Title within woodcut border (McKerrow, Borders, no. 67; Devices, no. 110)

On title page, date precedes other imprint information.

Colophon: Imprinted at London in Fletestrete within Temple Barre, at the signe of the Hand [and] Starre, by Richard Tottel, the .xiii. daye of Ianuarye, in the year of oure Lorde. 1556.

"Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum." --title page and at foot of colophon.

Collation: A⁶ B-3Z⁴ ²A-T⁴ ²U⁶ [$2 (+3COR3, ²BHOS3) signed]

Errors in foliation: leaf ix in year 48 (²A2) printed viii; leaf xx year 49 (²M3) printed xviii; leaf xxi in year 50 (²T3) printed xxii.

Text in Law French.

In predominantly black letter type, some Roman type.

Initials, some historiated.

Side notes.

Law reports for 40-50 Edward III.

STC (2nd ed.) 9582

Beale, J.H. Engl. law R43

No received date; 19th c. HLSL stamps and bookplate.

Ex libris Sir John Glanville.

Bound in contemporary calf decorated in blind with fillets and "heads in medallions" roll (Oldham, Blind stamped, no. HM. c(3) 800), rebacked. Remains of brass clasps on back cover. On title page, signature of "John Glanvylle" (Sir John Glanville). At head of title in 19th(?) century hand: "Part 4. 4 Year Book from 40th to 50th Edward 3rd." With Glanville's and some earlier marginal annotations throughout, some partially lost due to close cropping. Copy imperfect; lacking bottom half of leaf xl (K2). Missing text supplied in manuscript by Glanville.