"A More Complete Lawyer Than Any of His Contemporaries" Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Law Tracts, Containing 1. A Proposition for Compiling and Amendment of Our Laws. 2. An Offer of a Digest of the Laws. 3. The Elements of the Common Laws of England, Containing a Collection of Some Principal..... More
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
An 1818 Plan to Reform the Laws of Inheritance and Succession in Peru Borda, Josefa. Aliaga, Juan de Armas, Jose de. Manifiesto Legal por la Senora Dona Josefa Borda, Marquesa de Fuente Hermosa, Y por el Senor don Juan de Aliaga, Actual Marques Dr Zalada de la Fuente, Para que..... More
Sentences Passed in the Bodmin Jail, Cornwall, on March 26, 1839 [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. Sentences of the Prisoners, Tried at Bodmin, On Tuesday March, the 26th 1839 Before Mr. Baron Gurney and Mr. Justice Maule. Deeble Peter Hoblyn, Esq. Sherriff. Penryn [Cornwall, England]: T. Pearce, Printer, 1839. 14-3/4" x...... More
Early Critical Edition of Fleta, Book I [Clarke, Sir Thomas (1703-1764), Editor]. Fleta, Seu Commentarius Juris Anglicani: Partim e Codice MS. to Cottoniano; Partim ex Antiquis Rotulis, Et Veterrimis tam Historiae Quam Legum Angliae Scriptoribus Emendatus, Illustratus, Et in Integrum Restitutus. Liber Primus Antiqua Placita Coronae Continens. London: Prostat Venalis..... More
With a New Introduction by Steve Sheppard Coke, Sir Edward. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt. In Thirteen Parts. A New Edition, with Additional Notes and References, and with Abstracts of the Principal Points: The First Three Parts and the Fourth to Fol. 38a. by John Henry Thomas, Esq..... More
The Fates of 118 Prisoners in Bridgwater, Somerset on June 29, 1835 [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. A Calendar of the Prisoners for the Midsummer Sessions, To be Holden at the Town of Bridgwater, On Monday, The 29th Day of June, 1835. [drop head title]. Yeoville: Porter, Printer, [1835]. [16] pp. Quarto..... More
"A Complete System of His Majesty's Revenue of Customs" Crouch, Henry [d. 1732]. A Complete View of the British Customs. Containing, I. A Perfect and Distinct Account of the Several Particular Branches Whereof that Revenue Consists. II. The Former and Additional Books of the Rates of Merchandizes, From Which Most..... More
Inscribed by Darrow Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. The Story of My Life. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. xiv, 495 pp. Fourteen plates (with 16 illustrations). Cloth very good in dustjacket with some edgewear and chipping. Author inscription in bold hand to half-title. $1,250. * First edition, second issue. With the..... More
Pan American Peace Plans, Signed by Hughes Hughes, Charles Evans [1862-1948]. Pan American Peace Plans. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1929. [iv], 68 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. Light edgewear to dust jacket, some fading to spine, chipping to ends. "Charles E. Hughes" in bold hand to front free endpaper..... More
Letters to an Ohio Prosecutor [Manuscript Archive]. [Lawyers]. [Taylor, Clyde A.]. [Letters Addressed to Jefferson, Ohio, Prosecutor Clyde A. Taylor]. Mostly Jefferson, OH, 1906-1907. 144 items comprising single-leaf, bifolio and multipage manuscript and typescript letters, 3 printed documents, sizes range from 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" to 11" x 8-1/2." Light toning..... More
[Manuscript]. Lewis, Edwin O. [1879-1974]. [Here Lies an Honest Lawyer]. [Philadelphia, c.1969] 125 pp. [And] The Papers of Judge Edwin O. Lewis: Table of Contents. [Philadelphia, n.d.] 21 pp. Photocopied typescripts in bound in calf-stamped cloth dissertation binder, light shelfwear. "Here Lies an Honest Lawyer/ Edwin O Lewis retired/ former..... More
A Scarce Nineteenth-Century Italian Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence Perrone, Pietro. Trattato Elementare di Medicina Legale Fondato Sopra una Diagnostica e Logica Medico-Giudiziaria Secondo lo Spirito delle Leggi Romane e Vigenti. Corredao di una Raccolta di Rapporti Medico-Legali per Ogni Caso da Riunire la Parte Practica alla Teoretica; Opera Diretta a...... More
Important Early Study of Ancient Athenian Law Petit (Petitus), Samuel [1594-1643]. Leges Atticae. Sam. Petitus Collegit, Digessit, et Libro Commentario Illustravit. Opus Iuris, Literarum, Et Rei Antiquariae Studiosis Utilissimum, VIII. Libris Distinctum, In Quo Varii Scriptorum Veterum Graecorum et Latinorum Loci Explicantur et Emendantur. Paris: Sumptibus Caroli Morelli, 1635. [xii]..... More
Classical Roots of the English Jury Pettingal, John [1708-1781]. An Enquiry Into the Use and Practice of Juries among the Greeks and Romans; from whence the Origin of the English Jury May Probably be Deduced. London: Printed for the Author, by W. and W. Strahan, 1769. xv, [1], 200 pp..... More
1821 Edition of North Carolina Laws Potter, Henry [1766-1857], Editor. Taylor, J[ohn] L[ewis] [1769-1829], Editor. Yancey, Bart[lett] [1785-1828], Editor. Laws of the State of North-Carolina, Including the Titles of Such Statutes and Parts of Statutes of Great Britain as are in Force in Said State; Together with the Second Charter..... More
Rare Sixteenth-Century Spanish Treatise Concerning Monasteries Sosa, Francisco de [fl. 1556]. Advertencias de Fray Francisco de Sosa, Lector de Theologia en el Convento de Sant Francisco de Salamanca: Cerca de la Nueva Constitucion de Nuestro Sanctissimo Padre Clemente Papa VIII. De Largitione Munerum Utriusque Sexus Regularibus Interdicta. Declaranse Algunas Resoluciones..... More
1764 Compilation of English Excise Taxes [Taxation]. [Great Britain]. A Collection of All the Statutes Now in Force, Relating to the Duties of Excise in England. London: Printed by Mark Baskett, 1764. [vi], 880, 169 pp. Folio (12" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets and large gilt arms of Great..... More
A Notable Freethinker and Publisher Of Thomas Paine Reports One of His Blasphemy Trials [Trial]. Carlile, Richard [1790-1843], Defendant and Reporter. The Report of the Proceedings of the Court of King's Bench, In the Guildhall, London, On the 12th, 13th, 14th, And 15th Days of October: Being the Mock Trials..... More
Vernon's Chancery Cases Vernon, Thomas [1654-1721]. Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery. Published from the Manuscripts of Thomas Vernon, Late of the Middle Temple, Esq; By Order of the High Court of Chancery. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt & R. Gosling, 1726-1728. Two volumes..... More