Pre-US Reports Printing of a Notable Case Concerning Prayer in Public Schools Supreme Court of the United States. [Stevens, John Paul]. (Slip Opinion) Wallace, Governor of Alabama, Et al. v. Jaffree, Et al. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1985]. ii, 23, [1], 6, 19, [1], 7, [1], 2, 24 pp... More
A Rare Textbook on Public Canon Law Tomicich, Francisco de Paula. Synopsis Doctrinae in Praestituto ex Iure Ecclesiastico Tentamine Propugnandae, Mariae Theresiae Augustae, Reginae Apostolicae Dicata, Atque sub his Sacratissimis Auspiciis Publice Propugnata ad Alexandro Kranner. Graz: Typiis Haeredum Widmanstadii, 1774. [xxx], 159, [1]; [16] pp. Final section has a.... More
The Most Extensive Compilation of Eighteenth-Century English Divorce Trials, Published in 70 Parts, Illustrated with 30 Plates [Trials]. A Civilian. Trials for Adultery: Or, the History of Divorces. Being Select Trials at Doctors Commons, For Adultery, Fornication, Cruelty, Impotence, &c. From the Year 1760, To the Present Time. Including the... More
Interesting Seventeenth-Century French Legal Study of Royal Authority Cassan, Jacques de. La Recherche des Droicts du Roy, & De la Couronne de France, Sur les Royaumes, Duchez, Comtez, Villes & Pais Occupez par les Princes Estrangers: Appartenans aux Roys Tres Chrestiens, Par Conquestes, Successions, Achapts, Donations, & Autres Titres Legitimes... More
Pre-US Reports Printing of an Important Case Concerning Abortion Signed by Chief Justice Rehnquist Supreme Court of the United States. [Rehnquist, William (1924-2005)]. (Slip Opinion) Webster, Attorney General of Missouri, Et al. v. Reproducive Health Services, Et al. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1989]. vii, [1], 23, [1], 11, [1]... More
King Henry VIII Outlaws Buggary [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. [Homosexuality]. Anno XXV. Henrici Octavi. Actes Made in the Session of this Present Parliament Holden upon Prorogacion at Westminster, the. XV. Day of Januarie, In the .XXV. Yere of the Reigne of Our Most Drad Soveraigne Lord Kyng Henry the .VIII. And... More
The First Retrospective Compilation of New Jersey Law, An Interesting Association Copy [New Jersey]. Leaming, Aaron, Compiler. Spicer, Jacob Compiler. The Grants, Concessions, And Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey: The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments, And Other Material Transactions Before the Surrender Thereof to Queen Anne, The... More
"Dreadful Outrage" [Broadside]. [King, John (d. 1819)]. Dreadful Outrage. ?50 Reward. Suderland: May 17, 1819. 13-1/4" x 8" broadside, pasted to plain sheet. Text in single column below headline. Moderate toning, faint horizontal and vertical fold lines, a few minor chips and tears and a few tiny holes to sheet... More
1785 Connecticut Court Document Ordering the Arrest of an Absconding Debtor [Manuscript]. [Connecticut]. [Writ from the State of Connecticut Ordering the Seizure of Goods of an Absconding Debtor]. [Hartford or New Haven]: August 9, 1785. 2 pp. 13-1/2" x 8" bifolium, docketed on verso. Horizontal fold lines, a few with... More
"That Scar Was Won by a Slave" 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 1o-1/2" x 8-1/2" pen-and-ink drawing in handsome 16" x 14-1/2" wooden frame. A few minor nicks... More
Interesting Essays on Government and Parliament by a Notable Seventeenth-Century Dutch Scholar [Boxhorn, Marcus Zuerius (1612-1653)]. Arcana Imperii Detecta: Or, Divers Select Cases in Government; More Particularly, Of the Obeying the Unjust Commands of a Prince. Of the Renunciation of a Right to a Crown. Of the Proscription of a.... More
"All the Interesting Scenes Fully, Minutely, And Circumstantially Displayed" [Trial]. Newton, Catherine. The Trial of the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Newton, Wife of John Newton, Esq. and Daughter of the Right Honourable and Reverend Lord Francis Seymour; At the Consistory Court of Doctors Commons; Upon A Libel and Allegations, Charging Her... More
"Six of Them Banded Together to Collect Some Life Insurance" [Murder]. [Raber, Joseph]. The Raber Murder, Containing a Detailed and Accurate Account of the Murder of Joseph Raber, By Drowning in Indiantown Creek, Union Township, Lebanon Co., PA., On the 7th of December, 1878, For the Insurance Money upon His... More
"Matrimonii Nullitate ex Defectu" Orsaio, Domenico (Ursaya, Domingo, Ursaya, Domenicus). De Matrimonii Nullitate ex Defectu Consensus Contrahentis & Moralis Consensus Contrahentis & Moralis Praesentiae Parochi: Dissertatio Theologico-Legalis Dominici Ursayae, In qua Incidenter Quidem, Sed Forsan non Injucunde Agitur: De Consensus Necessitate, Illiusque Probatione; De Abolendo Usu Contrahendi Matrimonia pet Nutus... More
An English Card Game Used to Promote the Cause of Female Suffrage [Female Suffrage]. [Great Britain]. Reed, E[dward] T[ennyson] [1860-1933], Illustrator. Panko or Votes for Women: The Great Card Game, Suffragists v Anti-Suffragists. London: Peter Gurney, c.1909. 48 color 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" lithographed cards on heavy coated stock in 3-1/3/4"... More
First Edition of a Classic Guide to English Law and Government that Inspired the American Founding Fathers, A Variant Imprint Overlooked by the ESTC [Care, Henry (1646-1688)]. English Liberties: Or, The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance, Containing I. Magna Charta, The Petition of Right, The Habeas Corpus Act; And Divers Other Most... More
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Will a New Tax be Necessary to Finance the Louisiana Purchase? [Broadside]. [Louisiana Purchase]. Direct Tax. [New Hampshire: S.n, c.1807]. 18" x 11" broadside, untrimmed edges, text in three columns. Light browning and foxing, vertical and horizontal fold lines, few minor tears along folds. $1,500. * Signed in type by... More
A Scarce 1804 English Guide to Legal Study Bridgman, Richard Whalley. Reflections on the Study of Law. In Two Parts. Addressed First, to the Nobility and Gentry, as the Hereditary and Elective Senators of the Nation. And Secondly, to those Gentlemen who Propose to Study The Law, with a View... More
The Only American Abridgment Published Before the Revolution Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. Greenleaf, Joseph [1720-1810], Editor. An Abridgment of Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer. To Which is Added, An Appendix, Containing Some General Rules and Directions Necessary to be Known and Observed by All Justices of the Peace... More
Gambling Under Roman Law Pantoja de Ayala, Pedro. Commentaria in Tit. de Aleatoribus D. et C. Madrid: Apud Petrum Tazo, 1625. [viii], 272, [12] ff. Copperplate engraved pictorial title page, featuring large female figures representing justice and prosperity. Woodcut table. Quarto (7-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary limp vellum, early hand-lettered title... More
Rare Sixteenth-Century Study of Judicial Jurisdiction Mattei, Antonio. Prorogationes Fori & Competentiae, Preventionis, & Iuris Revocandi Domum, Reconventionis, Et Reorum Transmissionis. Tractatus. [Rome]: [Impensis Antonii Bladi Asulani, 1547]. [ii], 65, [2] ff. Final leaf, a blank, lacking. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (8" x 5-1/2"). Recent period-style calf, blind... More
Translated By the Father of Louisiana Jurisprudence Pothier, Robert Joseph [1699-1722]. [Martin, Francois-Xavier (1762-1846), Translator]. A Treatise on Obligations, Considered in a Moral and Legal View. Translated from the French of Pothier. Newbern, NC: Martin & Ogden, 1802. Two volumes bound as one. [xii], 364; [x], 315, [1] pp. Octavo... More
The Model for Mr. Jaggers in Dickens's Great Expectations [Trial]. Harmer, James [1777-1853]. [Holloway, John (d. 1807), Defendant]. [Haggerty, Owen (d. 1807), Defendant]. Murder of Mr. Steele: Documents and Observations Tending to Shew a Probability of the Innocence of John Holloway and Owen Haggerty, Who Were Executed on Monday the... More
A Sermon About of a Condemned Man With a Biographical Sketch Waterman, Elijah. Welch, Moses C. A Sermon Preached at Windham, November 29th, 1803, Being the Day of Execution of Caleb Adams, For the Murder of Oliver Woodworth. Also, a Sketch of the Circumstances of the Birth, Education, And Manner... More
Voluminous Collection of Bavarian and Holy Roman Laws with 15 Handsome Woodcuts Perneder, Andreas [c.1500-1543]. Soccini, Bartolommeo [1436-1507], Editor. [Hunger, Wolfgang, (1511-1555) Editor]. Imp. Caes. Justiniani Institutiones, Das ist Ein Auszug und Anleittung Etlicher Keyserlichen unnd dess Heiligen Romischen Reichs Geschribner Rechten: Sampt Angehangtem Gerichtlichen Process, Lehenrecht, Halssgerichtsordnung, Summa Rolandini... More