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Identifier
KD 576 .F5813 1652
Creation Date
1652
Description
Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony. The New Natura Brevium of the Most Reverend Judge Mr. Anthony Fitz-Herbert. 1st English ed. London: Printed for W. Lee, M. Walbank; D. Pakeman, G. Bedell, 1652.
Sir Anthony Fitzherbert (1470–1538) published his treatise on writs, La Novel Natura Brevium, in law French in 1534. The first English version, translated by William Hughes, followed nearly 20 years later. Of a practical nature, and indebted to the Old Natura Brevium, Fitzherbert's work provides basic statements regarding the rules and structure of the law, but little insight into the reasoning behind them. Nevertheless, luminaries such as Sir Edward Coke (1552–1634) and Sir Matthew Hale (1609–1676) regarded the book highly and at least eighteen editions were published between 1534 and 1794.
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