The twelfth part of the reports of Sr. Edward Coke, Kt. : of divers resolutions and judgments given upon solemn arguments, and with great deliberation and conference with the learned judges in cases of law, the most of them very famous, being of the kings especial reference, from the council table, concerning the prerogative; as for the digging of salt-peter, forfeitures, forests, proclamations, etc. And the jurisdictions of the admiralty, common pleas, star-chamber, high commission, court of wards, chancery, etc. And expositions and resolutions concerning authories, both ecclesiastical and civil, within this realm. Also the forms and proceedings of parliaments, both in England, and Ireland: with an exposition of Poynings law
This is a 1677 London law report collection by Sir Edward Coke, printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins for the bookseller Henry Twyford and Thomas Basset, aimed at lawyers and the royal courts. The four pictures are printer's ornaments: a decorated initial I with interlaced scrollwork, a historiated initial with a seated scholar beside foliage, a horizontal strapwork band with a central face, and an engraved armorial bookplate with a crest, shields and a motto banner, offering designers ready models of early modern woodcut decoration.
