July 12, 2022
Highlights in this list include:
"Calculated For the Use of Merchants" Burn, John Ilderton [1774?-1848]. A Practical Treatise or Compendium of the Law of Marine Insurances. London, Printed: New-York, Re-Printed, for H. Caritat by G. & R. Waite, 1801. xiv, [2], 235 pp. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 4"). Handsome recent period-style calf by Philip Dusel, lettering..... More
![Item #62003 Opuscula Varii Argumenti [and] Observationum Juris Romani. Cornelius van Bynkershoek](/pictures/thumb/62003.JPG?v=1604603833)
Two of Bynkershoek's Most Important Works Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Conradi, Franz Karl [1701-1748], Editor. Opuscula Varii Argumenti, Nunc Primum Collecta Atque in Duos Tomos Distributa. Cum Praefatione D. Francisci Caroli Conradi. Halle: Sumtibus Ern. Gottl. Crugii, 1729. Two volumes. [iv], 5-28, [6], [5]-424, [24]; [ii], 3-407, [29] pp. [Bound..... More
First Edition of a Classic Study of International Law and the Laws of Armed Conflict Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Quaestionum Juris Publici, Libri Duo, Quorum Primus Est de Rebus Bellicis, Secundus de Rebus Varii Argumenti. Leiden: J.V. Kerckhem, 1737. [xxiv], 384, [32] pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6"). Contemporary calf, rebacked..... More
Rare Seventeenth-Century Danish Decree Regulating Boatmen and Firearms Christian IV, King of Denmark. Forordning om Baadsmend oc Bysseskyttere. Copenhagen: S.n., 12 November 1618. [4] pp. Quarto (7" x 5-3/4"). Disbound (?) folded sheet forming 2 leaves bound into recent marbled boards, gilt-stamped calf title label to front. Light rubbing to..... More
Scarce 1564 Venetian Imprint of the Consolato del Mare [Consolato del Mare]. [Pedrezzano, Giovanni Battista, Editor and Translator]. Libro del Consolato de' Marinari nel Quale si Comprendono Tutti gli Statuti & Ordini Disposti da Gli Antichi per Ogni Caso di Mercantia o di Navigare, Cosi a Beneficio de' Marinari Come..... More
A 1694 Proposal to Reform the Taxation of Maritime Cargoes [Crosfeild, Robert]. Truth Brought to Light: Or, The Corrupt Practices of Some Persons at Court Laid Open. Whereby Their Majesties, And the Kingdom, Have Been Prejudiced Near One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds this Year; Besides Other Evils that Have..... More
An "Unrivalled" Authority on Commercial Law Emerigon, Balthazard-Marie [1716-1785]. [Hall, John E., Translator]. An Essay on Maritime Loans, From the French; With Notes: To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Titles De Exercitoria Actione, De Lege Rhodia de Jactu, and De Nautico Foenore, Translated From the Digest and Code..... More
Defense of the Admiralty Courts Exton, John [1600?-1668]. The Maritime Dicaeologie; Or, Sea-Jurisdiction of England. In Three Books. I. Setting Forth the Antiquity of the Admiralty in England, Proving the Same to Have Been Settled Before Edward the Third's Time, Shewing the Beginning of the Sea Laws. The Laws of..... More
"The First True Scholar and Writer on Modern International Law" Gentili, Alberico [1552-1608]. De Legationibus, Libri Tres. Omnibus Omnium Ordinum Studiosis, Praecipue Vero Iuris Civilis Lectu Utiles, Ac Maxime Necessarii. Hanover: Apud Guilielmum Antonium, 1594. [xvi], 231, [1] pp. Octavo (5-3/4" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary flexible vellum, blind rules to boards..... More
Early English Translation of De Jure Belli ac Pacis Grotius, Hugo [1535-1645]. [Morrice, John, Translator and Editor]. Of the Rights of War and Peace, In Three Volumes; In Which are Explain'd the Laws and Claims of Nature and Nations, And the Principal Points that Relate Either to Publick Government, Or..... More
"One of the Great Pleasures of the Legal Bibliophile" Jacobsen, Frederick J. [1774-1822]. Frick, William [1790-1855], Translator. Laws of the Sea, With Reference to Maritime Commerce, During Peace and War. From the German by William Frick. Baltimore: Published by Edward J. Coale, 1818. xxxv, 636 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4")..... More
Dutch Edition of a Classic English Treatise on Maritime Law [Justice, Alexander]. Le Clercq, Pieter [1692-1759], Translator. Algemeene Verhandeling van de Heerschappy der Zee: En een Compleet Lichaam van de Zee-Rechten: Vervattende al het Weetenswaardigste dat over dit Stuk te Vinden Is, In Oude en Nieuwer Schryvers, En Ebyzondelyk de..... More
Standard Early English Treatise on Maritime Law Molloy, Charles [1646-1690]. De Jure Maritimo et Navali: Or, A Treatise of Affairs Maritime, And of Commerce. In Three Books. The Eighth Edition, With Many Valuable Additions. London: Printed for John Walthoe, 1744. [ii], xvii [i.e. xv], [3], 505, [51] pp. Copperplate pictorial..... More
An Interesting Case Concerning Libel and Extraterritoriality [Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)]. Report on Extraterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. 130 pp. Quarto (10-3/4" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine, marbled edges and endpapers, ribbon marker..... More
Interesting Napoleonic-Era Treatise on Maritime and Commercial Law Piantanida, Luigi. Della Giurisprudenza Marittima-Commerciale Antica e Moderna. Milan: Dalla Stamperia e Fonderia di Gio. Giuseppe Destefanis (Volume I); Dalla Stamperia e Fonderia di Giuseppe e Paolo Fratelli Veladini (Volumes II-IV), 1806-1808. Four volumes. Does not have the portrait frontispiece of author..... More
Scarce Classic Treatise on Maritime Law Praised by Joseph Story Rocco (Roccus), Francesco [fl. 1655]. Ingersoll, Reed [1786-1868], Translator and Editor. A Manual of Maritime Law, Consisting of a Treatise on Ships and Freight and a Treatise on Insurance. Translated from the Latin of Roccus with Notes by Joseph Reed..... More
First Edition of the Standard English Textbook on Grotius Rutherforth, Thomas [1712-1771]. Institutes of Natural Law Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on Grotius de Jure Belli et Pacis Read in S. Johns College Cambridge. In Which are Explaned the Rights and Obligations of Mankind Considered as Individuals..... More
![Item #70073 Mare Clausum Seu de Dominio Maris Libri Duo [Bound with] Discussionum. John Selden,...](/pictures/thumb/70073.JPG?v=1604604087)
Selden's Reply to Grotius Bound with a Reply to Selden by Pontanus Selden, John [1584-1654]. Mare Clausum Seu De Dominio Maris Libri Duo. I. Mare, Ex Iure Naturae seu Gentium, Omnium Hominum non Esse Commune, Sed Dominii Privati seu Proprietatis Capax, Pariter ac Tellurem, Esse Demonstratur. II. Serenissimum Magnae Britanniae..... More
![Item #64494 Mare Clausum [1st ed] Bound With De Successionibus & 3 Other Works. John Selden,...](/pictures/thumb/64494.JPG?v=1604603879)
The First Major English Text on International Law Selden, John [1584-1654]. Mare Clausum Seu de Domino Maris Libri Duo. Primo, Mare, ex Jure Naturae Seu Gentium, Omnium Hominum non Esse Commune, Sed Dominii Privati seu Proprietatis Capax, Pariter ac Tellurem, Esse Demonstratur. Secundon, Serenissimum Magnae Britanniae Regem Maris Circumflui, ut..... More
British Manipulation of International Trade Laws Severo, Veranio. Datos Sobre Algunas Leyes Inglesas que han Contribuido al Poder de la Gran Bretana en Perjuicio de las Demas Naciones, Con Observaciones Utiles a los que Estudian la Economia Politica. Dedicalas al Espanol Amante de su Patria, Y a los Jovenes que..... More
"A Truly Luminous Exposition" Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Law of Partnership as a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Jurisprudence. With Occasional Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown/London: A. Maxwell, 1841. xxi, 690 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary sheep, blind..... More
A Handsome Copy of One of the Great Landmarks of International Law Suarez, Francisco [1548-1617]. Tractatus de Legibus, Ac Deo Legislatore, In Decem Libros Distributus. Naples: Ex Typis Fibrenianis, 1872. 2 volumes. [vi], 378; [iv], 680 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (10-1/2" x 7"). Contemporary quarter morocco over..... More
Interesting Treatise on Maritime Law Praised by Joseph Story Targa, Carlo [1614-1700]. Ponderazioni Sopra la Contrattazione Marittima. Genoa: Dagli Eredi di Adamo Scionico, 1787. [viii], 259 pp. Quarto (8" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary tree calf, blind rules to boards, lettering piece and gilt ornaments to spine, edges rouged. Light rubbing to..... More
Rare Nineteenth-Century Treatise on Ship Mortgages Trollope, Thomas Anthony [1774-1835]. A Treatise on the Mortgage of Ships, As Affected by the Registry Acts; And on the Proper Mode of Effecting Mortgages on Property of this Nature, And on the Liabilities of the Mortgagee. London: Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son..... More
Walton, Clifford Stevens. Leyes Comerciales Y Maritimas de la America Latina: Comparadas Entre si y Con Los Codigos de Espana y Las Leyes de Los Estados Unidos de America. Profusamente Anotadas con la Legislacion de Espana y Con la Jurisprudencia Extranjera. Washington: Imprenta del Gobierno, 1907. 5 volumes. Original cloth..... More
The First History of International Law Ward, Robert [1765-1846]. An Enquiry Into the Foundation and History of the Law of Nations in Europe, From the Time of the Greeks and Romans to the Age of Grotius. London: Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, for J. Butterworth, 1795. Two volumes..... More
First Edition of Wheaton's Landmark Treatise on International Law Wheaton, Henry [1785-1848]. Elements of International Law: With a Sketch of the History of the Science. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. [Verso of title:] Griggs & Co., Printers. xiv, [15]-375; [24] pp. Includes 24-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4")..... More
First Edition of Wheaton's History of the Law of Nations Wheaton, Henry [1785-1848]. Histoire des Progres du Droit des Gens en Europe Depuis la Paix de Westphalie Jusqu'a Congres de Vienne. Avec un Precis Historique du Droit des Gens Europeen Avant la Paix de Westphalie. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1841. x...... More
Rare Nineteenth-Century American Treatise on the Clearance and Entrance of Vessels Wynkoop, Richard [1829-1913]. Clearance and Entrance of Vessels in the United States of America. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1882. 199 pp. [With] Wynkoop, Richard. Supplement to Clearance and Entrance of Vessels [Running Title]. [New York: D. Appleton..... More