Apr 11, 2011 - Sale 2243

Sale 2243 - Lot 153

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
BRETON, JOHN LE, attributed to. Britton. Woodcut royal arms of England on title; printer's device at end. [6], 287, [1] leaves. Printed in black letter. Small 8vo, 133x94 mm, old 1/2 sheep, badly worn, covers detached; contents toned and brittle with marginal dampstaining at beginning and end, several small wormholes throughout generally not impairing legibility, outer portion of 3 leaves toward beginning torn and restored with text supplied in manuscript, few other leaves torn without text loss, slight paper corrosion and chipping along fore edge of last few leaves. (London: Robert Redman), [1533?]

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first edition of a French-language summary of English law dating from the late 13th century. Beale T324; Sarton II, 1130; STC 3803.