"The last quire, 2nd G4 (12 Hen. VII), may have been printed a little later than the rest ... Possibly [STC] 9357.7 (19 Hen. VII) was intended as a supplement"--STC (2nd ed.).
As in most copies, PML copy with leaf ²F6 removed when quire ²G was added (see BMC).
Collation: a-c⁸ d⁶; ²a-z⁸; [et] [con] A⁸ B⁸(4+1: "p[er] q[ua]le custume") C⁸ D-F⁶ G⁴; ²D⁸ ²E-F⁶ ²G⁴: 301 leaves, leaves a1, ²F6, and ²G4 blank.
Contains statutes published after the reign of Edward II.
Dated from the state of the device (BMC). Formerly considered as printed about 1505.
Paper format: Median folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.9 x 22.7 cm
PML copy missing 4 leaves: a1 (blank), a4-5, and ²G4 (blank), with a4-5 replaced in facsimile.
Printed in Pynson's type 7b:95G.
Printer statement from colophon (leaf ²G3r); printer's device on 2G3v.
Statutes of Edward III (1327)-Richard III are in Law Latin; those of Henry VII (1497) are in English.
Table of contents on leaves a2r-d6v and ²D1r.
Title from incipit (leaf ²a1r).
Nova statuta
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: A few marginal inscriptions in contemporary hands with underlining in text.