The "First Really Able" Book on the Subject Godolphin, John [1617-1678]. The Orphans Legacy: Or, A Testamentary Abridgment. In Three Parts: I. Of Last-Wills and Testaments. II. Of Executors and Administrators. III. Of Legacies and Devises. Wherein the Most Material Points of Law Relating to That Subject, Are Succinctly Treated..... More
A Rare Account of an Interesting 1790 Spanish Inheritance Case Herrera y Zapata, Fausto de. Alegacion Juridica por D. Fausto de Herrera y Zapata, Caballero Maestrante de la de Ronda, Senor de la Villa y Dehesa de los Fresnos, Vecino de la Ciudad de Badajoz, En el Pleyto que Sigue..... More
First Edition of the First Standard Treatise on Wills Swinburne, Henry [1560?-1623]. A Briefe Treatise of Testaments and Last Willes, Very Profitable to be Understoode of All the Subjects of This Realme of England, (Desirous to Know, Whether, Whereof, And How, They May Make Their Testaments: And by What Meanes..... More
Kingsford, R[upert] E[therege]. The Law Relating to Executors and Administrators in the Province of Ontario. Toronto: The Carswell Co., Limited, 1900. xxii, 516 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards with later rebacking, gilt library insignia to center of front board, raised bands, blind fillets and..... More
Fascinating Anthology of Legal Essays [The Law Journal]. A Collection of Law Tracts, Published in the Years 1825 & 1826 in the Law Journal, Which is a Monthly Publication Sold to Annual Subscribers Only. Vol I. London: Published by J.W. Paget, [1827]. [iv], 328 pp. [Bound with] Law Tracts, Published..... More
The First Standard English Treatise on Wills Swinburne, Henry [1560?-1623]. A Treatise of Testaments and Last Wills, Fit to be Understood by All Men, That they May Know, Whether, Whereof, And How, To Make Them. Compiled Out of the Laws Ecclesiasticall, Civill and Canon, As also Out of the Common..... More
An Interesting Form of Partible Inheritance Robinson, Thomas [d. 1747]. The Common Law of Kent: Or, The Customs of Gavelkind. With an Appendix Concerning Borough-English. [London]: Printed by R. And B. Nutt, And F. Gosling, 1741. xxiii, [1], 300, [16] pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind and (later)..... More
Historic Study of Gavelkind Somner, William [1598-1669]. A Treatise of Gavelkind, Both Name and Thing. Shewing the True Etymologie and Derivation of the One, The Nature, Antiquity, And Original of the Other. With Sundry Emergent Observations, Both Pleasant and Profitable to be Known of Kentish-Men and Others, Especially Such as..... More
First Edition of the First Standard Treatise on Wills Swinburne, Henry [1560?-1623]. A Briefe Treatise of Testaments and Last Willes, Very Profitable to be Understoode of All the Subjects of This Realme of England, (Desirous to Know, Whether, Whereof, And How, They May Make Their Testaments: And by What Meanes..... More
A Popular Layman's Guide to Drafting Wills Hudson, J[ohn] C[orrie]. Plain Directions for Making Wills in Conformity with the Law, And Particularly with Reference to the Act 7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 26: To Which is Added a Clear Exposition of the Law Relating to the Distribution of..... More
The "First Really Able" Book on the Subject Godolphin, John [1617-1678]. The Orphans Legacy: Or, A Testamentary Abridgment. In Three Parts: I. Of Last-Wills and Testaments, II. Of Executors and Administrators, III. Of Legacies and Devises: Wherein the Most Material Points of Law Relating to That Subject, Are Succinctly Treated..... More
With Commentary on an Interesting Inheritance Case Fearne, Charles [1742-1794]. [Shadwell, Thomas Mitchell, Editor]. The Posthumous Works, Consisting of a Reading On the Statute of Inrollments, Arguments in the Singular Case of General Stanwix, and a Collection of Cases and Opinions. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1797. ix, [15], 468..... More
An Interesting Form of Partible Inheritance Robinson, Thomas [d. 1747]. The Common Law of Kent: Or, The Customs of Gavelkind. With an Appendix Concerning Borough-English. [London]: Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers, 1788. xx, 300, [16] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Recent period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards by Philip..... More
An Interesting Form of Partible Inheritance Robinson, Thomas [d. 1747]. The Common Law of Kent: Or, The Customs of Gavelkind. With an Appendix Concerning Borough-English. [London]: Printed by R. And B. Nutt, And F. Gosling, 1741. xxiii, [1], 300, [16] pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Recent period-style calf by Philip..... More
First Edition of the First Standard Treatise on Wills Swinburne, Henry [1560?-1623]. A Briefe Treatise of Testaments and Last Willes, Very Profitable to be Understoode of All the Subjects of This Realme of England, (Desirous to Know, Whether, Whereof, And How, They May Make Their Testaments: And by What Meanes..... More
Historic Study of Gavelkind Somner, William [1598-1669]. A Treatise of Gavelkind, Both Name and Thing. Shewing the True Etymologie and Derivation of the One, The Nature, Antiquity, And Original of the Other. With Sundry Emergent Observations, Both Pleasant and Profitable to be Known of Kentish-Men and Others, Especially Such as..... More
Preparing to File with the Surrogate's Office Surrogate's Office, Hudson, New York. Directions to Executors and Administrators on Taking Inventory. Hudson: [Surrogate's Office], 1872. 13 pp. 12mo. (5-3/4" x 3-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and minor edgewear, early owner signature to front wrapper. Light browning to text..... More
An Important Study of Inheritance and Succession in Roman Law Bluntschli, Johann Caspar (Kaspar) [1808-1881]. Entwicklung der Erbfolge Gegen den Letzten Willen nach Romischen Recht mit bes. Rucksicht auf die Novelle 115. Bonn: Bei Adolph Marcus, 1829. x, 310 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Original marbled publisher boards, paper title..... More
Popular Sixteenth-Century Study of Topics in Roman Law Claro, Giulio [1525-1575]. Tractatus de Testamentis, De Feudis, De Donationibus, De Iure Emphiteotico: Nunc ab Omnibus Erroribus Maxima Diligentia Emendati: Cum Summariis, & Repertoriis Omnium Quaestionum, Ac Incidenter Dictorum. Venice: Apud Franciscum Laurentinum, 1566. 8, [32], 243 ff. Octavo (6" x 4")..... More
A "Profound" Scholar of Estates and Real-Property Preston, Richard [1768-1850]. An Essay on the Quantity and Quality of Estates, With More Immediate Reference to the Law of Merger. Corrected with Additions. Philadelphia: John S. Littell, 1843. xiv, 244 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/4"). Recent cloth, lettering piece to spine, endpapers..... More
Uncommon Innovative Treatise Dealing With Deeds Cornish, William Floyer [c.1801-1830]. Horsey, George [1819-1899], Editor. Cornish's Treatise on Purchase Deeds, of Freehold Estates, And Incidentally of Leasehold Property, With Precedents and Practical Notes. Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson & Co., 1856. xxiii, [25]-172, 4 pp. Star-paged. Includes four-page publisher catalogue. Octavo..... More
Historic Study of Gavelkind Somner, William [1598-1669]. A Treatise of Gavelkind, Both Name and Thing. Shewing the True Etymologie and Derivation of the One, the Nature, Antiquity, and Original of the Other. With Sundry Emergent Observations, Both Pleasant and Profitable to be Known of Kenting-Men and Others, Especially Such as..... More
Jarman, Thomas. Treatise on Wills Eighth Edition Edited by Raymond Jennings. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1951. Reprint. W.S. Hein, 2000. 3 Volumes. Hardcover with gilt spine lettering. New. $495. * "This is by far the most voluminous and complete treatise on the subject of wills extant.": Marvin, Legal Bibliography 420..... More
Chalfant, Ella. A Goodly Heritage. Earliest Wills on an American Frontier. University of Pittsburgh Press, [1955]. xii, 239 pp. Orig. red gilt lettered cloth in a worn dust jacket. Very good. $45. * A study of the wills of the men and women who first settled in Pittsburgh, "the Gateway..... More