A profitable booke of Mr. Iohn Perkins, fellow of the Inner Temple. Treating of the lawes of England
de Perkins, John (d. 1545)
- Usado
- good
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
-
Lockhart, Texas, United States
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London: Miles Flesher and Robert Young, assignes of John More, 1639. Good. 32mo in 8's. [24], 168 ff. = 192 ff., COMPLETE. Title-page and table of contents in English, Preface in Latin, text in Norman French. Contemporary calf in typical law trade binding fashion, joints cracked, later spine label, gilt floral roll along board edges. Leather stains on endleaves, first two leaves browned and worn, large ink stain on title bleeding through to verso, foliated initial on f. 1. Wildy and Sons bookseller label on bottom of front pastedown. An early edition of a popular English legal treatise, with the text - as prescribed by the English court - in NORMAN FRENCH. First published in 1528, "Perkin's Profitable Booke" was a popular legal textbook during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, held in high regard by Coke and others. Devoted mostly to the land law, it is divided into the following sections: grants, deeds, feoffments, exchanges, dower, curtesy, wills, devises, surrenders, reservations, and conditions. ¶ One other copy is available on the market but ours is in superior condition.
ESTC S114292; STC 19645.
ESTC S114292; STC 19645.
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- Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2935
- Título
- A profitable booke of Mr. Iohn Perkins, fellow of the Inner Temple. Treating of the lawes of England
- Autor
- Perkins, John (d. 1545)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Miles Flesher and Robert Young, assignes of John More
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1639
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
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We invite you to browse through a selection of our inventory: we strive to present the greatest historic detail and bibliographic accuracy, even for lesser priced - but no less interesting - items. We are happy to provide further images of any item: please inquire.
Order with confidence: we select every item with great care and discernment; moreover, we examine every page of every book. We are always interested in purchasing fine and rare books, manuscripts, and ephemera; please inquire. We very much appreciate your interest in our work, and your patronage. Thank you!
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...