September 19, 2023
Highlights in this list include:
Handsomely Bound Copy of The Most Lavish Edition of The Comic Blackstone A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott [1811-1856]. A'Beckett, Arthur William [1844-1909], Editor. Furniss, Harry [1854-1925], Illustrator. The Comic Blackstone. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. xxviii, 324 pp. 10 color lithographed plates (including a frontispiece), all with tissue guards, 19 text..... More
Scarce Treatise on Private Bills [Adams, Benjamin]. Practical Instructions on the Passing of Private Bills Through Both Houses of Parliament, Containing the Standing Orders of Lords and Commons to the End of the Session of 1827: Together with Forms for All Necessary Documents. The Whole Carefully Revised, Corrected, And Greatly..... More
"To Confirme to His Subiects Their Defective Estates" [Broadside]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of England. By the King. A Proclamation Declaring His Maiesties Royall Grace and Pleasure, To Confirme to His Subiects Their Defective Estates in Their Lands and Possessions, By His Commission Lately Renewed and Enlarged to That Purpose..... More
"All Men Being in Office of Government...Shall So Continue Till His Highness Further Direction" [Broadside]. Cromwell, Richard [1626-1712], Lord Protector. By the Protector. A Proclamation Signifying His Highness Pleasure, That All Men Being in Office of Government, At the Decease of His Most Dear Father, Oliver Late Lord Protector, Shall..... More
Rare 1656 Proclamation of Taxes to Support Piacenza's Army [Broadside]. [Taxation]. [Italy]. Grida Sopra le Ultime Impositioni Fatte per Pagare la Soldatesca. Piacenza: Per li Stampatori Camerali, 1656. 20-1/2" x 15" broadside, printed on one side, text in two columns separated by vertical rule below headline and woodcut arms of..... More
Davenport's Synopsis of Coke on Littleton Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. Davenport, Sir Humphrey [1566-1645]. Synopsis or, An Exact Abridgement of The Lord Cokes Commentaries upon Littleton: Being A Briefe Explanation of the Grounds of the Common Law. Composed by that Famous and Learned Lawyer, Sir Humphrey Davenport Knight, Heretofore Reader..... More
A Rare 1784 Digest of English Election Laws [Elections]. [Great Britain]. Abstract of the Laws Respecting Elections in England and Wales. London: S.n., 1784. iii, [1], 5-59, [1] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling and browning to title page and verso offinal leaf, moderate toning to..... More
Convicted for Poaching Trout [Game Law]. [Great Britain]. [Notice of Conviction for Poaching, Leek, Staffordshire, England, June 8, 1874]. 13-1/4" x 8-3/4" single sheet, part-printed document on blue paper completed in manuscript, wax seals at foot next to signatures. Horizontal fold line to center, two minor creases to lower right..... 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
Public and Private Acts of Parliament, 1724-1725 [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. George I [1660-1727], King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Undecimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster, the Ninth Day of October, Anno Dom. 1722. In the Ninth Year of the Reign..... More
22 Henry VIII [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. Henry VIII [1491-1547], King of England. Anno Vicesimo Secundo Henrici Octavi. Statuta Bonum Publicum Concernentia Edita In. Perliamento Tento Apud Westm. XVI. Die Ianuarii, Anno Regni Praepotentissimi et Metuendissimi Anglie et Francie Regis, Fidei Defensoris, Et Domini Hiberniae, Henrici Octaui. xxii. Post Diversas Prorogationes..... More
![Item #77366 De Iure [Jure] Belli Ac Pacis Libri Tres: in Quibus Jus Naturae. Hugo. B. J. A. de...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/77366.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694026242)
Handsome Critical Edition of De Jure Belli ac Pacis Grotius, Hugo [1583-1645]. De Kanter-van Hettinga Tromp, B.J.A., Editor. De Iure Belli Ac Pacis Libri Tres: in Quibus Jus Naturae & Gentium: Item Juris Publici Praecipua Explicantur. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1939. xvi, 917 pp. Folio (12-3/4" x 8"). Original three-quarter calf-stamped..... More
Murdered by a Jealous (and Insane?) Ex-Lover [Hackman, James (1752-1779)]. The Case and Memoirs of the Late Rev. Mr. James Hackman, And of His Acquaintance with the Late Miss Martha Reay: With a Commentary on His Conviction, Distinguishing Between His Crime in Particular, And That of Others Who have been..... More
Guide to the First Major Legislation to Regulate the Purity of Food and Drugs Hedderwick, T[homas] C[harles] H[unter] [1850-1918]. The Sale of Food and Drugs. The Acts of 1875 and 1879 (With Notes of the Reported Cases Decided Since the Acts Became Law). London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1894. xii, 101..... More
Early English Edition of The Common Law Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. The Common Law. London: Macmillan & Co., 1882. [i]-xvi, 422 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Original russet textured cloth, black rules and triple frames to boards, gilt title to spine triple black-stamped to spine ends. Light rubbing to..... More
An Important Early Study of the Church of England's Authority Hooker, Richard [1554?-1600]. Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, Eight Bookes. London: Printed by Will: Stansby, and are to be sold by Mat: Lownes, 1617 [i.e. 1622?]. [iv], 207, [15], 181-453, [3], 10, 466-583, [17] pp. First leaf, a blank..... More
![Item #77612 Lex Terrae, Or, A Brief Discourse [Bound with Four Titles]. David Jenkins](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/77612.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694554932)
Tracts Written by a Prominent Royalist While Imprisoned in the Tower of London Jenkins, David [1582-1663]. Lex Terrae: Or, A Briefe Discourse Collected Out of the Fundamentall Lawes of the Land, Wherein it is Proved that the Supream Power in this Kingdome is in the King Onely, And Not in..... More
Rare Early Index to Hungarian Law [Nadasdy, Ferenc (1622-1671)]. Cynosura Iuristarum Loca Decretalia, Et Articulos Novissimarum Constitutionum Inclyti Regni Hungariae, Usque ad Annum 1659. Inclusive, Sub Titulis Ordine Alphabetico Collectis, Breviter Repraesentans. Pottendorff: Per Hieronymum Verdussen, 1668. [ii], 269, [1] pp. Interleaved. Woodcut consanguinity diagram to p. 75. Octavo (6-1/2"..... More
Conductor Generalis Printed by Hugh Gaine, 1788 Parker, James [1714-1770]. [Van Schaack, Peter (1747-1832), Editor]. The Conductor Generalis: Or, the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, Jury-Men, and Overseers of the Poor. As Also the Office of Clerks of Assize, and of..... More
The Application of Scientific and Logical Methods to Legal Practice [Practice]. [Great Britain]. Elements of the Logical and Experimental Sciences Considered in Their Relation to the Practice of the Law. London: Henry Butterworth, Law Bookseller and Publisher, 1835. viii, [ii], 500; 39, [1] pp. Main text followed by 40 pp..... More
A Rare Introduction to Hungarian and Transylvanian Law [Repszeli, Laszlo (1703-1763)]. Syntagma Juris Hungarici Complectens Etiam Peculiares Transylvaniae Leges. Dun in Alma Udvarhelin. S.J. Residentia Positiones Prooemiales Logicase Publice Propugnandas Suscep[it?] Spectabilis, Ac Eruditus D. Joannes Georgius Nagy de Csatar Logicae Studiosus, Praedise R.P. Emerico Pallovics e S.J. AA.LL. &..... More
![Item #77416 The Bermondsey Murder: A Full Report [with] The Only Correct. Trial, Frederick George...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/77416.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1692751806)
Thomas McDade's Copy [Trial]. Manning, Frederick George [1820-1849], Defendant. Manning, Maria [1821-1849], Defendant. The Bermondsey Murder. A Full Report of the Trial of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning, For the Murder of Patrick O'Connor, At Minver-Place, Bermondsey, On the 9th of August, 1849. Including Memoirs of Patrick O'Connor, Frederick..... More
Martial Law in the Aftermath of the American Civil War [Trials]. [Civil War]. Andrews, Edward W., Primary Defendant. Letter of the Secretary of War, Communicating, In Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1865, Copies of the Records and Proceedings, With the Review of the Same by..... More
A Rare Hungarian Layman's Guide Vojdisek, Joseph (Jozsef). Der Ungarische Hausadvocat. Ein Theoretisch-Practisches Handbuch zur Abfassung Verschiedener im Burgerlichen Leben Vorkommender Geschaftsaufsatze. Budapest: Verlag Von C.A. Hartleben, 1831. [vi], 207, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Original printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Moderate soiling and a few minor stains, light wear..... More
An Important Compilation of Hungarian Customary Law Werboczi, Istvan [1465-1541]. Werboczius Illustratus: Sive Decretum Tripartitum Juris Consuetudinarii Inclyti Regni Hungariae, A Magistro Stephano de Werbocz Jusso Regio, Olim Compilatum, Duorum, & Quod Excurrit, Seculorum Usu Roboratum: Nunc Primum in Paragraphos Distinctum, & Notis, Ac Observationibus Juridicis, In Usum Praesertim Tyronum..... More
An Early Treatise on Mining Claims in California Yale, Gregory [1816-1871]. Legal Titles to Mining Claims and Water Rights, In California, Under the Mining Law of Congress, Of July, 1866. San Francisco: A. Roman & Company, 1867. xxiii, [2], 10-452, [2] pp. With 2 pp. of publisher advertisements. Octavo (8-3/4"..... More
![Item #77531 De Termino Michaelis Anno Primo Eduardi Quarti [Bound with] 20 Year. Year Books,...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/77531.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694026243)
A Complete Set of Individually Printed 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 Hand and Starre, By Rychard Tottel, Anno. 1582. x ff. [Bound with] [19..... More