Perkins, John. An early edition of a popular English legal treatise

PERKINS, JOHN 

A PROFITABLE BOOKE OF MR. IOHN PERKINS, FELOWE OF THE INNER TEMPLE TREATING OF THE LAWES OF ENGLANDE. LONDON: RICHARD TOTTELL, [1593]

8vo. Preface in Latin, text in Law-French, contemporary manuscript annotations; title reinforced at outer edge, minor voids at edges of first few leaves without loss to text, minor ink staining extending from the top edges. Modern calf.

An early edition of a popular English legal treatise

First published in 1528, Perkin's Profitable Booke was a popular work during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, held in high regard by Coke and others. Devoted mostly to the land law, it is divided into the following sections: grants, deeds, feoffments, exchanges, dower, curtesy, wills, devises, surrenders, reservations, and conditions.

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ESTC S114283