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Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees, Limited Edition`
Hemard's Illustrated French Tax Code, An Issue with Two Original Drawings Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961]. Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees. Texte Inegral des Lois, Decrets, Decrets-Lois, Decret de Codification, Suivi d'un Formulaire Administratif. Paris: Editions Litteraires et Artistiques/Librairie "Le Triptyque", [1944]. 332 pp. 183 humorous illustrations including 62..... More
The Case of John Hamilton, Against Joseph Hickey, Attorney, Wherein..
Legal Malpractice? [Trial]. Hamilton, John, Plaintiff. The Case of John Hamilton, Against Joseph Hickey, Attorney: Wherein the Abuses of the Law, Occasionally Hinted at in a Pamphlet Lately Publish'd, Are More Amply Set Forth. [London]: Sold by John Hamilton, at His Lodgings at the Glove and Breeches, The Middle of..... More
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Institutiones Iuris [Juris], D Iustiniani Sacratis Principis...
1547 Aldobrandini Edition of the Institutes With Extensive Early Annotations Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Aldobrandini, Sylvestro [1499-1558], Editor. Holoander, Gregor [1501-1531], Editor. Perrino, Egidio [fl. 1508-1533], Editor] Institutiones Iuris D. Iustiniani Sacratis Principis Primalegum Cunabula: A Clarissimo Iuriscon. D. Sylvestro Aldobrandino Florentino Annotationibus Illustrata: Sed Ita..... More
The Massacre at the Carmes in 1792, When an Archbishop, Two Bishops...
Extra-Illustrated With Fourteen Plates Belaney, Robert. The Massacre at the Carmes in 1792; When an Archbishop, Two Bishops, And About Two Hundred Priests Suffered Martyrdom for the Faith. London: Edward Lumley, 1855. viii, 151 pp. Extra-illustrated with 14 plates with tissue guards. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Later three-quarter morocco over..... More
The Beautiful Victim of the Elm City, Being a Full, Fair...
"The Terrible Fate of the Trusting and Unfortunate Jennie E. Cramer": McDade 666 [Murder]. [Malley, James, Defendant]. The Beautiful Victim of the Elm City. Being a Full, Fair, And Impartial Narrative of All that is Known of the Terrible Fate of the Trusting and Unfortunate Jennie E. Cramer: Giving All..... More
Love and Law, In Two Parts, St Louis, 1882.
"One of Those Legal Marathons Peculiar to the United States": McDade 576 [Trial]. Kring, Charles F., Defendant. [Kring, Eugene]. Love and Law, In Two Parts. Part I. The Only True History of the Killing of Mrs. Dora C.J. Broemser, by Chas. F. Kring: Together with the Autobiography of the Latter..... More
Trial of Henry Philips for the Murder of Gaspard Dennegri, 1817...
Fatally Struck by a Loggerhead: McDade 746 [Trial]. Philips, Henry. Trial of Henry Philips for the Murder of Gaspard Dennegri [sic]. Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, January 9, 1817. [(Boston): Printed by Thomas G. Bangs, (1817)]. 24 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers. Chipping and a few..... More
The Life and Private History of James Mc'Caffrey, Who Was Convicted...
A Rare McDade Item [Murder]. McCaffrey, James [1813-1850]. The Life and Private History of James Mc'Caffrey, Who Was Convicted at New Haven on the 29th day of April, A.D. 1850, Of the Murder of Ann Smith on the 29th day of October 1849, And Sentenced to be Hung at New..... More
Hunter-Armstrong Tragedy, The Great Trial, Conviction of Benj F...
An Axe-Murder in Camden, NJ: McDade 494 [Trial]. Hunter, Benjamin F. [d. 1879], Defendant. Hunter-Armstrong Tragedy. The Great Trial. Conviction of Benj. F. Hunter for the Murder of John M. Armstrong. Philadelphia: Barclay & Company, 1878. [ii], 19-86 pp. Main text in parallel columns. 7 full-page woodcuts. Octavo (9-1/2" x...... More
Law Points as Brought Forth in Different Cases, New York, NY, 1869...
Compiled by an Eminent New York City Lawyer [Scrapbook]. [Townsend, John D. (1835-1896)]. [Law Points as Brought Forth in Different Cases]. New York, NY, April 12, 1869-November 15, 1893. Two books. 178; [172] pp. Folio (14" x 9-1/2"). Three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, ruled sheet with manuscript note reading "vol..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, Boston, February 7, 1883.
An Invitation to Spend an Afternoon with Dr. Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. [1809-1894]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Boston, February 7, 1883]. Single-page letter on Holmes's 6-1/4" x 4-1/2" 296 Beacon Street stationary in attractive glazed wood 10" x 9" frame. Light toning to letter, faint fold line through center, a...... More
Day Book Commencing April 1794, with 1803 Daybook, and 1811 Day Book
Day Books of an English Solicitor from 1794, 1803 and 1811 [Manuscript]. [Solicitors]. [Kent, England]. Day Book Commencing April 1794. [Kent, England, April 2, 1794-January 13, 1802]. [96] pp. [With] [Day Book]. [Kent, England, January 3, 1803-January 14, 1811]. [96] pp. [And] Day Book Commencing 2nd February 1811. [Kent, England..... More
Justice's Docket Book. Amherst County, Virginia, 1850-1859. 2 books.
Antebellum Virginia Docket Book [Manuscript]. [Virginia]. [Justice's Docket Book, Amherst County, Virginia, 1850-1859]. 2 books. [200]; [212] pp. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/4" and 12-3/4" x 8"). Quarter and three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, one book has lettering piece reading "Justice's Docket." Bindings lightly cocked, moderate rubbing to boards and board..... More
Autograph Document, Signed Twice, May 11 and 18, 1770.
Court Document Signed Twice by Blackstone [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Autograph Document, Signed Twice, London, May 11 and 18, 1770]. 4-1/4" x 7-1/4" sheet with four small embossed duty stamps, light toning, somewhat heavier along margins, tipped-in to old 5" x 8" sheet at lower left corner, content in..... More
Autograph Letter, Signed, Albany, February 20, 1931.
"I Am Very Proud of Your Review of My Little Book" [Manuscript]. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Shientag, Bernard L. (1887-1952)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Bernard L. Shientag, February 20, 1931]. Single sheet folded to form a pair of 8" x 6" leaves, content to both sides of first leaf and..... More
INSTITOUTA THEOPHILOU ANTIKENSOROS, Institutiones Theophilo....
First Edition by Godefroy Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Theophilus, Antecessor [6th-7th C. CE], Editor. Godefroy, Denis [1549-1622], Editor and Translator. INSTITOUTA THEOPHILOU ANTIKENSOROS. Institutiones Theophilo Antecessore, Graeco Interprete. Imper. Iustiniani Institutionum Libri IIII. Paratitla & Notae ad Eundem Theophilum Graecum, Latinumque Ipsis Institutionibus Latinis ek Parallelou..... More
Manual of the Niagara Frontier Police Force of the State of New York.
The First Formal Police Force of Buffalo, Tonawanda and Wheatfield Niagara Frontier Police District. Manual of the Niagara Frontier Police Force of the State of New York. Buffalo: Thomas, Howard & Johnson, 1867. 181 pp. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary morocco, expertly rebacked, gilt frames to boards, gilt title to..... More
Lewdness and Murder, A Discourse Suggested by the Late Murder...
Murdered with A Pike Pole Thompson, Joseph P. [1819-1879]. Lewdness and Murder: A Discourse Suggested by the Late Murder, Delivered in the Chapel Street Congregational Church, On Sabbath Evening, March 9th 1845: And Reported in the Center Churches of New Haven and Hartford. New Haven: Printed and Published by J.H...... More
Laws of the United States of America, 10 Volumes, 1815-1845.
Complete Sets of Bioren's Laws and Its Continuation Volumes [United States]. [Colvin, J[ohn] B. (d. 1827), Compiler]. [French, Benjamin B. French (1899-1877), Compiler]. [Bioren, John, Printer]. Laws of the United States of America, From the 4th of March, 1789, to the 4th of March, 1815, Including The Constitution of the..... More
Trial of Dr. Valorous P. Coolidge, for the Murder of Edward Mathews...
Poisoned by His Doctor [Trial]. Coolidge, Valorous P. [c.1823-1849], Defendant. Trial of Dr. Valorous P. Coolidge, For the Murder of Edward Mathews, At Waterville, Maine (As Reported For and Published in the Boston Daily Times). [N.p.: S.n., 1848]. 40 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet..... More
Law and History Review. Vols. 1 to 7 no. 1 (1983-1989), in 6 books
Law and History Review. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press for the American Society for Legal History. Volume 1 no. 1 (Spring 1983) to Volume 7 no. 1 (Spring 1989), complete in 6 books. Imprint varies with Volumes. 1 to 5 published by Cornell Law School. Volumes bound in blue..... More
The New York City Hall Recorder, For the Year 1816, Containing...
A New York City Counterpart to the Newgate Calendar Rogers, Daniel, Reporter. The New-York City-Hall Recorder, For the Year 1816. Containing Reports, Of the Most Interesting Trials and Decisions Which Have Arisen in the Various Courts of Judicature, For the Trial of Jury Causes in the Hall, During that Year..... More
Commentaries on the Law of Nations. London, 1839. First edition.
The First Systematic Treatise on International Law by An English Author Manning, W[illiam] Oke [1809-1878]. Commentaries on the Law of Nations. London, S. Sweet; Milliken and Son, Dublin; and Clark, Edinburgh, 1839. xxviii, 390 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary paper-covered boards, printed paper title label to spine. Light rubbing..... More
Institutes of Natural Law Being the Substance of a Course... 2 vols.
First Edition of the Standard English Textbook on Grotius Rutherforth, Thomas [1712-1771]. Institutes of Natural Law Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on Grotius de Jure Belli et Pacis Read in S. Johns College Cambridge. In Which are Explaned the Rights and Obligations of Mankind Considered as Individuals..... More
Commentaries on American Law, 2nd ed. Volume I, Signed by James Kent
Inscribed by Kent Kent, James [1763-1847]. Commentaries on American Law. New York: O. Halsted, 1832. Volume I of a four-volume set. xvi, 559 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to spines, lower lettering piece lacking. Moderate rubbing and a few..... More