Edition of an Important Bavarian Code, Also the First German Book with Realistic, Life-Size Images of Fish, This Copy from the Library of a Distinguished Book Binder and Leather Artisan Albrecht V [1528-1579], Duke of Bavaria. Bairische Lanndt ordnung, 1553. [Ingolstadt: (Andreas Wei enhorn), 1553. [ix], 197 [i.e. 199], 20..... 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
Blackstone's Remarks on the Wilkes Cause [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780), Attributed]. The Case of the Late Election for the County of Middlesex, Considered on the Principles of the Constitution and the Authorities of Law. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1769. [ii], 44 pp. Lacking half-title. Quarto (9" x 6"). Stab-stitched..... More
Uncommon 16th-Century Legal Landmark: The First Edition of Capece on Neapolitan Land Rights Capece, Antonio [d. 1535?]. Investitura Feudalis Excellentiss. I.V.D.D. Antonij Capycij Equitis Neapolitani, Regij Consiliarij, Ad Omnes Ferme Feudales Questiones Enucleandas Iuris Peritis Omnibus Utilis... [with] Repetitio L. Imperialem de Prohibita Feud. Naples: Apud Iosephum Cacchium & Socium..... More
1774 Providence Edition Owned by a Subscriber Who Was an Early Massachusetts Judge and Politician [Care, Henry (1646-1688)]. N[elson], W[illiam] [b.1653], Editor. English Liberties, Or The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance. Providence: Printed and Sold by John Carter, 1774. viii, 350, [6] pp. Includes six-page subscriber list. Octavo (7" x 4-3/4"; 17.8..... More
The First Edition of the Nakaz Published in the Twentieth Century Catherine II [1762-1796], Empress of Russia. Chechulin, Nikolai Dmitrevich [1863-1927], Editor. Nakaz Imperatritsy Ekateriny II, Dannyi Kommissii o Sochinenii Proekta Novago Ulozheniia. St. Petersburg: Izd. Iurid. Knizhnago Sklada "Pravo," 1907. ii, cliv, 174 pp. Three folding plates (of facsimile..... More
1486 Koberger Imprint of the Clementinae Clement V [1305-1314], Pope. d'Andrea, Giovanni, [c.1270-1348], Glosses. [Constitutiones]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 15 March 1486]. [60] ff. Double-column text with linear gloss. Final leaf blank. Collation: a/A10, BC8, D6, E8, F6, G8, H6. Folio (13-1/4" x 9"; 34 x 23 cm). Incunabula Short-Title Catalogue..... More
The "Celebrated" First Digest of the Laws of Colombia [Colombia]. Pombo, Lino de [1797-1862], Editor. Recopilacion de Leyes de la Nueva Granada, Formada I Publicada en Cumplimiento de la Lei de 4 de Mayo de 1843 I por Comision del Poder Ejecutivo por Lino de Pombo, Miembro del Senado. Contiene..... More
Damhouder's Pioneering Illustrated Treatise on Guardianship, Featuring the Earliest Depiction of a Book Auction and a Folding Plan of Bruges Damhouder (Damhoudere), Josse (Joost) de [1507-1581]. Pupillorum Patrocinium, Legum et Praxeos Studiosis; Non Minus Utile Quam Necessarium, Iconibus Materiae Subiectae Convenientibus Illustratum, Iam Denuo Vigili Cura, & Non Poenitenda Accessione..... More
Interesting Collection of Darrow Photographs [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. [Eighteen Black-and-White Press Photographs of Darrow]. Sizes ranging from 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" to 8" x 10." Light to moderate edgewear, annotations and tipped-in captions to versos, some photos have crop marks and creases. $1,350. * This interesting collection comprises seven formal and..... More
22 Henry VIII [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. [Henry VIII (1491-1547), King of England]. Anno Vicesimo Secvndo Henrici Octavi. Statvta Bonvm Pvblicvm Concernentia, Edita In Perliamento Tento Apud Westm[n]. XVI. Die Ianuarii, Anno Regni Praepotentissimi et Metuendissimi Anglie et Francie Regis, Fidei Defensoris, Et Domini Hibernie, Henrici Octaui. XXII. Post Diuersas Prorogationes..... More
One of Only 10 Copies on Imperial Japanese Vellum with an Original Signed Watercolor Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961]. Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard. Paris: Editions Litteraires de France, [c. 1940]. 169 pp. Pochoir color text illustrations. This copy with an additional signed original color image. Original publisher pictorial stiff..... More
An Eighteenth-Century Manuscript on Prejudicium [Manuscript]. [Praejudicia Tabularia]. Probably Hungary, c.1760. [284] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine with raised bands, edges rouged. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks to boards, which are slightly bowed, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, pastedown excised from verso..... More
Legal Practice and Provincial Life in Northern England, 1778-1846 [Manuscript]. [Burgess, Joseph]. [Burgess, William]. [Account Book of Joseph and William Burgess]. Chester, UK, 1778-1846. [xiii], 151, [1] ff. Final leaf numbered 251, with approximately 100 leaves excised in antiquity after fol. 151. Includes a manuscript index. Folio (12-3/4" x 8";..... More
Rare Early Glossary of Hungarian Law [Nadasdy, Ferenc (1622-1671)]. Cynosura Iuristarum Loca Decretalia, Et Articulos Novissimarum Constitutionum Inclyti Regni Hungariae, Usque ad Annum 1659. Inclusive, Sub Titulis Ordine Alphabetico Collectis, Breviter Repraesentans. Pottendorff: Per Hieronymum [Verdussen, 1668]. [ii], 269, [1] pp. Interleaved. Woodcut table of consanguinity to p. 75. Octavo..... More
The First English Translation of Pufendorf's De Officio Hominis et Civis Pufendorf, Samuel von [1632-1694]. Motte, Benjamin [d.1710], Translator. The Whole Duty of Man According to the Law of Nature. By that Famous Civilian Samuel Puffendorf, Professor of the Law of Nature and Nations, In the University of Heidelberg, And..... More
An Enlightenment Argument Against Witchcraft Trials Renazzi, Filippo Maria [1745-1808]. De Sortilegio et Magia. Liber Singularis. Venice: Excudebant Fratres Coletii, 1792. [ii], 44 pp. Quarto (9" x 6-1/4"; 22.9 x 15.9 cm). Contemporary three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards, gilt ornaments and lettering piece to spine, speckled edges. Light rubbing to..... More
First Edition of the First Treatise on Conveyancing Sheppard, William [fl. 1660]. The Touch-Stone of Common Assurances. Or, A Plain and Familiar Treatise Opening the Learning of the Common Assurances, or Conveyances of the Kingdome. London: Printed by M.F. for W. Lee [et al.], 1648. [xii], 529, [6] pp. Quarto..... More
With the Rare Folding Frontispiece [Trials]. Thurtell, John (1794-1824). Probert, William (d.1825). Hunt, Joseph. A Complete History and Development of all the Extraordinary Circumstances and Events Connected with the Murder of Mr. Weare, Together with the Trial at Large, Including the Speeches of Counsel, Examination of Evidence, Defence, &c. &c..... More
A Scarce Guide to Pleading Before the House of Lords Urquhart, George. The Experienced Solicitor, In Proceedings Under the Appellant Jurisdiction of the Right Honourable the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error, And the Jurisdiction Exercised by the House in Matters of Peerage. London: Printed by W...... More