illa iuris regni & antiquarum consuetudin(
~u) eo tempore peritissimo. Et illas sol(
~u) leges continet et consuetudines secundum quas placitatur in Curia Regis ad scaccarium et coram Iusticiis vbicunque fuerint.
Huic adiectæ sunt a quodam studioso adnotationes aliquot marginales non inutiles.
Colophon:
Londini in ædibus
Richardi Totteli. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum. [n.d. ?
1554.]
Law 234
First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 136 leaves: A-P
8, the last a blank, Q-R
8, the last 16 leaves for the Tabula, errata list on the last page, woodcut initials.
STC 11905.
Dibdin-Ames IV, 2667.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 40, 20.
Marvin, page 336.
Beale T365.
Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.i. Manuscript notes in more than one hand, and an autograph signature on the title-page:
E libris Tho. Long. For the two books at one time bound with this work, as indicated in the 1815 Catalogue above, see no. 2094 and 2095.
Referred to by Jefferson in his above mentioned correspondence with Thomas Cooper.
Ranulf de Glanville, d. 1190, Chief Justiciar of England. This is the oldest English legal classic, and is known always as “Glanville” though
probably written by another during his justiciarship. It has been ascribed to Hubert Walter.
[1769]
J. 5
[
Glanvil.
12
mo.
2. cop.
]
1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 1, Glanvil, 12mo. 1673.
GLANVILLE,
Ranulf de.
Another edition . . .
Cum diversis manuscriptis nuper examinatis: Et duplici indice; uno alphabetico in principio libri; altero capitulorum in fine.
London: Printed by
J. Streater,
H. Twyford, and
E. Flesher, the Assigns of
R. Atkins and E. Atkins Esquires. And are to be sold by
G. Sawbridge,
J. Place,
J. Bellinger [and others],
m dc lxxiii
. [1673]
Law 234
Sm. 8vo. 144 leaves in eights.
STC G839.
This edition not in Marvin.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 40, 20.
Tree sheep, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig.
I.
This is probably the second copy referred to by Jefferson in his heading to the previous entry.
[1770]
J. 6
Bracton.
4
to.
id.
folio.
1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 159, Bracton, 4to 1640.
BRACTON,
Henry de.
Henrici de Bracton de Legibvs et Consuetudinibus Angliæ, libri qvinqve: in varios tractatus distincti, ad diversorum & vetustissimorum Codicum
collationem, ingenti cura denuò typis vulgati . . .
Londini: typis
Milonis Flesher &
Roberti Young, Assign:
Johannis More Armig,
m. dc. xl
. [1640]
Law 164
4to. 458 leaves: A, a, B-Z
8, (z)
4, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Iii
8, Kkk
6; woodcut device on the title-page; Preface signed T. N.
STC 3476.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 38, 4.
Calf, rebacked. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson with a manuscript note by him on page 8. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Jefferson’s manuscript catalogue calls for two editions. Only the quarto edition was sold to Congress.
In the letter to Thomas Cooper dated from Monticello, January 16, 1814, after thanking Cooper for his translation of Justinian
[q.v.] Jefferson wrote: “
. . . but what I had wanted to say to you on the ”
