Les Plees del Corone [and] An Exposition of the King's Prerogative, collected out of the great abridgement of Justice Fitzherbert, and other old writers of the lawes of England.

STANFORD, William.

Published by London Ex typographia Societatis Stationariorum Printed for the Companie of Stationers i.e. Adam Islip, 1607

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2 works, consecutively printed; small 4to bound in 8 (20 x 14.5 cm); first work in Norman French, second in English with Latin excerpts, woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, some early underlining in pen, bookplate to front pastedown, title to first work laid down; amateur blind-tooled pigskin, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, joints slightly rubbed; [12], 198; [5], 85ff. Two important works by the Tudor judge and legal historian William Stanford (1509-1558). The first, Les Plees del Corone, is a textbook on criminal law in Norman French ('Law French'), and the earliest legal work in England to adopt the practice of citing specific authorities for every proposition. It's title is taken from the justice Sir Anthony Fitzherbert's La Graunde Abridgement, a digest of law reports first published in 1514, with passages also quoted from the writings of Glanvill, Bracton, and relevant Acts of Parliament. It is followed by An Exposition of the King's Prerogative, which had its roots in readings of the 14th-century statute Prerogativa Regis. Printed in English, the text deals mainly with the property rights of the crown. This edition printed by Adam Islip marks the first time the two works appeared together.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Les Plees del Corone [and] An Exposition of the King's Prerogative, collected out of the great abridgement of Justice Fitzherbert, and other old writers of the lawes of England.
• Publisher: London Ex typographia Societatis Stationariorum Printed for the Companie of Stationers i.e. Adam Islip
• Publication Date: 1607