The Roman Law of Prescription Balbo, Giovanni Francesco [f. 1510-1518]. [Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal (Hostiensis) (c. 1200-1271)]. Tractatus Foecundus, et Perutilis de Praescriptionibus: Editus per Clarissimum Iurisconsultum do. Ioannem Franciscum Balbum Taurinensem. Cui Accedit Repetitio Singularis l. Celsus ff. de Usucap. Cum Multis Additionibus & Apostillis, Una cum Dictis Hostien..... More
1836 Broadside of Laws Regulating Albany's Public Markets [Broadside]. [Albany, New York]. A Law in Addition to a Law, Entitled "Of the Public Market Houses." Passed February 1, 1836. The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Albany, in Common Council Convened, do Ordain as Follows:... Erastus Corning, Mayor..... More
Studies of Feudal Law by a Notable Humanist Scholar-Jurist Giffen, Hubert van [1534-1604]. Olemann, Konrad [Active 1578-1587]. Antinomiae Iuris Feudalis, Sive Disputationes XI. Ex Huberti Giphanii IC. Summi, Sacr. Caesar. Maiestat. Consiliarii, &c., Praelectionibus Desumptae. Quibus Artificiosa Methodo Medulla Totius Iuris Feudalis Continetur: Additis Ex Toto Iure Obiectionibus, Solutionibus &..... More
Sixteenth-Century Editions of Three Classic Legal Reference Works Haloander, Gregor [1501-1531], Editor. [Wernherus of Schussenried (15th. c.)]. [Azo, Portius (fl. 1150-1230)]. Modus Legendi Abbreviaturas in Utroque Iure tam Civili Quam Pontifico Occurrentes, Nunc Recens Diligentius quam Antehac Recognitus atque in Lucem Aeditus. Cui in Gratiam et Usum Iuris Candidatorum Recenti..... More
Sixteenth-Century Essays on Naples [Italy]. [Naples]. [Turler, Hieronymus [c.1520-1602]. [Grattarolo, Guglielmo (1516-1568)]. [Lando, Ortensio (c.1512-c.1559)]. [Pyrckmair, Halarius (fl. 1573-1591)]. De Arte Peregrinandi Libri II, Variis Exemplis, In Primis Vero Agri Neapolitani Descriptione Illustrati: Quibus Accesserunt in Fine Quaestiones Forcianae, Hoc Est, De Variis Italorum Ingeniis, & de Muliebris Sexus Praestantia..... More
First Edition of Cooper's Translation of the Institutes Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Cooper, Thomas [1759-1839], Translator and Editor. The Institutes of Justinian. With Notes. Philadelphia: Printed for P. Byrne, 1812. xiv, 714 (i.e. 716) pp. Latin and English translation in parallel columns. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2")..... More
Annotated Throughout in a Contemporary Hand Lane, Richard [1584-1650]. Reports in the Court of Exchequer, Beginning in the Third, And Ending in the Ninth Year of the Raign of the Late King James. Being the First Collection in that Court Hitherto Extant. Containing Severall Cases of Informations Upon Intrusions, Touching..... More
1868 Justice's Docket from Rural Wisconsin [Manuscript]. [Wisconsin]. Justice Docket for the Town of Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, 1868 (Manuscript title on first leaf). [Lake Hills, WI, 1868-1888]. [xxvi], 318 pp., a few blanks at rear. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/4"). Sheep, black-stamped panels to boards, raised bands and lettering..... More
"For the Clearing of All Such Titles, And Questions" Powell, Thomas [1572?-1635?]. Direction for Search of Records Remaining in the Chancerie. Tower. Exchequer, With the Limnes thereof: Viz. The Kings Remembrancer. Lord Treasurers Remembrancer. Clarke of the Extreats. Pipe. Auditors. The First Fruits. Augmentation of the Revenue. Kings Bench. Common..... More
"A New Standard" Pulton, Ferdinando [1536-1618], Compiler. A Collection Of Sundry Statutes, Frequent in Use: With Notes in the Margent and References to the Book Cases and Books of Entries and Registers, Where they be Treated of. Together with an Abridgment of the Residue which be Expired, Repealed, Altered, And..... More
Scarce 1792 Treatise on Taxation And Inheritance Laws in the Viceroyalty of Peru Rezabal (Rezabel) y Ugarte, Jose de [d. 1800]. Tratado del Real Derecho de las Medias-Anatas Seculares: y del Servicio de Lanzas a que Estan Obligados los Titulos de Castilla. Origen Historico de Este Juzgado en el Reyno..... More
A Fine View of the Royal Excise Office from 1810 Rowlandson, Thomas [1756-1827]. Pugin, Augustin Charles [1762-1832]. Excise Office, Broad Street. London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, February 1, 1810. Attractively glazed and matted 11" x 9" aquatint in handsome 15-1/2" x 13-1/2" wooden frame, small plaque to center of..... More
Scarce 1873 Treatise on Venezuelan Civil Law Sanojo, Luis [1819-1878]. Instituciones de Derecho Civil Venezolano. Caracas: Imprinta Nacional, 1873. 4 volumes in 2 books. 383; 484 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Original publisher wrappers bound into recent cloth, printed paper title labels to spines, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to text..... More
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Compiled by an Eminent Rhode Island Lawyer and Man of Letters [Scrapbook]. [Green, Arnold (1838-1903)]. Office Scraps II. [Spine Title]. Providence, RI, October 23, 1883-January 29, 1902. 154 pp. Folio (14" x 10"). Three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt title and fillets to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing..... More
One of Sheppard's Great Reforming Treatises on Real Property Sheppard, William [fl. 1660]. The Law of Common Assurances, Touching Deeds in General: Viz. Feoffments. Gifts. Grants. Leases. With Two Alphabetical Tables. London: Printed by John Streater, James Flesher, And Henry Twyford, 1669. [xvi], 898, [18] pp. Folio (11-1/2" x 7-1/4")..... More
Unrecorded Account the Murder "Of an Aged Couple, Near Stafford" [Trial]. Blackburn, Henry, Defendant. Moore, Edward, Defendant. Walsh, Charles, Defendant. Full and Correct Account of the Trial, Henry Blackburn, Edward Moore, And Charles Walsh, For the Murder of an Aged Couple Near Stafford. Stafford [England]: Buxton, Printer, [1853]. 8 pp..... More
Religious Liberty and the Tyranny of the Mississippi Presbytery [Trial]. Clapp, Theodore [1792-1866], Defendant. [Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842)]. A Report of the Trial of the Rev. Theodore Clapp, Before the Mississippi Presbytery, At Their Sessions in May and December, 1832. New Orleans: Printed and Published by Hotchkiss & Co., 1833..... More
Account of an Adultery Trial Published to Block an Academic Appointment [Trial]. Ure, Andrew [1778-1857], Plaintiff. [Chapman, Nathaniel, Editor]. The Whole of the Proceedings, Duly Authenticated, In the Case of Divorce of Andrew Ure, M.D. v. Catharine Ure, For Adultery with Granville Sharpe Pattison. Tried in the Consistory Court at..... More
Detailed Commentary on the Controversial Parliament Act of 1660 Whitelocke, [Bulstrode] [1605-1675]. Morton, Charles, Editor. Whitelockes Notes Uppon the Kings Writt for Choosing Members of Parlement XIII Car II. Being Disquisitions on the Government of England by King Lords and Commons. London: Printed by W. Strahan for Andrew Millar, 1766..... More
"It is Doubtful Whether Any Book Used by Mediaeval Practitioners Has Greater Importance in the History of Our Law" [Writs]. [Great Britain]. Registrum Brevium tam Originalium, Quam Judicialium: Correctum & Emendatum ad Vetus Exemplar Manuscriptum, Cujus Beneficio, A Multis Erroribus Purgatum, Ad Usus, Quibus Inservit Redditur Accommodatius. Editio Quarta, Cui..... More