Legal history | A group of printed English Statutes, 22 works in 21 volumes

Legal history

A group of printed English Statutes, 22 volumes in all, comprising:

(1) The statutes made and established from the time of king Henry the thirde, unto the first yere of the reigne of our most gracious and victorious soveraigne lorde kyng Henry the viii. London: Henry Wykes, [and Thomas Berthelet], 1564. Folio, gothic type, title-page with woodcut border, small manuscript title in an early modern hand to fore-edge, title-page reinforced at margins, some creasing and marginal dampstaining, rebacked with original covers retained, endleaves renewed upper hinge split. [STC 9303; ESTC S121436; USTC 506233]

(2) A collection in English, of the statutes now in force continued from the beginning of Magna Charta, made in the ix. yeere of the reigne of King H.iii. until the end of the Parliament holden in the xxxv. yeere of the reigne of our gratious Queene Elizabeth, under titles placed by order of alphabet. London: Thomas Wight and Bonham Norton, 1598. Gothic type. Title-page reinforced with loss to lower and outer margins. [ESTC S121417; USTC 513674]

[bound with:] Anno xxxix. Reginae Elizabethae. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the xxiiii. day of October, in the xxxix. yeere of the reigne of our most gracious Soveraigne Lady Elizabeth. London: deputies of Christopher Barker, 1598. Folio, gothic type, title-page with woodcut border, some dampstaining to title-page, 4cm marginal closed tear to C4, marginal dampstaining to end few leaves, minor worming throughout. [ESTC S116709; USTC 515912]

2 works in one volume, folio, contemporary blindstamped calf, rebacked, endleaves renewed

(3) Anno primo Henrici Octavi... [London: Thomas Berthelet, 1551]. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials, marginal dampstaining and tissue repairs, slight marginal worming [STC 9360; ESTC S121429; USTC 504591]

(4) Anno tertio [-septimo] Henrici Octavi... [London: Thomas Berthelet, 1552]. 5 parts in one volume, folio, gothic type, woodcut initials, woodcut device at end of anno septimo, slight marginal worming [STC 9362; ESTC S121432; USTC 504750]

(5) Anno XIIII et XV Henrici Octavi... [London:] Thomas Berthelet, [1551]. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials, slight marginal worming [STC 9363.2; ESTC S1939; USTC 515420]

(6) Anno. XXI. Henrici VIII. [London: Thomas Berthelet, 1551]. Folio, gothic type, title-page with woodcut border, woodcut initials, small marginal wormhole [STC 9367; ESTC S121435; USTC 504592]

(7) Anno vicesimo secundo Henrici Octavi... [London:] Thomas Berthelet, [1553]. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials. [STC 9370.8; ESTC S121438; USTC 504842]

(8) Anno XXIII. H. VIII.... [London: Thomas Berthelet, 1551]. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials, woodcut device on D6v. [ESTC S121443; STC 9375]

(9) Anno XXIIII Henrici VIII... London: Thomas Berthelet, 1538. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials, woodcut device at end. [STC 9377.3; ESTC S1947; USTC 518512]

(10) Anno XXV. Henrici VIII... London: Thomas Berthelet, [1551]. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials, woodcut device at end. [STC 9383; ESTC S121448; USTC 504631]

(11) Anno. XXVI. Henrici VIII... [London:] Thomas Berthelet, [1551]. Folio, gothic type, title-page with woodcut border, woodcut initials, woodcut device at end. [STC 9388; ESTC S121449; USTC 504632]

(12) Anno XXVII. Henrici VIII. London: Thomas Powell, 1557. Folio, gothic type, title-page with woodcut border, woodcut initials, woodcut device at end. [STC 9392.5; ESTC S1951; USTC 518535 (listing 2 institutional copies)]

(13) Anno. XXVIII. Henrici VIII... [London]: Thomas Berthelet, [1551]. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials, woodcut device at end, some staining. [STC 9395; ESTC S121452; USTC 504633]

(14) Anno tricesimo primo Henrici Octavi... London: [Thomas Berthelet], 1539. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials, woodcut device at end. [STC 9397; ESTC S111426; USTC 503061]

(15) Anno XXXII. Henrici Octavi... [London: Thomas Berthelet], 1540. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials. [ESTC S121455; STC 9401; not listed on USTC]

(16) Anno tricesimo tertio Henrici Octavi... London: Thomas Berthelet, 1542 [but ca. 1553]. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials, woodcut device at end. [STC 9405.5; ESTC S1957; USTC 518173]

(17) Anno tricesimo quarto et quinto Herici [sic] Octavi... London: Thomas Barthelet [sic]. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials, marginal dampstaining. [STC 9408.5; ESTC S1959; USTC 505281]

(18) Henry the Eyght by the grace of God Kyng of Englande, beganne this thyrde session... in the fyve and thyrty yere of his maiesties moste noble and vyctorious reygne... London: Thomas Berthelet, 1544. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials, marginal dampstaining [STC 9410; ESTC S121526; USTC 503551]

(19) Statutes made in the parliament, holden at Westminster in the .xxxvii. yere of the reygne of the moste renoumed [sic] Henry the eyght... [London:] Thomas Berthelet, 1546. Folio, gothic type, title-page with woodcut border, woodcut initials, slight marginal worming. [STC 9412.5; ESTC S121521; USTC 503723]

(20) The Second Volume conteinyng those Statutes whiche have ben made in the tyme of the most victoriouse reigne of kyng Kenrie the Eight. with a table to the whole. London: Thomas Berthelet, 1551. Folio, gothic type, woodcut initials, marginal dampstaining and repairs affecting text. [STC 9303.6; ESTC S110259; USTC 504624]

Volumes (4) - (21) uniformly bound in modern quarter morocco, spines lettered in gilt

(21) Anno Secundo et Tertio Philippi & Mariae... London: John Cawood, 1555. Folio, gothic type, title-page with elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials, elaborate woodcut initials, modern half calf, spine lettered in gilt. [STC 9451; USTC S113148 (listing date of publication as 1560)]

PROVENANCE:

(1) initials of early modern owner "WM" stamped in blind to covers; later ownership inscription of early-modern ownership inscription of "James Lattan" to title-page, with initials "JL" beneath; (20) early modern ownership inscription "Liber Edw [effaced] ex libris paternis" to title; early modern ownership inscription "Nhy" to title; (21) William Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey: bookplate, his sale, Christie's, 11-13 July 2000, part lot 389