1505 Paris Edition of the Institutes in a Contemporary Binding [Justinian I (485-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. [Accursius (Accorso, Francisco) (c.1182-c.1260), Glossator]. [Chappuis, Jean, Editor]. Institutiones Imperiales: Ordinate Glosis Textuales Divisiones Habentur. Patescit Grecum Utile cum Expositione Succincta. Universi Tituli Alphabetico Ordine Ponuntur. Summaria Rubra Multis Adiectis Sunt Textibus..... More

"The Leader of Saxon Practice" Konig, Kilian [c.1470-c.1526]. [Bocksdorf, Tammo von, Table of Consanguinity]. Practica und Process der Gerichtsleuffte: Nach dem Brauch Sachsicher Landart, Aus den Gemeinen Bepstlichen, Keyserlichen und Sechsischen Rechten. Zusammen Gezogen, Jetz und auffs New mit Viel Schonen Additionen Erkleret. Die Peenen und Straffen aller Maleficien, So..... More

Early German Edition of Beccaria [Beccaria, Cesare Bonesana, Marchese de (1738-1794)]. [Schultes, Jakob, Translator and Editor]. Von den Verbrechen und Strafen: Aus dem Italienischen mit des Hrn Verfassers noch Nicht Gedruckten Erganzungen nach der Neuesten Auflage ins Deutsche Ubersetzt und mit Vielen Anmerkungen Vermehrt. Ulm: Verlegts Albrecht Friedrich Bartholomai, 1767..... More

One of Hammond's Proposed Criminal Codes for Great Britain [Hammond, Anthony (1758-1838)]. The Criminal Code. Burglary, Housebreaking, And Churchrobbing. London; Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1826. xxiv, 168 pp. Folio (13-1/4" x 8-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over plain-paper boards, gilt title and paper shelf label to spine, untrimmed..... More

1501 Venetian Edition of the Institutes in a Contemporary Binding [Justinian I (485-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. [Accursius (Accorso, Francisco) (c.1182-c.1260), Glossator]. [Gradibus, Johannes de (active 15th-16th c)]. Instituta cum Summariis. [Venice: Per Paganinum de Paganinis, May 25, 1501]. 152 [i.e. 140] ff. Text in parallel columns with linear..... More

With a Striking Folded Frontispiece [Turpin, Richard (1706-1739)]. The Life of Richard Turpin, A Most Notorious Highwayman; Giving an Account of His Daring Robberies and Burglaries; With His Execution, Burial, &c. Derby: Published by Thomas Richardson, [c. 1830]. 24 pp. Folding etched frontispiece. 12mo. (7" x 4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet..... More

Treatise on Courts Martial Owned by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart [Stuart, J.E.B. (1833-1864)]. Simmons, Thomas Frederick. Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial; With a Summary of the Law of Evidence, As Connected with Such Courts; Also Some Notice of the Criminal Law of England, With Reference to..... More

Pamphlet Concerning a Notable Nineteenth-Century Libel Case in Salem, Massachusetts [Upham, Charles W. (1802-1875)]. The Charge of Ignorance and Misrepresentation Proved Against the Rev. George B. Cheever. From the Salem Gazette. Salem: S.n., 1833. [16] pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers, untrimmed edges..... More

Early American Edition of Pothier on Obligations Pothier, Robert Joseph [1699-1722]. Evans, William David [1767-1821], Translator and Editor. A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, Or Contracts. Translated from the French, With an Introduction, Appendix, And Notes Illustrative of the English Law on the Subject. Philadelphia: Robert H. Small, 1853..... More

The Only New York Governor Who Was Impeached and Removed from Office [Trial]. Sulzer, William [1863-1941], Defendant. Proceedings of the Court for the Trials of Impeachments: The People of the State of New York by the Assembly Thereof Against William Sulzer, As Governor. Held at the Capitol in the City..... More

A Scottish Guillotine M'Culloch, William Thompson [1815-1869]. History of the "Maiden" or Scottish Beheading Machine, With Notices of the Criminals Who Suffered by It. Edinburgh: Printed by Neill and Company, 1870. [535]-560 pp. 2 plates. 1 text illustration. Quarto (8-1/4" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards, calf lettering..... More

Mutiny and Murder on the High Seas, McDade 679 [Trial]. Miller, George [d. 1876], Defendant. Glew, John, Defendant. Smith, William [d. 1876], Defendant. The Jefferson Borden Mutiny: Trial of George Miller, John Glew, And William Smith for Murder on the High Seas: Before Clifford & Lowell, JJ. Boston: Printed Under..... More

A Seventeenth-Century Guide to the Coutumes of Paris Ferriere, Claude de [1639-1715], Editor. Texte des Coutumes de la Prevoste et Vicomte de Paris, Avec des Nottes ou Decisions Sommairs Sur Chaque article, & les Rapports des Articles les Uns Avec Les Autres. Paris: Chez Jean Cochart, 1680. [x], 274 pp..... More