Fleta – John Selden – 1685 | Authority on Edward I Common Law

John Selden

Fleta – john selden – 1685 | authority on edward i common law | fleta by john selden (1685) is a latin legal text modeled on bracton, written under edward i and linked to fleet prison. It surveys forms, practice, and terms from english law.

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Fleta by John Selden (1685) is a Latin legal text modeled on Bracton, written under Edward I and linked to Fleet prison. It surveys forms, practice, and terms from English law.

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Fleta, seu Commentarius juris by John Selden was a 13th-century legal treatise written while Seldon was in Fleet Prison. Seldon adapted material from Bracton’s De Legibus in which he summarized legal forms and court procedures. This book became one of the two principal authorities on common law during the reign of Edward I.

 

Bibliographic Details

  • Title: Fleta, seu Commentarius juris anglicani sic nuncupatus, sub Edwardo rege primo
  • Author(s): John Selden
  • Publisher: London, Typis S.R. prostant apud H. Twyford
  • Edition: Second Edition, 1685
  • Format: (4to), single volume
  • Binding: Leather; Recovered leather boards
  • Size:  9 in x 7 in (22.9 cm x 17.8 cm)
  • Collation: [4], 553pp
  • Contents Include:
    • Legal terminology of 13th-century England
    • Commentary on, and explanation of Bracton
    • Reference to Fleet prison

 

Condition:

Leather binding with reworked covers showing irregular application. Text block remains intact and legible. Binding is firm. General age wear and toning present throughout. Early ownership handwriting throughout. First few pages reattached.

 

Why Collect This?

  • Early edition of a core English legal text
  • Useful for collectors of early legal literature

 

Item Number: # 29005

Categories

Law & Government

European History

Authors

John Selden

Printing Date

18th Century

Language

Latin

Binding

Leather

Book Condition

Good

Collation

Complete

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