Class Notes Compiled by a Student at Albany Law School in 1878-1879 [Manuscript]. [Albany Law School]. [Class Notes on Equity Jurisprudence and Evidence]. Albany, New York, 1878-1879. 238 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 6-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards. Worn, spine perished, light rubbing, soiling and faint dampstaining to boards..... More
Handsome German Manuscript on the Sources of Civil Law [Manuscript]. [Germany]. [Einleitung ins Rechtsstudium]. [Germany, c.1790]. [194] pp. Quarto (7-1/2' x 5-3/4"). Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards with cloth-reinforced corners, blind, apparently once gilded, fillets, volume number (2) and illegible title to spine, speckled edges. Light rubbing to boards..... More
A Manuscript Treatise on the Transfer of Lands to the Children of Kings and Princes Written for the Duke of Orleans [Manuscript]. Gigon du Bessix. Dissertation sur les Partages et les Apanages de la Maisaon de France. [Paris], 1752. [ii], 549 pp. Manuscript letter affixed to leaf after p. 549..... More
1785 Tax Document from Danbury, Connecticut [Manuscript]. [Connecticut]. [Document Abating Taxes for 29 Individuals]. Danbury, Connecticut, December 1, 1785. Single 12-1/2" x 7-1/2" leaf, docket to verso. Moderate toning, a few very faint spots and smudges, horizontal and vertical fold lines, small hole and clean tear affecting text without loss..... More
1847 French Legal Thesis on Women and Marriage [Manuscript]. [Dossat, Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Alphonse (b.1823)]. [Legal Thesis on Women and Marriage in Roman and French Law]. [Grenoble?], 1847. 202 pp. Quarto (10" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, raised bands, gilt ornaments and gilt title (Condition des Femmes) to spine..... More
A Lethal Barroom Brawl in Pennsylvania [Manuscript]. [Pennsylvania]. [Witness Testimony in Commonwealth v. Hartman et al.]. Berks County, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1874. [30] ff. 12-1/2" x 7-3/4" ruled sheets held together with brass tabs at top-edge, text in single neat hand to rectos. Light toning, slight creasing near top-edge, occasional..... More
Handsome Manuscript Concerning French Law, Roman Law and Dauphin of France [Manuscript]. [France] [La Balme]. Dissertations sur Diverses Matieres du Droict Romain & Francois. [France], 1712. 143 ff. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary morocco, dyed red, gilt frames with corner fleurons to boards, large gilt arms of France to centers..... More
Standing Orders for the House of Lords [Manuscript]. [House of Lords]. Remembrances for Order and Decency to be Kept in the Upper House of Parliament by the Lords when His Majesty is Not There Leaving the Solemnity Belonging to His Majesty's Coming to be Marshall'd by Those Lords to Whom..... More
A Manuscript Guide to Keeping a Court of Quarter Sessions [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. The Order and Form of Keeping a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Gaol Delivery. Great Britain, c.1858. [18] ff. Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, marbled edges. Moderate rubbing to boards, which are starting at..... More
Manuscript Relating to a Sensational Murder Case in Ballston Spa, NY [Manuscript]. [Billings, Jesse, Jr.] [Beach, William A.]. Billings Trial, Beach's Argument [Spine Title]. [Ballston Spa, NY, 1880]. [v], 252 ff. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title and fillets to spine..... More
Three "Colored People" Convicted for Rioting [Manuscript]. [New York]. [Conviction for Rioting]. Queens County, New York, January 11, 1828. 2 pp. 12-1/2" x 8" leaf, wax seals to recto, docketed on verso. Moderate toning, light foxing, three horizontal fold lines with short tears at ends affecting text without loss. Content..... More
A Carefully Organized Scottish Manuscript Precedent Book [Manuscript]. [Scotland]. [Precedent (Style) Book]. Edinburgh?, 1763-1764. 171 pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary wallet binding, quarter sheep over marbled paper-covered stiff wrappers, fastener lacking, silk ribbon bookmarks. Rubbing and light wear, marble detaching from wrappers in places, fore-edge of wrappers torn and..... More
A Court Document in Taney's Hand, Signed by Taney [Manuscript]. Taney, Roger B. [1777-1864]. [Court Document in Taney's Hand, Signed by Taney, Frederick County, MD, February 1, 1817]. 2 pp. 13-1/4" x 8" leaf, docketed on verso. Moderate toning, untrimmed edges, three horizontal fold lines with short tears at ends..... More
Royal Permission to Search Parliamentary Records [Manuscript]. [Legal Publishing]. George I [1660-1727], King of Great Britain. [Signed Royal Warrant Permitting Search of Parliamentary Records]. London, Kensington Palace, 1726. 2 pp. 12" x 7-1/2" bifolium, edges gilt, embossed royal seal and autograph signature "George R" at head, docket to verso. Moderate..... More
Nineteenth-Century Ledger from Rural New Hampshire [Manuscript]. [New Hampshire]. [Docket Book]. Grafton County, New Hampshire, 1839-1877. [360] pp. Folio (13-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt fillets and title to spine. Moderate rubbing, a few scuffs and stains and faint dampstaining to boards, which are slightly bowed..... More
Testimony Given at the Trial of a Rye House Plotter [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Rye House Plot]. Walcot, Thomas [1625-1683], Defendant. [Indenture of Testimony Given at the Trial of Thomas Walcot]. London, July 27, [1683]. 2 pp. 21" x 16-1/2" sheet with text in single neat hand to recto and verso, top..... More
An Eighteenth-Century English Manuscript Compilation of Forms and Cases [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. [Collection of Forms and Cases]. [Great Britain, 1777]. [iv], 177 pp. Folio (12-1/4" x 8"). Disbound, light soiling to exterior, light rubbing to corners of text block, first signature partially detached but secure, leaf containing pp. 21-22 detached..... More
Includes a Wealth of Detail About the Interior of One of New York City's Grandest Apartment Buildings [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Francis Brothers & Jellett v. Tiffany]. Supreme Court, New York Co. Francis Brothers & Jellett Against Tiffany Studios, Impleaded With the Onward Constuction Company, And Others Before Hamilton Odell, Esq., Referee..... More
The Brandeis Firm Seeks Information from a Judge [Manuscript]. [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. [Typed Letter on Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter Letterhead, Boston, December 24, 1909]. Single-sided letter on 10-1/4" x 8" sheet. Moderate toning, fold lines, some with browning. Letter signed, most likely by a secretary or clerk, "Brandeis, Dunbar..... More
![Item #74781 Memoir of Theophilius Parsons [with] Autograph Letter, Signed [And]. Theophilius Parsons](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/74781.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1676664329)
With Two Autograph Items and a Portrait Parsons, Theophilus [1797-1882]. Memoir of Theophilus Parsons, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; With Notices of Some of His Contemporaries. By His Son, Theophilus Parsons. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1859. viii, 476, [11] pp. With an 11 pp. published catalogue..... More
The Perils of the Highway in Hanoverian England [Manuscript]. [Highway Robbery]. [Document Recording a Reward Granted for the Conviction of Highway Robber Benjamin Branch]. [London, February 28, April 6, 1728]. 10-1/2" x 7-1/2" vellum leaf, text in neat hands to recto and verso. Light soiling, a few smudges and minor..... More
"Collect All and Every the Sums of Money" [Taxation]. [Massachusetts]. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, &c., Jeremiah Allen, Gent. Treasurer and Receiver General for His Majesty's Said Province. To [Mr. Ebenezer Waer] Constable or Collector of the Town of [Wrentham] Greeting &c. [Boston], October 6, 1718. 7-3/4" x 8-1/2 part-printed document..... More
Grand Jury Documents from Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania [Manuscript Archive]. [Pennsylvania]. [Six Manuscript Grand Jury Indictments]. [Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 1832-1839]. Six documents, ranging in size from 5-1/4" x 3-1/4" to 6-1/2" x 3-1/4" (folded, averaging 12" x 7-3/4" unfolded), each with text to recto and docket to verso. Moderate toning, light soiling..... More
A Unique Copy of St. John's Speech in Favor of Strafford's Attainder [Manuscript]. St. John, Oliver [c.1598-1673]. [Strafford, Thomas Wentworth (1593-1641), 1st Earl of]. Mr. Snt. John the Kings Solliciter His Speech, And Argumente Before the Lords, And Commons Assembled Togither in the High Court of Parliamente, Against Thomas Earle..... More
An Antitrust AG for Roosevelt Helps Secure a Federal Appointment [Manuscript]. Arnold, Thurman [1891-1969]. [Rogan, Richard R. (1914-1996)]. [Typed Letter, Signed, On Department of Justice Letterhead, Washington, DC, July 14, 1938]. 10-1/2" x 8" sheet of Arnold's personalized Department of Justice letterhead, text to recto. Moderate toning, two horizontal fold..... More