Pleas of the crown
Subtitle: or, A methodical summary of the principal matters relating to that subject
By: By Sir Matthew Hale, knight, late chief justice of the King's Bench
Publisher: Printed by the assignes of Richard and Edward Atkyns, Esquires; for W. Shrewsbury, at the Bible in Duke-Lane
Published: 1694
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Pleas of the crown; Early works to 1800; Criminal law
Other titles: Methodical summary of the principal matters relating to that subject
Notes: Title within a ruled border.

Priviledge dated 18 March 1677, signed Ri. Rainsford: A8 verso.

Collation: A-S⁸ T⁴ [$4 signed]

First published 1678 (Wing H253)

Includes index and bibliographical references.

Wing (2nd ed.) H257

Gift of James Bradley Thayer, 1887.

Bequest of Henry N. Ess, 2000.

Ex libris Benjamin Lynde -- Joseph Perkins.

Label of Richard Amer, law bookseller, Lincolns Inn Gate. Carey Street. London. Armorial bookplate with motto of Curzon family, "Recte et suaviter".

Contemporary price notation on title page.

Edge-mark, in hand of former owner Benjamin Lynde: Hale's Pleas of the Crown. At head of title page, signatures of Benjamin Lynde, dated July 8th, 1695 with price(?) notation (crossed out); and Joseph Perkins, dated 1797; probably the Joseph Perkins who graduated from Harvard College in 1794.

Bound in contemporary calf, covers decorated in blind with fillets and single narrow roll along spine edge; rebacked. Early red leather spine label with gilt title: Hale's Crown Pleas.

Bound in contemporary sheep, covers decorated in blind with fillets and single narrow roll along spine edge; rebacked.