De legibus Angliae, ca. 1390.

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De legibus Angliae, ca. 1390.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80823624

Contains Bracton's famous work on English law, with some early marginalia refering to Devonshire cases. Differs in text and arrangement from the printed edition of Tottel in 1569, and has a number of interesting Old English words.

187 leaves : vellum ; 32 x 22 cm.

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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SNAC Resource ID: 8252309

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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