The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale, Sometime Lord Chief Justice of His Majesties Court of Kings Bench by Burnett, Gilbert - 1972

South Hackensack (N.J.) : Rothman Reprints, 1972. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

South Hackensack (N.J.) : Rothman Reprints , 1972. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 128 pages. Notes; Reprint of work published London: William Shrowsberry, 1682. Subject; Hale, Matthew Sir (1609-1676).

London. Printed for William Shrowsbery at the Bible in Dukes-Lane 1682, 1682. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 8vo. (16.5cm x 11cm) [16],128pp. Portrait of Hale faces a typographic title page. This is a scarce variant edition printed in the year following the first edition. ESTC R203763. Only 2 locations outside of the UK. Full original leather boards neatly rebacked over raised bands. A very good copy.

London: Printed for William Shrowsbery at the Bible in Duke Lane 1682. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. pp. xii, + 128. Engraved portrait. Full contemporary old speckled calf, raised bands. Front hinge split but holding. Some scuffing and wear to the lower cover and to the spine with loss to foot of the spine. The contents are in excellent condition with very slight spotting in places. The front pastedown has an ownership inscription (in pencil, in an 18th century hand) of Hamilton Russ. Overall this is a nice copy of the first biography of perhaps England's leading lawyer at the most precarious and difficult moment of its history. He prepared the defence of Archbishop Laud against charges of treason. His defence was on the point of succeeding in court until Parliament overrode it and passed an Act of Attainder declaring Laud guilty of treason (notwithstanding the evidence) and sentencing him to death - an early, but not isolated instance of rule by Parliamentary dictatorship. Hale offered to defend the… Read More

Printed for William Shrowsbery, at the Bible in Du, 1682-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1682 'Printed for William Shrowsbery, at the Bible in Duke-Lane (London) 4 1/4 x 7 inches tall hardbound, modern calf-backed marbled boards, with five raised bands, gilt embossed design and gilt-lettered red leather label to spine, [20], 218 pp. ESTC No. R215370, Wing B5828. One of two variations noted by Wing, where catchword on page 3 is 'he' (rather than 'while'). This work was first published by Shrowsbery the prior year, 1681. Engraved frontispiece portrait laid down. Head margin of title page repaired, with pen notation over the repair. A bit of creasing, foxing and soiling to title page. Negligible foxing to contents. Minor rubbing to covers, but nonetheless a handsome, well preserved copy of an important biography. ~FFF~ Sir Matthew Hale (1609 - 1676) was an influential English barrister, judge and lawyer. Hale is almost universally appreciated as an excellent judge and jurist, with his… Read More

London: William Shrowsbery, 1682. Hardcover. Very good +. [12], 128 p. 16 cm. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Hale. Full leather binding by Keith Felton with blank impressing on both sides. New endpapers. Repaired last page. A few spots to pages. Sir Matthew Hale (1609 — 1676) was an influential English barrister, judge and lawyer most noted for his treatise called "The History of the Pleas of the Crown." As a barrister, Hale represented a variety of Royalist figures during the English Civil War. It has been suggested that Hale was to represent Charles I at his state trial and conceived the defence Charles used. Despite the Royalist loss, Hale's reputation for integrity and his political neutrality saved him from any repercussions. Under the Commonwealth, he became chairman of the Hale Commission, which investigated law reform. Following the Commission's dissolution, Oliver Cromwell made him a Justice of the Common Pleas. The author of this biography, Gilbert Burnett, was the 51st bishop of… Read More