Les termes de la ley; . or, Certain difficult and obscure words and terms of the common laws and statutes of this realm now in use, expounded and explained. Now corrected and enlarged. With very great additions throughout the whole book, never printed in any other impression.
John Rastell (d.1536)
Category
Books
Date
1685
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048275
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],463,468-671,[1] p. . 8vo.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: D.8. manuscript inscription on rear flyleaf: 'cbm'.. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819), pasted over an earlier, less well-executed plate of the 5th earl, with the single-tailed lion.. Binding: Calf; blind ruled; blind rolled; spine triple blind ruled; red spine label: 'Termes of the law'.
Makers and roles
John Rastell (d.1536)