Archaionomia, siue, De priscis anglorum legibus libri : sermone Anglico, vetustate antiquissimo, aliquot abhinc seculis conscripti, at[que] nunc demum, magno iurisperitorum, & amantium antiquitatis omnium commodo, è tenebris in lucem vocati / Gulielmo Lambardo interprete ; regum qui has leges scripserunt nomenclationem, & quid praeterea accesserit, altera monstrabit pagina.
England.; Lambarde, William, 1536-1601, translator.; Nowell, Laurence, 1530-approximately 1570, compiler.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, associated name, signer.; Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, former owner.; Gwynn, Edward, -approximately 1645, former owner.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.; Twysden, Roger, Sir, 1597-1672, signer.; Lambarde, William, 1536-1601, annotator, former owner.; Tremayne, Richard, approximately 1530-1584, former owner, signer.; Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Law, former owner.
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Archaionomia, siue, De priscis anglorum legibus libri : sermone Anglico, vetustate antiquissimo, aliquot abhinc seculis conscripti, at[que] nunc demum, magno iurisperitorum, & amantium antiquitatis omnium commodo, è tenebris in lucem vocati / Gulielmo Lambardo interprete ; regum qui has leges scripserunt nomenclationem, & quid praeterea accesserit, altera monstrabit pagina.
Uniform title
Laws, etc.
Created/published
Londini : Ex officina Ioannis Daij, an. 1568.
Description
[19], 140, [3] leaves : map (woodcut) ; 19 cm (4to)
Corporate author
England.
Associated name
Lambarde, William, 1536-1601, translator.
Nowell, Laurence, 1530-approximately 1570, compiler.
V.a.230 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, associated name, signer.
Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, former owner.
Gwynn, Edward, -approximately 1645, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Twysden, Roger, Sir, 1597-1672, signer.
copy 6 Lambarde, William, 1536-1601, annotator, former owner.
copy 6 Tremayne, Richard, approximately 1530-1584, former owner, signer.
copy 6 Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Law, former owner.
Nowell, Laurence, 1530-approximately 1570, compiler.
V.a.230 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, associated name, signer.
Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, former owner.
Gwynn, Edward, -approximately 1645, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Twysden, Roger, Sir, 1597-1672, signer.
copy 6 Lambarde, William, 1536-1601, annotator, former owner.
copy 6 Tremayne, Richard, approximately 1530-1584, former owner, signer.
copy 6 Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Law, former owner.
Note
Compiled by Laurence Nowell.
First word of title in Greek characters; at foot of title: Cum gratia et priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis per decennium.
The laws from Ina through Canute have parallel Old English and Latin texts.
Includes index.
Signatures: [superscript pi]A-D⁴ [superscript pi]E² C-Y⁴ 2A-2Q⁴.
First word of title in Greek characters; at foot of title: Cum gratia et priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis per decennium.
The laws from Ina through Canute have parallel Old English and Latin texts.
Includes index.
Signatures: [superscript pi]A-D⁴ [superscript pi]E² C-Y⁴ 2A-2Q⁴.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Condition
title page torn with slight loss; boards off, spine missing, several leaves loose including title page, previous repairs to paper
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 15142
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122075
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122075
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 15142 copy 1
Folger-specific note
Manuscript markings: slip tipped in before leaf B2 was used to practice forming letters of the Old English and Latin alphabets [pen trials]. Provenance: inscriptions: on t.p.: 'olim Abrahami Orteliy' [Abraham Ortelius]; and on front free endpaper: '51 Hodgsons 21/4/21'; collated at Quaritch by E. Talbot, 26.4.21; Harmsworth copy
Folger accession
HH129/8
Call number
STC 15142 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Wormed, affecting map and some text. Manuscript notes: some manuscript corrections in margins; manuscript markings: underscoring. Tan calf binding, with clasps; in gilt on front cover: 'Edward Gwynn' and in gilt on both covers: 'E G'. Provenance: Edward Gwynn copy; inscription on t.p.: 'Roger Twysden. 1654.'; bookplate of Sir Thomas Seabright (motto 'servare mentem'); Sir Thomas Phillipps copy
Folger accession
148656
Call number
STC 15142 copy 3
Folger-specific note
Manuscript notes: some notes in margins, often cropped; a few manuscript corrections; pencilled note about Dyson connection and quality of this copy on front free endpaper. Provenance: according to Folger catalogue and note on worksheet: 'said to be Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester - Sir William Tite copy'; inscriptions: on t.p.: 'B Robinson lib...1692'; and on front fly-leaf: 'Bethell Robinson's copy'; bookstamp on verso of t.p.: 'Humfridus Dyson, Notarius publicus me possidet. 1611' [Humphrey Dyson]; bought by Folger in 1906 from Reader Catalogue 377:116
Folger accession
cs410
Call number
STC 15142 copy 4
Folger-specific note
A few manuscript markings. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: 'R. Cudworth'; armorial bookplate has owner's name excised (motto 'sit deus in studiis)'; Sotheby sale, 6 May 1903:60
Folger accession
cs125
Call number
STC 15142 copy 5
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: lower part of A1 (t.p.) torn away
Folger accession
cs1462
Call number
V.a.230
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: wanting D4 (map); t.p. and last leaves frayed. Provenance: contains an autograph on the title page purported to be that of William Shakespeare, cf. Giles Dawson's article in 'English Institute Annual', 1942. Contemporary laced-case vellum binding removed and stored separately.
Folger accession
12.14.38
Former call number
STC 15142 copy 6 Bd.w. Mss. V.a.230
Call number
STC 15142 copy 6
Folger-specific note
Title page torn, with loss of the first 'A'. Trimmed closely, with some loss at head; leaf D (map) is folded--not trimmed at binding; repair done to torn leaves. Manuscript corrections in William Lambarde's hand. Contemporary autograph on title page "Ricardus Tremain" [possibly the Puritan divine] inked over. Embossed stamps of Northwestern University Law School on title page. Bound in half calf with marbled paper boards and endpapers; spine missing. Acquired from Karen Thomson, 2012-01-27.
Folger accession
266911
Former call number
STC 15142 copy 7