La graunde abridgement
By: collecte par le Iudge tresreuerend monsieur Anthony Fitzherbert, dernierment conferre ouesque la copye escript et per ceo correcte, ouesque le nombre del sueil, per quel facilement poies trouer les cases cy abrydges en les liuers dans, nouelment annote, iammais deuaunt imprimes.
Contributors: Tottel, Richard, d. 1594, printer.
Publisher: In aedibus Ricardi Tottelli
Published: 1577
Place of publication: London
Language: frm
Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. -- England -- Early works to 1800; Law -- England -- Early works to 1800; Law -- England -- Sources
Genres: Early works to 1800; Sources
Other titles: 1577, la graunde abridgement; Secounde part du graund abridgement
Notes: "Contains a digest of all the cases in the year-books, down to the 21 Hen. VII ... as well as cases from the reigns of Rich. II, Edw. I and II, Hen. III, and a number of readings and original authorities no where else to be found."--J. G. Marvin. Legal bibliography, 1847.

Place of publication taken from colophon of vol. 2.

"Imprinted at London in Fletestrete within Temple barre at the signe of the Hand and Starre, by Rycharde Tottel the 20. day of August, Anno 1577"--Colophon of v. 2

Title within ornamental border with the initials "R" and "T" (i.e. Richard Tottell) at the base.

Vol. 1 has foliation: [1], 257, 259-342 leaves; vol. 2 has: [1], 265, [1], 66 leaves.

Signatures, v. 1: A-2T⁸ 2V⁶; signatures v. 2: A-2I⁸ 2K¹⁰, ²A-H⁸ ²I⁴(-I4). In the first gathering of each vol. the t.p. is the first leaf of the gathering even though the second leaf is marked A1.

Includes index.

ESTC S102204

STC (2nd ed.) 10957

Beale, J.H.  Engl. law, R466, R467, R468