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| + | Sir Robert Brooke was renowned for his great learning and probity as a judge. His ''Abridgement'' is based on Fitzherbert's ''Abridgement,'' but it contains much new material. In all, Brooke abridged nearly 21,000 cases and digested them alphabetically under 404 headings. It abridges fully the Year Books of Henry VII and Henry VIII. <ref> coke cited in Marvin's ''Legal Bibliography'' (1847) 151-52. Beale, ''Bibliography of Early English Law Books'' R471-472. </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 15:09, 22 May 2013
by Sir Robert Brooke
Sir Robert Brooke was renowned for his great learning and probity as a judge. His Abridgement is based on Fitzherbert's Abridgement, but it contains much new material. In all, Brooke abridged nearly 21,000 cases and digested them alphabetically under 404 headings. It abridges fully the Year Books of Henry VII and Henry VIII. [1]
Bibliographic Information
Author: Sir Robert Brooke
Title: La Graunde Abridgement.
Publication Info: London: R. Tottyl, 1576.
Edition:
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in later calf with blind rules to boards and renewed endpapers. Recently rebacked with raised bands and lettering piece and mended hinges. Title page printed within woodcut architectural borders with woodcut initials. Purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
References
- ↑ coke cited in Marvin's Legal Bibliography (1847) 151-52. Beale, Bibliography of Early English Law Books R471-472.
