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Constitutiones (Cum Apparatu Joannis Andreae), Nuremberg, 1482.
1482 Koberger Imprint of the Clementinae with a Handsome Watercolor Vignette of the Pope with Prelates and Jurists Clement V [1305-1314], Pope. d'Andrea, Giovanni, [c.1270-1348], Glosses. [Constitutiones (Cum Apparatu Joannis Andreae)]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 15 January 1482]. [59] of [60] ff. Text in parallel columns with linear gloss. Lacking initial..... More
De Modo Studendi in Utroque Iure. Padua, 1 October 1476, 1st edition.
First Edition of a Fifteenth-Century Guide to Legal Study Canis, Johannes Jacobus [d.1490 or 1494]. [De Modo Studendi in Utroque Iure]. [Padua: Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, 1 October 1476]. [22] ff. Last leaf blank. Collation: [a10, b12]. Single-column text. Quarto (7-3/4" x 5-1/4; ; 19.5 x 13.3 cm). Contemporary quarter deerskin..... More
Commentaries on American Law, First Edition, Vols I to III (3 books)
Volumes I-III of Kent's Commentaries, First Edition Kent, James [1763-1847]. Commentaries on American Law. New York: O. Halsted, 1826-1828. Volumes I-III of a four-volume set. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering pieces and blind fillets to spines. Light rubbing and scuffing to boards, moderate rubbing..... More
Blackstone's Commentaries: With Notes of Reference, Volume V
Volume V of an Extremely Rare American Blackstone Edition Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Tucker, St. George [1752-1827]. Blackstone's Commentaries: With Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws, of the Federal Government of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In Five Volumes, with an Appendix to Each..... More
Deacon Giles's Distillery, New York, 1865
Colorfully Illustrated Broadside Concerning a Notable 19th-Century Libel Case in Salem, Massachusetts [Broadside]. [Temperence]. [Cheever, George Barrell (1807-1890)]. Deacon Giles's Distillery. New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, [c. 1865-1867]. 2 pp. 14" x 10-1/4" broadsheet, 2 pp. text in three columns, 6-1/4" x 8-3/4" woodcut below headline. Moderate..... More
Burke, Select Works. 2 vols. Edited with an Introduction & Notes...
Burke, Edmund. Select Works. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by E.J. Payne. Originally published: Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1881. 2 Vols. lxii, 328; lxx, 384 pp. Reprinted 2005, 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775997. ISBN-10: 1584775998. Hardcover cloth. New. $89.95 * An appealing compilation of Burke's..... More
History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States...
Bancroft, George. History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America. Second Edition. Originally published: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1882. 2 Vols. xxiv, 520; xiv, 501 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770022. ISBN-10: 1584770023. Hardcover cloth. New. $95. * Traces..... More
The Laws of War on Land (Written and Unwritten).
A Code of Land Warfare Holland, Thomas Erskine. The Laws of War on Land (Written and Unwritten). Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908. viii, 150 pp. Reprinted 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776598; ISBN-10: 1584776595. Hardcover cloth. New. $22.95 * Holland [1835-1926] analyzed the proceedings of the international..... More
Three Cases Concerning Soldiers, One Concerning a Cattle Thief, 1737.
Interesting English Cases Tried in 1737, Three Concerning Soldiers, One a Cattle Thief [Trials]. [Great Britain]. [Three Cases Concerning Soldiers, One Concerning a Cattle Thief]. London: Printed by John Baskett, 1737. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-3/4"). Five pamphlets, two relating to the same trial, bound into nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over pebbled..... More
The Whole Life and Trial at Large Notorious Highwayman Richard Turpin
Unrecorded Imprint With an Added Hand-Colored Portrait of the Criminal [Trial]. Turpin, Richard [c.1705-1739], Defendant. Kyll, Thomas, Reporter. The Whole Life and Trial at Large of the Notorious Highwayman Richard Turpin, At York Assizes, On the 22d Day of March, 1739, Before the Hon. Sir William Chapple, Knt. Judge of..... More
Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case, 1887.
An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards, faint dampstaining..... More
Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case, 1887.
An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards and extremities..... More
Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case, 1887.
An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10-3/4" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine, marbled edges and endpapers, ribbon marker..... More
Report of Extradition, With Returns of All Cases from August 9, 1842..
Inscribed by Moore Moore, John Bassett [1860-1947]. Report of Extradition, With Returns of All Cases from August 9, 1842, To January 1, 1890, And an Index. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1890. 239 pp. Small folio (11-1/4" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, raised bands and gilt title..... More
Charter of the City of Buffalo, With the Several Amendments, To Which.
Buffalo, New York, in 1839 [Buffalo, New York]. Charter of the City of Buffalo: With the Several Amendments: To Which are Added the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Buffalo. Revised, Jan. 1839. Published by Order of the Common Council. Buffalo: Press of Thomas & Co., 1839. 93, 112..... More
Law is a Bottomless Pit, Or, The History of John Bull, Published...
A Classic Satire of Eighteenth-Century English Lawyers and Politicians [Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)]. [Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)]. Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Exemplify'd in the Case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, And Lewis Baboon. Who Spent All They Had in a Law-Suit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet..... More
The Pleader's Assistant, Containing a Select Collection of Precedents.
1795 Pleader by "A Gentleman Of Considerable Knowledge and Experience [Pleading]. [Great Britain]. The Pleader's Assistant; Containing a Select Collection of Precedents of Modern Pleadings, in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, &c. Viz. Declarations, Avowries, Pleas, Replications, Rejoinders, Demurrers, &c. In a Variety of Actions: Including the..... More
Examen Juris Feudalis, Ex Novissimis Ejus Interpretibus in Gratiam...
A Notable Study of German Feudal and Customary Law Stryk, Samuel [1640-1710]. Examen Juris Feudalis, Ex Novissimis Ejus Interpretibus in Gratiam Auditorum Collectum, Ac Methodo Institutionum Dispositum. Accessit Appendix Solennium, Quibus Hodie Apud Imp. Principes Investiuntur, Subjuncta Taxa Dignitatum in Imperio & Vasallagiis. Editio IX. Multo Auctior. Cum Privilegiis Special..... More
The Constitution of England, Or an Account of the English Government.
An Important Treatise on English Constitution De Lolme, J[ean] L[ouis] [1740-1806]. The Constitution of England, Or an Account of the English Government; In Which it is Compared with the Republican Form of Government, And Occasionally with the Other Monarchies in Europe. A New Edition. London: Sold by G. Kearsley and..... More
Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Court of Common Pleas
Perhaps the Most Authoritative Reports from the Reign of George III Willes, Sir John [1685-1761]. Durnford, Charles, Editor. Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Court of Common Pleas. During the Time Lord Chief Justice Willes Presided in that Court; Together with Some Few Cases of the Same Period Determined in..... More
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court and Supreme Court of
With Two Important Essays About the Common Law in America Root, Jesse [1736-1822]. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors, From July A.D. 1789 to June A.D. 1793; With a Variety of Cases Anterior to That Period, Prefaced with Observations Upon the Government and..... More
The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer, 4th ed, London, 1757.
Early Edition of Burn's Justice Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1757. Three volumes. xxiv, 520; 432; 512 pp. Complete set. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, raised bands and black-stamped volume..... More
The Reports Of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt, Late One of the Justices of. ..
First Edition of Ventris's Reports Ventris, Sir Peyton [1645-1691]. The Reports of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt. Late One of the Justices of the Common-Pleas. In Two Parts. The First Part Containing Select Cases Adjudged in the Kings-Bench, In the Reign of K. Charles II. With Three Learned Arguments, One in..... More
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench...
"Very Much Esteemed by the Profession" Andrews, George. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, In the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of King George the Second. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1754. [x], 397, [37] pp. Lacking initial advertisement leaf. Folio (12-1/4"..... More
Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard
Illustrated Throughout with Witty Color Images Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961]. Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard. Paris: Editions Litteraires de France, [c. 1940?]. 169 pp. Numerous pochoir color text illustrations throughout. Quarto (8-3/4" x 7"). Original publisher stiff printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Light soiling, minor dampstaining and a few small..... More