Les termes de la ley: or, certaine difficult and obscure words and termes of the common lawes and statutes of this realme now in use expounded and explained. Newly imprinted, and much inlarged and augmented.
by Rastell, John
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London: printed by I. Beale and R. Hearne, 1641.. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [viii], 271, [i]ff. Text in two columns. Parallel English and Law French texts. Running title reads: The exposition of termes of the law. The first and last leaves are blank. A8-Z8, Aa8-Mm8. Reversed calf, worn in the spine and missing parts of it. With the bookplate of William W. Goodman. An imprint variant of the edition with "Jo: Beale and Rich: Hearne" (Wing R287) in place of "I. Beale and R. Hearne." Sometimes attributed to his son, William Rastell, who is usually considered the editor or translator. A translation of: Expositiones terminorum legum Anglorum.engraving. With a previous owner's coat-of-arms stamped twice on the title-page.
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- Les termes de la ley: or, certaine difficult and obscure words and termes of the common lawes and statutes of this realme now in use expounded and explained. Newly imprinted, and much inlarged and augmented.
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- Rastell, John
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Good
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- London: printed by I. Beale and R. Hearne, 1641.
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