The first edition of "La graunde abridgement"--English Short Title Catalogue.
The title "La graunde abridgement" taken from the English Short Title Catalogue.
Probably printed by John Rastell (v. 1) and Wynken De Worde (v. 2-3), beginning about 1514. Cf. Law library journal, v. 51, 1958, p. [100]-116 and ESTC. The colophon of v. 3 is dated 1516.
"Finis tocius istius op[er]is finit[us] xxi die Dicembr[is] A[nn]o d[omi]ni Millecimo qui[n]ge[n]tesimo sextodecimo"--Colophon.
Title page of vol. 1 delineates a king upon the throne with "Prima pars huius libri" printed above; vol. 2 has title page with the royal coat of arms and "Sequitur secunda pars" printed above; vol. 3 has title page with the royal coat of arms and "Ultima pars huius libri" printed above.
LC copy vol. 3 t.p. has "The price of the whole boke (.xl. s.) Whych boke conteynyth iii grete volumes," is printed below "Ultima pars huius libri."
LCHS copy lacking title page of volume 2.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title pagebelow another signature.
Book number 792 as assigned by Yeates.
"Contains a digest of all the cases in the Year-books, down to the 21 Hen. VII ... as well as cases from the reigns of Rich. II, Edw. I and II, Hen. III, and a number of readings and original authorities no where else to be found"-J.G. Marvin. Legal bibliography, 1847.
The article surveys the following topics: The purchasing of tobacco by agents; warehouse architecture; the sorting and packing that took place in the warehouses; and some of the companies and their owners who built the warehouses.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 120, number 4 (2020), p. 210-245Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.120 n.4
The article describes how congressman Griest , for whom the Griest building in Lancaster is named, advocated for Lancaster County's tobacco industry by arguing against the removal of tariffs on cheap Philippines tobacco and by acquiring federal funding to raise the national profile of Lancaster County's tobacco industry.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 120, number 4 (2020), p. 248-277Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.120 n.4
