The first part of the institutes of the laws of England. . Or, a commentary upon Littleton, not the name of the author only, but of the law itself. ... Authore Edwardo Coke, milite.
Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634)
Category
Books
Date
1684
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 3020662
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],28p.,395 leaves, [62]p., frontis., plate . ill.., ports.. . fol.. Indigenous; second copy. Le reading del mon Seignior Coke (28p.) bound after preface, as primary copy. Endpaper ms. dated: "May.20.98". Separate hand: "Memo: Auterfoiss acquise. ..." Text markings and annotation in ink. Provenance: Title-page inscribed: "Edward Horsman". Previous inscription obliterated. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate on title-page verso: Edward Horsman of Stretton in the County of Rutland Esq. 1703. Bookplate: Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick, (1745-1789); pre-1784; festoon armorial. Franks 14768. Binding: Late seventeenth or early eighteenth-century calf; double blind fillet border; six raised bands; gilt remains on board edges; missing spine-label: Coke upon Littleton. manuscript title on fore-edge: Coke Instit pt. 1st. Upper board almost loose.
Makers and roles
Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634) Sir Thomas Littleton (1422-1481)