Compleat clerk containing the best forms of all sorts of presidents, for conveyances and assurances.

London: Pr. by G. Sawbridge, T. Roycroft, & W. Rawlins for H. Twyford et al., 1677. 8vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). [4], 936, [80] pp. Important legal reference work here in its fourth, expanded, 1677 edition, following the first of 1655. The text is printed in roman, italic, and blackletter with typographic headpieces; one page bears an illustration of the notary's mark on an "antient" resignation (p. 599). The present copy lacks the additional engraved title-page dubbing the work "The Conveyancers Light," but does include the appendix of titles, cities, weights, and personal name variants in Latin, the glossary of obsolete words, and the table of kings' reigns, as well as => "The several Parts of the Bodies of Men, Women, Children, Beasts, Birds, Trees, Plants, Hearbs . . . both in Latine and English. The like whereof hath never been done before, and will be much for the ease and benefit of the Attorney and Clerk."     Provenance: Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Richard Hopton of Canon Frome, Hereford; and with ownership inscription of I.A. Shapiro, noted scholar of 17th-century literature.          Wing (rev. ed.) C5636A; ESTC R25473; Sweet & Maxwell, I, 480:16. Contemporary calf, framed and panelled in double blind fillets with blind-tooled corner fleurons, spine with blind-ruled raised bands and gilt-stamped leather title-label, board edges with gilt roll; small scuffs and some rubbing to binding with a few pinhole spots of insect damage to spine. Front pastedown with bookplate and inscription as above, additional engraved title-page lacking, title-page with small early inked annotation in lower portion; text age-toned with offsetting and foxing ranging from faint to moderate. One leaf with short tear from outer margin, not touching text; one leaf with small repair in upper outer margin. => A sturdy, usable copy in a dignified contemporary binding.