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Baron and Feme: A Treatise of the Common Law Concerning Husband and...
The First English Treatise on the "Common Law Concerning Husbands and Wives" [Marriage Law]. [Great Britain]. Baron and Feme: A Treatise of the Common Law Concerning Husbands and Wives. Wherein is Contained the Nature of a Feme Covert, And of Marriages, Bastardy, The Privileges of Feme Coverts: What Alterations are... More
A Treatise of Spousals, or Matrimonial Contracts: Wherein all the...
First Edition of the First English Treatise on Matrimonial Law Swinburne, Henry [1560?-1623]. A Treatise of Spousals, or Matrimonial Contracts: Wherein All the Questions Relating to that Subject are Ingeniously Debated and Resolved. London: Printed by S. Roycroft for Robert Clavell, 1686. [xvi], 240 pp. Quarto (7-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Recent... More
A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Voluntary Assignments for the...
69180Listed in the Bibliography of Black's Law Dictionary Burrill, Alexander M. [1807-1869]. Webb, James Avery [1868-1953], Editor. Bishop, James L. [1843-1924], Editor. A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Voluntary Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors, Adapted to the Laws of Various States. Revised and Enlarged and an Appendix... More
The Trial of John Peter Zenger, Of New-York, Printer; Who was Tried...
The First Major Victory for Freedom of the Press in America [Trial]. Zenger, John Peter [1697-1746], Defendant. The Trial of John Peter Zenger, Of New-York, Printer; Who was Tried and Acquitted, For Printing and Publishing a Libel Against the Government, With the Pleadings and Arguments of Both Sides. London: Printed... More
The New Newgate Calendar, Reprint Edition, 5 Volumes, Complete.
"Interesting Memoirs of Notorious Characters" [C] Knapp, Andrew. Baldwin, William. [Cruikshank, Robert, Illustrator]. The New Newgate Calendar: Being Interesting Memoirs of Notorious Characters, Who have been Convicted of Outrages on the Laws of England, During the Seventeenth Century, Brought down to the Present Time; Chronologically Arranged; Comprising Traitors, Murderers, Incendiaries... More
Reports and Cases of Law, Argued and Adjudged in the Courts of...
"Were Always in High Estimation" Leonard, William. Hughes, William, Editor. Reports and Cases of Law: Argued and Adjudged in the Courts of Law, At Westminster, In the Time of the Late Queen Elizabeth, From the 18th to the 33th. Year of Her Raign. Collected by a Learned Professor of the... More
Les Ans ou Reports del Raigne du Roye Edward le Quart, Novelment...
1-22 Edward IV [Year Book]. Edward IV. Les Ans ou Reports del Raigne du Roye Edward le Quart, Novelment Revieu et Corrigee en Divers Lieux. Ouesque un Table Perfect des Choses Notables Contenus en Ycel. Auxy vous Aves in Cest Impression las Cases icy Referres al Abridgement de Brooke, &... More
Wallace, Governor of Alabama, Et al v Jaffree Et al... ,
Pre-US Reports Printing of a Notable Case Concerning Prayer in Public Schools Signed by Justice Stevens Supreme Court of the United States. [Stevens, John Paul]. (Slip Opinion) Wallace, Governor of Alabama, Et al. v. Jaffree, Et al. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1985]. ii, 23, [1], 6, 19, [1], 7... More
Synopsis Doctrinae in Praestituto ex Iure Ecclesiastico Tentamine...
A Rare Textbook on Public Canon Law Tomicich, Francisco de Paula. Synopsis Doctrinae in Praestituto ex Iure Ecclesiastico Tentamine Propugnandae, Mariae Theresiae Augustae, Reginae Apostolicae Dicata, Atque sub his Sacratissimis Auspiciis Publice Propugnata ad Alexandro Kranner. Graz: Typiis Haeredum Widmanstadii, 1774. [xxx], 159, [1]; [16] pp. Final section has a.... More
La Recherche des Droicts du Roy, & De la Couronne de France, Sur les..
Interesting Seventeenth-Century French Legal Study of Royal Authority Cassan, Jacques de. La Recherche des Droicts du Roy, & De la Couronne de France, Sur les Royaumes, Duchez, Comtez, Villes & Pais Occupez par les Princes Estrangers: Appartenans aux Roys Tres Chrestiens, Par Conquestes, Successions, Achapts, Donations, & Autres Titres Legitimes... More
Webster, Attorney General of Missouri, Et Al v Reproducive Health...
Pre-US Reports Printing of an Important Case Concerning Abortion Signed by Chief Justice Rehnquist Supreme Court of the United States. [Rehnquist, William (1924-2005)]. (Slip Opinion) Webster, Attorney General of Missouri, Et al. v. Reproductive Health Services, Et al. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1989]. vii, [1], 23, [1], 11, [1]... More
The Grants, Concessions and Original Constitutions of the Province...
The First Retrospective Compilation of New Jersey Law, An Interesting Association Copy [New Jersey]. Leaming, Aaron, Compiler. Spicer, Jacob Compiler. The Grants, Concessions, And Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey: The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments, And Other Material Transactions Before the Surrender Thereof to Queen Anne, The... More
Dreadful Outrage, œ50 Reward, Sunderland, May 17, 1819.
"Dreadful Outrage" [Broadside]. [King, John (d. 1819)]. Dreadful Outrage. ?50 Reward. Suderland: May 17, 1819. 13-1/4" x 8" broadside, pasted to plain sheet. Text in single column below headline. Moderate toning, faint horizontal and vertical fold lines, a few minor chips and tears and a few tiny holes to sheet... More
Writ from the State of Connecticut Ordering the Seizure of Goods...
1785 Connecticut Court Document Ordering the Arrest of an Absconding Debtor [Manuscript]. [Connecticut]. [Writ from the State of Connecticut Ordering the Seizure of Goods of an Absconding Debtor]. [Hartford or New Haven]: August 9, 1785. 2 pp. 13-1/2" x 8" bifolium, docketed on verso. Horizontal fold lines, a few with... More
"Look!" He Cried, "And Bless the Sight, For that Scar was Won by a..."
"That Scar Was Won by a Slave" Kemble, E[dward] W[indsor] [1861-1933]. "Look!" He Cried, "And Bless the Sight, For that Scar was Won by a Slave." [New York], September 1887. Attractively glazed and matted 10-1/2" x 8-1/2" pen-and-ink drawing in handsome 16" x 14-1/2" wooden frame. A few minor nicks... More
Arcana Imperii Detecta: Or, Divers Select Cases in Government...
Interesting Essays on Government and Parliament by a Notable Seventeenth-Century Dutch Scholar [Boxhorn, Marcus Zuerius (1612-1653)]. Arcana Imperii Detecta: Or, Divers Select Cases in Government; More Particularly, Of the Obeying the Unjust Commands of a Prince. Of the Renunciation of a Right to a Crown. Of the Proscription of a.... More
The Trial of the Hon Mrs Catherine Newton, Wife of John Newton, Esq.
"All the Interesting Scenes Fully, Minutely, And Circumstantially Displayed" [Trial]. Newton, Catherine, Defendant. The Trial of the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Newton, Wife of John Newton, Esq. and Daughter of the Right Honourable and Reverend Lord Francis Seymour; At the Consistory Court of Doctors Commons; Upon A Libel and Allegations, Charging... More
The Raber Murder, Containing a Detailed and Accurate Account of the...
"Six of Them Banded Together to Collect Some Life Insurance" [Murder]. [Raber, Joseph]. The Raber Murder, Containing a Detailed and Accurate Account of the Murder of Joseph Raber, By Drowning in Indiantown Creek, Union Township, Lebanon Co., PA., On the 7th of December, 1878, For the Insurance Money upon His... More
De Matrimonii Nullitate ex Defectu Consensus Contrahentis & Moralis...
"Matrimonii Nullitate ex Defectu" Orsaio, Domenico (Ursaya, Domingo, Ursaya, Domenicus). De Matrimonii Nullitate ex Defectu Consensus Contrahentis & Moralis Consensus Contrahentis & Moralis Praesentiae Parochi: Dissertatio Theologico-Legalis Dominici Ursayae, In qua Incidenter Quidem, Sed Forsan non Injucunde Agitur: De Consensus Necessitate, Illiusque Probatione; De Abolendo Usu Contrahendi Matrimonia pet Nutus... More
Panko, Or Votes for Women, The Great Card Game, Suffragists v Anti...
An English Card Game Used to Promote the Cause of Female Suffrage [Female Suffrage]. [Great Britain]. Reed, E[dward] T[ennyson] [1860-1933], Illustrator. Panko, Or Votes for Women: The Great Card Game, Suffragists v. Anti-Suffragists. London: Peter Gurney, c.1909. 48 color 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" lithographed cards on heavy coated stock in 3-1/3/4"..... More
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Direct Tax, [New Hampshire: S.n, c.1807], 18" x 11" broadside
Will a New Tax be Necessary to Finance the Louisiana Purchase? [Broadside]. [Louisiana Purchase]. Direct Tax. [New Hampshire: S.n, c.1807]. 18" x 11" broadside, untrimmed edges, text in three columns. Light browning and foxing, vertical and horizontal fold lines, few minor tears along folds. $1,500. * Signed in type by... More
Reflections on the Study of Law. In Two Parts...
A Scarce 1804 English Guide to Legal Study Bridgman, Richard Whalley. Reflections on the Study of Law. In Two Parts. Addressed First, to the Nobility and Gentry, as the Hereditary and Elective Senators of the Nation. And Secondly, to those Gentlemen who Propose to Study The Law, with a View... More
An Abridgment of Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer...
The Only American Abridgment Published Before the Revolution Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. Greenleaf, Joseph [1720-1810], Editor. An Abridgment of Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer. To Which is Added, An Appendix, Containing Some General Rules and Directions Necessary to be Known and Observed by All Justices of the Peace... More
Prorogationes Fori & Competentiae, Preventionis, & Iuris Revocandi...
Rare Sixteenth-Century Study of Judicial Jurisdiction Mattei, Antonio. Prorogationes Fori & Competentiae, Preventionis, & Iuris Revocandi Domum, Reconventionis, Et Reorum Transmissionis. Tractatus. [Rome]: [Impensis Antonii Bladi Asulani, 1547]. [ii], 65, [2] ff. Final leaf, a blank, lacking. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (8" x 5-1/2"). Recent period-style calf, blind... More
A Treatise on Obligations, Considered in a Moral and Legal View. 1802
Translated By the Father of Louisiana Jurisprudence Pothier, Robert Joseph [1699-1722]. [Martin, Francois-Xavier (1762-1846), Translator]. A Treatise on Obligations, Considered in a Moral and Legal View. Translated from the French of Pothier. Newbern, NC: Martin & Ogden, 1802. Two volumes bound as one. [xii], 364; [x], 315, [1] pp. Octavo... More