"Fitted to the Practice Used at This Day" Cory, Thomas [d.1656]. The Course and Practice of the Court of Common-Pleas, At Westminster. Heretofore Written by Thomas Cory, Esq; Late Chief Prothonotary Thereof. And Now Continued, And Fitted to the Practice Used at This Day, With Additions by W.B. a Clerk..... More

Print Commemorating an Event that Led to the Glorious Revolution Gole, Jacob [1660-1724], Engraver. De Seven Bisschoppen van Engeland. Amsterdam: [Published by P. Savoret and Jacob Gole], 1689. 18-3/4" x 14-1/2" Mezzotint broadside, image size 14-3/4" x 11." Faint horizontal crease through center, light soiling to lower-right corner. $750. *..... More

The Final Edition of Kent's Commentaries Kent, James [1763-1847]. Gould, John M. [1848-1909], Editor. Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935], Editor. Commentaries on American Law. Fourteenth Edition. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1896. Four volumes. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Original cloth, blind frames to boards, red and black lettering pieces to spines..... More

Story on Equity Pleadings, A Standard Work for Many Years Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on Equity Pleadings, and the Incidents Thereof, According to the Practice of the Courts of Equity of England and America. Revised, Corrected and Enlarged. Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1844. xxii, 923, [1] pp..... More

By an Early Expert on Municipal Government Bugbee, James M. [1837-1913]. The Origin and Development of Local Self-Government in England and the United States. Boston: A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1880. 39, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Some wear to spine ends, small chip..... More

A Rare Guide to the 1841 Bankruptcy Act [Bankruptcy]. [Bicknell, George Augustus]. A Commentary on the Bankrupt Law of 1841, Showing its Operation and Effect. By a Member of the Bar of New-York. To Which is Annexed, An Authentic Copy of the Bankruptcy Act. New York: H. Anstice, Stationer, 1841..... More

Judicial Discretion in Arbitration Menochio, Giacomo [1532-1607]. De Arbitrariis Iudicium Quaestionibus et Causis, Libri Duo. Nunc Denuo in Lucem Editi, Varia, Recondita, Perfectaque Eruditione Referti: & Omnibus, Iudicia Praesertim Exercentibus, Oppido quam Necessarii. Adiecta Sunt Summaria, Indicesque Duo, Argumentorum Unus, Alter Rerum, Sententiarumque Insignium. Quae in Opere Habentur, Versa Pagina..... More

Scarce Treatise on the Hanseatic Laws, Maritime Law and Marine Insurance Kuricke, Reinhold [1610?-1667]. Jus Maritimum Hanseaticum, Olim Germanico Tantum Idiomate Editum, Nunc Vero Etiam in Latinum Translatum, & ad Singulos Titulos Eorumque Articulos Commentariis & Dissertationibus Juridicis, Politicis, Historicisque Illustratum, Nec Minus cum Legibus Antiquis Rhodiorum, Romanorum, Wysbicensium, Caroli..... 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

Rare Handbook on Criminal Investigation and Procedure in the Republic of Venice Tirabosco, Antonio. Ristretto Di Pratica Criminale, Che Serve Per La Formazion De' Processi Ad Offesa. Vicenza: Per Antonio Veronese, 1777. 96 pp. Octavo (6-1/4" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary plain stiff-paper wrappers. Light soiling to exterior, tiny stain to front..... More

A Scarce Restoration-Era Pamphlet Proposing Reforms to Court Procedure [Law Reform]. [Great Britain]. Certain Proposals of Divers Clerks and Attorneys of the Court of Common-Pleas, For the Taking Away Fines upon Original Writs and Damage Cleer, And Regulating the Proceedings at Law, And Remedying Some Inconveniences. Whereby the Client Will..... More

The Law of Debtor and Creditor in Eighteenth-Century Transylvania [Debtor and Creditor]. [Principality of Transylvania]. Leges Cambiales. Accesserunt, I. Norma: Juxta Quam in Casibus Ordinandi Concursus Creditorum in M. Transsilvanniae Principatu Procedendum Est. II. Norma: Juxta Quam Contra Decoctores et Dolosos Debitores Procedendum, Statui M. Princ. Transsilvaniae Adaptata. Sibiu: Typis..... More

Written to Clear the Names of Suspected Nantucket Bank Robbers Coffin, William. Gardner, Albert. A Narrative of the Robbery of the Nantucket Bank. Compiled from Original Documents. Nantucket, MA: Printed by Henry Clapp, 1816. 69 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 4-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over marbled boards..... More