Small folio (292 x 191 mm). Historiated initials. (Some light browning, a few minor stains, tiny marginal wormhole to a few leaves.) Contemporary blind-panelled English calf (old rebacking, endpapers renewed, some wear). Provenance: A. Hacket (early signature on title-page).

FIRST EDITION. Bracton "combined a systematic inquiry into the legal maxims of general validity with their practical application in the common-law courts. Thus he arrived at a formulation of principles which have determined the whole development of English law" (PMM 89). ESTC S122159.