Appeals and Writs of Error in the House of Lords, 1827-1832 Dow, P[atrick], Reporter. Clark, C[harles], Reporter. Reports of Cases Upon Appeals and Writs of Error in the House of Lords, And Decided During the Sessions 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830 [1831, 1832]. London: J. & W.T. Clarke, 1830-1832. Two volumes... More

A Protracted Plagiarism Case Against Richard Henry Dana [Trial]. Curtis, Benjamin Robbins [1809-1874]. Dana, Richard Henry [1815-1882], Defendant. Circuit Court of the United States. District of Massachusetts. William Beach Lawrence (in Equity) vs. R.H. Dana, Jr., Et Als. Closing Argument for the Complainant on the Question of Piracy. B.R. Curtis... More

17th-Century English Manuscript Law Dictionary [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. [Manuscript Law Dictionary]. [England, c.1680]. 270 pp. Folio (12-3/4" x 8"). Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Light toning and some inkspots and smudges to text, some edgwear to initial and final leaves, light... More

An Important Early Law Dictionary Nebrija, Antonio de [c.1444-1522], Compiler. Caccialupi, Giovanni Battista [c. 1420-1496]. Alberico, da Rosate [c.1290-1360]. Vocabularius Utriusque Iuris Difficillimas Quasque Voces Iuxta Receptos Iuris Interpretes Edifferens: Nunc Demum Exactissima Cura Recognitus: Ac (Velut e Sordibus Errorum Erutus) Supraq; Cuiusuis Alterius Editionis Auxesinb non Paucis Vocabulis Elegantissimis... More

A Notable Essay on Oaths Sanderson, Robert [1587-1663]. De Juramento. Seven Lectures Concerning the Obligation of Promissory Oathes. Read Publicly in the Divinity School at Oxford. By Robert Sanderson D.D. His Majesties Publick Professor There. Translated into English by His Late Majesties Speciall Command, And Afterwards Revised and Approved Under... More

Scarce First American Edition of a Classic Legal Satire [Anstey, John (d. 1819)]. The Pleader's Guide: A Didactic Poem, In Two Books, Containing the Conduct of a Suit at Law, With the Arguments of Counsellor Bother'um and Counselor Bore'um, In an Action Betwixt John-a-Gull and John-a-Gudgeon, For Assault and Battery... More

The First English Treatise on Sheriffs Dalton, Michael [d.ca. 1648]. Officium Vicecomitum. The Office and Authority of Sheriffs: Gathered Out of the Statutes, And Books of the Common Laws of this Kingdom. To which is Added an Appendix or Supplement, Containing a Collection of the Statutes Touching Sheriffs made Since... More

Vain Modish Ladies Shannon, Francis Boyle, Viscount [1623-1699]. Discourses Useful for the Vain Modish Ladies and their Gallants Under these Following Heads, Viz I. Of Some of the Common Ways Many Vertuous Women Take to Lose their Reputation, &c. II. Of Meer Beauty-Love, &c. III. Of Young Mens Folly in... More

First American Edition of Bentham's Classic Essay on Usury Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832]. Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains. To Which is Added, A Letter to Adam Smith, Esq. LL.D. On the Discouragement of Inventive Industry. Philadelphia: Printed for Matthew... More

An Early English Treatise on the Law of Damages Sayer, Joseph. The Law of Damages. Dublin: Printed by J. Moore, 1792. xiv, 248 pp. 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets and early hand-lettered title to spine. Rubbed with waer to spine ends, corners bumped, joints and hinges starting... More

Parliament Demands a Religious Loyalty Oath from the Leaders of the Cinque Ports [Great Britain]. Parliament. [Loyalty Oaths]. Die Veneris 30 Julii. 1641. Resolved upon the Question. That this House Doth Conceive that the Protestation Made by Them, is Fit to be Taken by Every Person that is Well Affected... More

An Important Statement Concerning an Act that Pitted Parliament against Charles I [Parker, Henry (1604-1652)]. The Case of Shipmony Briefly Discoursed, According to the Grounds of Law, Policy, And Conscience. And Most Humbly Presented to the Censure and Correction of the High Court of Parliament, Nov. 3. 1640. [London: Printed... More

A Companion to the Book of Entries Huxley, George. Townesend, George, Editor. A Second Book of Judgements. In Real, Personal, And Mixt Actions, And Upon the Statute; All or Most of Them Affirmed Upon Writs of Error. Being, The Collection of George Huxley, Of Lincolns-Inne, Gent. Out of the Choice... More