An abridgment of the first part of my Ld. Coke's Institutes
Subtitle: with some additions, explaining many of the difficult cases, and shewing in what points the law has been altered by late resolutions and acts of Parliament.
Contributors: Littleton, Thomas, Sir, d. 1481.; Hawkins, William, 1673-1746.
Edition: The third edition corrected.
Publisher: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq.), for John Walthoe in the Middle-Temple-Cloysters
Published: 1719
Place of publication: In the Savoy [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 495
Subjects: Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800; Real property -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Work titles: First part of the institutes of the laws of England
Notes: Hawkins's abridgment of the commentary of Sir Edward Coke on Littleton from Coke's First part of the institutes of the laws of England.  Hawkins omits Coke's reprint of Littleton's Tenures and such parts of Coke as were obsolete when the work was compiled.  Cf., J.G. Marvin, Legal bibliog.

Published anonymously, written by William Hawkins. Cf. Halkett & Laing. Dictionary of Anon. and Pseudon. Eng. Lit.

Signatures: pi1 A⁴(-A4) B-X¹² Y⁸ Z-2C¹² 2D⁴; verso of leaf Y8 and 2D4, and recto of leaf pi1 are blank.

Publisher's advertisements, "Some law books lately printed for J. Walthoe" on verso of leaf pi1.