Natura breuium newly and moost trewly corrected, with dyuers addicions of the statutes, boke, cases plees, in abatementes of the sayd wryttes and theyr declaracio[n]s, and barres to the same added and put in theyr places moost conuenie[n]t
Publisher: Robert Redman
Published: 1530
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; roa; lat
Subjects: Writs; Early works to 1800
Work titles: Natura brevium
Notes: Title within border of typographical ornaments and scroll pieces.

"Cum gratia [et] p[ri]uilegio Rege indulto." --foot of title.

Printer's name, month and day of imprint from colophon: ... in edibus Roberti Redman in p[ar]ochia Sancti Dunstani sub intersigno Sancti Georgii nuperime exarata. Anno salutis nostre. Millesimo quingentesimo. xxix. die vero .xxiii. Martii.

Collation: A-2D⁸ 2E⁴ [chi]⁴ 2E5-2E8 [$5 signed; misprinting D5 as D6; P3 as N3; S3 as R3; 2E4 as E3]

Cut of Tudor rose, with crown, on verso of title page; within a border of typographical ornaments. --Cf. Beale, J.H. Engl. law, plate no. 12.

Cut of the infant Christ on verso of final leaf --Cf. Beale, J.H. Engl. law, plate no. 23.

In black letter type.

Historiated initial, A2r; tail pieces.

Side notes.

Includes index.

The Natura brevium is a selection of writs, with commentary, based on the Registrum brevium or Register of writs, dating from the reign of Edward III. The first printed edition of Natura brevium was published in 1494 by Richard Pynson. After Sir Anthony Fitzherbert published his New Natura brevium in 1534, it was referred to as the Old Natura brevium.

STC (2nd ed.) 18391

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T87

Text in Law French and Latin.

Ex libris James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of Crawford (his sale, Sotheby, 1887, no. 1524) -- George Dunn (his sale, Sotheby, 12 Feb. 1913, no. 190)

Bound in 19th century vellum, all edges gilt. Bookplate of George Dunn, who purchased it in July 1887 at Crawford's sale. With a few 16th century marginal annotations.