The elements of the common lavves of England, branched into a double tract: the one containing A collection of some principall rules and maximes of the common law, with their latitude and extent. Explicated for the more facile introduction of such as are studiously addicted to that noble profession. the other The use of the common law, for preservation of our persons, goods, and good names. According to the lawes and customes of this land
A 1636 legal treatise by Francis Bacon, printed in London by the assigns of J. More, setting out principles of English common law for students of the law. Its pictures are a set of small woodcut historiated initials and a royal coat-of-arms headpiece, showing how decorative letters were built from scrolling foliage, putti, and grotesque figures.
