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
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
"I Do Hereby Ordain, Constitute and Appoint You Administrators..." [Probate]. [Massachusetts]. [Josiah Willard Esqr...] Judge of the Probate of Wills and for Granting Letters of Administration on the Estate of Persons Deceased, Having Goods, Chattels, Rights or Credits in the County of Suffolk, Within the Province Aforesaid To [Sarah White..... More
Harris, Virgil M. Ancient Curious and Famous Wills. Boston: Little Brown, And Company, 1911. xiii, 472 pp. First edition. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover, with gilt spine lettering. Top page edges gilt. Light shelf wear. Library property stamp on inside front cover, else internally clean. $25. * This collection of wills..... 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
Three Readings on Property Law Dyer, Sir James [1512-1582]. Brograve, Sir John [d.1613]. Risden, Thomas. Three Learned Readings Made Upon Three Very Usefull Statutes: The First, By that Great and Eminent Sage of the Law, Sir James Dyer, Of the Middle Temple, Upon the Statute of 32.H.8.Chap.I. Of Wills, And..... More
Gilbert on an Important Aspect of Eighteenth-Century Wills [Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey (1674-1726)]. The Law of Executions. To Which are Added, The History and Practice of the Court of King's Bench; And Some Cases Touching Wills of Lands and Goods. By the Late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert. London: Printed by His..... 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
"The Foundation of All Similar Productions of the Kind" Wentworth, Thomas [c.1568-1628]. Cusron, H[enry], Editor. The Office and Duty of Executors: Or, A Treatise Directing Testators to Form, And Executors to Perform Their Wills and Testaments According to Law. Originally Compiled by That Judicious and Approved Author, Tho. Wentworth, Late..... More
"The Foundation of All Similar Productions of the Kind" Wentworth, Thomas [c.1568-1628]. The Office and Duty of Executors. Or a Treatise of Wils and Executors, Directed to Testators in the Choice of Their Executors, And Contrivance of Their Wils. With Direction for Executors in the Execution of of [sic] Their..... More
Inventory of Estates in Roman Law Della Valle, Rolando [fl. 1561]. Tractatus Non Minus Utilissimus Quam Necessarius de Inventarii Confectione. Nunc Primum ad Communem Omnium Utilitatem cum Summarijs et Locupletissimo Omnium Rerum Notabilium Repertorio in Lucem Editus. Venice: Ex Officina Ioan. Bapt. Somaschi, 1573 (Colophon date 1572). [xl], 235, [1]..... More
The First English Treatise on Wills for Laymen Meriton, George [1634-1711]. The Touchstone of Wills, Testaments, And Administrations. Being a Compendium of Cases and Resolutions Touching the Same. Carefully Collected Out of the Ecclesiastical, Civil and Canon Laws. As also Out of the Customs, Common Laws, And Statutes of this..... More
Wills and Extrinsic Evidence Wigram, Sir James [1793-1866]; Wigram, W[illiam] Knox [1825-1885], Editor. An Examination of the Rules of Law Respecting the Admission of Extrinsic Evidence in Aid of the Interpretation of Wills. London: Butterworths, 1858. xxxv, 202 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Later pebbled cloth, blind frames to boards..... More
One of the Earliest English Treatises on Wills [Wills]. Of Last Wills and Testaments: A Common-Law Treatise, Containing Several Rules for the Construction of Last Wills, And the Diversities Between Limitations and Conditions in a Will. Of Treating Also of Contingent Remainders, And of Executory Devises: And by What Names..... More
"Have You Made Your Will?" A Retired Solicitor. Testamentary Counsels, And Hints to Christians on the Right Distribution of Their Property by Will. Carefully Revised by a Member of the American Bar. Troy, NY: W. And H. Merriam, 1845. xii, 13-108 pp. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 4"). Contemporary cloth, blind panels..... More
The Case that Established the Concept of Partial Insanity in English Law, A Copy Probably Annotated by the Editor Nicholl, Sir John [1759-1838]. Haggard, John [1794-1856], Editor. A Report of the Judgment of Dew v. Clark and Clark, Delivered by the Honourable Sir John Nicholl, In the Prerogative Court of..... More
The Case that Established the Concept of Partial Insanity in English Law Nicholl, Sir John [1759-1838]. Haggard, John [1794-1856], Editor. A Report of the Judgment of Dew v. Clark and Clark, Delivered by the Honourable Sir John Nicholl, In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Eastern Term, 1826. Edited, By Permission..... More
1843 Treatise on Wills "Drawn Conformably to the Revised Statutes of New York" Tayler, Thomas [fl. 1833-1843]. Precedents of Wills, Drawn Conformably to the Revised Statutes of the State of New York: With Practical Notes: Comprising the Duty of Executors, Administrators and Guardians. Dedicated, By Permission, To the Hon. James..... More
1854 Interrogatory Concerning the Mental Fitness of the Decedent in an Inheritance Case [Manuscript]. [Wills]. [Mental Fitness]. Lewis, Garrett. Skinner, Dr. W.C. [1854 Legal Interrogatory of a North Carolina Medical Doctor W.C. Skinner Concerning the Illness, Mental Fitness and Death of Garrett Lewis of Chester County, Pennsylvania]. [West Chester, Chester..... 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
Gilbert on Wills (and Related Topics) Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey [1674-1726]. The Law of Devises, Revocations, and Last Wills To Which is Added, Choice Precedents of Wills. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1756. viii, [12], 254, [38] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, blind rules to..... More
"The Difficulty is to Find Out What a Man Intended After He is Dead" Nelson, William [d. 1653]. Lex Testamentaria: Or, A Compendious System of All the Laws of England, As Well Before the Statute of Henry VIII. As Since, Concerning Last Wills and Testaments. In Which Are Collected, All..... More
Drafting Wills in Eighteenth-Century England [Richardson, Robert]. The Law of Testaments and Last Wills. Containing All That is Necessary to be Known and Practised by Testators and Their Executors, Administrators, &c. As Also, What Relates to the Distribution of the Estates of Intestates. In the Following Particulars. The Different Kinds..... More
Gilbert on Wills (and Related Topics) Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey [1674-1726]. The Law of Devises, Last Wills, And Revocations. By the Late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert. To Which is Added, A Select Number of Wills, Drawn by Men Eminent in the Profession. Revised, Corrected, And Improved. London: Printed by W. Strahan..... More
A Durable Concept in Roman Law Camarela, Francisco. De Legatis et Singulis Rebus per Fideicommissum Relictis. Libris Quindecim Exaratum in Foro, Et Scholis Professoribus Perutile, Ac Necessarium, Cum Indice Locupletissimo, Collegii Iudicium Vincentiae Cura, & Aere Editum. Venice: Apud Abundium Menafolium, 1681. [xl], 628, [68] pp. Main text in parallel..... More
Copy of the First American Treatise on Wills that Belonged to an Important Early Illinois Statesman Vallette, Elie. [Sparrow, Thomas (1746?-1780?), Engraver]. The Deputy Commissary's Guide Within the Province of Maryland, Together with Plain and Sufficient Directions for Testators to Form, and Executors to Form Their Wills and Testaments, For..... More
"Everything to My Wife" Sadler, Walter Dendy, After. James Dobie, Engraver. The New Will: "Everything to My Wife Absolutely." London, Paris & New York: Rafael Tuck & Sons Ltd, [c. 1894]. Attractively glazed and double-matted 19" x 16" hand-colored etching in handsome 29" x 26" wooden frame, small brass plaque..... More
[Nichols, John; Richard Gough]. A Collection of all the Wills, Now Known to Be Extant, of the Kings and Queens of England, Princes and Princesses of Wales, and every Branch of the Blood Royal, from the Reign of William the Conqueror, to that of Henry the Seventh Exclusive: With Explanatory..... 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
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