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Recent Acquisitions: English, American & Continental Law, 1538–1907

Recent Acquisitions: English, American & Continental Law, 1538–1907

June 30, 2026

Highlights in this list include:

  • a 1778 Massachusetts JP commission signed by 15 Revolutionary patriots  
  • a copy of a rare humanist legal treatise gift-inscribed by the abolitionist John Jay II    
  • a “compleat” English handbook on hunting, fishing and the laws that govern those pursuits
Annotated Books & Manuscripts, 16th–20th Centuries

Annotated Books & Manuscripts, 16th–20th Centuries

June 23, 2026

Highlights in this list include:

  • a docket book from an antebellum Virginia justice’s court
  • a pre-publication copy of a notable guide to Parliament  
  • an author’s galley copy of an essay about Devil’s Island with added photographs