Published anonymously, this highly respected work was the first history of the common law. Originally published: London]: Printed by J. Nutt, 1713. iii], 264, 12]; xvi], 171 pp. Reprint of the first edition. Two parts, each with title page and individual pagination: The History of the Common Law of England: Divided into Twelve Chapters; The Analysis of the Law: Being a Scheme, Or Abstract, Of the Several Titles and Partitions of the Law of England, Digested into Method. A series of chronological essays drawn from Hale's manuscripts, it "give s] us a clear statement of the history of some...