
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Legal instruments; Early works to 1800; Conveyancing; Equity pleading and procedure; Forms (Law)
Work titles: Symbolaeographia
Notes: With Latin mottoes and typographical ornament below the title.

Identification of Adam Islip as printer from STC (2nd ed.)

Dedicatory letter, in Latin, to Sir Edmund Anderson, signed W. West.

Collation: [par.]⁶ A-2Q⁸ 2R⁶ [$4 (+[par.]4 +2R4) signed]

In black letter and Roman type; some italic type.

Initials; head and tail pieces, some of type ornaments.

Marginal section notations.

Includes index.

Symbolaeographia, a work in in four books, was first printed in 1590 by Richard Tottel (STC 25267). It was revised in two parts, "Symbolaeography ... the first part" (STC 25267.5) in 1592, and "The second part of symboleography" (STC 25276.3) in 1593. Both parts were subsequently issued, separately, in numerous later editions.

"The first printed systematic treatise on the writing of legal instruments, including not only precedents in conveyancing but also of indictments and proceedings in chancery ... drawing upon civilian and continental scholarship." --Oxford DNB.

STC (2nd ed.) 25272

No received date; HLSL rebind.

Text in English and Latin.

Ex libris William Paget -- H. Colman.

On title page, "Lib: Wil: Paget" (crossed out) in a 17th century hand; at head of title "H. Colman" in a later hand. With this is bound: STC 25279.3, The second part of symboleography (1611)