The boke for a iustyce of peace neuer so well and diligently set forthe
Publisher: In edibus Nicholai Hyll.
Published: 1546
Place of publication: Londini
Language: eng; lat
Subjects: Justices of the peace; Handbooks, manuals; Early works to 1800; Criminal law
Other titles: Iustice of peace; Iustyce of peace
Work titles: Book for a justice of peace
Notes: Title within a woodcut border (McKerrow, Borders, no. 33) with no date in the sill.

Running titles vary: Iustice of peace or Iustyce of peace.

Collation: A-C⁸ D⁴ ²A-G⁸ [$5 signed]

Errors in foliation: leaves xii and xiii (1st group) and xlvi-xlvii (2nd group) printed xiii, xv and xvi-xvii.

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman type.

Initials; tail piece.

Side notes.

Table at end.

Book for a justice of peace is sometimes attributed erroneously to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, whose Loffice et auctoryte des iustices de peas (STC 10968) and The newe boke of iustices of peas (STC 10969) were first printed in 1538. --Cf. Bertha H. Putnam, Early treatises on the practice of the justices of the peace.

Issued with STC 7717.4, STC 20903, STC 15586.5, STC 7702 and STC 7732.5 --Cf. STC (2nd ed.)

STC (2nd ed.) 14879

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T147

Received Feb. 26, 1895; William Ridler.

Text in English and Latin.

Ex libris Henry Alworth Merewhether -- Bequest of Henry N. Ess, 2000.

Bound in 18th century sprinkled calf, decorated in blind with fillets; edges sprinkled red; rebacked. At head of title: Hen: Alworth Merewhether - Chancey Lane - Jan. 1826. On back flyleaf is an inscription in Greek, Robert Hughes to Edward White. A few marginal annotations, possibly Merewhether's. This copy has Book for a justice of peace only.

Bound in very worn contemporary calf decorated in blind with fillets and an unidentified decorative panelled roll. On title page, Latin phrase in a 17th century hand, decorative flouishes, etc. With this are bound: STC 7718; STC 15586.5; STC 7732.5; STC 7702 and STC 20903.