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Leges Anglo-Saxonicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles. Accedunt Leges...
Impressive Compilation of Early English Laws Based on Spelman's Codex Legum Veterum, Thomas Jefferson Owned a Copy Wilkins, David [1685-1745]. Spelman, Henry [1564?-1641]. Leges Anglo-Saxonicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles. Accedunt Leges Edvardi Latinae, Guilielmi Conquestoris Gallo-Normannicae, Et Henrici I. Latinae. Subjungitur Domini Henr. Spelmanni Codex Legum Veterum Statutorum Regni Angliae, Quae... More
Riding the Black Ram. Law, Literature and Gender.
Heinzelman, Susan Sage. Riding the Black Ram. Law, Literature and Gender. Stanford Law Books, [2010]. xvi, 168 pp. Cloth hardcover, in a lightly worn dust jacket. ISBN: 9780804756808. Ex-library with property stamps to top page edges and small collection label at foot of title page, else very good. $15. *... More
Select Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery...
Chancery Cases, 1724-1733 [Great Britain]. [Court of Chancery]. Select Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, Before the Late Lord Commissioners of the Great Seal, And the Late Lord Chancellor King. From the Year 1724 to 1733. With Two Tables, One of the Names of the Cases... More
Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1738 to the Year...
"A Model for the Most Useful Form of Law Reports" Fergusson, James, Sir, Lord Kilkerran [1688-1759]. [Fergusson, George (1743-1827), Lord Hermand, Editor]. Decisions of the Court of Session, From the Year 1738 to the Year 1752. Collected and Digested into the Form of a Dictionary. By Sir James Fergusson of... More
A Journal of the Session, Containing the Decisions of the Lords...
Forbes's Journal of the Session of Decisions, 1705-1713 Forbes, William [d. 1745]. A Journal of the Session. Containing the Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, In the Most Important Cases, Heard and Determin'd from February 1705, Till November 1713: And the Acts of Sederunt Made in that Time... More
The Decisions of the Lords and Council and Session, From June 6th...
Fountainhall's Decisions Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord [1646-1722]. The Decisions of the Lords and Council and Session, From June 6th, 1678, To July 30th, 1712. Collected by the Honourable Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, One of the Senators of the College of Justice. Containing also the Transactions of the Privy Council... More
![The Pocket Lawyer, And Family Conveyancer [and] Law Dictionary. Legal Manual](/pictures/thumb/70526.JPG?v=1570629108)
The Pocket Lawyer, And Family Conveyancer [and] Law Dictionary.
A Layman's Guide with a Dictionary [Legal Manual]. The Pocket Lawyer, And Family Conveyancer. Comprising A Selection of Forms Necessary in All Mercantile and Money Transactions, Including Every Direction Essential to the Magistrate and Private Individual; Laid Down in so Plain a Manner, As to Enable Every Person to Transact... More
Report of the Trial of John Wade, for Arson, Before the Supreme...
The Fate of a Massachusetts Arsonist [Trial]. Wade, John, Defendant. Report of the Trial of John Wade, For Arson, Before the Supreme Judicial Court, Holden at Dedham, Oct. Term, 1835. [Dedham, MA]: Dedham Patriot Office, H. Mann, Printer, 1835. 40 pp. Octavo (9-3/4" x 6"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, untrimmed edges... More
Decisions of the Lords and Council and Session, From 1766 to 1791...
Dalrymple's Reports Dalrymple, Sir David [1726-1792]. Brown, M[ungo] P[onton], Editor. Decisions of the Lords and Council and Session, From 1766 to 1791. Selected from the Original MSS. Edinburgh: Printed for William Tait, 1726. Two volumes. vii, 576; [ii], 577-1142 pp. Quarto (10" x 8"). Recent library buckram, gilt institution name... More
Modern Cases, Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Queen's Bench..
Salkeld's Modern Cases [Great Britain]. [Modern Reports]. [Salkeld, William (1671-1715)]. Modern Cases, Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Queen's Bench at Westminster, In the Second and Third Years of Queen Anne, In the Time When Sir John Holt Sate Chief Justice There. With Two Tables: The First, Of the... More
Modern Reports, Or Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench
A Set of the Modern Reports in An Attractive Contemporary Binding [Great Britain]. [Modern Reports]. [Colquitt, Anthony, Compiler]. Modern Reports: Or, Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench, Chancery, Common Pleas, And Exchequer, Since the Restoration of His Majesty King Charles II. Carefully Revised; With the Additionm of... More
An Analytical Digested Index of the Reported Cases in the Several...
Bridgman's Digest of Equity and Parliamentary Cases Bridgeman, Richard Whalley . An Analytical Digested Index of the Reported Cases in the Several Courts of Equity, And the High Court of Parliament, From the Earliest Authentic Period to the Present Time: To Which Are Now Added, The Decisions of the Several... More
An Exact Abridgment All the Statutes in Force & Use from Magna Charta
An Abridged Edition of English Statutes from Magna Carta to 1737 [Great Britain]. An Exact Abridgment of All the Statutes in Force and Use, From Magna Charta, 9 H. 3. To the Beginning of the Reign of King George. In Four Volumes. London: Printed by His Majesty's Printers, 1730. Four... More
Cases, With Opinions of Eminent Counsel, In Matters of Law, Equity...
Not in Eller or Laeuchli [Burton, Philip]. Cases, With Opinions of Eminent Counsel, In Matters of Law, Equity, And conveyancing: Alphabetically Arranged and Digested Under Distinct Heads: And Containing, A Variety of Special Cases on the Subjects of Advowsons, Bequests, Contingent Remainders, Contracts, Copyholds, Devises, Executors, Fines, Leases, Mortgages, Powers... More
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer...
Anstruther's Exchequer Reports Anstruther, Sir Alexander [1769-1819]. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer from Easter Term 32 George III. to Trinity Term 33 George III. Both Inclusive. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1796-1797. Three volumes. xxiv, 342, [20]; xix, [2], 344-625, [27]; xx, 627-956, [22]... More
Estate Inventory and Appraisal, Judge William M. Beall, 1823-1825.
Inventory of the Estate of a Prominent Frederick County, Maryland, Landowner and Judge [Manuscript]. [Beall, William Murdock (1742-1823)]. [Inventory and Appraisal of the Estate of Judge William Beall]. Frederick County, MD, 1823-1825. 66 pp. Main text preceded by 2 pp. index. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/4"). Thick pressed-paper side-sewn ledger, untrimmed... More
The Tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland...
Condemned to Death by Parliament [Trial]. Rushworth, John [1612?-1690], Compiler. Strafford, Thomas Wentworh, Earl of [1593-1641], Defendant. The Tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, upon an Impeachment of High Treason by the Commons Assembled in Parliament, In the Name of Themselves, And of All the Commons... More
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Account Book, New York City, 1795-1798. [xxiii], 326 pp. Quarto.
Late Eighteenth-Century Account Book of a Notable New York Attorney [Manuscript]. Remsen, John H. [c.1770-1798]. [Account Book]. New York, 1795-1798. [xxiii], 326 pp. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Reverse calf, blind fillets and panels to boards, rebacked retaining parts of existing spine, raised bands, blind ornaments and lettering piece (reading "Register")... More
English Liberties, Or, The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance...
A Profound Influence in Pre-Revolutionary America [Care, Henry (1646-1688)]. N[elson], W[illiam] [b.1653], Editor. English Liberties, Or The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance. Containing Magna Charta, Charta de Foresta, The Statute De Tallagio, Non Concedendo, The Habeas Corpus Act, And Several Other Statutes; With Comments on Each of Them. Likewise, Of Ship-Money: Of..... More
A View of Ancient Laws, Against Immorality and Profaneness; Under the
Ancient Laws Against "Immorality and Prophaneness" Disney, John [1677-1730]. A View of Ancient Laws, Against Immorality and Profaneness; Under the Following Heads; Lewdness, Profane Swearing, Cursing, And Blasphemy; Perjury; Prophanation of Days Devoted to Religion; Contempt or Neglect of Divine Service; Drunkenness; Gaming; Idleness, Vagrancy, And Begging; Stage-Plays and Players;... More
Mother Carey's Chickens, 9-3/4" x 14-1/2" hand-colored etching.
One of the Great Scandals of the Hanoverian Period [Williams, Charles (d. 1830)]. [Clarke, Mary Anne (c.1776-1852)]. Mother Carey's Chickens. [London]: S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, November 1808. Hand-colored etching with etched text, 9-3/4" x 14-1/2" (measured to plate marks). Light even toning, light soiling, edgewear and a few minor... More
The Female Agent, 13-1/4" x 9-1/2" hand-colored etching. London, 1809.
"For My Master is Noble and I am His Clarke Sir" [Williams, Charles (d. 1830)]. [Clarke, Mary Anne (c.1776-1852)]. The Female Agent. [London]: Walker, No. 7 Cornhill, March 1809. 13-1/4" x 9-1/2" hand-colored etching with etched verse, 5-3/4" x 8-3/4" image above title and 21 lines of verse, in three... More
Harrison & Morton Club of New York, New York, 1888.
Elite Members of the New York City Bar Establishes a Club to Promote Benjamin Harrison's Presidential Campaign [Manuscript]. Harrison & Morton Club of New York. [Harrison & Morton Club of New York (Cover Title)]. [New York, 1888]. 61, [4] pp. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7"). Limp calf, club name gilt-stamped to... More
The Speeches at Full Length of Mr Van Ness, Mr. Caines, the Attorney.
A Landmark Case in the History of the First Amendment [Trial]. Hamilton, Alexander [1757-1804] (et Al.). Crosswell, Harry (1778-1858), Defendant. The Speeches at Full Length of Mr Van Ness, Mr. Caines, the Attorney-General, Mr. Harrison, And General Hamilton, In the Great Cause of the People, Against Harry Croswell, On an... More
Account Book of Cosby & Turner, Richmond, Virginia, 1871-1875.
Reconstruction-Era Account Book of a Richmond, Virginia Law Firm [Manuscript]. Cosby, William W. Turner, Charles W. [Account Book of Cosby & Turner]. Richmond, Virginia, 1871-1875. [xxiv], 458 pp. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/2") Reversed calf, black-stamped frames to boards, raised bands and lettering pieces to spine, "Ledger" gilt-stamped to upper piece... More