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- Author:
- Hale, Matthew
- Title:
- History of the Common Law [etc.] [with] An Analysis of the Civil Part of the Law. The Fourth Edition
- Publisher:
- Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall . . . for T. Cadell [etc.], London, 1779.
- Description:
- The best early edition of Hale's classic works, prepared by Charles Runnington who (in Holdsworth's words) "prefixed a life of Hale, and added very extensive notes"; Hale's 'Analysis', though not called for by the title page, is appended
- Condition:
- Modern cloth-backed marbled boards, a bit embrowned, but sound
- Book No.:
- W-66012
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- criminal law, witchcraft, sheriffs, justices of peace, poor law, English Law
- Author:
- Hale, Matthew
- Title:
- De Successionibus apud Anglos: Or, A Treatise of Hereditary Descents, Shewing The Rise, Progress and Successive Alterations thereof. And Also the Laws of Descent as they are now in use. Wing H236
- Publisher:
- Printed and are to be Sold by A. Baldwin in Warwick-lane, London, 1699.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Book No.:
- W-79351
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- Real Property, Wills
- Author:
- Hale, Matthew
- Title:
- Difficiles Nugae; Or, Observations Touching the Torricellian Experiment, and The various Solutions of the same, especially touching the Weight and Elasticity of the Air. Wing H238
- Publisher:
- Printed by W. Godbid, for William Shrowsbury [etc.], London, 1674.
- Description:
- First edition of one of Hale's few published scientific works, disputing the theories of Descartes and Robert Boyle, relying in significant part upon Aristotle, and evidencing his "chosen public statement of the correct approach to the natural world"
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, quite worn, Gloddaeth Library bookplate, effaced signature of ?Thomas Mostyn on title, ?later label; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78222
- Price:
- $ 2000.00
- Category:
- Science and the law
- Author:
- Hale, Matthew
- Title:
- Difficiles Nugae; Or, Observations Touching the Torricellian Experiment, and The various Solutions of the same, especially touching the Weight and Elasticity of the Air. Second Edition. Wing H239
- Publisher:
- Printed by W. Godbid, for William Shrowsbury [etc.], London, 1675.
- Description:
- One of Hale's few published and polemical scientific works, disputing the theories of Descartes and Robert Boyle, relying in significant part upon Aristotle, and evidencing his "chosen public statement of the correct approach to the natural world"
- Condition:
- Modern calf, some light browning, else a good copy, with the addendum at p.281 and the folding table at page 304, neither noted in ESTC
- Book No.:
- W-78053
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Author:
- Hale, Matthew
- Title:
- Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown . . . First American Edition. With Notes and References to Later Cases by W.A. Stokes and E. Ingersoll of the Philadelphia Bar. Two Volumes [complete]. Cohen 3704
- Publisher:
- Robert H. Small, 25 Minor Street, Philadelphia, 1847.
- Description:
- First American edition of the masterpiece of one of England's greatest judges and scholars of legal history, in Maitland's words "[n]o man of his age was better . . . equipped for the task [and] none had a wider or deeper knowledge of the materials"
- Condition:
- Later tan buckram, contrasting crimson and black labels, gilt, crinkling to some of the pages, else a very good set
- Book No.:
- W-78012
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- pleading, criminal law
- Author:
- Hale, Matthew
- Title:
- Pleas of the Crown. Or a Brief, but Full Account of Whatsoever can be found Relating to that Subject. Wing H253
- Publisher:
- Printed for Richard Tonson . . . and Jacob Tonson [etc.], London, 1678.
- Description:
- First edition of the precis of Hale's masterpiece (which was to be published in 1736), the work for which (in Maitland's words) "[n]o man of his age was better . . . equipped for the task [and] none had a wider or deeper knowledge of the materials"
- Condition:
- 3/4 calf over marbled boards, very clean and crisp, with both the imprimatur and advertising leaves and leaf B1 not a cancel; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79815
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- criminal law
- Author:
- Hale, Matthew
- Title:
- Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown . . . Now first published from his Lordship's Original Manuscript . . . with large Notes. By Sollom Emlyn of Lincoln's Inn [etc.]. Two Volumes
- Publisher:
- Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling [etc.], London], 1736.
- Description:
- First edition of the masterpiece of one of England's greatest judges and scholars of legal history, in Maitland's words "[n]o man of his age was better . . . equipped for the task [and] none had a wider or deeper knowledge of the materials"
- Condition:
- Book No.:
- W-45153
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- pleading, criminal law
- Author:
- Hale, Matthew
- Title:
- Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown . . . A New Edition . . . Together with an Abridgement of the Statutes Concerning Felonies Which Have Been Enacted Since the First Publication . . . by George Wilson [etc.]. Two Volumes
- Publisher:
- Printed for T. Payne, P. Uriel, [et al], London, 1778.
- Description:
- First octavo edition of the masterpiece of one of England's greatest judges and scholars of legal history, in Maitland's words "[n]o man of his age was better . . . equipped for the task [and] none had a wider or deeper knowledge of the materials"
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, worn, two boards detached, spines varnished, else a sound working set, with the armorial bookplates of James Burrow in both volumes
- Book No.:
- W-78040
- Price:
- $ 250.00
- Category:
- criminal law, witchcraft, sheriffs, justices of peace, poor law
- Author:
- Hale, Matthew
- Title:
- Pleas of the Crown. Or a Brief, but Full Account of Whatsoever can be found Relating to that Subject. By Sir Matthew Hale Knight, late Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. Wing H254
- Publisher:
- Printed by the Assigns of Richard Atkyns [etc.], London, 1678.
- Description:
- First issuance under Hale's name of the precis of his masterpiece published in 1736, the work for which (in Maitland's words) "[n]o man of his age was better . . . equipped for the task [and] none had a wider or deeper knowledge of the materials"
- Condition:
- Contemporary sheep, quite rubbed, spine faded and its ends chipped, owner's stamp on title, else very clean, bright and usable; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79693
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- criminal law
- Author:
- Hale, Matthew
- Title:
- Several Tracts . . . viz, I. A Discourse of Religion on Three Heads II. A Treatise touching Provision for the Poor III. A Letter to his Children, Advising them how to behave themselves in their Speech IV. A Letter to one of his Sons [etc.]. Wing H259
- Publisher:
- Printed by J. Playford for W. Shrowsbery [etc.], London, 1684.
- Description:
- Four works reflecting Hale's wide-ranging thinking and humanity, including the "most considered summary of his later religious ideas" and his plan ("well in advance of his times") for a public trading corporation to alleviate unemployment
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, quite rubbed, rebacked, a few markings, else quite sound, with separate title pages for all but the first work; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78111
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- poor law, Religion
- Author:
- Hale, Matthew
- Title:
- Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown . . . A New Edition . . . Together with an Abridgement of the Statutes Concerning Felonies Which Have Been Enacted Since the First Publication . . . by George Wilson [etc.]. Two Volumes
- Publisher:
- Printed for T. Payne, P. Uriel, [et al], London, 1778.
- Description:
- First octavo edition of the masterpiece of one of England's greatest judges and scholars of legal history, in Maitland's words "[n]o man of his age was better . . . equipped for the task [and] none had a wider or deeper knowledge of the materials"
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, crimson morocco labels, gilt, rubbed, spines darkined, joints cracking, one front board detaching; a clean working set
- Book No.:
- W-79004
- Price:
- $ 200.00
- Category:
- criminal law, witchcraft, sheriffs, justices of peace, poor law
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