The first part of the institutes of the laws of England; or a commentary upon Littleton, Not the Name of the Author only, but of the Law itself. Authore Edwardo Coke, milite. The thirteenth edition. Also three learned tracts of the same authore: The First, his Reading upon the 27th of Edward I. Intitled, De Finibus Levatis; The Second, of Bail and Mainprize; and the Third, his Complete Copyholder. Together with the treatise of the old tenures. The whole revised and corrected by Francis Hargrave, of Lincoln's-Inn, Esq. With the addition of various readings of Littleton, From The More Early Editions; and a preface, notes, and references, by the editor. And also an analysis of Littleton. Written by an Unknown Hand in 1658-9, but never before published

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  • The first part of the institutes of the laws of England; or a commentary upon Littleton, Not the Name of the Author only, but of the Law itself. Authore Edwardo Coke, milite. The thirteenth edition. Also three learned tracts of the same authore: The First, his Reading upon the 27th of Edward I. Intitled, De Finibus Levatis; The Second, of Bail and Mainprize; and the Third, his Complete Copyholder. Together with the treatise of the old tenures. The whole revised and corrected by Francis Hargrave, of Lincoln's-Inn, Esq. With the addition of various readings of Littleton, From The More Early Editions; and a preface, notes, and references, by the editor. And also an analysis of Littleton. Written by an Unknown Hand in 1658-9, but never before published
  • Institutes of the laws of England. Part 1
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Imprint
London : printed for G Kearsly, near Srrjeant's-Inn [sic], in Fleet-Street; and G. Robinson, in Paternoster-Row, MDCCLXXV. [1775]
Publication year
1775-1778
ESTC No.
T117843
Grub Street ID
169423
Description
[4]p.,190leaves;[20],xxp.,191-395leaves,[66]p.,table ; 2°.
Note
Published in parts

Hargrave's work was brought to completion, eventually in 1788 by Charles Butler

Catchword of the notes p.6: Fued; variant: catchword of the notes on p.6: further

In later issues the original titlepage is cancelled; a new titlepage and preliminaries, here bound before the section edited by Butler, are substituted

The final leaf contains errata and directions to the binder.
Uncontrolled note
In the variant the notes in sigs.B-G are of a slightly different setting