April 4, 2023
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Notable Early Digest of Coke's Reports Ashe, Thomas [fl. 1699-1618]. [Coke, Sir Edward (1552-1634)]. Un General Table, A Touts les Several Livres de les Reports de le Darreine Tresreverend Iudge, Sir Edward Coke Chevalier, Iadis Chiefe Iustice de Banke le Roy, Per Quelle, Touts les Cases & Matters in Yceux..... 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
Bridges a "Chasm" in the Year Books Bellew(e), Richard, Compiler. Les Ans du Roy Richard le Second Collect' Ensemble' Hors de les Abridgments de Statham, Fitzherbert et Brooke. London: Imprinted by Robert Robertson, Dwelling in Fewter Lane Neere Holborne, 1585. [viii], [6], 145, 144-270, 255-326 [i.e. 342], [8] pp. Pagination..... More
Scarce Treatise on Notarial Instruments, Oaths and Compromise Bertazzoli, Bartolommeo [1520-1588]. Tractatus Clausularum Instrumentalium, In Quo, Praeter ea Quae ad Litium Integram Discussionem, & Causidicorum Faciliorem Pariter Instructionem Necessario Requiri Videntur, Accurate Omnia Etiam Difficilium Quasi Legum Aenigmata Passim Enodata Reperiuntur. Opus Profecto Cunctis Iurium Alumnis ut Utile, Sic &..... More
Notable for Its Insights into Seventeenth-Century Legal Practice [Booth, William, Attributed]. The Compleat Sollicitor, Performing His Duty: And Teaching his Clyent to Run Through and Manage His Own Business, As Well in His Majesties Superior Courts at Westminster: As in the Mayors Court, Court of Hustings, And Other Inferiour Courts..... More
First Separate Printing of Brackenridge's Eloquent Defense of Religious Liberty for Maryland Jews [Brackenridge, Henry Marie (1786-1871)]. Niles' Weekly Register. New Series. No. 14-Vol. IV. Baltimore, May 29, 1819. [Baltimore]: Printed and Published by H. Niles, [1819]. 225-240 pp. Octavo (9-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Disbound, leaves starting to separate at ends..... More
First Edition, Inscribed by Frankfurter to a Protege Brandeis, Louis D. [1856-1941]. Other People's Money And How the Bankers Use It. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1914]. xiv, [2], 223 pp. Original cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine. Small stain to front board, light wear to spine..... More
He Fatally Shot His Father's Servant [Broadside]. [Trial]. Davis, George [d.1833], Defendant. The Trial of Geo: Davis, For the Wilful Murder of Thomas Cooper. [London]: Smeeton, Printer, [1833]. 10" x 7-1/4" broadside, text in single column below headline. Light toning, light foxing, soiling and very light creasing in places, a...... More
"I Have Made My Peace with God" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Hussey, Charles [d.1818]. The Last Dying Speech of Charles Hussey, Who was Executed This Day for the Murder of Mr. Bird and his Housekeeper, Late of Greenwich. [London]: Cheap Printing Office, [1818]. 14-1/2" x 6-1/2" broadside, text in double columns below..... More
Only Known Copy [Broadside]. [Execution]. Rush, James Bloomfield [1800-1849]. The Awful Execution and Confession of James Bloomfield Rush, Who was Executed on Saturday Morning at Norwich. Exeter: W. Cooper, Printer, [1849]. 19-1/2" x 14-3/4" broadside, text in three columns below headline and woodcut vignette. Moderate toning, faint horizontal and vertical..... More
Carriages Over One Ton Banned "Upon Pain of Our Heavy Indignation" [Broadside]. [Highways]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of England. By the King. A Proclamation for Restraint of Excessive Carriages, To the Destruction of the High Ways. London: Imprinted...by Robert Barker and by the Assignes of Iohn Bill, 1635. 14-1/4" x...... More
"A Worthy and Painful Work" Brooke, Sir Robert [d.1558]. La Graunde Abridgement, Collecte & Escrie per le Iudge Tresreverend Syr Robert Brooke Chivalier, Nadgairs Chiefe Iustice del Common Banke. London: In Aedibus Richardi Tottell, 1576. [iv], 351 ff. [And] La Secounde Part du Graunde Abridgment....London: In Aedibus Richardi Tottell, 1576..... More
Distinctions Between Civil and Criminal Matters in Canon Law Chiericato, Giovanni Maria [1633-1717]. Discordiae Forenses Civiles et Criminales in Duos Tomos Distributae. Venice: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1766. Two volumes. xxiv, 487; xx, 349 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Folio (15-1/4" x 9-1/4"). Contemporary flexible vellum, thong ties, early hand-lettered..... More
Apprentices, Journeymen and the Industrial Revolution Chitty, Joseph [1776-1841]. A Practical Treatise on the Law Relative to Apprentices and Journeymen, And Exercising Trades. London: Printed for W. Clarke and Sons, 1812. iv, 169, [4] pp. Forms. 1 pp. publisher advertisement at rear of text. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary three-quarter..... More
With "An Essay on Christian Government" [Cock, Charles George]. English-Law: Or, A Summary Survey of the Household of God on Earth; And that Both Before and Under the Law; And that Both of Moses and the Lord Jesus. Historically Opening the Purity and Apostacy of Believers in the Successions of..... More
D'Anvers Substantially Revised Translation of "A New Departure in the Literature of Abridgments" D'Anvers, Knightly. [Rolle, Henry (1589-1656)]. A General Abridgment of the Common Law, Alphabetically Digested Under Proper Titles, With Notes and References to the Whole. With Three Tables: The First, Of the Several Titles. The Second, Of the..... More
Against the Ideals of the French Revolution d'Ayala, Sebastiano [1744-1817]. De la Liberte et de l'Egalite des Hommes et des Citoyens, Avec des Considerations sur Quelques Noveaux Dogmes Politiques. Pavia: Chez Balthasard Comino, 1793. xv, [1], 416 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary patterned wrappers, handwritten title label to head..... More
Handsome French Edition of Damhouder on Guardian and Ward Damhouder (Damhoudere), Josse (Joost) de [1507-1581]. Le Refuge et Garand des Pupilles, Orphelins, Et Prodigues: Traite Fort Utille et Necessaire a tous Legistes, Practiciens, Iusticiers & Officiers, Aorne de Figures Convenables a la Matiere. Antwerp: Chez Iean Bellere, 1567. [xiv], 133..... More
McDade 240: "How Wretched is the Man Who's Wise Too Late" Daniels, Thomas H. [d. 1819]. Some Particulars of the Life of Thomas H. Daniels, Alias Daniel H. Thomas, Who Was Apprehended in Newport on the 29th November on Suspicion of Being Concerned in the Robbery and Murder of Mr..... More
Limited Edition of A Persian Pearl Signed by Darrow Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. A Persian Pearl And Other Essays. East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1899. 175 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Original quarter reversed calf over paper-covered boards, gilt title to front board, gilt fillets and title to spine, deckle..... More
An Authority Second Only to the Year Books Dyer, Sir James [1512-1582]. Cy Ensuont Ascuns Novel Cases, Collectes per le Iades Tresreverend Iudge, Mounsieur Iasques Dyer, Chiefe Iustice del Common Banke. London: In Aedibus Richardi Tottelli, 1592. [iv], 62, 65-377, [1] ff. Complete. Folio (11" x 7-1/2"). Near-contemporary speckled calf..... More
![Item #75082 Three Learned Readings [With] A Little Treatise [And] Cases of Treason. Sir James...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/75082.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1677009956)
An Attractive Collection of Legal Tracts Dyer, Sir James [1512-1582]. Brograve, Sir John [d.1613]. Risden, Thomas. Three Learned Readings Made Upon Three Very Usefull Statutes: The First [...] Upon the Statute of 32.H.8.Chap.I. Of Wills, [...] The Second, [...] Upon the Statute of 27.H.8.Chap.10. Concerning Jointures. The Third, [...] Upon..... More
"The Protestant Joiner" [Execution]. [Great Britain]. College (Colledge), Stephen [c.1635-1681]. A True Copy of the Dying Words of Mr. Stephen Colledge, Left in Writing Under His Own Hand, And Confirmed by Him at the Time of Execution, August 31. 1681. At Oxford. Published by His Own Relations. London: Printed for..... More
"Taken Exactly from His Mouth at the Place of Execution" [Execution]. [Great Britain]. College (Colledge), Stephen [c.1635-1681]. The Speech and Carriage of Stephen Colledge Before the Castle at Oxford, Wednesday, Aug. 31. 1681. Taken Exactly from His Mouth at the Place of Execution. London: Printed for T. Bassett, And John..... More
![Item #74542 La Nouvelle Natura Breviu[m] du Iudge Tresreverende Monsieur Anthony. Sir Anthony...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/74542.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1669934978)
A Work Highly Esteemed by Coke and Blackstone in a Handsome Contemporary Binding [Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony (1470-1538)]. [Rastell, William (1508?-1565), Table of Contents]. La Nouvelle Natura Breviu[m] du Iudge Tresreverende Monsieur Anthony Fitzherbert, Denierement Renue &. Corrige per Laucteur, Avecques un Table Perfecte des Choses Notables Contenus en Ycell, Novelment..... More
First Edition of Fitzherbert's Important JP Manual Edited by Crompton Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony [1470-1538]. Crompton, Richard (fl. 1573-1599), Editor. [West, William (1568-1594), Compiler of Index]. Loffice et Aucthoritie de Iustices de Peace, In Part Collect per le Iades Tresreverend Iudge, Mounsieur A. Fitzherbert, Et ore Enlarge per Richard Crompton, Un..... More
"A Systematic Plan Adopted by Dishonourable Men, And Notorious Swindlers" [Friends of Commerce]. A Caution to Bankers, Merchants, And Manufacturers Against a Series of Commercial Frauds Prevalent Throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Edinburgh: Printed and Sold for Friends of Commerce in England, Scotland, And Ireland, 1831. 148, [iv], ii, ii..... More
A Well-Regarded Guide to Chancery Practice Gray, John [1807-1875]. The Country-Solicitor's Practice in the High Court of Chancery; To Which is Added the Country Practice in Matters Conducted in the Crown Office of the Court of King's Bench; Also the Practice on Issuing a Country Fiat in Bankruptcy; The Practice..... More
"Idle Belches Against the Common Law" [Great Britain]. A Person of Honour. Defensio Legis, Or, The Whole State of England Inquisited and Defended for General Satisfaction. By a Person of Honour. London: Printed for and are to be sold by George Savile, 1674. [iv], 313, [4] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x...... More
An Ambitious Experiment in Urban Planning [Great Britain]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of England. A Decree of Starre-Chamber: Concerning Inmates, And Divided Tenements, In London or Three Miles About: Made the Fourteenth of February Last Past. 1636. London: Imprinted...by Robert Barker and by the Assignes of Iohn Bill, 1636 [i.e...... More
Jefferson Owned a Copy of this Digest [Great Britain]. [Court of Common Pleas]. [Court of King's Bench]. Judgements as They Were Upon Solemne Arguments Given in the Upper-Bench and Common-pleas, Upon the Most Difficult Points in All Manner of Actions: Together with the Terms and Number-Rolls, In Which the Same..... More
A Landmark in Poor Law Reform [Great Britain]. [Poor Laws]. Orders and Directions, Together With a Commission for the Better Administration of Iustice, And More Perfect Information of His Maiestie; How, And by Whom the Lawes and Statutes Tending to the Reliefe of the Poore, The Well Ordering and Training..... More
A Strident Critique of Universal Land Registration [Great Britain]. [Real Property]. Reasons Against a Registry for Lands, &c. Shewing Briefly, The Great Disadvantages, Charges and Inconveniences that May Accrue to the Whole Nation in General Thereby, Much Over-Ballancing the Particular Advantages that are Imagined to Arise Therefrom; In Answer to..... More
Rare Edition of a Classic Guide to Coroners and Sheriffs Greenwood, William. BOULEUTERION, Or, A Practical Demonstration of County-Judicatures. Wherein is Amply Explained the Judicial and Ministerial Authority of Sheriffs and Coroners. Together with the Original, Jurisdiction, And Method of Keeping All Countrey Courts. London: Printed for John Place, and..... More
With a Tipped-In Alexander Hamilton Signature Hamilton, Alexander [1757-1804]. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, [Alexander Hamilton,] On the Subject of Manufactures, Made the Fifth of December, 1791. Printed by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph R.A. Skerrett, Jan. 1, 1824. vii, [9]-143 pp. 12mo..... More
A Rare Review of the Laws on Stolen Goods [Hargrave, Francis (1741?-1821)]. A Review of the Laws Against the Knowingly Receiving of Stolen Goods: And a Proposal for Making a New Law on That Subject. London: [s.n.], 1770. [ii], ii, 47 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate..... More
Hemard's Witty View of French Family Law 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 Paternelle. X. De la Minorite. XI. De la Majorite. Paris: Rene Kieffer, [1925]. [vi], 126..... More
The French Tax Code with Witty Illustrations by Hemard Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees. Texte Integral des Lois, Decrets, Decrets-Lois, Decret de Codification, Suivi d'un Formulaire Administratif. Paris: Editions Litteraires et Artistiques/Librairie "Le Triptyque", [1944]. x, 332 pp. Color pochoir caption and text..... More
First Edition of The Common Law in the Scarce Law-Calf Binding Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. The Common Law. Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1881. [i]-xvi, 422 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Original law calf, rebacked retaining existing spine with raised bands and lettering piece, blind frames to boards, hinges..... More
A Notable Reformer Reports On Quarantine Conditions Howard, John [1726-1790]. An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; With Various Papers Relative to the Plague: Together with Further Observations on Some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals; And Additional Remarks on the Present State of Those in Great Britain and Ireland. Warrington..... More
PMM 224: A Landmark Study of Prisons Howard, John [1726-1790]. The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, With Preliminary Observations, And an Account of Some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals. Warrington: Printed by William Eyres; And Sold by T. Cadell, 1780. [vi], 449, [19] pp. 11 copperplates, 9 folding..... More
Interleaved and Annotated First Italian Edition of the 1810 Napoleonic Penal Code [Kingdom of Italy]. [Code Napoleon]. [Piantanida, Luigi (b.1770)]. Codice dei Delitti e Delle Pene pel Regno D'Italia. Edizione Ufficiale. Milan: Dalla Reale Stamperia, 1810. 176 pp. Interleaved. Octavo (8-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary paper boards, inked title to spine..... More
The Law of Carriers, Hotels, Bars and Warehouses Jeremy, Henry. The Law of Carriers, Inn-Keepers, Warehousemen, And Other Depositories of Goods for Hire. London, Printed: New York: Reprinted and Published by I. Riley, 1816. vii, 163 [i.e. 139], [5] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards..... More
"One of the Most Remarkable Books of All Time" Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. An Essay on the Law of Bailments. London: Printed by J. Nichols; For Charles Dilly, 1781. [iv], 130, [2] pp. With a half-title, errata leaf at rear of text. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets..... More
Revolution-Era New York Edition of a Popular JP Manual [Justice of the Peace Manual]. The Young Clerk's Vade Mecum: Or, Compleat Law-Tutor. Being a Useful Collection of a Great Variety of the Most Approved Precedents in the Law, And Adapted to Almost Every Transaction in Life Wherein an Attention to..... More
Early Edition of Keilwey's Reports with Contemporary Annotations Keilwey, Robert [1497-1581]. [Caryll, John, Reporter]. Croke, Sir John [1553-1620], Editor. Relationes Quorundam Casuum Selectorum ex Libris Rob: Keilwey Ar: Qui Temporib[us] Foelicissimae Memoriae Regis Henrici Septimi, & Inclitissimi Regis Henrici Octavi, Emerserunt, & In Prioribus Impressionibus Relationum de Terminis Illorum Regum..... More
An Unrecorded Defense of the Legal Profession from "Prejudice and Misconception" [Lawyers]. [Great Britain]. An Essay on the Law; Being a Summary View of the Profession of a Solicitor, In Opposition to Prejudice and Misconception. London: Printed by A.J. Valpy for W. Reed, 1811. [ii], 40 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x...... More
Handwriting Evidence is Not Enough to Convict Le Vayer de Boutigny, Roland [1627-1685]. A Dissertation Shewing the Invalidity of All Proof by Similitude of Hands, In Criminal Cases. The Whole Collected from the Civil Law and Other Distinguished Authorities, Founded on the Principles of Reason and Equity, And Digested with..... More
Unrecorded Handbill Issued to "House-Keepers" [London]. [Sanitation]. The Duty of Inhabitants, &c by the Acts in Force for Cleaning and Paving the Streets. [London: S.n., c.1690]. 4-1/2" x 7" handbill, untrimmed edges. Light soiling, vertical fold through center, three horizontal folds, a few minor tears along folds. $1,250. * Issued..... More
![Item #74566 Apophtegmata CC Nunc Primum Edita [with] Tractatus de Maiore Annorum. Marco Mantova...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/74566.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1671470033)
Maxims on Marriage, Inheritance and Other Aspects of Family Law Mantova Benavides, Marco [1489-1582]. Apophtegmata CC. Nunc Primum Edita, Ultra CCCCC. Alias Impressa, Cla. Iureconsul. Publicoque Interprete, D. Marco Mantova, Bonavito, Patavino, Auctore Inter Quae VII Etiam Quaestio. Insertae Sunt, Disputatae ad Partes, Nec Minus ad Usum Quotidianum Necessariae, Quam..... More
Grand Jury Documents from Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania [Manuscript Archive]. [Pennsylvania]. [Six Manuscript Grand Jury Indictments]. [Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 1832-1839]. Six documents, ranging in size from 5-1/4" x 3-1/4" to 6-1/2" x 3-1/4" (folded, averaging 12" x 7-3/4" unfolded), each with text to recto and docket to verso. Moderate toning, light soiling..... More
An Eighteenth-Century English Manuscript Compilation of Forms and Cases [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. [Collection of Forms and Cases]. [Great Britain, 1777]. [iv], 177 pp. Folio (12-1/4" x 8"). Disbound, light soiling to exterior, light rubbing to corners of text block, first signature partially detached but secure, leaf containing pp. 21-22 detached..... More
The Perils of the Highway in Hanoverian England [Manuscript]. [Highway Robbery]. [Document Recording a Reward Granted for the Conviction of Highway Robber Benjamin Branch]. [London, February 28, April 6, 1728]. 10-1/2" x 7-1/2" vellum leaf, text in neat hands to recto and verso. Light soiling, a few smudges and minor..... More
A Carefully Organized Scottish Manuscript Precedent Book [Manuscript]. [Scotland]. [Precedent (Style) Book]. Edinburgh?, 1763-1764. 171 pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary wallet binding, quarter sheep over marbled paper-covered stiff wrappers, fastener lacking, silk ribbon bookmarks. Rubbing and light wear, marble detaching from wrappers in places, fore-edge of wrappers torn and..... More
"An Immediate and Universal Abolition of that Abominable Traffic the African Slave-Trade" [Manuscript]. [Slavery]. [Great Britain]. Requisition to the Mayor for Common Hall Respecting Slave Trade [Docket Title]. Rochester, Kent, July 4, 1814. 2 pp. 8-3/4" x 7-1/4" bifolium, text in copperplate script to first page followed by 28 autograph..... More
A Court Document in Taney's Hand, Signed by Taney [Manuscript]. Taney, Roger B. [1777-1864]. [Court Document in Taney's Hand, Signed by Taney, Frederick County, MD, February 1, 1817]. 2 pp. 13-1/4" x 8" leaf, docketed on verso. Moderate toning, untrimmed edges, three horizontal fold lines with short tears at ends..... More
Includes a Wealth of Detail About the Interior of One of New York City's Grandest Apartment Buildings [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Francis Brothers & Jellett v. Tiffany]. Supreme Court, New York Co. Francis Brothers & Jellett Against Tiffany Studios, Impleaded With the Onward Constuction Company, And Others Before Hamilton Odell, Esq., Referee..... More
Testimony Given at the Trial of a Rye House Plotter [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Rye House Plot]. Walcot, Thomas [1625-1683], Defendant. [Indenture of Testimony Given at the Trial of Thomas Walcot]. London, July 27, [1683]. 2 pp. 21" x 16-1/2" sheet with text in single neat hand to recto and verso, top..... More
A Radical Response to the Louisiana Purchase Massachusetts Farmer. [Lowell, John, Jr. (1769-1840)]. Thoughts in a Series of Letters, In Answer to a Question Respecting the Division of the States. [Boston?]: S.n., [1813]. 24 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain blue (sugar paper) wrappers, untrimmed edges. Light..... More
"We Ascribe This Horrible Deed More to Principle Than to Depravity" Merritt, Timothy. A Discourse on the Horrid Murder of Capt. James Purrinton's Family, Of Augusta, Delivered in Bowdoinham, July 20, 1806. Augusta, [ME]: Printed...by Peter Edes, 1806. 23 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers, recently..... More
An Impressive, Alphabetically Digested Synthesis of Divine Law Montholon, Jean de [d.1528]. Promptuarium Divini Iuris et Utriusq[ue] Humani, Pontificii & C[a]esarei Celebriores Eiusdem Divini Iuris, & Historias / & Sententias, Humanis Iuribus Tum Annotatas Tum Elucidatas, Sub Alphabetia Serie Complectens. Paris: In Aedibus Henrici Stephani [and Simon de Colines], 1520..... More
1771 Compilation of New Hampshire Laws [New Hampshire]. Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New-England. With Sundry Acts of Parliament. By Order of the General Assembly. To Which is Prefixed the Commissions of President John Cuttss, Esq.; and His Excellency John Wentworth, Esq. Portsmouth: Printed by..... More
A Classic Roman-Dutch Treatise on Arrest Peck, Pieter [1529-1589]. Van Leeuwen, Simon [1626-1682], Translator and Editor. Verhandelinghe van Handt-Opleggen ende Besetten: Dat is, Arrest op Persoon Ende Goederen, Eertijdts Beschreven door Petrum Peckium. Ende nu Vertaelt, Ende Doorgaens met de Daghelijxsche Onderhoudinghe van Het Geene tot de Selve Stoffe, Uyt..... More
A Thorough Guide to Pleading, Jefferson Owned a Copy [Pleading]. [Great Britain]. Placita Generalia et Specialia. In an Exact Collection of the Most Usefull and Necessary Presidents of Declarations, Plaints, Demurrers, Pleas in Barr, Abatement and Disability, Issues, Verdicts, Judgments by Confession, And After Verdict: With Variety of Process Relating..... More
A Treatise on Usury Critical of Bentham Plowden, Francis [1749-1829]. A Treatise Upon the Law of Usury and Annuities. London: Printed for J. Butterworth, Fleet-Street, 1797. [ii], xx, 570 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, blind fillets, retained contemporary letting piece and gilt publication date..... More
The Leading Elizabethan-Era Authority on Criminal Law Pulton, Ferdinand(o) [1536-1618], Compiler. An Abstract of All the Penall Statutes Which be Generall, In Force and Use: Wherein is Conteined the Effect of All Those Statutes, Which Doe Threaten to the Offenders Thereof, The Losse of Life, Member, Lands, Goods, Or Other..... More
One of the Great Landmarks of Sixteenth-Century English Legal Literature [Rastell, William (1508-1565), Compiler]. A Collection of all the Statutes, From the Beginning of Magna Carta, Unto this Present Yere of Our Lord God. 1574. [London]: In Aedibus Richardi Tottelli, 1574. [viii], 689 [i.e. 687] ff. Main text in parallel..... More
Scarce Sixteenth-Century Compilation of Saxon Law [Saxony]. Ordnungen, Hertzog Ernsten, Hertzog Albrechten, Hertzog Moritzen, un[d] Hertzog Augusten, Chur und Fursten zu Sachssen, &c.: So Ihre Chur und Furstliche Gnaden, In Sachen Policei, Visitation, Hoffgerichte und Andere Notwendige Articul Belangende, Vor dieser Zeit in Derselben Landen Auffgericht, Und in Druck Vorfertigen..... More
"Shewing the True Spirit of That Persecuting Religion" [Serres, Etienne (fl.1685-1688)]. D'Assas, Claude, Translator. Popish Cruelty Exemplified, In the Various Sufferings of Mr. Serres, And Several Other French Gentlemen, For the Sake of Conscience. Shewing the True Spirit of that Persecuting Religion, And What May be Expected from It, If..... More
Sheppard's Plan to Reform Conveyancing Sheppard, William [fl. 1660]. [Browne, William, Editor]. The President of Presidents. Or, One General President for All Common Assurances by Deeds: Being a Perfect Abstract of the General Learning and Forms of Presidents, Touching or Any Ways Relating to All Conveyances Now in Use. Illustrated..... More
Payouts for Former British Enslavers [Slavery]. [Great Britain]. William IV [1765-1837], King of Great Britain. An Act for Carrying into Further Execution Two Acts of His Present Majesty, Relating to the Compensation for Slaves Upon the Abolition of Slavery, And for Facilitating the Distribution and Payment of Such Compensation. London..... More
Ostracized for His Sympathy Towards Irish Convicts [Stanford, Sir Robert (1806-1877)]. Loyalty and its Reward; Or, Justice Versus Law, At the Cape of Good Hope, In the Nineteenth Century. Cape Town: Mathew, Chevens, And Bryant, Machine Printers, 1859. 255 pp. Leaves B1-3 (pp. 9-14) lacking and supplied in fascimile. Octavo..... More
"A Major Step in the Transformation of Equity" Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence, As Administered in England and America. Revised, Corrected, And Enlarged. London: Reprinted...Under the Direction and Sanction of the Learned Author, By A. Maxwell, 1839. Two volumes. [i], xxxiii, 773; xl, 947 pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x...... More
First English Edition of Story on Agency Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Law of Agency, As a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Jurisprudence, With Occasional Illustrations from the Civil & Foreign Law. London: Reprinted Under the Direction and Sanction of the Learned Author, By A. Maxwell, 1839. xxiv, 476..... More
Thou Shalt Steal [Swift, Richard (fl.1765)]. Dick Swift Thieftaker of the City of London. Teaching His Son the Commandments. [London]: S.n., 1765. 15-1/2" x 10" (image size 12-1/2" x 9") etching. Toning, light foxing and soiling, light edgewear and chipping not affecting image, small faint dampstain to lower right corner..... More
"Collect All and Every the Sums of Money" [Taxation]. [Massachusetts]. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, &c., Jeremiah Allen, Gent. Treasurer and Receiver General for His Majesty's Said Province. To [Mr. Ebenezer Waer] Constable or Collector of the Town of [Wrentham] Greeting &c. [Boston], October 6, 1718. 7-3/4" x 8-1/2 part-printed document..... More
An Early Example of International Arbitration [Treaties]. [First Anglo-Dutch War, 1652-1654]. Articles of Peace, Union and Confederation, Concluded and Agreed Between his Highness Oliver Lord Protector of the Common-Wealth of England, Scotland & Ireland, And the Dominions Thereto Belonging. And the Lords the States General of the United Provinces of..... 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
Defended By a Distinguished Anglo-Irish Barrister [Trial]. Blake, Martin Joseph, Defendant. Crim. Con. A Full, Faithful, & Impartial Report of that Curious, Extraordinary and Interesting Trial with Speeches of Counsel and Judge's Charge, In the Case Wherein Mark Browne, Esq., Was Plaintiff and Martin Jos. Blake, Esq., Defendant, In an..... More
With Interesting Commentary on Irish and English Morals [Trial]. Cavendish Bradshaw, Augustus [1768-1832], Defendant. The Trial at Large on an Action for Damages, Brought in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, Before the Right Hon. Lord Chief Baron Yelverton and a Jury of Citizens, On Saturday the 20th of February, 1796;..... More
Rare Unrecorded Report of a Sensational 1775 Murder Trial, The Only One With a Portrait of the Defendant [Trial]. Butterfield, Jane, Defendant. An Explicit Account of the Remarkable Trial at Croydon in Surry, August the 19th, 1775 of Miss Jane Butterfield, On a Charge of Poisoning the Late William Scawen..... More
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Daniel Webster for the Defense [Trials]. Jackman, Joseph. Goodridge, Elijah Putnam [1787-1851], Defendant. The Sham-Robbery, Committed by Elijah Putnam Goodridge on His Own Person, In Newbury Near Essex Bridge, Dec. 19, 1816: With a History of His Journey to the Place Where he Robbed Himself: and His Trial with Mr..... More
"One of Those Legal Marathons Peculiar to the United States": McDade 576 [Trial]. Kring, Charles F., Defendant. [Kring, Eugene]. Love and Law, In Two Parts. Part I. The Only True History of the Killing of Mrs. Dora C.J. Broemser, by Chas. F. Kring: Together with the Autobiography of the Latter..... 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
An Interesting Mutiny, Murder, and Piracy Trial, Joseph Story Presided: McDade 1103 [Trial]. Williams, John, Primary Defendant. The Trial of John Williams, Francis Frederick, John P. Rog, Nils Peterson and Nathaniel White, On an Indictment for Murder on the High Seas: Before the Circuit Court of the United States, Holden..... More
The Trial of "Weeping Billy" [Trials]. Greenaway, Thomas, Defendant. Duncan, William, Defendant. Maycock, John, Defendant. Pope, John, Defendant. Augustus, John, Defendant. The Trial of Weeping Billy, For the Wilful Murder of Ann Webb. Also, the Trials of William Duncan, For the Wilful Murder of W. Chivers, Esq., John Maycock and..... 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 Medical Establishment vs. Homeopathy [Trials]. Massachusetts Medical Society. Trial of William Bushnell, M.D., Milton Fuller, M.D., Samuel Gregg, M.D., H.L.H. Hoffendahl, M.D., George Russell, M.D., I.T. Talbot, M.D., David Thayer, M.D., And Benj. H. West, M.D., All of Boston, for Practicing Homoeopathy, While They Were Members of the Massachusetts..... More
Guide to Notaries in the Holy Roman Empire With a Handsome Title Page Volckmann, Adam [1612-1664]. Beyer, Georg [1665-1714], Editor. Volckmannus Emendatus, Sive, Manuale Advocatorum et Notariorum: Hand-Buch vor Advocaten und Notarien, So Bisshero unter dem Titul: Adam Volckmanns Notariat-Kunst zu Vielen Mahlen Edirt und Gebessert, Nunmehr aber Durch und..... More
Comprehensive (and Scarce) Eighteenth-Century Treatise on Insurance Weskett, John. A Complete Digest of the Theory, Laws, And Practice of Insurance; Compiled from the Best Authorities in Different Languages, Which are Quoted and Referred to Throughout the Work; And Arranged in Alphabetical Order, Under Many Select Heads, With Ample References, And..... More
The Last Digest of English Statute Law Williams, Thomas Walter [1763-1833]. A Compendious Digest of the Statute Law, Comprising the Substance and Effect of All the Public Acts of Parliament in Force, From Magna Charta in the Ninth Year of King Henry III. To the Twenty-Seventh Year of His Present..... More
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Complete Run of 20 Year Books of Edward IV [Year Books]. Edward IV [1442-1483], King of England. De Termino Michaelis Anno Primo Eduardi Quarti. [London: Imprinted...In Fleetstrete within Temple Barre at the signe of the hande and starre, by Richard Tottill, Anno. 1556 [i.e. 1571?]]. x ff. [Bound with] [19..... More