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Book Description: Hale, Sir Matthew. Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown. Now First Published from his Lordship's Original Manuscript, and the Several References to the Records Examined by the Originals, with Large Notes. By Sollem Emlyn of Lincoln's Inn, Esq. To which is added a Table of the Principle Matters. London : Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1736. Two volumes. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002034063. ISBN 1 58477 282 4. Cloth. $295. Reprint of the first edition. Widely acclaimed for its skillful, comprehensive and masterful discourse, this is the first history of English criminal law. Although Hale 1609 76 had planned to write this work in three books; only the first book was completed before his death. It covers the capital offenses treasons and felonies. 'This book, so far as it extends, gives a complete presentment of this branch of the law, both in its development and in its condition at Hale's own time...Ever since its first publication it has been regarded as a book of the highest authority': Holdsworth, Sources and Literature of English Law 152 153. See Winfield, The Chief Sources of English Legal History 327 8.

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