January 26, 2021
Download PDF of Recent Acquisitions: Civil, Common & Roman Law - 30 Items
The Final Edition with Blackstone's Corrections Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Burn, Richard [1709-1785], Editor. Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books. With the Last Corrections of the Author; And Continued to the Present Time. London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, In the Strand; and D. Prince, Oxford..... More
![Item #71482 A General Instructer [sic]; Or the Office, Duty and Authority. John Bradford, Sir...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71482.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1607019865)
An Interesting Blackstone-Related Title, The Unrecorded Ohio Version Bradford, John [1747-1830]. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. A General Instructer [sic]; Or the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Jailors, And Jurymen, With Precedents, Suited to Every Case that Can Possibly Arise, In the Discharge of..... More
A First Edition of the Most Popular Work Ever Written on Justices of the Peace Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1755. Two volumes. xxvii, [1], 541, [3]; [iii], 573, [11] pp. Three-page publisher advertisement at end of Volume I...... More
![Item #71519 Paratitla in Libros Quinquaginta Digestorum [bound with] Ad Africanum. Jacques Cujas,...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71519.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1609175040)
Influential Commentaries on the Code and Digest Cujas, Jacques [1522-1590]. [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Paratitla in Libros Quinquaginta Digestorum Seu Pandectarum, Item in Libros Novem Codicis Imperatoris Iustiniani. Ex Postrema Auctoris Recognitione. Cologne: Apud Ioannem Gymnicum, Sub Monocerote, 1588. [xxviii], 195, [1]; [xxxvi], 541 (i.e. 521)..... More
Satirical French Courtroom Image [France]. L'Incidente. N.p.: De L'Editrice P.V., c.1900-10. Attractively glazed and matted 13" x 8-1/2" colored lithograph in handsome 21-1/4" x 16-3/4" wooden frame, small brass plaque to center of bottom. Light toning to margins, vivid image. $650. * A rather grotesque, and rather funny, image of..... More
![Item #71521 The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench [With] The Present. Joseph Harrison](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71521.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1609175043)
Excellent Guides to Practice in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas During the 1700s. Harrison, Joseph. The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench, With Large Notes and Observations, From the Best Authorities, And the Rules of Court. In a Method Intirely New. To Which are Added..... More
A Memorial Tribute to a Prominent Female Boston Artist Inscribed, Signed and Marked by Holmes [Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935)]. [Whitman, Sarah Wyman (1842-1904)]. Sarah Whitman. Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1904. [vi], 27, [2] pp. Specked paper boards with contrasting spine, title and image of wreath to front board, gilt..... More
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
Runnington on the Action of Ejectment Runnington, Charles. A Treatise on the Action of Ejectment. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, 1781. [xviii], 348, [56] pp. Title page preceded by publisher advertisement. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, raised bands to spine, lettering piece..... More
"Enriched with a Number of Very Curious and Special Precedents" Sheridan, John. The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench; Containing Ample and Complete Instructions for Commencing And Defending the Various Kinds of Suits and Actions, Entering up Judgment, Suing out Execution, Proceeding in Error from the King's Bench..... More
![Item #71585 Les Plees del Coron [with] An Exposition of the Kinges Prerogative. Sir William...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71585.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1610475341)
Sixteenth-Century Editions of Staunford's Plees and Kinges Prerogative Staunford, Sir William [1509-1558]. Les Plees del Coron, Divisees in Plusors Titles & Comen Lieux. Per Queux Home Plus Redement & Plenairement Trovera Quelque Chose queil Quira, Touchant les Dits Plees. Dernierment Corrigee Avecques un Table Parfaicte des Choses Notables Contenues en..... More
First Edition of an Important Treatise on Military Law Tytler, Alexander Fraser, Lord Woodhouselee [1747-1813]. An Essay on Military Law, And the Practice of Courts Martial. Edinburgh: Printed by Murray & Cochrane, Craig's Close; For T. Egerton, at the Military Library, Near Whitehall, London, 1800. [iii], vi-xi, [3], 428 pp..... More
"Crimes of Love and Passion" Brame, Geoffrey. Renin, Paul, Editor. Crimes of Love and Passion, No. 2: The Crimes of Belle Gunness, Murderess, Adultress, And Baby Farmer. A Wife as Prey: The True Story of the Notorious Arnauld de Tily Who Impersonated His Soldier Friend, Deceiving Even His Beautiful Wife..... More
Illustrated Accounts of "The Most Notorious Malefactors" of Eighteenth-Century Britain Villette, John, Primary Author. The Annals of Newgate; Or, Malefactors Register. Containing a Particular and Circumstantial Account of the Lives, Transactions, And Trials of the Most Notorious Malefactors, Who Have Suffered an Ignominious Death for Their Offences, viz. for Parricide..... More
Wilkes Seeks a Protector [Wilkes, John (1727-1797)]. A Letter to His Grace the Duke of Grafton, First Commissioner of His Majesty's Treasury. London: Printed for J. Almon, 1767. 35, [3] pp. Main text followed by 2 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, "No. 9" at head of title..... More