A Rare First Edition of Azuni's Commercial Law Dictionary in Handsome Bindings Azuni, D[omenico] A[lberto] [1749-1827]. Dizionario Universale Ragionato Della Giurisprudenza Mercantile. Nizza: Presso la Societa Tipografica, 1786-1788. Four volumes. [v], xx, 392, [2]; [viii], 378, [2]; [viii], 398, [2] pp., [2]; [viii], 296 pp., 55 pp., [3]. Volume 4..... More
A Renaissance Law Student's Manual: Balbo on the Law of Property Rights (Venice, 1564) Balbo, Giovanni Francesco [fl. 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..... More
An Edition of the Coutume of Burgundy with Contemporary Annotations [Bouhier, Jean (1673-1746), Compiler]. Villers, Philippe de [1545-1622], Commentary. Despringles, Jean [1550-1629], Commentary. Guillaume, Jean, Commentary. La Coutume du Duche de Bourgogne, Enrichie des Remarques de Mes. Philipes de Villers, Jean de Pringles, & Jean Guillaume, Anciens Avocats au Parlement..... More
Passing the Progressive Torch: An Exceptional Association Copy of Brandeis's Antitrust Masterpiece, Inscribed by Felix Frankfurter to One of His "Happy Hot Dogs" Brandeis, Louis D. [1856-1941]. Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1914]. First edition, first issue. Octavo (190 x...... More
Murder and Infanticide in Berkshire: No Copies Located on OCLC or Library Hub [Broadside]. [Crime]. Smith, Thomas [b.1814?]. An Account of a Dreadful Murder, Committed by Thomas Smith, Aged 21, on the Body of Eliz. Young, Aged 18 at Sutton, In Berkshire, On Thursday, February the 5th, 1835. Reading: Walker..... More
A Scarce 16th-Century Masterwork on Saxon Civil Law by Renowned Saxon Jurist Matthias Coler in Contemporary Vellum Coler, Matthias [1530-1587]. Tractatus de Processibus Executivis, In Causis Civilibus et Pecuniariis, Accommodatus Passim ad Practicam Fori Saxonici. Cui in Fine Adiectus est Index Verborum & Rerum, Quae in hoc Opere Continentur, Copiosus..... More
The "Monarch of Highwaymen" [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. [Hawke, William (d.1774)]. An Authentic and Genuine Narrative of the Life and Surprizing Exploits, Of William Hawke, The Famous Highwayman, Who Was Executed at Tyburn, July 1, 1774, For Robbing Mr. Charles Hart, On the Highway, Of 1s. 8d. Containing I. An Account..... More
1482 Printing of an Important Digest of Canon Law with a Tract on Jewish Moneylenders, A Copy with Notably Fine Penwork De Ausmo (Osimo), Nicolaus [d. 1453]. [Bartholomew of San Concordio (1262-1347)]. Astesanus of Asti (Astesano) [d.c.1330]. De Nevo (Nievo), Alexander [d. 1484]. [Supplementum Summae Pisanellae; Canones Poenitentiales; Consilia Contra..... More
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Renaissance Law in Blind-Tooled Pigskin: Rare First Editions by Leading Marburg and Leipzig Jurists Ferrarius, Johannes [1486-1558]. Adnotationes in IIII Institutionum Iustiniani Libros. Marburg: [Fran. Rhodus Excudebat], 1532. [xvi], CCCXXXVI ff. [Bound with] Hegendorph, Christoph [1500-1540]. Libri Dialecticae Legalis Quinq[ue]. [Leipzig: Excudebat Nicolaus Faber, Typographus & Bibliopola], 1531. [120] ff..... More
Nathaniel Forster Sides with Blackstone [Forster, Nathaniel (c.1726-1790)]. A Letter to Junius. By the Author of the Answer to "The Question Stated, &c." London: Printed for James Fletcher and Co., 1769. 15, [1] pp. Quarto (10-1/2" x 8"). Stab-stitched pamphlet neatly disbound and recently resewn into plain wrappers. Light toning..... More
Includes the Act of Settlement [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. William III [1650-1702], King of England. Anno Regni Gulielmi III. Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, XII. & XIII. At the Parliament Begun at Westminster the Sixth Day of February, Anno Dom. 1700. In the Twelfth Year of the Reign of our..... More
The Foundation of Jury Nullification: A Beautifully Bound 1771 Edition of The Englishman's Right, Directly Informing Revolutionary Thought Hawles, Sir John [1645-1716]. The Englishman's Right: A Dialogue Between a Barrister at Law and a Juryman; Plainly Setting Forth, I. The Antiquity, II. The Excellent Designed Use, III. The Office, And..... More
Rare Edition of a Scarce Guide for Lay Officers J.P., Gent. A New Guide for Constables, Headboroughs, Tything-Men, Church-Wardens, Overseers and Collectors for the Poor, Surveyors for Amending the High-ways and Bridges, With Directions for Keepers of Fairs and Markets, And Treasurers for the Relief of Poor Maimed Soldiers and..... More
"That Scar Was Won by a Slave": A Unique Piece of Illustration Art Kemble, E[dward] W[indsor] [1861-1933]. "Look!" He Cried, "And Bless the Sight, For that Scar was Won by a Slave." [New York], September 1887. Attractively glazed and matted 10-1/2" x 8-1/2" (26.7 x 21.6 cm) pen-and-ink drawing in..... More
An Interesting Perspective on Elizabethan England Lambard(e), William (1536-1601). Eirenarcha: Or of the Office of the Iustices of Peace, In Two Bookes: Gathered 1579. And Now Revised, And First Published, In the 24. Yeere of the Peaceable Reigne of Our Gratious Queene Elizabeth. London: Imprinted by Ra. Newbery, And H...... More
The Very First Treatise on Court Oratory and Legal Advocacy Published in the British Isles. Mackenzie, Sir George [1636-1691]. Idea Eloquentiae Forensis Hodiernae: Una cum Actione Forensi ex Unaquaque Juris Parte. Edinburgh: Excudebat Haeredes Andreae Anderson, 1681. [xii], 182 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"; 16.5 x 10.2 cm). Contemporary sheep..... More
A Court Document Written and Signed by Future Chief Justice Roger B. Taney [Manuscript]. Taney, Roger B. [1777-1864]. [Court Document in Taney's Hand, Signed by Taney, Frederick County, MD, February 1, 1817]. 2 pp. 13-1/4" x 8" (33.6 x 20.3 cm) leaf, docketed on verso. Moderate toning, untrimmed edges, three..... More
The Tyacke Solicitors Archive: Law, Maritime Commerce, and Municipal Power in West Cornwall [Tyacke, Thomas Phillips (c.1809-1872) and [Tyacke, James Walker (c.1846-1935)]. Records of Two Prominent Solicitors with Valuable Insights into the Economic and Social History of Helston, Cornwall, England. Helston, Cornwall, 1833-1911. Four manuscript volumes. - Volume I: Bill..... More
Scarce First Edition of a Respected Vade Mecum P[hillips], W[illiam]. Studii Legalis Ratio: Or, Directions for the Study of the Law, Under These Heads; The Qualifications for Nature, Means, Method, Time and Place of the Study. London: Printed by J.C. For Francis Kirkman and Henry Marsh, At the Princes-Armes in..... More
Five Nineteenth-Century Scottish Treason Trials [Trials]. [Treason]. Douglas, Niel [1750-1823], Defendant. An Address to the Judges and Jury, In a Case of Alleged Sedition, On 26th May, 1817, Which was Intended to be Delivered Before Passing Sentence. Glasgow: Printed by D. Mackenzie, 1817. 40 pp. [Bound with] Dow, John, Reporter..... More