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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Fourth Edition, Corrected. [10 p.], 395 leaves, [61 p.]. 29 cm. Frontispiece portrait of Coke and decorated title page. Portrait of Littleton across from first leaf. Fold out chart at leaf 19. Full leather, wrapped in mylar (removed for photo). Text in French, English and Latin. Wrapped in protective mylar. Bookplate for The Birmingham Law Society on front pastedown. New pastedowns, with bookplate that was on endboard placed on new pastedown at front. Ink signatures and inscriptions on front endpapers. Bottom corners of frontispiece and title repaired professionally. Stain bottom corner of leaf 12 verso. Rear endpaper has soiled edges. Further ink notes in Tables at rear. Occasional chips, which may be paper flaws. Tiny ink stamps on verso of title page and in margin of page numbered 294. A foundational document of the common law. The Institutes' various reprinted editions, extending well into the 19th century, indicate the long-lasting value placed on this work. The First Part's subtitle is a "Commentary upon Littleton" and concerns land and property law. Often called Coke on Littleton (abbreviated "Co. Litt."), it is a commentary on Thomas de Littleton's treatise on land tenure. Sir Thomas Littleton (ca. 14071481) was a judge, undersheriff, and legal writer made a Knight of the Bath by King Edward IV. Sir Edward Coke (1552 1634) was a barrister, judge, and politician. He is often considered the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, mainly because of these "Institutes." This volume was printed by Miles Flesher, John Haviland and Robert Young.