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
Oil Portrait of the Famous Trial Attorney Melvin Belli [Belli, Melvin [1907-1996]. "Dexter." [Portrait of Melvin Belli]. [San Francisco?], 1987. Oil on Canvas, 30" x 40," signed "Dexter." Very good condition, glazing free of cracks. An interesting item. $950. * The work of an amateur artist, possibly a friend or..... More
Broadside Listing the 116 Laws Passed by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1802 [Broadside]. [North Carolina]. Titles of the Laws Passed by the General Assembly of North-Carolina, At Their Session which Commenced on the 15th of November, And Ended the 18th of December, 1802. N.p.: S.n., c.1802. 17-1/2" x...... More
A Notable Early English Text on Real Estate Law [Brown, William]. A Compendious and Accurate Treatise of Recoveries upon Writs of Entry in the Post. And Fines upon Writs of Covenant. With Ample and Copious Instructions, How to Draw, Acknowledge, And Levy the Same in All Cases. Being a Work..... More
The First Extensive Study of the Subject [Corporations]. [Great Britain]. The Law of Corporations: Containing the Laws and Customs of All the Corporations and Inferior Courts of Record in England. Treating of the Essentials of, And Incidents to, A Corporation. Of Mayors, Bailiffs, Serjeants, &c. And Their Executing Process. Conusance..... More
Collected Works of the "Bartolus Hispanus" Covarrubias y Leyva, Diego de [1512-1577]. Brederode, Pieter Cornelis van [d. 1593], Editor. Uffel, Johann, Editor. Opera Omnia, Cum Authoris Tractatu in Tit. De Frigidis & Maleficiatis, Septem Quaestionibus Distincto, Quibus an Matrimonium cum hoc Impedimento Constare Possit, Accurate Explicatur. Multis in Locis a...... More
The First English Treatise on Sheriffs Dalton, Michael [d.ca. 1648]. Officium Vicecomitum. The Office and Authority of Sheriffs: Gathered Out of the Statutes, And Books of the Common Laws of this Kingdom. To which is Added an Appendix or Supplement, Containing a Collection of the Statutes Touching Sheriffs made Since..... More
Establishing Public Administrative Law in the Kingdom of Italy [Italy, Kingdom of]. Repertorio di Amministrazione Pubblica per Gli Stati di S.M. Il Re Vittorio Emanuele II. Turin: Stamperia Arnaldi, 1860. [vi], 1232, cii pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, speckled edges. Light rubbing to boards..... More
With A "Merchant's Dictionary of Words and Terms" [Jacob, Giles (1686-1744)]. Lex Mercatoria: Or, The Merchant's Companion. Containing all the Laws and Statutes Relating to Merchandize. Wherein Our Trade with Foreign Nations, and Trade in General Amongst Our Selves, With What Belongs to Particular Companies, and all Maritime Affairs, in..... More
An Authority on the Criminal Law of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Lauria, Francesco [1769-1818]. Raccolta di Aringhe Penali. Naples: Stabilimento Letterario-Tipografico dell'Ateneo, 1832. Five volumes. Volume I has portrait frontispiece. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt titles and fillets to spines. Light rubbing..... More
Two Rare Seventeenth-Century Lille Coutumiers [Lille]. Coustumes et Usages de la Ville, Taille, Banlieue et Eschevinage de Lille, Confirmez et Approuvez par l'Imperialle Majeste, Et par luy Commande, qu'ils Soient Tenus a l'Advenir, Comme Loix, Coustumes & Usages par Escrit en Ladite Ville & Eschevinage de Lille. Lille: De l'Imprimerie..... More
An Ideal Form of Government Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri [1736-1794]. Theorie des Loix Civiles, Ou, Principes Fondamentaux de la Societe. "A Londres" (i.e. Paris): S.n., 1767. Two volumes [iv], 496; [iv], 528 pp. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary mottled calf, red and green lettering pieces and gilt ornaments to spine..... More
Cases Temp. Macclesfield Lucas, Robert [d. 1776]. Cases in Law and Equity, Chiefly During the Time the Late Earl of Macclesfield Presided in the Courts of King's Bench and Chancery. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot for Francis Gosling, MDCCXLI [1741]. [ii], ii, [8], 538, [94] pp. Folio (12" x 8")..... More
Reconstruction-Era Account Book of a Richmond, Virginia Law Firm [Manuscript]. Cosby, William W. Turner, Charles W. [Account Book of Cosby & Turner]. Richmond, Virginia, 1871-1875. [xxiv], 458 pp. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/2") Reversed calf, black-stamped frames to boards, raised bands and lettering pieces to spine, "Ledger" gilt-stamped to upper piece..... More
Every Man His Own Broker: A Popular Eighteenth-Century English Handbook Mortimer, Thomas [1730-1810]. Every Man His Own Broker: Or, A Guide to the Stock-Exchange. In Which the Nature of Several Funds, Vulgarly Called the Stocks Is Clearly Explained, And Accurate Computations are Formed of the Average Value of East India..... More
Seventeenth-Century Canon Law in Central Italy [Orte, Italy]. Gozzadini, Angelo. Constitutiones, Et Decreta Edita in Prima Dioecesana Synodo Civitatis Hortanae ab Angelo Gozadino, Civitatis Hortanae & Castellanae ad Inuicem Canonice Perpetuo Unitarum Episcopo, Celebrata Die Ultima Maii, 1. & 2. Mensis Iunii Anno Domini, 1626. Roncilioni: Apud Franciscum Mercurium, 1627..... More
First Report of the Landmark Dartmouth College Case [Trial]. [Dartmouth College Case]. Farrar, Timothy [1788-1874], Reporter. Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College Against William H. Woodward. Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New-Hampshire, November 1817. And on Error in..... More
Manslaughter on the Parade Ground [Trial]. Gordon, William, Defendant. The Trial of Major William Gordon, Of the 2d, Or Queen's Regiment of Dragoon Guards, On a Charge of the Murder of George Gregory, A Private in the Same Regiment at the Guildhall, Sandwich, On Friday, April 15, 1814. As Taken..... More
Well-Preserved Copy of Folwell's Laws, Volume III [United States]. [Congress]. [Folwell, Richard (1768?-1814), Printer]. [Swift, Zephaniah (1759-1823), Compiler of Index]. The Laws of the United States of America. Published by Authority. Volume III. Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell, 1796. [iv], [5]-477, [131] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind..... More
Commentary on the Institutes by a Notable Dutch Humanist Zoes, Hendrik [1571-1627]. Andreas, Valerius [1588-1655], Editor. Commentarius ad Institutionum Juris Civilis. Libros IV. Brevis, Analiticus, Methodicus, In quo Praeter Quaestiones Plurimas, Ac Controversias Passim Insertas, Additiones hinc Inde ex Jure Potissimum Consuetudinario Nonnullarum Provinciarum Reperiuntu. Venice: Apud Nicolaum Pezzana, 1757..... More