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
A Scarce Eighteenth-Century Treatise on Tithes by A Jesuit Canonist Friderich, Melchior [1654-1708?]. Quaestiones Canonicae De Decimis: Quibus Universum Jus Decimandi, Qua Ecclesijs, Qua Laicis Competens, Et Immunitas ab Iisdem Solvendis, Ex Jure cum Communi, Tum Consuetudinario, Tum Etiam Bavariae Statutis, & Concordatis Explicatur. Accessit Geminus Index, Unus Quaestionum, Alter... 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
![Direct Tax, [New Hampshire: S.n, c.1807], 18" x 11" broadside. Broadside, Louisiana Purchase.](/pictures/thumb/69123.JPG?v=1544463426)
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
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition 2d (L.Ed.2d). LexisNexis; Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co. Vols. 1 to 150 (1956-October 2000). Together 150 books. Ex-library, early volumes with moderate to heavy shelf wear, fifteen volumes rebound in buckram, property stamps on page edges, inside front covers and location labels at foot... 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
In a Handsome Blind-Tooled Pigskin Binding Trentacinque, Alessandro [d. 1599]. Practicarum Resolutionum Iuris Libri Tres. Omnes Fere Iuris Utriusque in Foro, Ac Praxi Quotidie Occurrentes Controversias, Ac Quaestiones, Earumque Resolutiones Seu Decisiones, Tam Accurate Pertractatas Continentes, Ut in Foro Versantibus Nihil Utilius Exhiberi Possit. Nunc Recens in Lucem Editi. Frankfurt... More
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Seventeenth-Century Treatises on Trade and Bankruptcy Sauter, Daniel. Praxis Banccae-Ruptorum Huius Seculi: Quae 1. Secundum Fallaces Actiones Depingitur, 2. Secundum Mala Adjuncta Expenditur, 3. Secundum Poenas in Eam Sancitas, Aestimatur, 4. Secundum Charitatem Emendatur. Opus Vetus et Novum. Lectu Perwquam Utile Simul & Jucundum Atque hoc in Primis Aevo &... 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
Scarce 1811 Study of English Forest Laws Lewis, Percival. Historical Inquiries, Concerning Forests and Forest Laws: With Topographical Remarks, Upon the Ancient and Modern State of the New Forest, In the County of Southampton. London: Printed for T. Payne, 1811. [iv], iii, [3], vi, 227, [1] pp. Copperplate pictorial frontispiece... More
Littleton's Tenures in English Littleton, Sir Thomas [1402-1481]. Littletons Tenures in English, Lately Perused and Amended. London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1621. 142, [2] ff. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Recent period-style Modern calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning... More
A Profound Influence in the American Colonies, One of the Two Editions Owned by Jefferson [Care, Henry (1646-1688)]. N[elson], W[illiam] [b.1653], Editor. English Liberties, Or the Free-Born Subject's Inheritance; Containing Magna Charta, Charta de Foresta, The Statute De Tallagio non Concedendo, The Habeas Corpus Act, And Several Other Statutes; With... More
Important Treatise on Libel and Press Liberty by a Jeffersonian Imprisoned Under the Sedition Act Cooper, Thomas [1759-1835]. A Treatise on the Law of Libel and the Liberty of the Press; Showing the Origin, Use, and Abuse of the Law of Libel: With Copious Notes and References to Authorities in... More
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Three Sixteenth Treatises on Clerical Salaries and Pensions Falconi, Enea. Tractatus Utilissimus Reservationum Papalium, Ac Legatorum Compositus per Egregium Quondam I.U.D. do. Aeneam de Falconibus, De Magliano Sabinensem. Nunc Primum in Lucem Aeditum per R.P.D. Ludovicum Gomesium Episcopum Sarnensem ac Sacri Palatii Apostoliciauditorem, Ad Communem Omnium Utilitatem. Rome: [Impensis d.... More