Giunta Edition of the Institutes Illustrated with 23 Woodcuts Justinian [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Aldobrandini, Sylvestro [1499-1558], Editor. Institutiones Iuris Civilis. Cum Additionibus Hactenus Impressis. Quibus Adduntur Casus in Quolibet Paragrapho Breves: Sed qui Rationem Dubitandi [et] Decideni Explicent [et] Contineant. Que in uno Quoque Paragrapho Notatu Digna... More
Three Classic Legal Reference Works Printed Circa 1500 [Legal Reference]. Flores Legum. [Paris: Etienne Jehannot for Jean Petit, c.1500]. [60] ff. Collation: [a8], b-g8 h4. 30-31-line text. [Bound with] Brocardica Iuris. [Paris: Andre Bocard, for E., J. And G. de Marnef, [c. 1503]. [40] ff. Collation: a-e8. 32-line text. [And]... More
1649 Restatement of Laws Governing the Fair of Lyon [Lyon]. Privileges des Foires de Lyon, Octroyez par les Roys Tres-Chrestiens par les Roys Tres-Chrestiens, Aux Marchands Francois & Etrangers y Negocians sous Lesdits Privileges, Ou Residens en Ladite Ville. Lyon: Par Guillaume Barbier, 1649. xvi, [8], 398, [8] pp. Quarto... More
1576 Printing of Magna Carta and Later Statutes With Contemporary Annotations [Magna Carta]. Magna Charta, Cum Statutis, Tum Antiquis, Tum Recentibus, Maximopere, Animo Tenendis nunc Demum ad Unum, Tipis Aedita, Per Richardum Tottell. Anno Domini. 1576. Cum Privilegio ad Imprimendum Solum. [Imprinted at London: In Fleetestrete Within Temple Barre at... More
Thirteenth-Century Manuscript Copy of a Papal Decretal Concerning Inheritance [Manuscript]. [Canon Law]. [Clement, III (1130-1191), Pope]. [Leaf from a Papal Decretal Concerning Inheritance]. France, c. 1270. [2] pp. Folio (12-3/4" x 9-1/2"). Parchment leaf, light soiling and a few faint stains, fold lines and tiny holes, pieces removed from corners... More
Cardozo ALS on U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead with Photo [Manuscript]. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Shapiro, Harold]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Harold Shapiro on U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, October 8, 1934]. Two 5" x 7-3/4" leaves. Light soiling, horizontal fold lines, otherwise fine. [With] Cardozo, Benjamin N. [7" x 9" Black-and-White... More
Cardozo ALS Concerning the Ethics of Writing a Reference Letter with a Photo [Manuscript]. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Shapiro, Harold]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Harold Shapiro on U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead]. Rye, NY, August 12, 1934. Single sheet folded to form four 6-1/2" x 5" leaves. Faint mark to top... More
Frankfurter Expresses Admiration and Thanks to the President of the Zionist Organization of America [Manuscript]. Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. [Goldman, Solomon (1893-1953)]. [Two Typed Letters, Signed, To Dr. Solomon Goldman, On U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, April 22, 1940 and January 7, 1941]. Single-sided letters on 6-1/2" x 9" sheets, signed "Felix... More
Judge Harlan Reflects on His Role in Arbitrating the Alabama Claims and on the Drafting of the Treaty of Washington [Manuscript]. Harlan, James [1820-1899]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, September 28, 1891]. Single leaf folded to from 9-3/4" x 7-3/4" bifolium, no transmittal envelope. Two fold lines, one vertical... More
A Court Document in Kent's Hand, Signed by Kent [Manuscript]. Kent, James [1763-1847]. [Court Document in Kent's Hand, Signed by Kent]. [New York]: February 5, 1806. 4 pp. 12-3/4" x 8-1/4" bifolium, docketed on verso of second leaf. Horizontal fold lines, a few with minor tears, light browning and minor... More
Details the Management of an Eminent Westchester, New York Lawyer-Businessman's Estate [Manuscript]. [Lee, Elijah (1824-1902)]. Account Book as Executor of the Estate of Thomas Rathbone Lee [Cover Title]. [Somers, New York, 1860-1889; 1917-1920]. [150] pp. 5 leaves tipped or pinned in. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4). Calf, blind fillets to boards... More
Massachusetts Addresses Judicial Difficulties Raised by the Declaration of Independence [Manuscript]. [Massachusetts]. [General Court]. [American Revolution]. In Council. August 30th, 1776. Whereas by Reason of the Difficulty, Raised by the Wicked Designs of the Enemys of Our Liberty, An Interruption Took Place in the Administration of Civil Distributive Justice Throughout... More
Manuscript Notes on Rhode Island Supreme Court Cases [Manuscript]. Rhode Island. Supreme Court. [Notes of Cases Heard Before the Rhode Island Supreme Court]. [Providence, RI, 1854]. [iv], 170 pp. Folio (14" x 8"). Quarter calf over marbled boards. Binding cocked, some rubbing and a few stains to boards, spine abraded... More
Interesting Letter by a Distinguished Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Lawyer-Politician [Manuscript]. Wolf, George [1777-1840]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Washington, DC, December 16, 1825]. Single 9-3/4" x 8" leaf. Four fold lines, two vertical and two horizontal, light browning. Content in small neat hand to recto and verso, fragments of paper (from an album)... More
Fascinating Sixteenth-Century Digest of Land and Hunting Laws Meurer, Noe [1525-1583]. Spangenberg, Cyriacus [1528-1604]. Von Forstlicher Oberherrligkeit und Gerechtigkeit, Was die Recht, Der Gebrauch, Und die Billigkeit Desshalben Vermog. Item: Von dem Waren Oder Gerechten Rechten, Der Teutschen Gerechtigkeit, Aequitate Oder Billigkeit, Wie und Wenn die von Einem Jeden Gerechten... More
A Statement of Parliamentary Principles to the People of North Wales Middleton (Myddelton), Sir Thomas [1586-1666]. A Declaration Published by Sir Thomas Middleton Knight, Serjeant-Major-Generall, And Vice-Admirall for the Sixe Counties of North-Wales. Setting Forth the Illegality and Incongruity of a Pernicious Oath and Protestation, Imposed upon Many Peaceable Subjects... More
Interesting Seventeenth-Century Treatise on Laws Concerning Clothing Monaco (Monachus), Antonio. Tractatus de Executione in Vestibus. Cui Iterata hac Editione Varia de re Vestiaria Accessit Disquisitio, Omni Hominum Generi Profutura. Cum Tribus Indicibus Summorum Capitum: Versarum Italice Dictionum: & Materiarum, Locupletissimis. Bologna: Apud Victorium Benatium, 1621. [xvi], 362, [42] pp. Quarto... More
"It was Only His Slipshod Performance that Bothered Him": McDade 514 [Murder]. Jenkins, James Gilbert [1834-1864]. Wood, R.E. Reporter and Editor. Life and Confessions of James Gilbert Jenkins: The Murderer of Eighteen Men. Containing an Account of the Murder of Eight White Men and Ten Indians; Together with the Particulars... More
Scarce 1641 Tract Calling for the Reform of Laws Concerning Inheritance and Succession N.N. A Treatise Concerning Estates Tayle, And Discents of Inheritance. Written by N.N. And Published by I. Sherman, of Lincolnes Inne: Gen. London: Printed for Iohn Grove, 1641. [ii], 42, [i.e. 43], [1] pp. Lacking first leaf... More
1719 Compilation of New York Laws Printed in London by John Baskett [New York (Colony)]. Acts of Assembly Passed in the Province of New-York, From 1691, To 1718. London: Printed for John Baskett, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1719. xv, 292 pp. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary calf... More
Rare Treatises On Poor Laws and Possession Novario, Giovanni Antonio. Tractatus de Miserabilium Personarum Privilegiis, In Quo Complures Singulares Materiae ad Earum Favorem in Usu Forensi Quotidianae, & Frequentes, Tum Iuxta Iuris Communis, Quam Municipalis Regni Dispositionem, Supremorum Totius Orbis Tribunalium, Placita Accurate, Exacteq; Dilucidantur: Opus Sane Practicabile, Curiosum, Necessarium... More
Three Notable Treatises Useful to a Practicing Lawyer or Wealthy Landowner Oettinger, Johann [1577-1633]. Tractatus de Jure et Controversiis Limitum, Ac Finibus Regundis, Oder Grundlicher Bericht Von den Grantzen und Marcksteinen, Wie durch Dieselbe der Konigreiche, Landschaften, Furstenthume, Bissthumer ... Gebiete, Weydreichin, Marckungen, Zwing und Bann, Nach Ausweisung der Gemeinen... More
First Edition in English of the First Nominative Reporter Plowden, Edmund [1518-1585]. The Commentaries, Or Reports of Edmund Plowden, Of the Middle-Temple, Esq; An Apprentice of the Common Law, Containing Divers Cases upon Matters of Law, Argued and Adjudged in the Several Reigns of King Edward VI. Queen Mary, King... More
A Historical Review and Defense of the King's Right to Tax His Subjects in Order to Support the Queen Prynne, William [1600-1669]. Aurum Reginae; Or a Compendious Tractate, And Chronological Chronological Collection of Records in the Tower, And Court of Exchequer Concerning Queen-Gold: Evidencing the Quiddity, Quantity, Quality, Antiquity, Legality... More
Notable Tracts on Canon, Feudal and Roman Law Rebuffi, Pierre [1487-1557]. Tractatus Varii. Extrema Authoris Manu Recogniti, Selectissimis Opusculis, Notis, & Summariis hac Postrema Editione Aucti, & Locupletati. Quorum Elenchum Pagina Quinta Indicabit. Lyon: Apud Haeredes Gulielmi Rouillii, Sub Scuto Veneto, 1600. [viii], 661, [27], 51, [1], 70, [10] pp... More
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