Years 1-22 of Edward IV and the Long Quinto, Vulgate Edition.
Cases from the Reign of Edward IV, Parts IX and X of the Vulgate Edition [Year Books]. [Vulgate Edition]. Edward IV [1442-1483], King of England. Les Reports des Cases en Ley Que Fuerunt Argues en Temps du Roy Edward le Quart. Avec les Notations de le Tres Reverend Judges Brook & Fitz-Herbert. Et Auter References n'Unques Devant Imprimee. Ovesque un Table Perfect des Choses Notables Contenus en Ycel. London: Printed by George Sawbridge [et al.] And are to be sold by H. Twyford [et al.], 1680. [ii], 10, 29, 28, 44, 8, 12, 32, 25, 53, 19, 11, 21, 10, 8, 33, 12, 8, 30, 10, 19, 84, 51, [75] pp. Complete. [Bound with] Les Reports des Cases en Ley en le Cinque An du Roy Edward le Quart. Communement Appelle Long Quinto. Novelment Imprimee & Corrigee, Ovesque References al Brook; Et un Table Perfect. London: Printed by George Sawbridge [et al.] And are to be sold by H. Twyford [et al.], 1680. [ii], 108, 108-142, [9] pp. Complete. Folio (15" x 9"). Later (eighteenth or nineteenth-century) calf, blind rules and fillets to boards, raised bands, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, gilt rules to board edges. Rubbing and scuffing to boards, heavier rubbing and light wear to extremities, front board separated but secured by cords, rear joint starting at ends, corners bumped and worn, rear hinge cracked, faint offsetting to endleaves, minor worming to foot of front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing and soiling in a few places, minor worming to bottom margin of first 100 or so leaves, occasional faint dampstaining to edges of last several leaves, text not affected. $700. * It is difficult to overestimate the importance of the Year Books. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings in Norman England they are of crucial primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. They also provide a richly detailed portrait of contemporary English life, customs and manners. The origin of the Year Books is unknown. Some scholars believe the earliest volumes were notes transcribed by law students for study and for the use of lawyers in later cases while others maintain they were made by lawyers. Though it is not known when the first manuscript volumes were compiled, the date from the 1270s to 1535. Printed editions of the Year Books were first issued by William de Machlinia between 1481 and 1482.
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