
Lot 32•
MAGNA CARTA Magna Charta, cum statutis, Richard Tottell, [the 8 day of Marche], 1576
14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
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MAGNA CARTA
Magna Charta, cum statutis, mostly in Latin or Law French, then in English after p.119, black letter, without final blank, dampstaining to lower fore-corner throughout (touching text block on only a few leaves, and some marginalia), extensive manuscript marginalia in an early hand (with a few in a slightly later hand), modern half calf [ESTC S101094; Beale S18], 8vo, Richard Tottell, [the 8 day of Marche], 1576
Footnotes
A rearranged edition, with omissions and additions. The additions, selected through to the fourteenth year of Elizabeth's reign, are mostly printed in English.
Provenance: ?William Towsler (or Towler), ownership inscription dated 1 March 1578 on title; "J. Clift, Gray Inn", inscription on title.