De Termino Michaelis Anno Primo Eduardi Quarti [Bound with] 20 Year..

1566. London, Tottell, 1566-1584. London, Tottell, 1566-1584. A Complete Set of Individually Printed Year Books of Edward IV [Year Books]. Edward IV [1442-1483], King of England. De Termino Michaelis Anno Primo Eduardi Quarti. [London: Imprinted...In Fleetstrete within Temple Barre, At the Signe of the Hand and Starre, By Rychard Tottel, Anno. 1582. x ff. [Bound with] [19 Year Books of Edward IV, Years 2-22]. [London: Richard Tottell, 1566-1584]. [And] [Le Table al Edward le Quart] removed from Les Ans ou Reports del Raigne du Roye Edward le Quart, Novelment Revieu et Corrigee en Divers Lieux. [London: In Aedibus Thomae Wight & Bonhami Norton, 1599]. 40 ff. Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and blind fillets to spine, early repair near head of spine, "E:4" in early hand to fore-edge of text block. A few minor nicks, scuffs and stains to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and lightly worn, pastedowns loose, armorial bookplate of Edmund Pollexfen Bastard to verso of front board, his signature to recto of front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, faint dampstaining to upper-outside corner of text block, minor worming to head of text block of a few volumes, edgewear and light soiling to endleaves, brief annotations in early hand to several leaves, some slightly affected by trimming. An impressive complete collection. $10,000. * It is difficult to overestimate the importance of the Year Books. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings in Norman England they are crucial primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. They also provide a richly detailed portrait of contemporary English life, customs and manners. The origin of the Year Books is unknown. Some scholars believe the earliest volumes were notes transcribed by law students for study. Others maintain they were made by lawyers to use in practice. Though it is not known when the first manuscript volumes were compiled, the cases date from the 1270s to 1535. William de Machlinia issued the first printed editions between 1481 and 1482. The issues in our volume belong to the so-called "Quarto Edition." Not a set or edition in the conventional sense, these volumes were issued separately with various dates and impressions between 1522 and 1619. The annotations to our volume, brief glosses, case citations and references to other Year Books,