An Exact Abridgment of All Statutes in Force and Use, From the.

From Magna Carta to 1681 Wingate, Edmund (or Edmond) [1596-1656]. [Washington, Joseph, Editor]. An Exact Abridgment of All the Statutes in Force and Use, From the Beginning of Magna Charta Until 1641. By Edm. Wingate of Grays-Inn, Esq. And from Thence Continued Down Under Their Proper Titles Alphabetically to this Present Year 1681. London: Printed by the Assigns of J. Bill, T. Newcomb, And H. Hills [et al.], 1681. [iv], 688, [68] pp. Octavo (7" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands to spine, gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing, faint dampstaining and a few minor nicks and scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, removing most of the board-edge gilding, chipping to head of spine, joints starting at ends, corners bumped and somewhat worn, hinges cracked, a few cracks to text block, library bookplate and small shelf label to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, faint dampstaining to upper-outside corners of final quarter of text block, light soiling to title page, (illegible) annotation in small early hand to front free endpaper. $150. * Later edition. First published in 1642, Wingate's Exact Abridgment offered a shorter alternative to the lengthy compilations of Rastell and Pulton. A standard work, it was updated and reissued several times. Its final edition appeared in 1708. English Short-Title Catalogue R34887.…