Wicked Men Ensnared by Themselves, McDade 601. Sprague, William Buell [1795-1876]. Wicked Men Ensnared by Themselves: A Sermon Preached, December 16, 1825 in the Second Parish of West Springfield, At the Interment of Samuel Leonard, And Mrs. Harriet Leonard, His Wife; The Former of Whom Murdered the Latter, And then..... More

"It Is Not Merely Practical, But in Many Parts Highly Scientific" Hare, Thomas [1806-1891]. A Treatise on Discovery of Evidence by Bill and Answer in Equity. New York: Halsted and Voorhies, 1836. xxxiii, 316 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets..... More

Notes Taken During a Course of Lectures on the Code Napoleon by a Distinguished Professor [Manuscript]. [Code Napoleon]. [Duverger, Alexandre, (1818-1892)]. [Student Notes on a Course About the Code Napoleon]. [Paris]: November 18, 1860-May 3, 1861. 882 pp. Folio (14" x 9"). Quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and..... More

Handsome Manuscript Copy of the Coutume de Paris [Manuscript]. [Paris]. Coutume de la Prevoste et Vicomte de Paris. [Paris?, c.1700-1750]. [ii], 389, [1] pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary tree sheep, gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece, edges rouged, ribbon marker. Light rubbing and shallow scuffing to boards..... More

Interleaved 1810 Printing of the French Code of Criminal Procedure with Contemporary Annotations [France]. [Criminal Law]. Code d'Instruction Criminelle. Edition Originale et Seule Officielle. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1810. [ii], 310 pp. Interleaved. Quarto (10" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt spine with lettering piece. Moderate rubbing..... More

A Set of Manuscript Notes on an Eighteenth-Century Textbook on French Law [Manuscript]. Deloche, Maurice Clement [d.1842]. Serres, Claude [1695-1753]. Notes sur les Institutes de Justinien Redigees dans l'Ordre des Institutes au Droit Francois de Serres par M. XXX. Grenoble, 1787. [viii], 523, [22] pp. Quarto (10-1/4" x 7"). Contemporary..... More

A Scarce Edition of Theophilus's Paraphrase of the Institutes Galtier, Daniel de, Editor. [Theophilus, Antecessor (6th-7th c. CE)]. [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Theophilus Renovatus, Sive Levis ac Simplex via ad Institutiones Juris Civilis. Cum Duplici Indice. Prior Continet Principia Juris, Suis Auctoritatibus Fulta. Alter Vero est..... More

Interleaved With Contemporary Manuscript Annotations [France]. Code d'Instruction Criminelle, Edition Conforme a l'Edition Originale du Bulletin des Lois; Suivi des Motifs Exposes par les Conseillers d'Etat, Et des Rapports Faits par la Commission de Legislation du Corps Legislatif, Sur Chacune des Lois qui Composent le Code; Avec une Table Alphabetique..... More

Interleaved Copy of a Notable Study of German Feudal and Customary Law Annotated by an Austrian Noble and State Official Stryk, Samuel [1640-1710]. Examen Juris Feudalis, Ex Novissimis Ejus Interpretibus in Gratiam Auditorum Collectum, Ac Methodo Institutionum Dispositum. Editio V. Auctior & Correctior Accessit Index Rerum Praecipuarum, Et Appendix Solennium..... More

First Edition of a Standard Work on Pledges and Mortgages Negusanti, Antonio [1465-1528]. Tractatus de Pignoribus et Hypothecis Domini Antonii Negusantii de Fano. [Bologna: Characteribus Cynthii Achillini excussa, 11 Augusti 1526]. [xii], 68, [2] ff. Text (except dedication) in parallel columns. Main text preceded by index (Repertorium). Folio (14-1/2" x...... More

Angell, Joseph K., and Samuel Ames. [Lathrop, John, Editor]. Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate. Revised, Corrected and Enlarged. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1861. lvi, 810 pp. Reprinted 2005 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774730; ISBN-10: 1584774738. Hardcover cloth. New. $31.95 * Reprint of..... More

Impressive Early Post-Tridentine Edition of Gratian Gratian, the Canonist [c.1090-c.1160]. [Johannes Teutonicus (d.1253), Glossator]. [Bartolomeo da Brescia (d.1258), Glossator]. [Bolognini, Lodovico (1446-1508), Editor]. Decretum Gratiani Emendatum et Notationibus Illustratum una cum Glossis. Cum Privilegio Gregorii XIII. Pont. Max. & Aliorum Principum. Permittente Sede Apostolica; Atque cum Populi Romani Licentia. Venice..... More

Early English Edition of Pufendorf Pufendorf, Samuel von [1632-1694]. Barbeyrac, Jean [1674-1744], Annotator. [Kennet(t), Basil (1674-1715), Translator]. [Percivale, William, Translator]. Of the Law of Nature and Nations. Eight Books. Written in Latin by the Baron Puffendorf, Counsellour of State to His Late Swedish Majesty, And to the Late King of..... More