Le beau-pledeur. A book of entries, containing declarations, informations and other select and approved pleadings: with special verdicts and demurrers, in most actions, real, personal, and mixt, which have been argued and adjudged in the courts at Westminster. Together with faithful references to the most authentick printed law-books now extant, where the cases of these entries are reported; and a more copious and useful table than hath been hitherto printed in any book of entries. The whole comprehending the very art and method of good pleading
A book of entries: of declarations and other pleadings general and special, in the most usual actions in the Court of Kings-bench. Also a choice collection of special writs, and their retorns. Together with observations in pleading, instructing the younger clerks in the practice of that court
From the original manuscripts in court-hand, collected and drawn by John Hansard ... To which are added, appeals of murder and mayheme, with variety of pleadings therein. Not printed before in any book of entries or pleadings.
A book of special entries of declarations, pleadings, issues, verdicts, judgments, and judicial process : in such actions as are now in use, and have not hitherto been published in any printed book of precedents : together with such notes and observations as do either illustrate or explain the same : as also such parts of pleadings and judicial process which do naturally fall under the division of each distinct title, as necessary and incident thereunto
The exact pleader : a book of entries of choice, select and special pleadings in the Court of Kings-Bench in the reign of His present Majesty King Charles II : with the method of proceeding in all manner of actions in the same court
Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esquires, for Christopher Wilkinson, Tho. Dring, and Charles Harper, at their shops in Fleet-Street,
Date of Publication
MDCLXXXIV [1684]
Physical Description
[24], 266 [i.e. 268], [20] p. ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Signatures: pi² a-e² B-2Lⴠ2M-2R².
Errors in paging: p. 137-140 omitted, p. 103-104, 133-136 repeated in the numbering; p. 113, 116, 214, 250 and 251 misnumbered 413, 416, 216, 242 and 243 respectively.
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.
[Les reports des divers select matters & resolutions des reverend judges & sages del ley : touchant & concernant mults principal points occurrent estre debate per eux: en le several reignes de les tres-hault & excellent princes, le roys Hen. 8 & Edw. 6 & le roignes Mar. & Eliz
collect & report per tres-reverend judge, Sr. Jaques Dyer chivaler ; jades chief justice del Common Bank en le temps du roigne Elizabeth. A que est novelment addes mult mille de references al plusors livers del common ley cybien auncient come modern ovesq ; grand nombre de cases ne unques devant imprimeè. Ove troice tables perfaicts, le primer conteinant le principal matter in le dit liure. Le second le nosmes des touts le cases contenus en mesme. Le tierce le nosmes des cases novelment add en le margent del liure].
[Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and M. Flesher assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires. For Samuel Keble at the Turks-Head over against Fetter-Lane in Fleet-Street],
The office of the clerk of assize : containing the form and method of the proceedings at the Assizes and General Gaol-Delivery as also on the crown and nisi prius side : together with The office of the clerk of the peace : shewing the true manner and form of the proceedings at the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace : wih divers forms of presentments and other precedents at assizes and sessions : with a table of fees thereunto belonging