[2] Marvin's Legal Bibliography states:[1] C. J. Rolle's Abridgment was published under the inspection of Lord Hale who contributed an excellent Preface in English.
It's superiority to the elder Abridgments consists in a more scientific arrangement of the materials, and a greater sub-division of the general heads.
"In point of method, succinctness, legal precision, and in many other respects, it is fit to be proposed as an example for other Abridgments of the Law."
But, otherwise, it is nothing but a collection of Year-Books and little things noted when he made his Common Place books."
Rolle's Abridgment, however, is frequently cited and relied upon as an authority, even by those who have never seen the volumes, through D'Anvers and Viner.