Practice and Procedure in the Holy Roman Empire and its Neighboring States Ertl (Ertel), Anton Wilhelm [1654-1715]. Neue und Allerdings umb die Helffte Vermehrte Praxis Aurea von der Nider-Gerichtbarkeit, Erb-Gericht, Vogteylichen Obrigkeit, Hofmarck-Gericht. Wie dieselbe Heutiges Tags, Nicht nur in denen Kayserlichen Landen, Sondern auch in denen Chur-Furstenthumern Maintz, Trier..... More
Pre-Publication Mimeographed Copy of Minor's Treatise on Criminal Law [Minor, John B. (1813-1895)]. [The Law of Crimes and Punishments]. [Charlottesville, VA, c. 1890]. xlviii, 31-90, 103-251, 265-324 pp. Lacking title page and pp. 1-30, 90-102, 252-264, 325-end, all replaced with blank leaves. Quarto (9" x 7-3/4"). Original sheep, blind frames..... More
Manuscript Summaries of Cases from Coke's Reports [Manuscript]. [Coke, Sir Edward (1552-1643)]. [Summaries of Cases from the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Parts of Coke's Reports]. Great Britain, c.1600-1700. 200 pp. Folio (11-1/4" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary limp vellum, ties lacking. Binding cocked, moderate soiling and edgewear with some wear to spine..... More
Handsome Engraved Image of Vinson Vinson, Fred M. [1890-1953]. [Engraved Image of Vinson] N.p: S.n., c. 1950. 4-1/2" x 3-3/4" steel-plate engraving (measured to plate marks), mounted and matted, acetate overlay to image. Light soiling and minor edgewear to matte, image clean. $35. * Vinson was chief justice of the..... More
Handsome Engraved Image of Taney Taney, Roger B. [1777-1864]. [Engraved Image of Taney] N.p: S.n., c. 1950. 4-1/2" x 3-3/4" steel-plate engraving (measured to plate marks), mounted and matted, acetate overlay to image. Light soiling and minor edgewear to matte, image clean. $35. * The author of the Dred Scott..... More
Framed Portrait of Felix Frankfurter [Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965)]. [Reproduction of a Portrait of Frankfurter]. N.p., c. 1960. 9" x 6-1/2" half-tone black-and-white image, matted and glazed in black-and-gold wooden 11-1/2" x 9" frame. Light toning to matte, some rubbing to edges of frame. $25. * From an image painted near..... More
1505 Paris Edition of the Institutes in a Contemporary Binding [Justinian I (485-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. [Accursius (Accorso, Francisco) (c.1182-c.1260), Glossator]. [Chappuis, Jean, Editor]. Institutiones Imperiales: Ordinate Glosis Textuales Divisiones Habentur. Patescit Grecum Utile cum Expositione Succincta. Universi Tituli Alphabetico Ordine Ponuntur. Summaria Rubra Multis Adiectis Sunt Textibus..... More
Pioneering English Treatise on Election Law Simeon, John [1756-1824]. A Treatise on the Law of Elections, In All Its Branches. Corrected and Enlarged. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1795. xx, 210, cxxvii, [13] pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering pieces..... More
"The Leader of Saxon Practice" Konig, Kilian [c.1470-c.1526]. [Bocksdorf, Tammo von, Table of Consanguinity]. Practica und Process der Gerichtsleuffte: Nach dem Brauch Sachsicher Landart, Aus den Gemeinen Bepstlichen, Keyserlichen und Sechsischen Rechten. Zusammen Gezogen, Jetz und auffs New mit Viel Schonen Additionen Erkleret. Die Peenen und Straffen aller Maleficien, So..... More
Rare and Important First American Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries in Full Contemporary Sheep - Original Subscriber's Copy [C] Blackstone, William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Re-Printed From the British Copy, Page for Page with the Last Edition. America [Philadelphia]: Robert Bell, 1771-1772. Four volumes. Octavo..... More
A Dictionary of Swindlers Honn, Georg Paul. Betrugs-Lexicon: Worinnen die Meisten Betrugereyen in Allen Standen, Nebst denen Darwider guten Theils Dienenden Mitteln. Coburg: Verlegts Paul Gunther Pfotenhauer, 1721. [xvi], 458, [6] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter vellum over marbled boards, early hand-lettered title to spine. Binding slightly cocked..... More
Early German Edition of Beccaria [Beccaria, Cesare Bonesana, Marchese de (1738-1794)]. [Schultes, Jakob, Translator and Editor]. Von den Verbrechen und Strafen: Aus dem Italienischen mit des Hrn Verfassers noch Nicht Gedruckten Erganzungen nach der Neuesten Auflage ins Deutsche Ubersetzt und mit Vielen Anmerkungen Vermehrt. Ulm: Verlegts Albrecht Friedrich Bartholomai, 1767..... More
The Suppression of the Knights Templar Dupuy, Pierre [1582-1651]. [Dupuy, Jacques (1591-1656)]. Traittez Concernant l'Histoire de France: Scavoir la Condamnation des Templiers, Avec Quelques Actes, l'Histoire du Schisme, Les Papes Tenant le Siege en Avignon, Et Quelques Procez Criminels. Paris: Chez la Veuve Mathurin du Puis, Et Edme Martin, 1654..... More
One of Hammond's Proposed Criminal Codes for Great Britain [Hammond, Anthony (1758-1838)]. The Criminal Code. Burglary, Housebreaking, And Churchrobbing. London; Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1826. xxiv, 168 pp. Folio (13-1/4" x 8-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over plain-paper boards, gilt title and paper shelf label to spine, untrimmed..... More
One of Hammond's Proposed Criminal Codes for Great Britain [Hammond, Anthony (1758-1838)]. The Criminal Code. Coining. London; Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1825. xx, 109, 21 pp. Folio (13-1/4" x 8-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over plain-paper boards, gilt title and paper shelf label to spine, untrimmed edges. Moderate..... More
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1501 Venetian Edition of the Institutes in a Contemporary Binding [Justinian I (485-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. [Accursius (Accorso, Francisco) (c.1182-c.1260), Glossator]. [Gradibus, Johannes de (active 15th-16th c)]. Instituta cum Summariis. [Venice: Per Paganinum de Paganinis, May 25, 1501]. 152 [i.e. 140] ff. Text in parallel columns with linear..... More
A Witty (And Very French) View of Family Law: A Copy from an Edition Limited to 50 Copies in a Superb Binding Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes: Titres V. Du Mariage. VI. Du Divorce. VII. De la Paternite. VIII. De l'Adoption. IX. De la Puissance..... More
With a Striking Folded Frontispiece [Turpin, Richard (1706-1739)]. The Life of Richard Turpin, A Most Notorious Highwayman; Giving an Account of His Daring Robberies and Burglaries; With His Execution, Burial, &c. Derby: Published by Thomas Richardson, [c. 1830]. 24 pp. Folding etched frontispiece. 12mo. (7" x 4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet..... More
The Merry Lawyer [Rottmann, Friedrich J.]. Der Lustige Jurist, Welcher im Ersten Theil Nicht Allein Mancherley Theils Ergetzende Theils Nutzliche Rechts-Fragen Erortert, Verschiedene Seltsame Gerichts-Handel Darstellet, Viele kurtzweilige Discurse Fuhret und zu einigen Curiosen Disputationen Anla giebt; Sondern auch im Andern Theil eine Kurtze Anweisung, Wie Allerhand Suppliquen, Instrumenta, Formulen..... More
Treatise on Courts Martial Owned by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart [Stuart, J.E.B. (1833-1864)]. Simmons, Thomas Frederick. Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial; With a Summary of the Law of Evidence, As Connected with Such Courts; Also Some Notice of the Criminal Law of England, With Reference to..... More
Impressive Early Post-Tridentine Edition of Gratian Gratian, the Canonist [c.1090-c.1160]. [Johannes Teutonicus (d.1253), Glossator]. [Bartolomeo da Brescia (d.1258), Glossator]. [Haloander, Gregor (1501-1531), Translator and Editor]. [Martinus, Polonus (d.1279)]. Decretum Gratiani Emendatum et Notationibus Illustratum una cum Glossis, Gregorii XIII. Pont. Max. Iussa Editum, As Exemplar Romanum Diligenter Recognitum. Paris: [Compagnie..... More
Pamphlet Concerning a Notable Nineteenth-Century Libel Case in Salem, Massachusetts [Upham, Charles W. (1802-1875)]. The Charge of Ignorance and Misrepresentation Proved Against the Rev. George B. Cheever. From the Salem Gazette. Salem: S.n., 1833. [16] pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers, untrimmed edges..... More
An Influential Eighteenth-Century Study the Institutes Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb [1681-1741]. Antiquitatum Romanorum Iurisprudentiam Illustrantium Syntagma Secundum Ordinem Institutionum Iustiniani Digestum, In Quo Multa Iuris Romani Atque Auctorum Veterum Loca Explicantur. Auctior & Emendatior. Strasbourg: Sumptibus Io. Reinoldi Dulsseckeri, 1724. [xxxii], 492, [4], 307 [i.e. 370], [62] pp. Copperplate allegorical frontispiece..... More
Early American Edition of Pothier on Obligations Pothier, Robert Joseph [1699-1722]. Evans, William David [1767-1821], Translator and Editor. A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, Or Contracts. Translated from the French, With an Introduction, Appendix, And Notes Illustrative of the English Law on the Subject. Philadelphia: Robert H. Small, 1853..... More
A Rare 1848 Mexican Abridgment of a Spanish Treatise on Criminal Law Gutierrez, Jose Marcos. Discurso Sobre los Delitos y las Penas, Para Mayor Illustracion, La mas Facil Inteligencia y el Mejor Uso de las Doctrinas Contenidas en la Parte Tercera. Mexico City: Imprenta de la Voz de la Religion..... More