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LITTLETON, THOMAS. Littleton Tenures in Englishe. 142, [2] leaves. Mostly printed in black letter. 8vo, 133x92 mm, early reversed leather over pasteboard with 19th-century spine title and owner's name in ink, top of spine chipped; occasional marginal soiling, scattered minor dampstains, early inscriptions partly inked out on title, clean tear in K8, blank portions of front free endpaper excised. (London: Richard Tottell, 16 April 1556)
The fundamental treatise on English property law, "the first attempt at a scientific classification of rights over land" (EB), originally published in Law French circa 1482. Printing and the Mind of Man 23 (original edition); STC 15767 (this edition).
