Important Spanish-Language Edition of the Consolato del Mare [Consolato del Mare]. Palleja, Cayetano de, Translator. Consulado Del Mar de Barcelona, Nuevamente Traducido de Cathalan en Castellano por don Cayetano de Palleja. Y Addicionado de los Autores que Tratan Cada uno de los Capitulos, En el qual se Contienen las Leyes..... More

Notable Treatise on Riparian Law with Illustrations and Three Folding Tables Aimo, Battista [1550-1589]. Fritsch, Ahasver [1629-1701], Editor. Tractatus Singularis De Universo Alluvionum Jure, (Von Zuwachs- oder Anflossungs-Recht). Ante Annos Septuaginta Primum Editus, Nunc Vero Diligenter Revisus, A Plurimis Mendis Repurgatus, Novisque Notis & Animadversionibus Adauctus. Opera & Studio Ahasveri..... More

A Supporter of American Liberty Pownall, Thomas [1722-1805]. The Administration of the Colonies. The Third Edition, Revised, Corrected, and Enlarged. To Which is Added, An Appendix, No. III, Containing, Considerations on the Points Lately Brought into Question as to the Parliament's Right of Taxing the Colonies, And of the Measures..... More

Legal Advice for Tradesmen [Layman's Guide]. The Tradesman's Lawyer and Countrey-Man's Friend: 1. Directing Them in Contracts, Bargains and Agreements, Whereby They May Learn to Buy and Contract Safely, And Cautiously Avoid Being Over-Reached in Their Bargains, &c. 2. Concerning Borrowing, Lending and Restoring, And of Goods Pledged and Pawned..... More

With a Striking Color Frontispiece by George Cruikshank [Turpin, Richard (1706-1739)]. [Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)]. The Life of Richard Turpin, The Notorious Highwayman; Containing an Account of His Adventures, Trial and Execution. London: Printed for R. Harrild, [c. 1830]. 36 pp. Hand-Colored frontispiece by George Cruikshank. 12mo. (7" x 4-1/2"). Stab-stitched..... More

Well-Preserved Copy of Folwell's Laws, Volume III [United States]. [Congress]. [Folwell, Richard (1768?-1814), Printer]. [Swift, Zephaniah (1759-1823), Compiler of Index]. The Laws of the United States of America. Published by Authority. Volume III. Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell, 1796. [iv], [5]-477, [131] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind..... More

Unofficial Predecessor to Folwell's Laws [United States]. [Congress]. Acts Passed at the First Session of the Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New-York, On Wednesday the Fourth of March, in the Year M,DCC, LXXXIX. And of the Independence of the United States..... More

A Collection of Amusing Eighteenth-Century Legal Cases [Estienne, Robert (1723-1794), Compiler]. Causes Amusantes et Connues. Berlin (i.e. Paris): S.n., 1769-1770. Two volumes. Nine copperplate leaves. Complete. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary calf with cats-paw decoration, gilt spines with raised bands, edges rouged, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers. A few minor nicks..... More

First American Edition of a Landmark, PMM-Listed Work in the Development of Utilitarian, Socialist and Anarchist Doctrine Godwin, William [1756-1836]. An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, And its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness. First American Edition from the Second London Edition, Corrected. Philadelphia: Printed by Bioren and Madan, 1796. Two..... More

Handsome Engraved Image of Vinson Vinson, Fred M. [1890-1953]. [Engraved Image of Vinson] N.p: S.n., c. 1950. 4-1/2" x 3-3/4" steel-plate engraving (measured to plate marks), mounted and matted, acetate overlay to image. Light soiling and minor edgewear to matte, image clean. $35. * Vinson was chief justice of the..... More

Framed Portrait of Felix Frankfurter [Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965)]. [Reproduction of a Portrait of Frankfurter]. N.p., c. 1960. 9" x 6-1/2" half-tone black-and-white image, matted and glazed in black-and-gold wooden 11-1/2" x 9" frame. Light toning to matte, some rubbing to edges of frame. $25. * From an image painted near..... More

Pioneering English Treatise on Election Law Simeon, John [1756-1824]. A Treatise on the Law of Elections, In All Its Branches. Corrected and Enlarged. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1795. xx, 210, cxxvii, [13] pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering pieces..... More

A Dictionary of Swindlers Honn, Georg Paul. Betrugs-Lexicon: Worinnen die Meisten Betrugereyen in Allen Standen, Nebst denen Darwider guten Theils Dienenden Mitteln. Coburg: Verlegts Paul Gunther Pfotenhauer, 1721. [xvi], 458, [6] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter vellum over marbled boards, early hand-lettered title to spine. Binding slightly cocked..... More