"Don't you Feel a Sort of Settled Intimacy as the Result of Time and our Writing and Every Thing?" [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr [1841-1935]. [Castletown, Lady Clare (1853-1927)]. [Autograph Letter Signed "OWH" to Lady Clare Castletown, Boston (?), April 10, 1897]. 10" x 8" bifolium, content filling rectos and..... More
Concerns Payment for a Purchase of Law Books [Manuscript]. [Law Books]. [Massachusetts]. [Document Concerning Payment for the Purchase of Law Books, Huntstown (Ashfield), MA, January 23, 1762]. 3-1/2" x 6-3/4" sheet, moderate toning, light toning and soiling, vertical and horizontal folds with cellotape reinforcements to verso. Content in neat hand..... More
An Invitation to Spend an Afternoon with Dr. Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. [1809-1894]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Boston, February 7, 1883]. Single-page letter on Holmes's 6-1/4" x 4-1/2" 296 Beacon Street stationary in attractive glazed wood 10" x 9" frame. Light toning to letter, faint fold line through center, a...... More
Day Books of an English Solicitor from 1794, 1803 and 1811 [Manuscript]. [Solicitors]. [Kent, England]. Day Book Commencing April 1794. [Kent, England, April 2, 1794-January 13, 1802]. [96] pp. [With] [Day Book]. [Kent, England, January 3, 1803-January 14, 1811]. [96] pp. [And] Day Book Commencing 2nd February 1811. [Kent, England..... More
Antebellum Virginia Docket Book [Manuscript]. [Virginia]. [Justice's Docket Book, Amherst County, Virginia, 1850-1859]. 2 books. [200]; [212] pp. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/4" and 12-3/4" x 8"). Quarter and three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, one book has lettering piece reading "Justice's Docket." Bindings lightly cocked, moderate rubbing to boards and board..... More
Court Document Signed Twice by Blackstone [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Autograph Document, Signed Twice, London, May 11 and 18, 1770]. 4-1/4" x 7-1/4" sheet with four small embossed duty stamps, light toning, somewhat heavier along margins, tipped-in to old 5" x 8" sheet at lower left corner, content in..... More
"I Am Very Proud of Your Review of My Little Book" [Manuscript]. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Shientag, Bernard L. (1887-1952)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Bernard L. Shientag, February 20, 1931]. Single sheet folded to form a pair of 8" x 6" leaves, content to both sides of first leaf and..... More
Letters to an Ohio Prosecutor [Manuscript Archive]. [Lawyers]. [Taylor, Clyde A.]. [Letters Addressed to Jefferson, Ohio, Prosecutor Clyde A. Taylor]. Mostly Jefferson, OH, 1906-1907. 144 items comprising single-leaf, bifolio and multipage manuscript and typescript letters, 3 printed documents, sizes range from 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" to 11" x 8-1/2." Light toning..... More
Important Early Work on Writs Thoroughly Annotated by an Early Owner Theloall, Simon. Le Digest des Briefes Originals, Et des Choses Concernants Eux. London: In Aedibus Richardi Tottelli, 1579. [viii], 424 ff. Octavo (5-3/4" x 3-3/4"). Seventeenth-century calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands to spine, boards reattached. Moderate rubbing..... More
A Medieval Marriage Contract Nevill Thomas de. Chaumont, John de. [Marriage Contract] [York, England, 1345]. 39 lines of text in Anglo-Norman on 10-1/2" x 10" indented parchment sheet, fragment of seal below text. Light soiling, horizontal and vertical folds, minor staining to upper left corner, natural flaw to left margin..... More
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Early Nineteenth-Century Diaries of an English Solicitor [Manuscript]. Chapman, Thomas. Memorandum Book for 1804, No. 1. [Richmond, Surrey, England]. [80] pp. [And] No.1-Memorandum Book for 1806. [Richmond, Surrey, England]. [64] pp. Three printed leaves (of interest tables and 1797 holidays) laid in. Octavo (7" x 4"). Plain wrappers with manuscript..... More
The Distribution of Tithes in a Small Town in Devon, England [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. The Charters of Crediton, To Which Are Annexed Certain Decrees. Crediton, c.1800. [90] ff. Folio (14-1/2" x 9-1/2"). Contemporary diced and mottled calf, gilt frames to boards, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A few light..... More
Document Appointing a Notary Public in Oklahoma Indian Territory [Manuscript]. [Oklahoma]. [Indian Territory]. [Document Appointing A Notary Public for the Central District of the Indian Territory]. Atoka, Oklahoma, October 13, 1899. Single 12-1/2" x 8" leaf, embossed seal of the United States District Court in the Central District, Indian Territory..... More
Pre-Publication Manuscript Copy of the Devonshire Chapter of the Domesday Book [Manuscript]. [Domesday Book]. No. 23. V 1.2. Domesday Book for Devonshire. London?, c.1714-1783. 73 ff. Folio (15-1/2" x 10-1/2"). Marbled paper-covered limp boards, raised bands to spine, hand-lettered title panel to front cover. Rubbing and soiling to boards, spine..... More
The Daily Business of a Prominent Vermont Lawyer [Manuscript Archive]. [Lawyers]. [Robinson, David, Jr. (1777-1858)]. [Archive of Letters Sent to David Robinson, Jr., Attorney-at-Law, Bennington, Vermont]. Vermont and New York, 1820-1842. 27 single-leaf and bifolia comprising 88 pages, sizes range from 8-1/4" x 6-1/4" to 12-1/2" x 7-1/2." Manuscript in..... More
Probably Compiled Around 1765 by an Apprentice to a New York City Lawyer [Manuscript]. [Legal Education]. [Formbook]. New York, c. 1765. 89 pp. Folio (14-3/4" x 9-3/4"). Quarter calf over marbled paper-covered limp boards. Worn, paper mostly peeled away, leather spine partially detached, edges frayed and chipped, moderate edgewear and..... More
Rare Wide-Margined 1804 Edition of the Code Napoleon with Extensive Contemporary Annotations [Code Napoleon]. Code Civil des Francais, Entierement Conforme a l'Edition Originale Precede de la Table des Titres: Suivi des Lois Transitoires; Du Tableau des Distances de Paris aux Chefs-Lieux des Departements et d'une Table Alphabetique des Matieres. Paris..... More
Classroom Notes on the Codex Justinianus [Manuscript]. [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Codicis Justiniani SS. Principis. [France, c.1830?]. 564, [11] pp. Folio (12" x 8"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, vellum-covered corners to boards. Moderate rubbing to boards, crease to upper corner of front board below..... More
Manuscript Commentary on the Customary Law of Artois [Manuscript]. [Artois]. Hebert, Guillaume-Francois. Remarques Faites par Guillaume Francois Hebert Ecuier Conseiller du Roy au Conseil Provincial d'Artois sur Plusieurs Articles de la Coustume d'Artois et sur Quelques Questions de Droit et de Pratique. Commence en 1695. Artois?, c.1700s. 447 pp. Folio..... More
Notes Taken During a Course of Lectures on the Code Napoleon Taught by a Distinguished Professor [Manuscript]. [Code Napoleon]. [Duverger, Alexandre, (1818-1892)]. [Student Notes on a Course on the Code Napoleon]. [Paris]: November 18, 1860-May 3, 1861. 882 pp. Folio (14" x 9"). Quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands..... More
Handsome 1724 Manuscript Digest of Royal Decrees Relating to Provence [Manuscript]. [Barrigue de Montvalon, Andre (1678-1779]. [Bornier, Philippe (1634-1711)]. Precis des Anciennes et Nouvelles Ordonnances, Edits et Declarations les Plus en Usage avec Quelques Observations sur le Commentaire de Bornier. Aix-en-Provence, 1724. [287] ff. Quarto (9" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary calf..... More
Handsome Manuscript Copy of the Coutume de Paris [Manuscript]. [Paris]. Coutume de la Prevoste et Vicomte de Paris. [Paris?, c.1700-1750]. [ii], 389, [1] pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary tree sheep, gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece, edges rouged, ribbon marker. Light rubbing and shallow scuffing to boards..... More
Manuscript Commentary on the Code Louis and Estate Law [Manuscript]. [Toulouse]. [Darnes, Francois]. Supplement de l'Explication de l'Ordonnance de 1667 Selon l'Usage du Parlement de Toulouse par M[aitr]e Riccard Avocat en Parlement. [Toulouse?], c. 1753. [ii], 185, [5]; 134, [26]; 351-358; 359-378 pp. four parts, the second, third and fourth..... More
A Set of Manuscript Notes on an Eighteenth-Century Textbook on French Law [Manuscript]. Deloche, Maurice Clement [d.1842]. Serres, Claude [1695-1753]. Notes sur les Institutes de Justinien Redigees dans l'Ordre des Institutes au Droit Francois de Serres par M. XXX. Grenoble, 1787. [viii], 523, [22] pp. Quarto (10-1/4" x 7"). Contemporary..... More
Interleaved Copy Annotated by a French Nobleman [Justinian I (485-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Hotman, Francois [1524-1590], Editor. Digestorum seu Pandectarum Libri Quinquaginta ex Pandectis Florentinis Nuper in Lucem Emissis, Quoadeius Fieri Potuit, Repraesentati, & In Septem Partes Justiniani Sententia Distincti, Adjectis Brevibus Francisci Hotomanni Parisiensis I.C. Clarissimi Summariis..... More