Law.- Bracton (Henry de) De Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri ..., first edition, Richard T...

Law.- Bracton (Henry de) De Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri ..., first edition, title trimmed and reset at gutter, previous owner's ink and pencil notes to title, ink and pencil notes to front free endpaper verso and final ff., occasional faint marginal staining, small loss to edges of one or two ff. with neat restoration, bookplates, modern calf, [STC 3475], folio, Richard Tottell, 1569. *** Divided into five books, each subdivided into chapters with subheadings whose contents are listed in detail in the extensive index in order of appearance, Bracton's 'De Legibus', completed in the 1250s, occupies a unique position in the history of the common law. It is the first attempt to treat the whole extent of English law in a manner both systematic and practical, it constitutes the first modern English law book and it is the outstanding legal work of any English writer of the Middle Ages.Provenance: Bookplate of John Fisher. Bookplate and ink signature of O'Dunne. Bookplate of Ralph Barnes.