Front cover with upper flyleaves detached; spine detached; back cover detached and final flyleaf loose Binding: Nineteenth-century Russia binding with blind stamped border; stamped on spine: "MAGNA CHARTA AND STATUTES IX. HENRY III. TO HENRY VII". Layout: One column of forty-one lines; lead point ruled; written area: 192 x 117 mm Script: Gothic--anglicana Decoration: One illuminated initial with partial bar border; numerous smaller colored initials with pen-work flourishes Related resource: De Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W.J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York,: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2017-2018, no. 13. Related resource: John Hamilton Baker, English Legal Manuscripts in the United States of America: A Descriptive List, part I, Medieval and Renaissance Period (to 1558) (London: Seldon Society, 1985), pp. 61-62, no. 173 Provenance: John Willis (eighteenth century?, his signature on fol. 90r); Thomas Holmes (eighteenth century, his signature on fol. 91r); George Parker, Earl of Macclesfield (eighteenth century, his signature on fol. 90r); William Bragge (nineteenth century, his sale at Sotheby's, London, 7 June 1876, lot 289); John Peacock (nineteenth century, his bookplate inside the front cover); sold at...
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