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1569673671569. London 1569. First edition. London 1569. First edition. Printing and the Mind of Man 89: The "Crown and Flower of Medieval Jurisprudence" Bracton Henry de d. 1268. De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae Libri Quinq; In Varios Tractatus Distincti ad Diversorum et Vetustissimorum Codicum Collationem Ingenti Cura Nunc Primu Typis Vulgati; Quorum Quid Cuiq; Insit Proxima Pagina Demonstrabit. London: Apud Richardum Tottellum 1569. xvi 444 i.e. 442 ff. Folio 11-1/4" x 7-3/4". Nineteenth-century diced calf gilt rules to boards gilt fillets ornaments and title to spine gilt rules to board edges gilt inside rules marbled endpapers ribbon marker. Light rubbing to boards faint dampstain to front board moderate rubbing to extremities front joint just starting at head corners bumped and somewhat worn armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Attractive large woodcut decorated initials. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places light foxing and finger smudges to some leaves some fading to text of ff. 1 and 2. A handsome copy of a landmark work. $10000. First edition. Written between 1250 and 1256 De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae The Laws and Customs of England is the first treatise on English law. A systematic work it emphasizes the separation of procedural and substantive matters and also cites cases as sources of at least intellectual if not formal authority. The principles formulated in this work and its use of precedents determined the development of English law and established the method adopted by Littleton and Coke. In Maitland's words it is "the crown and flower of English medieval jurisprudence" and "by far the greatest of our medieval law books.": Maitland Collected Papers II:43. Beale Bibliography of Early English Law Books T323. Printing and the Mind of Man 89. English Short-Title Catalogue S122159. unknown books
150146178Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 1501. Cf. Proctor 10958; ISTC ib00605000. A modern full calf binding executed in period style with brass bosses at each corner & center boss in each board. Modern leather strap clasp. Red edgestain. Binding - Fine. Imperfect textblock lacking the initial gathering and two leaves Zz1 & Zz6. Extensive period annotations throughout/some marginal paper restoration to numerous leaves especially H3 no loss & lower portion of 8. Some annotations affected by trimming. 1 cm closed tear to bottom edge of S2 T1; top of Qq5; bit of paper loss to Tt5 & Xx1 lower margin no text affected. Texblock overall with a nod to the missing leaves Very Good. Folio: a8 b - z6 A - Zz6 8. R4 missigned Q4. Text block trimmed at some juncture not us with current leaf size: ~ 28.6 cm x 18.8 cm. Rubricated / modest illumination of initial paragraph letters. Binding: 11-1/2" x 8" <br/><br/>"Anton Koberger was the German goldsmith printer and publisher who printed and published the Nuremberg Chronicle a landmark of incunabula and was a successful bookseller of works from other printers. He established in 1470 the first printing house in Nuremberg" from which sprang a number of editions of the Biblia Latina first appearing in 1475 with this reputedly the last with the Koberger name. Anton Koberger hardcover books
