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Ordonnance de Louis XIV, Roy de France et de Navarre. Donnee a Saint
With Annotations by a Contemporary Law Professor [France]. [Civil Procedure]. [Colbert, Jean-Baptiste (1619-1683)]. Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre[1643-1715]. Ordonnance de Louis XIV. Roy de France et de Navarre. Donnee a Saint Germain en Laye au Mois d'Avril 1667. Paris: Chez les Associez Choisis par Ordre de Sa Maieste..... More
A System of the Laws of the State of Connecticut, In Six Books. 2 vols
The First American Legal Text Swift, Zephaniah [1759-1823]. A System of the Laws of the State of Connecticut. In Six Books. Windham, CT: Printed by John Byrne for the Author, 1795-1796. Two volumes. vii [i.e. iv], 452; v, [1], 479, [12] pp. With a folding copperplate table of descents and..... More
The Lawyer, His Character and Rule of Holy Life After the Manner...
A Lawyer of "Ideal Holiness" O'Brien, Edward [1808-1840]. The Lawyer, His Character and Rule of Holy Life, After the Manner of George Herbert's Country Parson. London: William Pickering, 1842. xx, 284, [4] pp. Includes four-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary cloth, printed paper title label to spine. Light..... More
Coustumes du Haut et Bas Pays d'Auvergne, Avec la Paraphrase de...
1667 Auvergne Coutumier, Heavily Annotated by a Deputy of the Third Estate Basmaison-Pougnet, Jean de [1535?-1600?]. Du Moulin, Charles [1500-1566], Annotator. Consul, Guillame, Editor. Grenier, Jean-Baptiste [1753-1838], Former Owner. Coustumes du Haut et Bas Pays d'Auvergne, Avec la Paraphrase de M. Jean de Basmaison Pouguet, Advocat en la Senechaussee d'Auvergne..... More
Trial of James Stewart. Notable Scottish Trials. First edition. 1907.
A Trial that Inspired Stevenson [Trial]. Stewart, James [c.1698-1752], Defendant. Trial of James Stewart. The Appin Murder. Ed. by David N. Mackay. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1907]. Notable Scottish Trials. Title page printed in red and black. xvi, 369 pp. Frontispiece and illustration depicting the site of..... More
Trial of the City of Glasgow Bank Directors. Notable Scottish Trials.
One of the Greatest Commercial Scandals in Scotland's History [Trial]. Wallace, William, Editor. Trial of the City of Glasgow Bank Directors. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1905]. [x], 472 pp. Frontispiece, and 11 full page illustrations. Original green cloth, lightly rubbed, top-edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom-edges, gilt..... More
Trial of Mrs. M'Lachlan. First edition. Notable Scottish Trials
First Edition, Inscribed by William Roughead [Trial]. M'Lachlan, Jessie [1834?-1899], Defendant. Roughead, William [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Mrs. M'Lachlan. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1911]. Notable Scottish Trials. c, 339 pp. 9 plates, 1 folding. Frontispiece. 4 pp. publisher advertisement (for Notable British Trials). Original cloth, gilt title..... More
Ordonnance de Son Altesse Royale, Pour l'Administration de la Justice.
A Scarce Volume of Laws of Lorraine Enriched with Contemporary Annotations [Lorraine]. Ordonnance de Son Altesse Royale, Pour l'Administration de la Justice. Donnee a Luneville au Mois de Novembre 1707. Nouvelle Edition. Revue, Corrigee & Augmentee. Nancy: Chez Jean-Baptiste Cusson, 1725. Two volumes with continuous pagination. [xvi], 204, 367-390; 205-334..... More
Code Civil Annote des Dispositions et Decisions Ulterieures de la...
Extensively Annotated, Wide-Margined Edition of the Code Napoleon [Code Napoleon]. Sirey, J[ean]-B[aptiste] [1762-1845]. Code Civil Annote: Des Dispositions et Decisions Ulterieures de la Legislation & De la Jurisprudence, Avec Renvoi, Pour l'Indication des Matieres, Aux Quatre Principaux Recueils de Jurisprudence, Qui ont ete Publies, Depuis Treize Ans, Dans la Capitale..... More
Leggi, E Costituzioni di Sua Maesta/Loix et Constitutions... 2 vols.
Scarce 1770 Digest of Sardinian Laws with Extensive Early Manuscript Annotations [Sardinia, Kingdom of]. Leggi, E Costituzioni di Sua Maesta/Loix et Constitutions de sa Majeste. Turin: Nella Stamperia Reale, 1770. Turin: Nella Stamperia Reale, 1770. Two volumes. xii, 504; 574, [2] pp. Two-column text, Italian with parallel French translation. Interleaved..... More
Trial of Oscar Slater. First edition, 1910. Notable Scottish Trials.
Inscribed by William Roughead [Trial]. Slater, Oscar [1872-1948], Defendant. Roughead, William [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Oscar Slater. Edinburgh and Glasgow: William Hodge & Company, [1910]. Frontispiece and 14 additional illustrations, including two folding maps. lxxx, 321 pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine, top edge gilt. Light shelf wear. "George..... More
Commentaries on the Law of Agency as a Branch of Commercial and..
Nicholas St. John Green's Edition of Story on Agency Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Green, Nicholas St. John [1830-1876], Editor. Commentaries on the Law of Agency as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Law. With Occasional Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1874. xl, 706 pp..... More
A Summary of Colonial Law, The Practice of the Court of Appeals...
An Important Work for the Study of Britain's Colonial System Clark, Charles [d. 1881]. A Summary of Colonial Law, The Practice of the Court of Appeals from the Plantations, And of the Laws and Their Administration in All the Colonies: With Charters of Justice, Orders in Council, &c. &c. &c..... More
Horrible Murder Committed in the Parish of Kilbarchan, On the 20th...
"With an Account of the Apprehension of the Unnatural Mother" [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Wood, Isabella (d.1823)]. Horrible Murder Committed in the Parish of Kilbarchan, On the 20th Day of September Last, on the Body of Isabella Wood, A Girl About 10 Years of Age, By Her Own Mother.... Glasgow: John Muir..... More
The Life, Trial, And Execution of Jane Robinson, Who Was Executed...
"Brought to an Ignominious Death by Keeping Bad Company and Giving Way to Bad Advice" [Broadside]. [Execution]. [Robinson, Jane (1798 or 1799-1821)]. The Life, Trial, And Execution of Jane Robinson Who was Executed at the New Drop, London, On Saturday, June 9, 1821, For Being Concerned in Robbing and Murdering..... More
The Malefactor's Register; Or,The Newgate and Tyburn Calendar, 6 vols
"A General Display of the Progress and Consequence of Vice," Illustrated with 55 Copperplates [C][Criminals]. [Great Britain]. The Malefactor's Register; Or, The Newgate and Tyburn Calendar. Containing the Authentic Lives, Trials, Accounts of Executions, And Dying Speeches, Of the Most Notorious Violators of the Laws of Their Country; Who have..... More
Studi in Onore di Edoardo Volterra, Milan, 1971.
Owned by a Notable Scholar of Roman Law [Volterra, Edoardo (1904-1984)]. [Schiller, A. Arthur (1902-1977)]. Studi in Onore di Edoardo Volterra. Milan: Casa Editrice Dott. A. Giuffre, 1971. Six volumes. Original blue publisher's cloth in lightly soiled and edgeworn dust jackets. Title page of Volume 1 preceded by portrait frontispiece..... More
Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, At a Nisi Prius Court, Held...
A Conspiracy to Prevent Services in English in Two Lutheran Churches in Philadelphia [Trials]. Eberle, Frederick, Primary Defendant. Carson, James, Reporter. Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, At a Nisi Prius Court, Held at Philadelphia, July 1816, Before the Honorable Jasper Yeates, Justice, For Illegally Conspiring Together by All Means..... More
Repertorium in Opera Nicolai de Tudeschis. Venice, 1486.
Rare 1486 Reference Companion to the Canonist Known as the "Lamp of the Law" Corsetti, Antonio [c.1450-1503]. Tudeschis, Niccolo de, Archbishop (Abbas Panoramitanus) [1386-1445]. [Repertorium in Opera Nicolai de Tudeschis]. [Venice: Andreas Torresanus, c.September 17, 1486]. [379] leaves, lacking 3 blank leaves, a1 and X5-6. Collation: a-d8, e10, f-k8, l10..... More
The Burdell Case, Closing Argument of Mr. Charles Edwards, Advocate...
A Bizarre Case Involving Murder and Fraudulent Claims of Marriage and Parenthood [Trial]. Edwards, Charles [1797-1868]. Cunningham, Emma, Claiment. The Burdell Case, Closing Argument of Mr. Charles Edwards, Advocate for Infant Next of Kin of Harvey Burdell: And in Opposition to the Claim of Emma Augusta Cunningham, For Letters of..... More
Trial of David Lynn, Jabez Meigs, Elijah Barton, Prince Cain...
"Killed by a Party of Men Disguised as Indians": McDade 641 [Trials]. Lynn, David, Primary Defendant. Merrick, John [1766-1861], Reporter. Trial of David Lynn, Jabez Meigs, Elijah Barton, Prince Cain, Nathaniel Lynn, Ansel Meigs, And Adam Pitts, For the Murder of Paul Chadwick, At Malta, In Maine, On September 8th..... More
Conductor Generalis: Or, The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices...
The First American Printing of a Work by Blackstone Parker, James [1714-1770]. Conductor Generalis: Or, The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, jury-Men, and Overseers of the Poor. As Also the Office of Clerks of Assize, and of the Peace, &c. Compiled..... More
Celebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence 6 vol
A Fascinating Compendium of Celebrated Trials in a Handsome Binding [Trials]. [Borrow, George H., Editor]. Celebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence from the Earliest Records to the Years 1825. London: Printed for Knight & Lacey, 1825. Six volumes. 35 engraved plates, 3 folding. Complete. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4")..... More
Scrapbook Concerning the Murder of Joseph Hedley, c 1826-1843.
A Unique Collection of Items Relating to the Unsolved Murder of "Joe the Quilter" [Manuscript]. Bell, John [1783-1864], Compiler. [Hedley, Joseph (1749/50-1826)]. Account of the Murder of Joseph Hedley Commonly Called Joe the Quilter at Homers Lane Near Warden in the County of Northumberland 3d. January 1826. [6] ff. Disassembled..... More
An Introduction to Municipal Law. Designed for General Readers, and...
Considers Presidential War Powers, Codification and the Status of Married Women Pomeroy, John Norton [1828-1885]. An Introduction to Municipal Law: Designed for General Readers and for Students in Colleges and Higher Schools. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1864. xxxviii, 544 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Original textured cloth, blind..... More