Lyttylton tenvres nevvly imprynted.

All titles

• Lyttylton tenvres nevvly imprynted.
• Lyttylton tenures newly imprynted

People / Organizations

• Thomas Littleton (Author)

Imprint

[Londini: in ædibus Thomæ Betheleti Regii impressoris, [1536?]]

Publication year

1536-1536

ESTC No.

S96087

Grub Street ID

153880

Description

164 leaves ; 8⁰

Note

Imprint from colophon with "cum priuilegio" at the foot.

Date of publication suggested by STC addenda.

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman type.

First published in 1482, Littleton's work was the earliest printed treatise on English law not printed in Latin. It incorporated some material from the Ole tenures and "sums up the development of what was then the most important branch of the common law" --- cf. Oxford companion to law.