Anno Vicesimo Secundo Henrici Octavi: Statuta Bonum Publicum...
22 Henry VIII [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. [Henry VIII (1491-1547), King of England]. Anno Vicesimo Secvndo Henrici Octavi. Statvta Bonvm Pvblicvm Concernentia, Edita In Perliamento Tento Apud Westm[n]. XVI. Die Ianuarii, Anno Regni Praepotentissimi et Metuendissimi Anglie et Francie Regis, Fidei Defensoris, Et Domini Hibernie, Henrici Octaui. XXII. Post Diuersas Prorogationes Eiusdem Perliamenti Primo Inchoati Apud Londinum. III. Die Nouembris, Anno. XXI. Eiusdem Regis: Et Inde Adiurnati et Prorogati Vsq; Ad Vuestmonasterium, Et Ibidem Continuati per. XLIIII. Dies, Videlicet Vsq; Ad. XVII. Diem Decembris: Et ab Eodem Die et Loco Vsq;. XXVI. Diem Aprilis Proxi. Sequentis: Et ab eo die Vsq; Ad. XXII. Diem Iunii, Et ab Illo die ad Primu[m] Diem Octobris, Et a Primo Die Octobris Vsq; Ad XXII. Diem Eiusdem Mensis, Et ab Illo die Vsq; XVI. Diem Ianuarii Secundum Leges Terre Rite Prorogati, Et Ibidem Continuati per. LXXV. Dies, Videlicet ad Ultimum Diem Martii Eode[m] Anno. XXI. Et Inde Vlterius Prorogati Vsq; Ad XIII. Die[m] Octobris Proxime Sequentis. [(London): Tho. Berthelet Regis Impressor Excudebat. Cum Privilegio, (1540?)]. XXIIII ff. Folio (10-3/4" x 7-1/2"). Nineteenth-century pebbled cloth, fragment of paper label to spine. Light rubbing and minor soiling to boards, light fading to spine, spine ends bumped and lightly worn, hinges starting, armorial bookplate (of Edwin Freshfield) to front pastedown. Attractive woodcut initials. Light toning to interior, small wormhole near bottom of text block not affecting legibility, negligible light foxing to margins of a few leaves, early annotations in chancery hand to versos of f. I and f. X, the latter affected by trimming. Rare. $1,650. * This volume records 16 acts for the 22nd regnal year of Henry VIII (1530-1531). These include "An Acte Ageynst Poysonynge" and "An Acte Concernynge Outlandishe People Callynge Them Selfes Egiptians" (gypsies). Our copy was owned by Edwin Freshfield [1832-1918], a solicitor in his great family law firm. Founded in London in 1743, the firm is now the multinational Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The ESTC provisionally dates this printing to 1540. It is similar to Beale S136, but with "privilegio" instead of "priuilegio" in the colophon and additional small variations compared t.
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