A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: or, A System of the Principal Matters Relating to that Subject, Digested under their Proper Heads. Book I. [-II]

Printed by Eliz. Nutt, (executrix of J. Nutt, assignee of E. Sayer, Esq.) for J. Walthoe in the Middle-Temple-Cloysters; and J. Walthoe, jun. against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill 1716, 1721, In the Savoy [London], 1716. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Some foxing; intermittent heavy browning, previous owner's inscription crossed out on title-pages; old inkstamp "Matlock" on title-pages. Very rarely a contemporary manuscript citation discreetly added in the margin. Bindings rubbed, but sound The first edition is rarely seen in the trade. ESTC T107636 Folio, [14], 266, [46]; [8], 464, [76] p. Half sheep with marbled boards016798016798.