9. A’Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. A’Beckett, Arthur William [1844-1909], Editor. The Comic Blackstone. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. xxviii, 324 pp. Complete set of parts, as issued. Ten full-page color lithograph plates, numerous engravings. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary gilt-edged three-quarter morocco over cloth, gilt-edged raised bands to spine. Front covers from original wrappers bound at rear of text. Skillfully rebacked, rubbing to extremities with light wear, a few small scuffs, hinges reinforced. Offsetting to margins of endleaves, small chip to fore-edge of front free endpaper. Occasional light toning, interior otherwise fresh. A very handsome copy. $750.
* “New and revised” edition of this classic parody by the author’s son. With its color plates and text illustrations by Harry Furniss it is also the most lavish edition ever published. This copy also has an unusually elaborate binding. What is more, the binder preserved the front covers of the original illustrated full-color wrappers from the original parts and bound them at the rear of the text block. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection at Yale Law School 196.

10. [Adair, John Lynch, Compiler]. Compiled Laws of the Cherokee Nation. Tahlequah, I[ndian] T[erritory]: National Advocate Print, 1881. 370, v, [1] pp. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4"). Contemporary calf, lettering piece to spine. Moderate wear to edges and boards, front board carefully reattached, rear hinge mended. Later bookplate to front pastedown, minor marks in pencil to a few passages, interior otherwise clean and bright. Rare. $650.
* This complete compilation of “the laws of the Cherokee Nation now in force” was published by the Cherokee National Council. These laws— the 1839 constitution of the Cherokee Nation and the basic laws passed under it—provided the framework for the government of the Cherokee Nation from 1839 until the early 1900s, when the Cherokees’ independence was ended by the United States Congress. Within scarcely more than a generation, the Cherokees consciously transformed themselves from a society that lived under an age-old, unwritten set of norms and traditional cultural practices to one governed by a written constitution and code of statutes. The Cherokees made this transformation in the vain hope that it would make it easier for them to coexist with the United States. They closely modeled their constitution in most respects on the United States Constitution, yet there are some fascinating differences concerning the judiciary and land ownership. This edition includes the 1839 Cherokee constitution along with amendments, one of which prohibits slavery, texts of the 1866 treaty between the Cherokee Nation and the United States, the 1838 Act of Union between the Eastern and Western Cherokees, numerous laws and acts covering a variety of subjects from the duties of the principal chief to the killing of game, agreements between the Cherokees and the Creeks and Osages, Delawares, and Shawnees and an appendix containing documents relating to the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation as defined by agreements with the United States are included in this book. John Lynch Adair was of mixed Cherokee and Irish ancestry. He served as a tribal delegate to Washington. OCLC locates two copies. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) [HLC] I:372. See illustration below.

11. Adams, John [1735-1826]. Statesman and Friend: Correspondence of John Adams with Benjamin Waterhouse, 1784-1822. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. vi, 178 pp. Cloth very good in worn dust jacket. Ex-library. Small bookplate to front free endpaper. $30.
* Waterhouse [1754-1846], a friend of Adams, was professor of Physics at Harvard University. Notable for their wit and wide range of topics, these letters contain many candid remarks by Adams about political figures and contemporary events.

12. Andrews, William. Bygone Punishments. London: William Andrews & Co. [The Hull Press]. 1899. [vi], 311 pp. Frontispiece. Plates. Octavo (5” x 8”). Cloth, top edge gilt. Light soiling, internally clean. $45.
* First edition of a well-illustrated work on corporal punishment by an author known in his day for his entertaining narrative style. Chapters include “Hanging,” Mutilation,” “Punishing Authors and Burning Books,” “Beheading.”

13. Baldasseroni, Pompeo [1743-1807]. Leggi e Costumi del Cambio Che si Osservano Nelle Principali Piazze di Europa e Singolarmente in Quella di Livorno. Pescia: Nella Stamperia di Gio. Tommaso Masi e Compagni, 1784. xxiii, 471 pp. Quarto (6-3/4" x 9-1/2"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, early hand-lettered title to spine. Moderate rubbing with some wear to spine ends, joints and corners, a few scuffs and negligible worming to boards, binding slightly cocked, some worming to pastedowns and front free endpaper, hinges starting, a few partial cracks to text block. Attractive large copperplate vignette to title page. Light browning to text, occasional light foxing. Early owner signature to half-title, interior otherwise clean. $1,500.
* First edition. Pompeo Baldasseroni was the brother of the important jurist Ascanio Baldasseroni. From 1784-1787 he worked in the Ruota Civile e Criminale di Genova. During this period he was commissioned to draft a code rules for commercial letters of exchange and foreign exchange. It was eventually approved in 1782. His work led him to publish the Leggi e Costumi del Cambio. Based on a deep practical understanding, this popular treatise established his reputation for its clarity and precision in a sector that was highly controversial and dependent on custom, much of it outdated. KVK locates 13 copies of this edition, 30 of all editions. Kress Library of Economic Literature 12651. See illustration below.

14. [Bankruptcy] Civis. [Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)]. [Hopkinson, Joseph (1770-1842)]. Remarks on the Bankrupt Law; To Which are Added the Proposed Amendments of Hopkinson and Webster. New York: Published by Haly and Thomas, 1819. 71 pp. Quarto (6" x 8"). Stab-stitched pamphlet, untrimmed edges, binding secure. Light foxing and a few creases. A well-preserved copy of a scarce title. $750.
* Enacted in February 1800 with a slim majority, the first Federal bankruptcy act aimed to encourage economic risk and supersede the patchwork of debtor laws in force in the different states. Never a popular law, it was routinely attacked as a shield for the financially irresponsible and finally repealed in November 1803. Claiming this would retard economic development, supporters of the defeated bill launched a campaign to restore the law or enact a similar one, which finally happened in the summer of 1841 with an act sponsored by Webster. This pamphlet appeared when this campaign was underway. “Civis” explains the value of a bankruptcy act. The second part is entitled “ A Sketch of the Principal Features of the Bankrupt Bill Prepared by Messrs. Hopkinson and Webster.” (This bill was defeated in 1820.) OCLC locates 8 copies. Kress C395. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 2472.

15. Barton, William [1754-1817]. A Dissertation on the Freedom of Navigation and Maritime Commerce, and Such Rights of States, Relative Thereto, as Are Founded On the Law of Nations: Adapted More Particularly to the United States; and Interspersed with Moral and Political Reflections, and Historical facts. With An Appendix, Containing Sundry State Papers. Philadelphia: John Conrad and Company, 1802. 339, xlv, [3] pp. Octavo (5" x 8"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Some offsetting to margins of endleaves and preliminaries, occasional light foxing, interior otherwise fresh. $2,000.
* Only edition. Barton admired Thomas Jefferson and dedicated this book to him. Jefferson was pleased by this honor: “Accept my best wishes for the success of your work and assurances of my high esteem and respect” (Sowerby). One of the earliest works of its kind, Barton presents an American interpretation of maritime law affecting freedom of navigation and the rights of neutral merchant vessels during times of war. Barton uses a broad overview of international law and treaties of the Washington and Adams administrations to criticize English interference with American shipping and the impressment of sailors. This volume offers a contemporary interpretation of the actions that would lead to the Non-Intercourse and Embargo Acts (1807, 1809) and, in the following administration, the War of 1812. OCLC locates 40 copies. Cohen 7447.

16. Bauer, Charles J. The Odd Couple Who Hanged Mary Surratt. Silver Spring, MD: Silver Spring Press, 1980. ix, 118 [i.e. 150] pp. Frontispiece with tipped-in portrait of Surratt. Text illustrations. Original cloth very good in moderately worn dust jacket. $30.
* First edition. The author believes Senators Jim Lane and Preston King exerted political pressure to secure the conviction of Mary Surratt, who was involved with John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators. He believes Surratt was innocent.

17. Beard, Charles A. [1874-1948]. Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy. New York, Macmillan Co., 1915. ix, 474 pp. Original cloth with decorative blind stamping, some shelfwear, internally clean. $35.
* Frist edition of one of the most influential historians of American history, he is best known for his landmark revisionist study An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution (1913).

18. Belfour-Paul, J., and John Read, Editors. Ballads of the Bench and Bar or Idle Lays of the Parliament House. [Edinburgh]: Privately Printed, 1882. 126, [1] pp. Woodcut frontispiece and illustrations. Quarto (8- 1/4" x 10"). Contemporary quarter morocco over cloth, gilt insignia to front board, top edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom edges. Some rubbing with light wear to extremities, corners bumped. Text printed on fine wide-margined paper, text ruled in red line borders. A few minor stains and smudges, interior otherwise fresh. $500.
* From an edition limited to 305 copies, this number 297. Limitation page signed by editors. This charming volume of amusing legal prose and poetry illustrated with caricatures contains such entries as “Boots to His Moribund Moustache,” “The Deans of Faculty,” “A Successful Career,” “An Elaborate Argument,” “The Ex-Circuiteer’s Lament, “The Rhyme of the Scottish Jurist,” and “Trux Aper Insequitar.” The woodcuts are by William Watson after illustrations by Roger Montgomerie and “E.G.” A note on the limitation page notes that all the woodcuts were destroyed when the print run was finished.

19. Benedict, Erastus C. [1800-1880]. Benedict, Edward Grenville, Editor. The American Admiralty: Its Jurisdiction and Practice, With Practical Forms and Directions. Albany: Banks and Company, 1910. xli, 771 pp. Contemporary buckram, lettering piece. Some shelfwear and soiling, corners bumped, binding slightly cocked, internally clean. Ex-library. Faint inkstamps to head of spine and edges, residue from location label to foot. $125.
* Fourth revised edition. At the time of its first publication in 1850 there were other popular treatises on the subject, but the particular American viewpoint and practicality of this work enabled it to surpass the others. Now in its seventh edition, it is still recognized as the leading work on the subject. Benedict, a noted lawyer and educator, was considered to be “one of the foremost admiralty lawyers of his day”: Dictionary of American Biography I:177.

20. Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832]. The Elements of the Art of Packing, As 18. Applied to Special Juries, Particularly in Cases of Libel Law. London: Published by Effingham Wilson, 1821. [2], vii, [3], 269 pp. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, endpapers renewed. Several unopened signatures. Light toning to text, interior otherwise fresh. A nice copy. $750.
* First edition. In his Elements of the Art of Packing Bentham attacked the system of keeping a corps of special jurors who were employed by the Crown, and were therefore susceptible to Crown influence. It was in this work that Bentham laid down the principle that the libel law was incompatible with English liberties. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:27. McCoy B 200. See illustration below.

21. [Berington, Simon (1680-1755). Berkeley, George (1685-1753), Presumed Author]. The Adventures of Sigr. Gaudentio di Lucca. Being the Substance of His Examination before the Fathers of the Inquisition at Bologna in Italy: Giving an Account of an Unknown Country in the Midst of the Deserts of Africa, The Origine and Antiquity of the People, Their Religion, Customs, Polity, and Laws. Copied From the Original Manuscript in St. Mark’s Library at Venice. With Critical Notes of the Learned Signor Rhedi, Sometime Keeper of the Said Library. To Which is Prefixed, A Letter of the Secretary of the Inquisition, Shewing the Reasons of Signor Gaudentio’s Being Apprehended, And the Manner of It. Faithfully Translated From the Italian. London: Printed for W. Innys, 1748. xx, 291 pp. Octavo (5" x 8"). Contemporary calf, gilt spine with raised bands, gilt double rules to boards. Moderate rubbing with wear to spine ends and corners, boards partially detached but secure. Offsetting to margins of endleaves. Early and later annotations to front board, small later owner signature to title page, interior otherwise clean. $650.
* Second edition. First published in 1737, this utopian novel relates the travels of a prisoner of the inquisition named Gaudentio de Lucca to the country of Mezzorania in Africa, a patriarchal (and socialistic) society where competition and egoism are banned and all enjoy equal property and a spirit of community. Written by a Catholic priest, the novel was originally attributed to George Berkeley. A popular work, it went through several editions and was translated into French and German. “This admirable work is partly a romance and partly a scheme of patriarchal government: the incidents are well contrived and most agreeably related.”: Lowndes, Bibliographer’s Manual of English Literature 868 (citing an earlier edition). OCLC locates 16 copies of this edition. Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature 8370. See illustration below.

Black’s Law Dictionary, Fourth Edition

22. Black, Henry Campbell [1860-1927]. Black’s Law Dictionary: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern. Fourth Edition by the Publisher’s Editorial Staff. St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1951. xi, 1882 pp. Original gilt-stamped cloth, some shelfwear. Owner stamp and inscription to front pastedown, interior otherwise clean. A nice copy. $150.
* With a table of British regnal years and an index of abbreviations.

Black on Bankruptcy

23. Black, Henry Campbell [1860-1927]. A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Bankruptcy Under The Act of Congress of 1898 and its Amendments. Kansas City: Vernon Law Book Company, 1922. xxiii, 1840 pp. Original buckram, red and black lettering pieces. Moderate shelfwear and soiling, internally clean. $350.
* Third edition. More convenient than the extensive contemporary works of Collier or Remington, Black’s handy treatise, which uses the format of a West Hornbook, offers a compact summary of the law as it stood in the early 1920s. Though its size led some to suspect it was superficial, it was generally well-received and did much to popularize the field. As one reviewer wrote, “[i]t is to be hoped [this book] marks the beginning of a new period in bankruptcy law that will witness its welcoming into the repertoire of the lawyer as one of the regular devices for regulating business relations.”: Nathan Isaacs, University of Pennsylvania Law Review 73 (1924-1925) 120. OCLC locates 71 copies.

25. Bonfield, Lloyd. Marriage Settlements, 1601-1740. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1983]. xviii, 136 pp. Cloth very good in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket, binding slightly cocked. Author inscription to front free endpaper, internally clean. $85.
* An important contribution to the history of family law, Bonfield’s fascinating study examines the role of property arrangements and their role in the process of familial wealth transmission among the landed classes.

Second Edition of Bouvier’s Law Dictionary

26. Bouvier, John [1787-1851], Compiler. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several states of the American Union; With References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law. Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1843. Two volumes. Octavo (5-1/2" x 9"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, raised bands and lettering pieces to spine, endpapers renewed. Occasional light toning, minor tears to edges of a few leaves with no loss to text. Early owner signature to head of each title page, interiors otherwise clean. A scarce edition. $1,500.
* Second edition. In this edition Bouvier revised about half of his entries and added a thousand new ones. He also incorporated numerous local references, which were compiled through an extensive correspondence with members of all but one of the state bars. The second volume concludes with two appendices. The first is a list of English Chancery, Common Law and Ecclesiastical Reports and an list of the titles published by The Law Library (First, Second and Third Series). The second is a reprint of Robert Kelham’s A Dictionary of the Norman or Old French Language. OCLC locates 15 copies of this edition. Cohen 5433.

27. Bradley, Howard A., and James A. Winans. Daniel Webster and the Salem Murder. Columbia, Missouri: Artcraft Press, 1956. 230 pp. Plates. Original cloth, some shelfwear, internally clean. $45.
* “This is the story of a famous murder...and of the trials of John Francis Knapp and of Joseph Jenkins Knapp. It is also the story of the part Daniel Webster played in those trials. His summation in one of those trials is thought by some to be the greatest ever delivered in America.”: Introduction [9].

1756 French Treatise with

Suggestions for Judicial Reform

28. Bretonnier, Barthelemy Joseph [1656-1721]. [Boucher d’Argis, Antoine Gaspard (1708-1791), Editor]. Recueil Par Ordre Alphabetique, Des Prinipales Questions de Droit, Qui se Jugent Diversement Dans les Differens Tribunaux du Royaume. Avec des Reflexions pour Concilier la Diversite de la Jurisprudence, & la Rendre Uniforme dans Tous les Tribunaux. Augmentee de Nouvelles Notes & Additions. Paris: Chez Prault, 1756. Two volumes. 12mo. (3-3/4" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary calf with cat’s-paw decoration, gilt spines with lettering pieces, edges rouged, marbled endpapers. Moderate rubbing with some wear to extremities, some chipping to spine ends, front joints cracked but secure, hinges cracked or starting. Later owner signatures and annotations to preliminaries and rear endleaves. Offsetting to endleaves, light toning to text, light foxing in a few places, interiors mostly fresh. A nice copy of an uncommon title. $400.
* Third edition. Organized alphabetically, this guide to French law and judicial administration is a curious hybrid of encyclopedia, treatise and reform tract. As the title indicates, it outlines different jurisdictions in order to advance an argument for a comprehensive uniform court system. First published in 1718, it went through five editions, the final appearing in 1783. Bretonnier was an avocat of the Paris Parlement. d’Argis, a Parisian jurist and legal writer, edited several editions of Ferriere’s Dictionnaire de Droit et de Pratique. KVK locates 10 copies. This edition not in the British Museum Catalogue [BMC]. OCLC locates 3 copies.

1713 Scottish Treatise on Feudal Law

29. Bruce, Alexander [d. 1729]. Principia Juris Feudalis, Institutionum Imperialium Methodo (Quantum Materiae Feudalis Ratio Patitur) Disposita. Accedunt Notae & Observationes Practicae, ad Mores Patrios Tam Antiquos Quam Hodiernos, Singulis Titulis Annexae. Edinburgh: Apud Robertum Freebairn, 1713. [viii], xix, [4], 352 pp. 12mo. (4" x 6"). Contemporary paneled calf, raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Rubbing with some wear to joints and spine ends, boards slightly bowed, corners bumped and somewhat worn, hinges cracked but secure. Early signatures and armorial bookplate to front pastedown, bookplate of Robert Maxtone Graham to front free endpaper. Offsetting to margins of endleaves, title page and text notably fresh. A well-preserved copy. $600.
* Only edition. A fascinating summary of feudal law in the manner of Justinian’s Institutes. Robert Maxtone Graham was a notable Scottish book collector. OCLC locates 9 copies. Sweet & Maxwell, 5:16.

1714 Scottish Treatise on the

Law of Guardian and Ward

30. Bruce, Alexander [d. 1729]. The Tutor’s Guide: Or, the Principles of the Civil and Municipal Laws and Customs, Relating to Pupils and Minors, and Their Tutors and Curators. Laid Down in An Easy and Natural Method, In Three Parts, Viz. I. Of Tutors. II. Of Curators. III. Of Things Common to Both. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Freebairn, 1714. [vi], x, 445, [3] pp. Octavo (4-3/4" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate wear to extremities. Early armorial bookplate and initials in ink to front pastedown, later bookplate of Robert Maxtone Graham to front free endpaper. Title page printed in red and black. Offsetting to margins of endleaves, interior otherwise fresh. A well-preserved copy of an uncommon title. $650.
* Only edition. This treatise on the law of guardian and ward is notable for its insights into the treatment of children in early eighteenth century Scots law, as well as its reception of one of the most widely studied areas of Roman law. “In observing the Laws and Customs of Scotland, I have always made some Reflections on what has gone before in the Title, and that in the same Order as it there lies; and compared our Law with that of the Romans, so as not to pass over such Remarks as serve to illustrate our Customs, some whereof (as taking their Rise from the Feudal Law) are not so much contrary to, as collateral with the Civil Law. (...) There is also a little Digression made, in its proper Place, touching the Duties incumbent on all who manage other Men’s Fortunes, (especially Factors upon Bankrupt Estates,) the Knowledge whereeof being almost as universally usefull, as that which is the main subject of this discourse.”: Preface viii, ix. Robert Maxtone Graham was a notable Scottish book collector. OCLC locates 11 copies. Sweet & Maxwell, 5:16. See illustration below.

“Drawn From State Papers and

the Most Authentic Sources”

31. Campbell, Hugh. The Case of Mary Queen of Scots, and of Elizabeth Queen of England, Legally, Briefly, and Historically Stated: Embracing the Amorous Life of the Virgin Queen, and Identifying Her with All the Plans that led to Mary’s Ruin and Murder. With an Account of the Last Moments of Mary, Her Letter to Elizabeth, and Davison’s Apology About the Death-Warrant: The Whole Drawn from State Papers, and the Most Authentic Sources. London: Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825. xxiii, 391 pp. Lithographed portrait frontispiece. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4"). Original quarter cloth over paper boards, paper spine label, untrimmed edges. Moderate rubbing with some wear to extremities, front joint just starting at ends, a few minor stains to boards, corners bumped. Offsetting from frontispiece to title page, occasional light foxing, interior otherwise clean. $500.
* Only edition. “I Promised in ‘The Love Letters to Bothwell’ to prove that Elizabeth was unkind, cruel, and unmerciful to Mary; and in this volume I Redeem my pledge. (...) In this Work I have selected proofs from a host of Authors, that Elizabeth was either directly in person, or indirectly through her Ambassadors, the primum mobile of all the intrigues, plots, and plans, which led to involve Mary, first in difficulties, then in dangers, and, subsequently, in ruin.”: Preface v-vi. OCLC locates 39 copies. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 4:1081.

32. Carpzov, Benedikt [1595-1666]. Practicae Novae Imperialis Saxonicae Rerum Criminalium, Quae Quaestionum Fere Universarum in Materia Cujusque Generis Homicidiorum, Fractae Pacis Publicae, Laesae Majestatis, Tam Humanae, Quam Divinae, Falsification Monetarum, Blasphemiarum, Perjurii et Sortilegiorum, Ex Jure Civili Romano, Imperiali, Saxonico, Ordinationibus et Constitutionibus Electoralibus, Decisiones Absolutas, Responsis Scabinorum Lipsiensium Approbatas, et Usu ac Observantia Fori Saxonici Confirmatas Exhibet. Editio Novissima, A Multis Mendis, Quibus Priores Editiones Scatebant, Vindicata, et Indice Quaestionum, ut et Rerum ac Verborum Instructa. Leipzig: Apud Johannem Fridericum Gleditschium, 1739. Three parts in one, each with title page and individual pagination. Main texts printed in double columns. Folio (8-1/4" x 13-1/4"). Contemporary calf, gilt spine, corners mended. Moderate rubbing, some scuffing and edgewear, boards partially detached but secure, crack between half-title and title page mended. Chipping and wear to edges of preliminaries with minor loss to text. Light foxing, occasional light browning. Tiny inkspots and spark burns to a few leaves, interior otherwise clean. A solid copy of an uncommon edition. $750.
* Later edition. With indexes. Considered to be the founder of German legal science, Carpzov did much to systematize German law, and his work did much to secure a wide recognition of German law and custom. First published in 1635, his magisterial Practicae Novae Imperialis Saxonicae Rerum Criminalium is a treatise on Saxon criminal law. The first systematic study of its kind, it had a profound influence on the development of criminal law in the Holy Roman Empire. KVK locates 10 copies of this edition, 99 of all editions. Stintzing/Landesberg, Geschichte der Deutschen Rechtswissenschaft II:69.

[Munster]. Reformation dess Heimlichen Gerichts und der Heimlichen Achte wie und Welcher Massen zu Hinzufurter Dieselbige nach Altem Gesatz und Herkommen Ordentlich Gehalten unnd Freygrassen und Scheffen Gemacht Werden Sollen durch Etwan Hochloblicher und Milter Gedachtnitz Herrn Sigismunden Romischen Konig Confirmirt und Bestettigt. [Section extracted from unknown volume] 103-119 pp. Folio (7-1/2" x 12"). Recent linen. Large woodcut title-page device (the insignia of Charles V). Light browning to text, faint dampstaining to title page and elsewhere. A nice copy of an uncommon title. $1,200.
* With table. The Constitutio Carolina Criminalis was one of the most influential legal codes in German history. Written in 1533 and adopted that year at the Diet of Regensburg, it was based on Roman law, Italian scholarship on Roman law, the criminal code of Brandenburg-Franconia (1516) and the two criminal codes prepared by Maximilian I for Tyrol (1499) and Radolfzell (1506). Essentially a code of criminal procedure, it dominated that area of German law for two centuries and served as the model for the codes of several local codes throughout the Holy Roman Empire. The second title in this volume appears to be a complete section extracted from a larger volume. It contains a collection of recently-enacted amendments to statutes of the city of Munster. KVK locates 3 copies of this edition, which is not listed in the British Museum Catalogue (first work).

34. Chin, Gabriel J., Editor. United States Commission on Civil Rights: Reports on the Police. Buffalo: W.S. Hein, 2005. 3 Vols. Cloth. New. $325.
* This set details the Commission’s examination of alleged police misconduct, from hearings in Jackson, Mississippi, in February, 1965, to Revisiting Who Is Guarding the Guardians? A Report on Police Practices and Civil Rights in America, in November, 2000. Charged for nearly 50 years with investigating and reporting facts, and formulating policy recommendations to ensure the protection of citizen rights, the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights has had a unique opportunity to chronicle issues facing our nation and has done so with distinction. A primary area to come under the Commission’s microscope has been police protection. Investigations on police matters by the esteemed panel, created by an act of Congress in 1957, have focused on complaints alleging abuse of power, misconduct and unfair practices in hiring and promotion stemming from discrimination. Early reports chronicle a history of violence against African Americans, particularly when they tried to exercise their civil rights, including the right to vote. Not only did authorities sometimes fail to prevent or investigate unlawful violence, sometimes the police, prosecutors, and other government agencies used their power to intimidate civil rights workers. The Commission urged Congress to facilitate criminal and civil judicial remedies for these violations, and also urged the president to act. Subsequent hearings centered on claims of abuse by the FBI on Indian Reservations, racial and economic unrest and community-police relations at cities throughout the U.S.

35. [China]. Wai Jiao Bu, Editor. Dictionary of Words and Phrases of International Law and Diplomacy in English and French With Chinese Translations. [Peking: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1925]. 241, 41, 46, 2 pp. Main text printed in triple columns. Original cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine. Worn. Moderate rubbing, a few stains to boards, backstrip scuffed and chipped, corners bumped and somewhat worn, hinges mended, text block recased. Occasional underlining and a few ink smudges, interior otherwise clean. Scarce. $600.
* Only edition. With index. Also containing a collection of sample forms, this dictionary was intended for diplomats, international lawyers and businessmen. KVK locates 16 copies. See illustration below.

Popular Treatise on Selected Topics in Roman Law

36. Clari, Iulii (Claro, Giulio) [1525-1575]. [Fichardus, Joannes, Editor]. Opera Omnia: Quae Quidem Hactenus per Auctorem in Lucem Edita Sunt: Nunc Denuo Recens et Multo Quam Antehac Unquam, Collatis Omnibus Diversarum Editionum Exemplaribus, Recusa. Quorum Catalogum Proxima Post Praesationem Pagina Monstrabit. Cum Summariis & Indice Locupletissimo. Frankfurt: Ex Officina Nicolai Bassaei, 1582. Two volumes in one, each with title page. Folio (9" x 13"). Contemporary half pigskin over blackened manuscript vellum, blind rules to boards, raised bands and hand-lettered title to spine, ties lacking. Moderate rubbing with some wear and chipping to corners, spine ends bumped, small scuff near head of spine. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate to front pastedown, later bookplate of Robert Maxtone Graham to front free endpaper, letter from the Scottish National Library to Graham discussing the binding of this work tipped-in to rear pastedown. Title page of first volume printed in red and black, large woodcut printer devices, head pieces, tail pieces, and decorated initials, large woodcut vignette at head of the first chapters of Volume I and II. Some soiling to the title page of Volume I, interior otherwise fresh. A very appealing copy. $1,500.
* With indexes. First published in 1576, this popular work on wills, gifts, feudal writs, usury and other topics in Roman criminal and civil law went through numerous editions throughout Europe well into the eighteenth century. Claro was a Milanese jurist. Robert Maxtone Graham was a notable Scottish book collector. This edition not in Adams. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 5:950. See illustration below.

Classic Illustrated 16th Century

Treatise on Criminal Law

37. Damhouder, Josse (Joost) de [1507-1581]. Praxis Rerum Criminalium: Praetoribus, Propraetoribus, Consulibus, Proconsulibus, Magistratibus, Reliquisque id Genus Iustitiariis [Justitiariis] ac Officiaiis, Apprime Utilis & Necessaria. Antwerp: Ioannem Bellerum, 1570.508 pp. Text printed in double columns, 70 woodcuts in text, all but 2 or 3 of which illustrate criminal acts including two views of torture, one leaf from index lacking (supplied in facsimile). Quarto (6-1/4" x 8-1/2"). Large armorial woodcuts at beginning and end of book. Later three quarter-calf over cloth, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, marbled endpapers. Recently rebacked retaining original spine, light rubbing to boards, some wear to extremities. Early repairs to index leaves, some wear to fore-edges of preliminaries, faint dampspotting to a few leaves. Light browning to margins, interior otherwise fresh. $4,500.
* First published in 1551, this was the first comprehensive study of criminal procedure published in northern Europe. A synthetic work drawn mostly from Roman-Dutch sources, it was based on Philip Wielant’s Practycke Crimineele (1439-1519) and other earlier treatises. Published in Latin, Dutch and French, it was standard authority throughout the continent for many years. This Dutch edition from 1570 is illustrated throughout with woodcuts depicting adultery, murder, theft and many other crimes. Damhouder was an advisor to the Duke of Burgandy and a prolific author of legal and religious treatises. See illustration below.

38. Darrow, Clarence. Joshi, S.T., Editor. Closing Arguments: Clarence Darrow on Religion, Law, and Society. Athens: Ohio University Press, [2005]. xxi, 268 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. New. $39.95
* Closing Arguments: Clarence Darrow on Religion, Law, and Society collects, for the first time, Darrow’s thoughts on his three main preoccupations, revealing a carefully conceived philosophy expressed with delightful pungency and clarity. His thoughts on social issues, especially on the dangers of religious fundamentalism, are uncannily prescient. A dry humor infuses his essays, and his reflections on himself and his philosophy reveal a quiet dignity at the core of a man better known for provoking Americans during an era of unprecedented tumult.

39. Darrow, Clarence, and William J. Bryan . The World’s Most Famous Court Trial: Tennessee Evolution Case. A Complete Stenographic Report of the Famous Court Test of the Anti-Evolution Act, at Dayton July 10 to 21, 1925, Including Speeches and Arguments of Attorneys. Cincinnati: National Book Company, [1925]. [4], 339 pp. Reprinted 1997 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-886363-31-5. Cloth. New. $75.
* Complete transcript of the celebrated “monkey trial,” the case of the State of Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes, a 24-year old high school teacher accused of violating a recently enacted state law that banned the teaching of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Perhaps the first modern media event, the trial attracted enormous national and international attention. A star-studded cast of trial attorneys included the great orator and three time Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan [1860-1925] and the brilliant trial lawyer and champion of the downtrodden, Clarence Darrow, among others. The climax of the trial came on the seventh day when the defense put the senior Bryan on the stand as an expert on the Bible and he was ruthlessly interrogated by Darrow. As a milestone in the American struggle between modernity and the forces of Protestant fundamentalism, and a vivid manifestation of the clash between two valid principles, academic freedom and democratic control of the public schools, the Scopes case has tremendous historical significance. This edition also includes statements by scientists entered at the defense’s request, and the text of a lengthy concluding speech that Bryan prepared but never delivered.

Popular Introduction to Kent

40. Devereux, John C. The Most Material Parts of Kent’s Commentaries, Reduced to Questions and Answers. New Edition. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1873. viii, 418 pp. Octavo (6" x 9"). Contemporary buckram, calf lettering piece. Some shelfwear, corners bumped and somewhat worn. Toning to text, spotting and offsetting from bookmarks to a few leaves, a few partial cracks to binding. Owner signature to front pastedown, interior otherwise clean. A sound copy of a scarce edition. $250.
* Later edition of a popular introductory digest of Kent that went through numerous editions during the nineteenth century. The first edition, by Asa Kinne, was published in 1839. Well-organized and clearly written, it remains a useful supplement. OCLC locates 7 copies of this edition, 91 of all editions. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 249.

Dillon on Municipal Corporations

41. Dillon, John F. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations. Thoroughly Revised and Enlarged. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1890. Later library buckram, black-stamped titles to spine, endpapers renewed. Negligible shelfwear and soiling. Clean tear to to fore-edge of a leaf, interior otherwise pristine. $250.
* Fourth edition. The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed an era of unparalleled urban growth that compelled cities to seek ways to finance expansion without accumulating unmanageable levels of debt. The corporate form emerged as the most suitable vehicle, and Dillon on Municipal Corporations, which was first published in 1872, was the first book to outline its legal principles. Vanderbilt and Pound put it in their lists of great textbooks. Warren says it was of “prime importance” and a “legal classic.” Vanderbilt, Men and Books Famous in the Law 21. Pound, The Formative Era of American Law 141. Warren, A History of the American Bar 551. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) I:554.

42. [Douglas, D.]. The Biographical History of Sir William Blackstone, and a Catalogue of All Sir William Blackstone’s Works, Manuscript as Well as Printed, with a Nomenclature of Westminster Hall. The Whole Illustrated with Notes, Observations, and References. Also, A Preface and Index to each Part. By a Gentleman of Lincoln’s Inn. London: Printed for the Author, 1782. Reprint. New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1971. Various paginations. Cloth. New. $38.50
* Based on Clitherow’s biographical preface from the Reports, which was also included in several edition of the Commentaries, this is the first independent biography of Blackstone. Reprint of Eller 252.

44. Drinker, Henry S. Legal Ethics. New York: Columbia University Press, [1953]. xxii, 448 pp. Original cloth, some shelfwear, crack between front free endpaper and half-title. Gift insciption to verso of front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean. $20.
* Drinker was the Chairman of the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Professional Ethics and Grievances. Legal Ethics offers a thorough discussion of disciplinary procedure and sanctions of professional conduct, the grounds for disciplining lawyers and the rights of disciplined lawyers. Other chapters address with lawyer-client relations and lawyers’ advertising and solicitation.

An Important Early Defense of American Rights

45. Dummer, Jeremiah [1681-1739]. A Defence of the New-England Charters. Boston: Re-Printed by B. Green and Comp. for D. Gookin, 1745. [iv], 43 pp. Quarto (4-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent three quarter cloth binding with marbled boards, endpapers renewed. Charming woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. Margins closely trimmed, minor loss to head of dedication leaf. Later repair to corner of final leaf. Interior remarkably fresh. An appealing copy of a scarce title. $2,500.
* First American edition. The Board of Trade oversaw the American colonies for the British Parliament. Claiming that the New England colonists were failing to defend themselves from the French Canadians, the board attempted to revoke their charters and assert direct control. According to the board, they were entitled to do this because the charters required the colonists to defend themselves. Since these charters established the governments and freedoms enjoyed by the New Englanders, they saw this move as a direct assault on their liberties. Dummer, an attorney by training, was Connecticut’s agent in London. First published in London in 1721, when Parliament was considering the Board’s claims, his Defense of the New-England Charters was the most important colonial response, and an important early defense of American rights against Parliamentary encroachment. Ill health prevented Dummer from pursuing the colonial cause, but it was taken up successfully by Massachusetts Governor Jonathan Belcher [1682-1757] and others. OCLC locates 27 copies of this edition. Sabin, A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 21197. Cohen 6521. See illustration below.

46. Dummer, Jeremiah. A Defence of the New-England Charters. London: Printed for J. Almon, [1765]. 88pp. Octavo (5" x 7-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, endpapers. Some toning to title page, light browning to verso of final life, interior notably fresh. $500.
* Reissue of the first edition, published the same year in Boston. This reissue was probably inspired by the recently enacted Stamp Act. Indeed, the verso of the title page contains a publisher list with a title denouncing the act and two titles defending the rights of the colonists. OCLC locates 49 copies of this edition. Sabin 21197.

47. Dummer, Jeremiah [1681-1739]. A Defence of the New-England Charters. London: Printed by W. Wilkins, 1721. Reprint. New York: Arno Press, 1972. [xii], 80, [5]. Original cloth, light shelfwear, internally clean. $95.
* Reprint of the first edition.

48. Durfee, Job [1790-1847]. [Durfee, Thomas (1826-1901), Editor]. The Complete Works of the Hon. Job Durfee, LL.D., Late Chief Justice of Rhode Island; With a Memoir of the Author. Edited by His Son. Providence: Gladding & Proud, 1849. xxvi, 523 pp. Octavo (5-3/4" x 9"). Original moire cloth with decorative blind stamping, gilt titles to spine. Light rubbing to boards, some chipping to spine ends, corners bumped and lightly worn. One leaf partially detached, interior otherwise fresh. $50.
* Only edition. Durfee, a Rhode Islander, served in the U.S. House of Representatives, was Speaker of the Rhode Island House and Chief Justice of the Rose Island Supreme Court. He is best known as the judge who presided over the trial of the leaders of the Dorr Rebellion, an armed insurrection in Rhode Island in 1841 and 1842. Led by Thomas Wilson Dorr, his group fought to modify the state electoral system to expand suffrage to men who did not own real estate. OCLC locates 44 copies. Cohen 2254.

49. Emerigon, Balthazard Marie [1716-1785]. [Meredith, Samuel, Translator and Editor]. A Treatise on Insurances. Translated from the French with an Introduction and Notes. London: Henry Butterworth, 1850. lxxviii, 728 pp. Octavo (6" x 9-1/2"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed, interior notably fresh. $750.
* Originally published in 1783, Emerigon’s learned treatise was praised by James Kent, who said it “very far” surpassed “all preceding works in the extent, value, and practical application of his principles. It is the most didactic, learned, and finished product extant on the subject. (...) In the language of Lord Tenterdon, no subject in Emerigon is discussed without being exhausted, and the eulogy is as just as it is splendid.” Meredith’s able translation is complemented by a brief biography of the author and a chronology of the book’s compilation. Emerigon was the leading French authority on commercial law during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His work was held in the highest regard by English and American jurists. OCLC locates 38 copies of this edition. Kent, Commentaries on American Law 359 cited in Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 293. Sweet & Maxwell 2:111.

50. Epstein, Louis M. The Jewish Marriage Contract: A Study in the Status of the Woman in Jewish Law. New York: Jewish Theological Seminary, 1927. xvii, 316 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. 1-58477-464-9. Cloth. $85.
* A cogent and compelling examination of the history and significance of the Jewish marriage contract, the Ketubah, with extensive notes in Hebrew and English. This work will interest those concerned with property rights, family, divorce, and the evolution of betrothal and marriage.

51. Exton, John [c1600?-1668]. The Maritime Dicaeologie; Or, Sea-Jurisdiction of England. In Three Books. The First Setting Forth the Antiquity of the Admiralty in England. The Second Proving the Ports, Havens, and Creeks of the Sea to be Within the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty. The third shewing that All Contracts Concerning Maritime Affairs are Within the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty, and There Cognoscible. London: Printed for C. Davis, 1746. xvi, 404 pp. Octavo (4-3/4" x 7-3/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth with lettering piece, endpapers renewed, edges rouged. Interior notably clean and fresh. A handsome copy. $750.
* First published in 1664, this book, though ostensibly descriptive, was written chiefly to maintain the jurisdiction of the Admiralty court in the new government. Beyond its political interest, it offers a detailed analysis of seventeenth-century maritime law and admiralty jurisdiction by at the time when Great Britain was emerging as a major maritime and colonial power. Exton was educated at Cambridge, earning the LL.D. in Civil Law in 1634. He was appointed President of the High Court of Admiralty by Parliament in 1649, and was reappointed by the Duke of York after the Restoration. Sweet & Maxwell 1:351 (15)

52. Farrand, Max, Editor. The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1937. Four volumes. Large octavo. Original starched buckram, some shelfwear and soiling. Minor tears to edges of two leaves in Volume III, interiors otherwise fresh. $600.
* Revised edition. “[A] convenient and painstaking view of the various contemporaneous accounts of the proceedings of the Federal Convention.... [This set is] indispensable to anyone who is searching at first hand for any fact as to the transactions of the Federal Convention”: Harvard Law Review 25:198-199. Review of the first edition cited in Marke 381-382. See illustration below.

53. Farrand, Max, Editor. The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. New Haven: Yale University Press, [1966]. Four volumes. Cloth very good in moderately soiled dust jackets. $450.
* Reissue of the revised edition (1937).

Uncommon Treatise on Suretyship and Guaranty

54. Fell, Walter William. [Walker, Charles]. A Treatise on the Law of Mercantile Guarantees, and of Principal and Surety in General. With Notes and References to American Decisions by Charles Walker, Of the New-York Bar. New-York: Printed by George Lamson, 1825. viii, 435 pp. Octavo (4-3/4" x 8"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine. Some rubbing with light wear to extremities, a few scuffs to boards, corners bumped. Toning to portions of text, occasional light foxing. A well-preserved copy of an uncommon title. $600.
* First American edition, from the Second and final English edition, 1820. (The first English edition was published in 1811.) “The author explains that the large extension of the custom of giving credit in mercantile transactions had brought into prominence the question of the securities to be by those to whom was given, so that the law of suretyship had become of much greater importance. Section 4 of the Statute of Frauds is discussed at some length; and it appears that the case of Wain v. Warlters, which decided that a note or memorandum of a promise to answer for the debt or default of another was defective if it did not include the consideration for the promise, had overturned some generally held views as to the conditions which a note or memorandum in writing of a contract of suretyship must satisfy.”: Holdsworth, A History of English Law [HEL] XIII:494. OCLC locates 40 copies of this edition. Cohen 2410.

A Rare 1747 Treatise on

the Laws of Spain and Valencia

55. Fernandez de Mesa y Moreno, Tomas Manuel [d. 1772]. Arte Historica y Legal, de Conocer la Fuerza, y Uso Los Drechos Nacional, y Romano en Espana. Y de Interpretar Aquel por Este, y Por el Proprio Origen Dos Tratados Utilissimos, Assi Para los Theoricos, Como Para los Practicos del Drecho Espanol, Pues en Ellos se Incluye la Historia de Dichos Drechos en Esta Monarquia; y Principios Legales, Conducentes Para Formar Estas Artes, y se Reduce Todo a Reglas Ciertas. Tratase ak Fin de el Regimen de Este Reyno de Valencia, y Por el de Espana. De los Decretos Reales de Este Assunto, que no Vieron la Luz Publica; y de los Estilos q Observamos; y Danse Canones Seguros Para Saber los Que se Deven Observar en Cada Tribunal, Evitando la Gran Consusion Que Hasta Aora Ha Avido en la Practica. Valencia: En la Impr. de la Viuda de Geronimo Conejos, 1747. [xxxii], 172, 212 pp. Octavo (6" x 8"). Contemporary limp vellum, early hand-lettered title to spine, goatskin ties (one lacking). Light soiling, some dampstaining and a few inkspots, small chip to head of spine, hinges partially cracked but secure, partial crack between pp. 82 and 83. Charming woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. Occasional faint dampstaining, minor worming to a few leaves. Small early signature to title page, a few minor inkstains, interior otherwise fresh. A nice copy of a rare volume. $750.
* First edition. With index. A general guide for the legal novice, this book offers a fascinating overview of the legal systems of Spain and Valencia as they were in the mid-eighteenth century. Their organization, history and relation to Roman law is treated in the first part; the second treats judicial administration and jurisprudence. A second edition was published in 1808. KVK locates 1 copy of this edition, 4 copies of all editions. Not in the BMC. See illustration below.

The History of the Origine of the French Laws, Translated from the French by J.B. Esq., With a Preface and Notes Shewing, the Analogy of the Laws of the Antient Gauls and Britons. London: Printed for D. Browne, 1724. [xii], iv, [2], 169, xxxviii, [8], vii, 105, 7 pp. Octavo (4-3/4" x 7-3/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Attractive woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. Some offsetting to margins, interior otherwise fresh. An attractive copy. $750.
* Only edition. Through the influence of Doctors’ Commons and the universities the civilians played an important role in the development of English law, especially in the fields of commercial, estate and admiralty law. Despite its value, study of the civil law had entered a moribund phase by the eighteenth century. Several student handbooks attempted to correct this deficiency, and Beaver’s translation of Ferriere’s treatise is among the best. Accompanied by Duck’s learned essay that connects the civil law to the common law, the work is among the first in English to establish the confluence of these legal traditions. Also included is Beaver’s translation of The History of the Origine of the French Laws, Translated from the French by J.B. Esq., Shewing, the Analogy of the Laws of the Antient Gauls and Britons. First published anonymously in 1703, it has been attributed to Ferriere, Gabriel Argou and Claude Fleury. Ferriere was a well known French jurisconsult, dean of the Faculty of Law in Paris and the author of legal treatises and an important legal dictionary. OCLC locates 43 copies. Sweet & Maxwell 5:133.

58. Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. The Commerce Clause Under Marshall, Taney and Waite. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1937. 114 pp. Original cloth, minor shelfwear, light but visible scratch to rear board, negligible light spotting to endleaves and edges. Inscribed by Frankfurter on front free endpaper. A well-preserved copy $600.
* First edition. The inscription reads: “To/ James Bryce,/ With the respectful/ and high regards of/ Felix Frankfurter/ 19 December 1936.” “These three lucid essays are a welcome contribution to the clarity of history.”: Charles Bunn, Harvard Law Review 50:1001 cited in Marke 406.

59. Frankfurter, Felix, and Nathan Greene. The Labor Injunction. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Folding charts. [12], 343 pp. Cloth very good in dust jacket with light soiling, a few light stains and smudges and some wear and some shelfwear along edges and folds. Presentation inscription by Frankfurter to front free endpaper, internally clean. $650.
* First edition. The inscription reads: “To John F. [illegible],/ With the fond wishes of/ Felix Frankfurter/ October 25, 1936. This study is “...a careful and objective study of the significant facts and ....certain very practical conclusions....Here we find no a priori inferences with respect to the scope and effect of the judicial decree in a labor struggle, but rather a compilation of available statistical data which speaks its own conclusions.” M. Finkelstein, Columbia Law Review 30:425-427; “The Labor Injunction is important reading.”: G.P. van Arkel, The Monthly Labor Review 71:98-99. See illustration below.

60. [Frankfurter, Felix]. Harvard Law Review Association. Harvard Law Review 76 (1962). xxiv, 232 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Softbound, light shelfwear, internally clean. $20.
* This volume is dedicated to Felix Frankfurter on the occasion of his 80th birthday and his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court. It contains tributes and articles about his career by John M. Harlan, Lord Evershed, Erwin N. Griswold, Dean Acheson, Paul A. Freund, Reinhold Niebuhr, Archibald MacLeash and Arthur E. Sutherland, Jr.

61. Freeman, Samuel [1743-1831]. The Massachusetts Justice: Being a Collection of the Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Relative to the Power and Duty of the Justices of the Peace. Alphabetically Arranged, in Two Parts. Part I.-The Power and Duty of the Justices of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace. Part II.-The Power and Duty of Justices of the Peace, in Their Separate Capacity. To Which Are Added, Under the Proper Heads, a Variety of Forms, Grounded on Said Laws. The Whole Intended for the Use of Those Who Practice in the Office of a Justice, to Assist Them in the Various Duties Thereto Belonging. With an Appendix, Containing Short and Concise Rules for Changing Pounds, Shillings, Pence and Farthings, into Dollars, Cents and Milles, Which a Late Law has Introduced as Money of Account. Also, Rules for Computing Interest in Such Money, and Sundry Useful tables Respecting the Same. Boston: Printed by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1795. iv, 296 pp. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8"). Contemporary sheep, lettering piece. Chipping to head and foot of spine, edges worn, rear joint cracked but secure. Occasional light foxing, text otherwise clean. An attractive copy of an uncommon work. $450.
* First edition. With index. Freeman was a lawyer and judge in Portland, Maine who served in the Provincial Congress (1775) and the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1776, 1778). This handbook, which outlines all state laws, was the standard work for justices in Massachusetts. Cohen 8381.

62. Frothingham, Louis Adams. A Brief History of the Constitution and Government of Massachusetts. Cambridge: Published by Harvard University, 1916. v, 140 pp. Original cloth, some shelfwear, fading to spine, front hinge cracked but secure. Author inscription to front free endpaper, internally clean. $85.
* The author was Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Lieutenant-Governor and a lecturer at Harvard.

63. Gagarin, Michael and David Cohen (editors). The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law. Cambridge University Press, [2005]. xiii, 480 pp. Cloth. New. $85.
* Provides a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics pertinent to ancient Greek law. A substantial introduction establishes the recent historiography on this topic and its development over the last 30 years. Many of the 22 essays, written by an international team of experts, deal with procedural and substantive law in classical Athens, but significant attention is also paid to legal practice in the archaic and Hellenistic eras; areas that offer substantial evidence for legal practice, such as Crete and Egypt; the intersection of law with religion, philosophy, political theory, rhetoric, and drama, as well as the unity of Greek law and the role of writing in law. The volume is intended to introduce non-specialists to the field as well as to stimulate new thinking among specialists.

64. Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey (Jeffray) [1674-1726]. The Law and Practice of Distresses and Replevin; To Which is Added an Appendix of Precedents. The Second Edition, With Considerable Illustrations by a Barrister at Law. Dublin: Printed for J. Moore, 1792. [viii], 286, [33] pp. Octavo (5" x 8"). Recent maroon quarter cloth with black leather lettering piece over dark gray paper boards, endpapers renewed, title page with small early owner signature reattached with archival tape, sporadic light foxing. Attractive. $250.
* Second Dublin edition. Work first published in London in 1757. With sample forms, table of principal matters and side-notes. Gilbert was a Judge of the King’s Bench. A prolific author, his works were esteemed for their lucidity, breadth and sound reasoning. The present volume was one of his most popular and admired works. “The great professional learning which this treatise displays has long been acknowledged, and the judicious manner in which it is disposed has ever been admired.” Wilson, Reports II:83 cited in Marvin 335. Sweet & Maxwell 2:460.

65. Glenn, Garrard. The Law of Fraudulent Conveyances. New York: Baker Voorhis & Company, 1931. xxiv, 774 pp. Original cloth some shelfwear, crack between title page and dedication leaf. Bookseller ticket to front pastedown, owner stamp to frront free endpaper, interior otherwise clean. $100.
* “The comprehensiveness of the book will be realized when it is seen that it includes subjects which seem so widely separated as the sale of goods in bulk, the protection of creditors on corporate reorganization, and the respective rights of landlords, tenants, and trustees in bankruptcy under a lease to a bankrupt tenant. Bringing together and collating in this manner many types of cases which at first blush seem far removed from the subject, the text furnishes a happy combination of scholarly treatise and practical handbook.”: Harvard Law Review 45 (1931-1932) 452.

66. [Gray, John Chipman (1839-1915)]. John Chipman Gray. Boston: Privately Printed, 1917. 143 pp. Original cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine. Portrait frontispiece with tissue overlay. Mild shelfwear, front hinge cracked but secure, internally clean. Leaf with browned top edge stating “With the Compliments of Mrs. John Chipman Gray and Mr. Roland Gray” laid in. A nice copy of an uncommon title. $50.
* Gray was an important legal scholar and professor at Harvard Law School. This book is a collection of tributes by his associates and students. This group includes Oliver Wendell Holmes, Charles Francis Adams, Moorfield Storey, Samuel Williston and Joseph Henry Beale.

67. Green, Leon. Judge and Jury. Kansas City: Vernon Law Book Co., 1930. vi, 429 pp. Original textured cloth, negligible shelfwear, internally clean. $150.
* “Only three of these [fifteen essays] deal with judge and jury abstractedly from other matter. The remaining twelve are principally concerned with various aspects of the Law of Tort, and, as the author is a fearless and searching investigator in this branch of the law, it is a pity that other people whose interests lie in the same direction should run the risk of missing what he has written simply because the description scarcely fits it.”: Percy H. Winfield, Law Quarterly Review 47 (1949):594.

68. Hall, John E. [1783-1829]. The Practice and Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty: In Three Parts I. An Historical Examination of the Civil Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty—II. A Translation of Clerke’s Praxis, with Notes on the Jurisdiction and Practice of the District Courts—III. A Collection of Precedents. Baltimore: Geo. Dobbin and Murphy, 1809. xxviii, iv, [3], 211, [5] pp. Octavo (5" x 8-1/2"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Some offsetting to margins of preliminaries, light foxing to portions of text, interior otherwise fresh. Uncommon. $750.
* Only edition of the first significant American treatise on admiralty law. A valuable feature of this scholarly work is its translation of Francis Clerke’s Praxis Supremae Curiae Admiraltatis. First published in London in 1679 and translated into English in 1722, Lord Harwicke described it as of “unquestionable credit.” Hall’s translation, the best to that date, incorporated materials from manuscripts unavailable previously. In addition, he added a history of Anglo-American admiralty law, an extended discussion of American admiralty practice and a useful compendium of relevant cases. Hall was editor of The American Law Journal from 1808-1817. OCLC locates 43 copies. Cohen 1588. See illustration below.

69. Hartigan, Richard Shelley, Editor. Lieber’s Code and the Law of War. Chicago: Precedent, 1983. Reprint. New York: Legal Classics Library, 1995. vii, 157 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers. Fine. $95.
* Known officially as General Orders No. 100, Lieber’s 157-article Code for the Government of the Armies of the U.S. (1863) was the first of its kind. It remained in effect until World War II. This edition reprints this code along with Lieber’s “Guerrilla Parties Considered with Reference to the Laws and Usages of War,” an extensive introduction by Hartigan, relevant selections from Lieber’s correspondence and a thorough bibliography.

70. Hays, Arthur Garfield. Trial by Prejudice. New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, [1933]. [ix], 369 pp. Plates. Original cloth, some shelfwear and fading to spine. Foxing to endleaves, interior otherwise clean. $25.
* Examines bigotry’s influence on the juries that heard the cases of Leo Frank, Sacco and Vanzetti, the Scottsboro Boys and others.

71. Heath, Sir Robert [1575-1649]. Cunningham, Timothy [d.1789], Editor. Maxims and Rules of Pleading, In Actions Real, Personal, and Mixed, Popular and Penal: Describing that Nature of Declarations, Pleas, Replications, Rejoinders, And All Other Parts of Pleading; Shewing Their Validity and Defects, And in What Cases They Are Amendable by the Court, Or Remediable by the Statute-Law, Or Otherwise: Likewise, Which of the Parties in His Plea Shall First Offer the Issue, And Where Special Matter May be Given in Evidence Upon the General Issue; Of Demurrers Upon Evidence; Of Verdicts, General and Special, And of Bills of Exceptions to the Same; Of Judgments, Execution, Writs of Error and False Judgment; And of Appeals, Indictments, and Informations, and Pleadings Relating Thereunto. First Published in Octavo, in the Year 1694, From the Manuscript of Sir Robert Heath. Now Re-Published in Quarto, With notes, Observations, and Additions of New Matter to Every Title, From All the Late reports and Abridgments. London: Printed by His Majesty’s Law Printers, 1771. x, 252 [8] pp. Quarto (8" x 10"). Recent quarter calf over original marbled boards, lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine, marbled endpapers, hinges repaired. Rubbing to boards with some wear to edges and corners. Some toning to text, light foxing to a few leaves, rodent damage to fore-edges of final twenty leaves with no loss to text. Early signatures in fine hand to title page and head of preface, interior otherwise clean. An appealing of a scarce title. $750.
* Second edition. “[Heath] compiled this volume for his own use in practice. It is a work of great authority, and has been a guide to all special pleaders since its publication. Viner frequently cites it is his Abridgment. “The best editions are by T. Cunningham.”: Marvin 379. OCLC locates 15 copies, all of this edition. Sweet & Maxwell I:271 (79).

72. Henriques, H.S.Q. The Return of the Jews to England: Being a Chapter in the History of English Law. London: MacMillan and Company, Limited, 1905. viii, 132 pp. Original cloth, some shelfwear, small stain to front board, corners bumped, hinges mended. Light foxing to a few leaves. Owner siganture to front pastedown, interior otherwise clean. $350.
* It appears that Jews lived in the Atlantic Isles since the Saxon period. They were joined in 1071 by a community of French Jews. Though they suffered discrimination, the English Jews enjoyed a measure of toleration and enjoyed royal protection. Their situation changed drastically during the reign of Edward I. After a period of intense persecution they were banished in 1290. They were not allowed to return until the time of the Commonwealth and Restoration, when they were gradually readmitted. Henriques discusses the statutes and cases relating to this period and reconstructs this complex chapter in English history. OCLC locates 52 copies.

73. Hering, Johann [1599-1658]. Tractatus Singularis de Molendinis, Eorumque Jure, Quem ex Jure Publico ac Privato, Caeterisque Optimae Notae Authoribus Laboriosissime Collegit, Varie Illustravit, Tam Theoricorum, Quam Practicorum Usui Exhibuit, & in Lucem Nunc Primum Bono Publico Produxit. Adiecit Idem Lectoris Usui Mantissam Rerum Adfinium Quidem, Sed Rarae nec Obviae Eruditionis. Cum Indice Genino: Priore Quaestionum & Capitum Quae Pertractantur, Qui Libro Praemittitur. Altero, Rerum & Verborum Uberiore, Qui Librum Sequitur. Lyon: Typis Johannis Pillehotte, 1663. [xxxviii], 639 (i.e. 637), 196, [26] pp. Main text printed in double columns. Two fold-out tables. Quarto (7" x 8"). Contemporary vellum, blind double frames enclosing arabesques to boards, blind fillets, ornaments and early hand-lettered paper label to spine. Light soiling and some minor stains, spine ends and corners bumped, boards slightly bowed, vellum beginning to crack through pastedowns. Later annotations and tipped-in bookseller slip to front pastedown, early annotation to verso of front free endpaper. Foxing and browning to most of text, legibility not affected. A nice copy of a scarce title. $500.
* Third edition. First published in Frankfurt in 1625, this treatise deals with the law of mills in the Holy Roman Empire with an emphasis on flour milling and the rights and obligations of millers. As one would expect, the discussion adheres closely to the Roman law of property. It was a fairly durable work; its final edition, the fourth, was published in 1724. Hering was a professor of law at the University of Oldenberg. KVK locates 16 copies of this edition, 31 copies of all editions. BMC 12:10. See illustration below.

74. Hoffer, Frank W., Delbert M. Mann and Floyd N. House. The Jails of Virginia: A Study of the Local Penal System. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1933. xvi, 453 pp. Cloth very good in worn dust jacket. $45.
* A title in the University of Virginia Institute for Research in the Social Sciences series.

76. Holt, Francis Ludlow [1780-1844]. [Bleecker, Anthony, Editor]. The Law of Libel: In Which is Contained a General History of This Law in the Ancient Codes, and of Its Introduction, and Successive Alterations, In the Law of England. Comprehending a Digest of All the Leading Cases Upon Libels, From the Earliest to the Present Time. First American, From the Second London Edition, With References to American Cases. New York: Published by Stephen Gould, 1818. xii, [13]-328 pp. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Light toning, faint dampstaining to top and fore-edges near center of text block, interior otherwise fresh. $750.
* First American edition, from the second London edition, 1816. First published in 1812, this was the standard English treatise on slander and libel in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. Though it was eventually superseded, it remained an authoritative history of the subject. With its intelligent discussion of sources and cases it is just as valuable today. Holt was a member of the Inner Temple. Also the author of treatises on nisi prius, bankruptcy, admiralty law and Parliament, his work was held in high esteem by Kent. OCLC locates 61 copies of this edition. Cohen 10934.

77. Hommel, Carl Ferdinand [1722-1781]. De Iure [Jure] Arlequinizante: Oratio in Academia Lipsiensi Cum Iuris Utriusque Doctorem Inauguraret Habita. Beyreuth: Apud Ioh. Andr. Lubekum, 1761. 90, [6] pp. Octavo (4" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary marbled paper wrappers, marbled edges. Some wear to corners and spine, traces of tape to head and foot. Title page has a large copperplate vignette of a blindfolded Harlequin holding the sword and scales of justice. He is surrounded by books; the mask of comedy rests by his feet. Light foxing, internally clean. A curious and rare item. $1,500.
* Only edition. One of the leading German jurists of his day, Hommel was an important pioneer in the reform of criminal law. Deeply engaged in Enlightenment thought, he was the first German translator of Beccaria. He was a professor at the University of Leipzig, and later its rector. According to his biographers, Hommel was a deeply literary man and an excellent prose stylist. These qualities distinguish De Iure Arlequinizante. The published form of an address to a learned society, it is a satirical critique of the absurdities of German legal administration in the manner of an academic dissertation. KVK locates 7 copies. Kleinheyer and Schroder, Deutsche Juristen aus Funf Jahrhunderten 122-125. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 13:58. Stintzing-Landesberg, Geschichte der Deutschen Rechtswissenschaft III/1:386. See illustration below.

78. Honore, Tony. Emperors and Lawyers. London: Duckworth, 1981. xv, 190 pp. Original cloth very good in lightly worn dust jacket. $65.
* Explores how Roman lawyers performed their duties through a study of imperial ‘rescripts’ (legal opinions) of the third century, arguably the most important era in the history of Roman law.

79. Honore, Tony. Tribonian. [London]: Duckworth, [1978]. xvii, 314 pp. Cloth, very lightly rubbed. Cloth very good in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. $25.
* Tribonian composed about three-quarters of Justinian’s laws and directed the work of the commission that prepared the Corpus Juris Civilis.

80. Hughes, Robert M. Handbook of Admiralty Law. St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1920. xviii, 572 pp. Original buckram, light shelfwear and soiling. Owner stamps to front endleaves, underlining in a few places, interior otherwise clean. $45.
* Second edition. A title in West’s Hornbook Series. “Mr. Hughes’ work deserves its standing in the bibliography of the admiralty and forms one of a varied and interesting group of American authorities on the subject.”: G.L. Canfield, Michigan Law Review 19 (1920-1921) 580-582.

81. Jackson, Percival. The Law of Cadavers and of Burial and Burial Places. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1937. lxxv, 734 pp. Original cloth, some shelfwear, rear hinge cracked but secure, internally clean. $85.
* First edition. “The author segregates the law related to burial, corpses, and cemeteries into a niche of its own. (...) Where judicial precedent is lacking or, though unavailable, is meager, the author endeavors to formulate rules based on considerations of public health and convenience, the sentiments of the bereaved, and the customary practice and morals of the community, with due regard for idiosyncrasies of cult.”: Columbia Law Review 50:1160 cited in Marke 293.

82. [Justinian (483-565 CE)]. Lacoste, Jean [c.1560-1637], Theodore Marcile[1548-1617] and Marc-Antoine Muret [1526-1585], Commentators. van de Water, Johannes [d.1689], Editor. D.N. Justiniani Perpetui Augusti Institutionum, Sive Elementorum per Tribunianum, Virum Magnificum, Magistrum & Exquaestore Sacri Palatii, & Theophilum, & Dorotheum, Viros Illustres, & Antecessores, Libri Quatuor Emendatissimi ex Editione Jacob Cujacii. In Eosdem...& Antecessoris Clariss. Commentarius. Accedunt Huic Editioni Annotationes & Notae Theodori Marcilii & Marci Antonii Mureti Ut & M. Tatii Alpini Dessertatio de Surto per Lancem & Licium Concepto. Adjecti Quoque Sunt Varii Indices Curante Joanne van de Water. Leiden: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1744. xlviii, 667, [1] pp. Includes one-page publisher list. Commentary in double columns. Woodcut table of descents. Quarto (7-1/2" x 9-1/2"). Contemporary vellum, raised bands and early hand-lettered title to spine, blind rules enclosing large blind arabesques to boards. Light soiling and a few stains, corners bumped, joints just starting at ends, boards slightly bowed, vellum beginning to crack through pastedowns. Title page printed in red and black. Handsome woodcut tail-pieces and decorated initials. Interior notably fresh. $500.
* An edition of the Institutes edited by Jacques Cujas (Cujacius) with extensive commentary and notes by Jean Lacoste, Theodore Marcile and Marc-Antoine Muret. These jurists, who followed Cujas’ example, were leaders of the French humanistic school, which aimed to purge Roman sources of later corruptions. Their pioneering methods did much to establish the field of philology. Compiled around 161 CE, the Institutes is an elementary treatise on Roman private law that served as a standard text for 300 years. After its rediscovery during the medieval era it went on to be a staple of European legal education. KVK locates 8 copies of this imprint. Not in the BMC.

83. Kelly, J.M. Roman Litigation. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1966. viii, 176 pp. Cloth very good in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. $65.
* “Not all Mr. Kelly’s contentions can be accepted, and his work may be more valuable for the questions it asks than for the answers it propounds. But for his choice of target, for the attempt to place the abstract rules of Roman law in a realistic setting of Roman social and political life, there can be nothing but praise.”: P.W. Duff, Cambridge Law Journal 125 (1967): 125.