De laudibus legum Angliæ . written by Sir John Fortescue L. Ch. Justice, and after L. chancellor to K. Henry VI. Hereto are added the two sums of Sir Ralph de Hengham L. Ch. Justice to K. Edward I. commonly calld Henham Magna and Hengham Parva. With notes both on Fortescue and Hengham. By that famous and learned antiquarie John Selden Esq.
Sir John Fortescue (1394-1476)
Category
Books
Date
1660
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3049230
Summary
Bibliographic description
[7],[16],19-132,[3] leaves, 51,[13],140 p. . 8vo.. Leaf 132 misnumbered '13'. - Contemporary manuscript annotations on endpapers. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear] - on lower board. Binding: Seventeenth-century full calf, 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered on spine label 'Fortescue Legum Angliae'.
Makers and roles
Sir John Fortescue (1394-1476) Ralph de Hengham (d.1311) John Selden (1584-1654)