Pleas of the crown
Subtitle: or, A methodical study 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 assigns of Rich. Atkins and Edw. Atkins, Esq; for W.S. and J.L. And are to be sold by J. Walthoe, at the Black Lyon in Chancery-Lane over against Lincoln's Inn.
Published: 1685
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.) H256A

Ex libris John Skipp -- Isaac Gibson.

Ex libris A. Browning.

Price notation in an early hand, front flyleaf. On title page, signatures of John Skipp, in a contemporary hand, and Isaac Gibson, in a later hand.

Edge-mark: Hale's Pleas of the Crown. Front flyleaf has notes in a contemporary hand. At head of title in a later hand, 'A. Browning'. Marginal annotations, some extensive, in contemporary hand.

Bound in contemporary calf, decorated in blind with fillets. Red leather spine label with remains of title: Hales [Pleas of the Crown]