The life and death of Sir Matthew Hale, kt. sometime Lord Chief Justice of His Majesties Court of Kings Bench
By: Written by Gilbert Burnett, D. D.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Printed for William Shrowsbery, at the Bible in Duke-Lane
Published: 1681
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Portraits
Other titles: Life and death of Sir Matthew Hale; Life & death of Sir Matthew Hale
Notes: On A1 verso, engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Matthew Hale.

Title within a ruled border.

Caption title, p. 1: The life & death of Sir Matthew Hale, kt. late Lord Chief Justice of England.

Collation: A⁸ b² B-O⁸ P⁶ [$4 (+P4) signed; P6 blank]

Initial, type ornaments, A3 recto.

Errata, b2 verso.

"A catalogue of all his [Sir Matthew Hale's] books [to be sold; unpublished manuscripts; books willed to Lincolns Inn, etc.] ... ": p. 188-210.

Wing (2nd ed.) B5827

Ex libris Raufe Freke.

On front flyleaf, ownership inscription: "Raufe Freke, liber ejus, 1711" and the monogram of another early former owner. Copy imperfect; lacking A1 (frontispiece portrait) and K4-K6 (p. 135-140)