First Edition of a Well-Regarded Law Dictionary Rapalje, Stewart and Lawrence, Robert L. A Dictionary of American and English Law with Definitions of the Technical Terms of the Canon and Civil Laws. Also, Containing a Full Collection of Latin Maxims, and Citations of Upwards of Forty Thousand Reported Cases, in..... More
Forms Used in the Curia Romana Massa, Antonio [1500-1568], Editor. Formularium Variarum Commissionum Articulorum, Exceptionum, Interrogatoriorum, & Petitionum Sententiarum, & Appellationum : Cui Adiectus est Tractatus de Devolutione Causarum, Ac Ordinis Iudiciarij: Item, Practica Signaturae Iustitiae, Circa Commissiones Causarum Quae in Romana Curia Committuntur. Rome: Apud Haeredes Nicolai Mutij, Paulini..... More
Concordances Between Roman and Canon Law Ximenez, Sebastian [Fl. 1530-1553]. Lopez, Gregorio [16th c.] (and Others), Glosses. Concordantiae Utriusque Iuris, Civilis, Et Canonici, Cum Legibus Partitarum, Glossematibusque Gregorii Lopez, & Plurimorum Doctorum, Tam Exterorum, Quam Nostratum, Cuiuscunque Facultatis. Explicationes, & Intellectus, & Plures Notabiles Inductiones, & Declarationes, Circa Casus qui..... More
Final and Best Edition of Brisson's Legal Dictionary In a Handsome Contemporary Prize Binding Brisson, Barnabae [1531-1591]. [Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb (1681-1741), Editor]. [Bohmer, Justus Henning (1674-1749)]. De Verborum Quae ad Ius Civile Pertinent Significatione Opus Praestantissimum in Meliorem Commodioremque Ordinem Redactum Innumeris Mendis Emaculatum et Post Aliorum Curas Plurimus Accessionibus..... More
One of the Earliest Illustrated Law Books, Also the Second Illustrated Book Printed in Basel Tudeschi, Niccolo de, Archbishop (Abbas Panoramitanus) [1386-1445]. [Lectura Super V Libris Decretalium, Parts II and III (of VI)]. [Basel: Berthold Ruppel, Michael Wenssler and Bernard Richel, 1477]. [379] ff. Collation: [a10 (-a1 blank), b8, c-d10..... More
Barbosa's "Search Engine" for Roman and Canon Law Barbosa, Agostino [1589-1649], Compiler. Vaz Barbosa, Simao [1591-1681], Editor. Repertorium Iuris Civilis et Canonici, In Quo Ordine Alphabetico Principaliores, & Practicae Utriusque Iuris Conclusiones Collectae Indicantur, & Magna Doctorum Copia Exornantur; Opus Posthumum Iudicibus & Advocatis Utilissimum, Studio & Industria D. Simonis..... More
Rare 1486 Reference Companion to the Canonist Known as the "Lamp of the Law" Corsetti, Antonio [c.1450-1503]. [Tudeschi, Niccolo de, (Abbas Panoramitanus) (1386-1445)]. [Repertorium in Opera Nicolai de Tudeschis]. [Venice: Andreas Torresanus, c.September 17, 1486]. [379] leaves, collates complete except for 3 blank leaves which are lacking, a1 and X5-6..... More
Pre-Publication Manuscript of a Treatise on Marriage [Manuscript]. [Dens, Peter (1690-1775)]. [Tractatus de Sponsalibus et Matrimonio and Tractatus de Quatuor Novissimis]. [Louvain?]: 15 July 1767-14 October 1768. 381, [1]; 59, [1] pp. Text in Latin in single neat hand with chapter headings, side notes and indices. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2")..... More
Venerable Alphabetically Digested Handbook on Canon Law Milis, Joannes Nicolaus de [15th C.]. Ferrandat, Henri, Editor. Repertorium Aureum do Nicolai de Milis, Repertortorium Admodum Solenne (Quod Merito Opus Singulariu[s] Dictorum Appellant)... [Lyon: Jacques Giunta and Jean Flajollet], 1543. [xvi], 396 ff. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary limp vellum with lapped..... More
Early English Burial Laws Spelman, Sir Henry [1563/4-1641]. De Sepultura. By Sr Henry Spelman, Knight. London: Printed by Robert Young, 1641. [iv], 38, [2] pp. First and final leaves blank. Quarto (7-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning, occasional light foxing, light soiling in a few places, light edgewear..... More
Pleading in the Curia Romana [Curia Romana]. [Formularium Instrumentorum ad Usum Curiae Romanae]. [Rome: Stephan Plannck, 7 Sept. 1487]. [178] ff. Collation: [a-g8, h6, i-y8, z4]. Complete. Quarto (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"; 21 x 14 cm). Recent binding from a 14th-century choirbook leaf, likely from the low countries, early-vellum pastedowns with..... More
The Holy Roman Empire and the Church Cortrejus, Adam [1637-1706]. Repraesentatio Juris Primariarum Precum Sacratissimis Imperatoribus Romano-Germanicis Sine Praevio Pontificum Assensu Competentis. Ad Reverendissimum atque Celsissimum Archi-Episcopum Rhodiensem Internuncium Papalem in Germania Coloniensem Preces Primarias Imperatoris Nostri Sacratissimi Sine Papali Suffragio Impertitas nequicquam Suggillantem. Magdeburg: Cassitero Joh. Danielis Mulleri, 1706..... More
A Landmark in the Colonial History of the Western Hemisphere Moya de Contreras, Pedro [c.1530-1591]. Concilium Mexicanum Provinciale III. Celebratum Mexici Anno MDLXXXV. Praeside D.D. Petro Moya, Et Contreras Archiepiscopo Ejusdem Urbis. Confirmatum Romae die XXVII. Octobris Anno MDLXXXIX. Postea Jussu Regio Editum Mexici Anno MDCXXII. Sumptibus D.D. Joannis Perez..... More
Plantin Edition of the Decretals of Gregory IX in a Notably Handsome Binding [Canon Law]. Gregory IX, Pope [1227-1241]. [Raymond of Penaforte, Saint (1175?-1275), Compiler]. [Le Conte, Antoine (1517-1586), Editor]. Epistolae Decretales Summorum Pontificum, A Gregorio Nono Pontifice Maximo Collectae. Quid Hac Editione Praestitum Sit, Sequenti Pagella Indicatur. Antwerp: Ex..... More
A Landmark in the History of Economic Theory Summenhart, Konrad [1465-1511]. Septipertitu[m] Opus de Contractibus Pro Foro C[on]scientie Atq[ue] Theologico P[er] Conradu[m] Su[m]menhart de Calwartiu[m] ac Sacre Theologie P[ro]fessorem in Alma Universitate Tubingensi Ordinarie Legentem Co[m]pilatu[m] et per Centum Questiones Digestum ac per Eundem Quo ad Pregnantium Questionum At[que] Difficultatem..... More
An Important Digest of Canon Law with a Tract on Jewish Moneylenders De Ausmo (Osimo), Nicolaus [d. 1453]. [Bartholomew, Of San Concordio (1262-1347)]. Astesanus of Asti (Astesano) [d.c.1330]. De Nevo (Nievo), Alexander [d. 1484]. [Supplementum Summae Pisanellae; Canones Poenitentiales; Consilia Contra Judaeos Foenerates]. [Venice: Franciscus Renner, de Heilbroonn, 1482]. [555]..... More
One of the Earliest Printings of the Liber Sextus Decretalium Bonifacius VIII, Pope [c.1235-1303] [D'Andrea, Giovanni [c.1270-1348], Glossator. [Liber Sextus Decretalium]. [Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein, c.1473]. 199 ff. Lacking h6 and final leaf, both blanks. Collation: [a-d10, e13, f-g10, h5, i10, k-l8, m-p10, q4, r-v10, x11]. Folio (16-1/2" x 12"; 41..... More
1481 Printing of an Important Commentary on Gratian with Handsome Penwork [Baysio, Guido de (d. 1313)]. [Moneliensis, Franciscus, Editor]. [Rosarium Decretorum]. [Venice: Johannes Herbort de Seligenstadt for Johannes de Colonia, Nicolaus Jenson, Et Socie, 3 April 1481]. [415] ff. Lacking final leaf, a blank. Collation: a10, b8, c-d10, d-l8, m-n6..... More
An Important Collection of Early of Roman Law Schulting, Anton [1659-1734], Editor. Ayrer, Georg Heinrich [1702-1774], Preface. Jurisprudentia Vetus Ante-Justinianea ex Recensione et Cum Notis. Edito Nova Collata cum Codicibus Antiquissimo Wurceburgensi et Gothano. De Illustratione Iuris Civil. Antiqui ex Lectione Classicorum Auctorum. Praefatus est d. Georgius Henricus Ayrer. Leipzig..... More
Interesting Seventeenth-Century Dutch Treatise on Marriage Law Rodenburg, Christiaan [1608-1668]. Tractatus De Jure Conjugum. In quo de Viri in Uxorem Potestate, Eorumque Obligationibus, Judiciis, Mutuis Gratificationibus, Bonorum Communione, Pactisque Dotalibus, Illustriores Controversiae, Ad Usum Fori Patrii, Vicinarumque Regionum Expenduntur, Cum Tractatione Praeliminari De Jure, Quod Oritur Ex Statutorium, Vel Consuetudinum..... More
A Handsome Copy of One of the Great Landmarks of International Law Suarez, Francisco [1548-1617]. Tractatus de Legibus, Ac Deo Legislatore, In Decem Libros Distributus. Naples: Ex Typis Fibrenianis, 1872. 2 volumes. [vi], 378; [iv], 680 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (10-1/2" x 7"). Contemporary quarter morocco over..... More
The Principles of Canon Law Stated as Maxims Dantoine, Jean-Baptiste [1693-1720?], Translator and Editor. [Gregory IX (1147?-1241), Pope]. [Boniface VIII (1235-1303), Pope]. Les Regles du Droit Canon, Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'Elles sont Disposees au Dernier Titre du Cinquieme Livre du Sexte, & Au Dernier Titre du Cinquieme Livre des..... More
Rare 1514 Basel Imprint of Brant's Classic Guide to Legal Study Brant, Sebastian [1458-1521]. Caccialupi, Giovanni Battista [c. 1420-1496]. [Graf, Urs (c.1485-c. 1513), Title Page Border]. Expositiones Sive Declaratio[n]es Omnium Titulo[r]um Iuris tam Civilis Q[uam] Canonici per Sebastianum B[r]ant Collecte et Revise. De Modo Studendi in Utroq[ue] Jure. Cum Nominibus..... More
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A Classic Fifteenth-Century Textbook Bound with an Anthology of Writings for Law Students, Two Rare Basel Imprints I. Brant, Sebastian [1458-1521]. Caccialupi, Giovanni Battista [c. 1420-1496]. Expositio[n]es Sive Declarationes Omniu[m] Tituloru[m] Iuris tam Civilis Q[uam] Canonici per Sebastianum Brant Collecte [et] Revise. De Modo Studendi in Utroq[ue] Iure: Cu[m] No[v]ibus..... More
With Contemporary Annotations by a French Scholar [Corpus Juris Canonici]. Naldi, Antonio [d.1645], Editor. Lancellotti, Giovanni Paolo [1522-1590]. Corpus Iuris Canonici Notis Illustratum: Gregorii XIII. Iussu Editum: Complectens Decretum Gratiani, Decretales Gregorii Papae IX., Sextum Decretalium Bonifacii Papae VIII., Clementinas, Extravagantes Ioannis Papae XXII., Extravagantes Communes. Accesserunt Constitutiones Novae Summorum..... More