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
The Union of England and Scotland Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Three Speeches of the Right Honorable, Sir Francis Bacon Knight, Then His Majesties Sollicitor Generall, After Lord Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban. Concerning the { Post-Nati Naturalization of the Scotch in England Union of the Lawes of the Kingdomes of England..... 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
The Second Known Copy [Broadside]. [Execution]. Jones, John [d.1870]. Execution of John Jones, Alias Owens, At Aylesbury, For the Murder of 7 Persons at Denham, On May 22nd. London: H[enry] Disley, Printer, [1870]. 19-1/4" x 14-1/4" (49 x 36 cm) broadside mounted to backing sheet, main text in four columns..... More
Only Known Copy [Broadside]. [Execution]. Rush, James Bloomfield [1800-1849]. The Awful Execution and Confession of James Bloomfield Rush, Who was Executed on Saturday Morning at Norwich. Exeter: W. Cooper, Printer, [1849]. 19-1/2" x 14-3/4" broadside, text in three columns below headline and woodcut vignette. Moderate toning, faint horizontal and vertical..... More
The Foundation of Common Law: A First Edition of Coke on Littleton (PMM 126) Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Or, A Commentarie upon Littleton, Not the Name of a Lawyer Onely, But of the Law It Selfe. London: Printed for..... 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
Advice for the Seventeenth-Century English Law Student from the Library of Sir Daniel Fleming Doddridge, Sir John [1555-1628]. The English Lawyer. Describing a Method for the Managing of the Lawes of this Land. And Expressing the Best Qualities Requisite in the Student, Practizer, Judges and Fathers of the Same. London..... More
Archive Documenting the Drafting and Revision of the Code Forestier, Extensively Annotated by One of its Principal Architects [Marcotte (d'Argenteuil), Charles Marie Jean Baptiste [1773-1864]. [Draft Printings of the Code Forestier with Related Manuscript and Printed Documents]. [Paris: various printers, 1822-1837]. Thirteen printed works bound together in one volume, various..... More
The Law of Arms: Fronsberger's Military Code of the Holy Roman Empire (1565). Featuring 6 Grand Folding Plates by Jost Amman & Provenance of the Werdenstein Library Fronsberger, Leonhardt. [Amman, Jost (1539-1591), Illustrations]. Von Kayserlichem Krieg rechten, Malefitz und Schuldhandlen, Ordnung und Regiment: Samt Derselbigen unnd Andern hoch oder Niderigen..... More
"Idle Belches Against the Common Law" [Great Britain]. A Person of Honour. Defensio Legis, Or, The Whole State of England Inquisited and Defended for General Satisfaction. By a Person of Honour. London: Printed for and are to be sold by George Savile, 1674. [iv], 313, [4] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x...... More
A Gentleman's Guide to the Old Corruption Hayes, Richard. An Estimate of Places for Life: Shewing How Many Years Purchase a Place for Life is Worth. How Long a Man Must Hold His Place to Have the Value, Principal and Interest of the Purchase Money. How Much He Has Coming..... More
Handwriting Evidence is Not Enough to Convict Le Vayer de Boutigny, Roland [1627-1685]. A Dissertation Shewing the Invalidity of All Proof by Similitude of Hands, In Criminal Cases. The Whole Collected from the Civil Law and Other Distinguished Authorities, Founded on the Principles of Reason and Equity, And Digested with..... More
Interleaved Copy of the First Law-French and English Edition of Littleton with an Interesting Association Littleton, Sir Thomas [d. 1481]. Littleton's Tenures, In French and English. With an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters Therein Contained. London: Printed by John Streater, James Flesher and Henry Twyford, Assigns of Richard Atkins..... More
An Interesting Piece of California Legal History [Manuscript]. Freeman, Abraham Clark [1843-1911]. Register of Actions and Proceedings. Sacramento County, CA, 1877-1880. 244 pp. Folio (13" x 7-3/4"; 33 x 19.7 cm). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt fillets to spine, marbled edges. Light rubbing to boards, dampstain to rear..... More
The First Book Devoted Exclusively to the English Law of Evidence [Nelson, William (b.1653), Compiler]. The Law of Evidence: Wherein All the Cases that Have Yet been Printed in Any of Our Law Books or Tryals, And that in Any Wise Relate to Points of Evidence, Are Collected and Methodically..... More
A Scarce Salamanca Printing on Monastic Discipline Under Clement VIII 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..... More
King Carlos IV Organizes Spain's Lucrative Silver Mines of Potosi [Spain]. Real Banco de San Carlos de Potosi. Real Cedula de Incorporacion de el Banco de Potosi a la Real Hacienda y Ordenanzas Para su Regimen y Gobierno: Con Arreglo a las Leyes de Indias y Demas Reales Disposiciones que..... More
Thou Shalt Steal [Swift, Richard (fl.1765)]. Dick Swift Thieftaker of the City of London. Teaching His Son the Commandments. [London]: S.n., 1765. 15-1/2" x 10" (39 x 25.4 cm), image size 12-1/2" x 9" (31.75 x 23 cm), copperplate etching. Toning, light foxing and soiling, light edgewear and chipping not..... More
Catalogue of a Notable Eighteenth-Century English Law Bookseller Walthoe, John [1657?-1744], Bookseller. A Catalogue of the Common and Statute Law-Books of this Realm; And Some Others Relating Thereunto, To Hilary Term, 1720. Alphabetically Digested Under Proper Titles. With an Account of the Best Editions, And Common Prices for which They..... More