The First Printed Edition of the Magna Carta. Magna Carta cum aliis Antiquis Statutis (Magna Carta with other Ancient Statutes); published by Pynson in 1508 with the privilege of the Crown; was the first printed copy of the Latin text of Magna Carta. It reproduced in thirty-seven chapters Edward I's 1297 confirmation of Henry III's 1225 Magna Carta. A further sixty-three laws were reproduced alongside the Charter of Runnymede of 1215 and the Charter of the Forest. Conceived as a practical handbook for practising lawyers and legally minded gentlemen; the work was some two hundred pages long and combined statutes in Latin and legal French.ff. 154. cura Richardi Pynson: London~; 1508.From: (Antiqua Statuta.) Begin. Folio Primo. Magna Carta. Edwardus dei gratia rex; etc. End. Parv codex qui Antiqua Statuta vocatur explicit; etc.C. 112. a. 2; f. 6London; British Library.