December 6, 2022
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Probably the First Census of English Public Records [Agard, Arthur (1540-1615), Compiler]. [Powell, Thomas (1572?-1643?), Editor]. The Repertorie of Records: Remaining in the 4 Treasuries on the Receipt Side at Westminster: The Two Remembrancers of the Exchequer: With a Briefe Introductive Index of the Records of the Chancery and Tower..... More
Grand Juries Must Indict in All "Cases of Blood" Babington, Zachary. Advice to Grand Jurors in Cases of Blood. Asserting from Law and Reason that at the King's Suit in All Cases (Where a Person by Law is to be Indicted for Killing of Another Person) That the Indictment Ought..... More
The Union of England and Scotland Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. Three Speeches of the Right Honorable, Sir Francis Bacon Knight, Then His Majesties Sollicitor Generall, After Lord Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban. Concerning the Post-Nati Naturalization of the Scotch in England Union of the Lawes of the Kingdomes of England and..... More
First Edition of an Important Treatise on Mortgage Coote, Richard Holmes. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgage [with] Part the Second. London: Printed for Joseph Butterworth & Son and J. Cooke, 1821 and 1823. 2 parts in 1 volume. viii, 372; viii, 373-712 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Recent..... More
The First Extensive Study of the Subject [Corporations]. [Great Britain]. The Law of Corporations: Containing the Laws and Customs of All the Corporations and Inferior Courts of Record in England. Treating of the Essentials of, And Incidents to, A Corporation. Of Mayors, Bailiffs, Serjeants, &c. And Their Executing Process. Conusance..... More
An Important Manual for Students of the Law Doderidge (Doddridge), Sir John [1555-1628]. The Lawyers Light: Or, A Due Direction For the Study of the Law; For Methode. Choyce of Books Moderne. Selection of Authours of More Antiquitie. Application of Either. Accommodation of Divers Other Useful Requisits. All Tending to..... More
The "First Really Able" Book on the Subject Godolphin, John [1617-1678]. The Orphans Legacy: Or, A Testamentary Abridgment. In Three Parts: I. Of Last-Wills and Testaments, II. Of Executors and Administrators, III. Of Legacies and Devises: Wherein the Most Material Points of Law Relating to That Subject, Are Succinctly Treated..... More
The Best Eighteenth-Century Treatise on Awards According to Holdsworth Kyd, Stewart [d. 1811]. A Treatise on the Law of Awards. London: Printed for S. Crowder, Paternoster-Row, And B. C. Collins, Salisbury, 1791. vii, [1], 251, [9] pp. Octavo (9" x 5"). Original publisher boards with recent contrasting paper spine and..... More
A Scarce Guide to the 1845 Lunacy Reforms Lumley, W[illiam] G[olden] [1802-1878]. The New Lunacy Acts, 8 & 9 Vict. cc. 100, 126, With an Introduction, Abstracts, Notes, And Index; And an Appendix, Containing the Statutes Relating to Insane Criminals and Prisoners, And a Statement of the Different Forms of..... More
"You Still Persevere in Encouraging a Set of Imposters..." [Methodists]. [Marten, John]. [Haselden, James]. A Serious Conversation, By Way of Letters Between a Gentleman Brought up to the Law, And a Methodist Both of the Parish of Wigan. 8 pp. [1789?] Octavo (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Disbound, leaves nearly separated. Moderate..... More
Scarce Treatise on Insurance Praised For Its "Uncommon Judgment and Freedom of Inquiry" Millar, John [1760-1796]. Elements of the Law Relating to Insurances. Edinburgh: Printed for J. Bell, 1787. xi, 560, [6] pp. With errata leaf and cancel errata slip. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf, gilt fillets and lettering..... More
Early Treatise Arguing the Legislative Independence of Ireland Molyneux, William [1656-1698]. The Case of Ireland's Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated. To Which is Added, The Case of Tenures Upon the Commission of Defective Titles, Argued by All the Judges of Ireland. With Their Resolutions, And the..... More
An Early Argument for Central Banking Potter, William. The Trades-man's Jewel: Or a Safe, Easie, Speedy and Effectual Means, For the Incredible Advancement of Trade, And Multiplication of Riches; Shewing How Men of Indifferent Estates, May Abundantly Increase Both Their Own and Other Mens Trading and Riches, Without Parting With..... More
A Work Influenced by Beccaria Renazzi, Filippo Maria [1742-1808]. Synopsis Elementorum Juris Criminalis in Usum Auditorum. Jam Pridem Adornata. Siena: Aloysii et Benedicti Bindi, 1804. xvi, 247 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, lettering piece and gilt-edged raised bands to spine, pastedowns and free endpapers..... More
Anticipated the Workhouse Movement Ruggles, Thomas [1745-1813]. The History of the Poor; Their Rights, Duties, And the Laws Respecting Them. In a Series of Letters. London: Printed for J. Deighton, 1793-1794. 2 volumes. [ii], xxvi, 297, [1]; [ii], 341, [1] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Recent quarter calf over marbled..... More
A Landmark Work on a Fundamental English Right [Somers, John Somers, Baron (1651-1716), Attributed]. The Security of English-Mens Lives, Or the Trust, Power, And Duty of the Grand Jurys of England. Explained According to the Fundamentals of the English Government, And the Declarations of the Same Made in Parliament by..... More
Peters's U.S. Supreme Court Reports [Supreme Court, United States]. Peters, Richard [1779-1848], Reporter, Brightly, Frederick C. [1812-1888], Editor. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. New York: The Banks Law Publishing Company, 1903. Sixteen volumes. Complete (official) set. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Uniformly..... More
A Treaty that Ended the War of the Spanish Succession [Treaties]. [War of the Spanish Succession]. Treaty of Navigation and Commerce Between the Most Serene and Most Potent Princess Anne, By the Grace of God, Queen of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. And the Most..... More
He Shot Her in the Back: McDade 1020 [Trial]. Van Patten, John F. [1801-1825], Defendant. The Trial and Life and Confessions of John F. Van Patten, Who was Indicted, Tried, And Convicted of the Murder of Mrs. Maria Schermerhorn, On the 4th of October Last, And Sentenced to be Executed..... More
A Mother and Son Accuse Each Other of Murder [Trials]. Keith, Helen Watt, Defendant. Keith, William, Defendant. The Trial of Helen Watt, Widow of the Deceased Alexander Keith of Northfield, And William Keith, Eldest Lawful Son Procreated Betwixt the Said Deceased Alexander Keith, And the Said Helen Watt; For the..... More
"The Foundation of All Similar Productions of the Kind" Wentworth, Thomas [c.1568-1628]. Cusron, H[enry], Editor. The Office and Duty of Executors: Or, A Treatise Directing Testators to Form, And Executors to Perform Their Wills and Testaments According to Law. Originally Compiled by That Judicious and Approved Author, Tho. Wentworth, Late..... More
Zouch on Admiralty Jurisdiction Zouch, Richard [1590-1661]. The Jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England Asserted, Against Sr. Edward Coke's Articuli Admiralitatis, in XXII Chapter of His Jurisdiction of Courts. London: Printed for F. Tyton and T. Dring, 1663. [xvi], 152 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Later sheep, rebacked in period..... More