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. Complete set of parts, as issued. Ten color lithographed plates (one a frontispiece), numerous engravings. Octavo (8-1/2"..... More
"Very Much Esteemed by the Profession" Andrews, George. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, In the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of King George the Second. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1754. [x], 397, [37] pp. Lacking initial advertisement leaf. Folio (12-1/4"..... More
A Classic Satire of Eighteenth-Century English Lawyers and Politicians [Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)]. [Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)]. Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Exemplify'd in the Case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, And Lewis Baboon. Who Spent All They Had in a Law-Suit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet..... More
The Power of Chancery Courts in Matters of Paternal Custody [Beames, John (1781?-1853)]. Observations Upon the Power Exercised by the Court of Chancery, of Depriving a Father of the Custody of His Children. London: John Miller, 1828. 48 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning, negligible light..... More
Collected Pieces of a Distinguished Nineteenth-Century New York City Lawyer Blunt, Joseph [1792-1860]. Speeches, Reviews, Reports, &c. New York: James Van Norden, 1843. [iv], 274 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Original cloth, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to boards, heavier rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends..... More
Rare Verse Account of One of the Most Famous American Crimes of the 1830s [Broadside]. [Murder]. [White, Joseph (1747 or 1748-1830)]. Murder of Joseph White. The Following Lines Were Written on the Death of Mr. Joseph White, Of Salem, Who was Found Murdered in his Bed, April 7, 1830. [Boston?..... More
Offenses Against Public Trade [Broadside]. Raine, J[ohn]. Forestalling Ingrossing and Regrating. Alnwick: Printed by J. Catnach, 1800. 10-3/4" x 8-3/4" broadside, text in single column below headline. Signed in type by Raine. Light toning, light soiling, two horizontal fold lines, a few minor stains, contemporary annotations to verso. A very..... More
Colorfully Illustrated Broadside Concerning a Notable 19th-Century Libel Case in Salem, Massachusetts [Broadside]. [Temperence]. [Cheever, George Barrell (1807-1890)]. Deacon Giles's Distillery. New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, [c. 1865-1867]. 2 pp. 14" x 10-1/4" broadsheet, 2 pp. text in three columns, 6-1/4" x 8-3/4" woodcut below headline. Moderate..... More
"Best Suited to Impart Instruction to the Student" Burrow, Sir James [1701-1782]. Decisions of the Court of King's Bench, Upon Settlement-Cases; From the Death of Lord Raymond, In March 1732, To June 1776, Inclusive. During which time Lord Hardwicke, Sir William Lee, Sir Dudley Ryder, and Lord Mansfield, Presided in..... More
First Edition of a Fifteenth-Century Guide to Legal Study Canis, Johannes Jacobus [d.1490 or 1494]. [De Modo Studendi in Utroque Iure]. [Padua: Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, 1 October 1476]. [22] ff. Last leaf blank. Collation: [a10, b12]. Single-column text. Quarto (7-3/4" x 5-1/4; ; 19.5 x 13.3 cm). Contemporary quarter deerskin..... More
1482 Koberger Imprint of the Clementinae with a Handsome Watercolor Vignette of the Pope with Prelates and Jurists Clement V [1305-1314], Pope. d'Andrea, Giovanni, [c.1270-1348], Glosses. [Constitutiones (Cum Apparatu Joannis Andreae)]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 15 January 1482]. [59] of [60] ff. Text in parallel columns with linear gloss. Lacking initial..... More
Gilbert's Cases in Equity [Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey (1674-1726)]. Reports of Cases in Equity, Argued and Decreed in the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer, Chiefly in the Reign of King George I. By a Late Learned Judge. To Which are Added Some Select Cases in Equity, Heard and Determined in the..... More
Illustrated Throughout with Witty Color Images Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961]. Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard. Paris: Editions Litteraires de France, [c. 1940?]. 169 pp. Numerous pochoir color text illustrations throughout. Quarto (8-3/4" x 7"). Original publisher stiff printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Light soiling, minor dampstaining and a few small..... More
Annotated Throughout in a Contemporary Hand Lane, Richard [1584-1650]. Reports in the Court of Exchequer, Beginning in the Third, And Ending in the Ninth Year of the Raign of the Late King James. Being the First Collection in that Court Hitherto Extant. Containing Severall Cases of Informations Upon Intrusions, Touching..... More
With Interesting Commentary About Law and Society [Manuscript]. [Savoy, France]. Memoire Concernant la Taxe Imposee en 1727 par le Senat de Savoye sur le Clerge du Pais pour la Garde de les Frontieres Contre la Peste. [France: 18th Century]. 28 pp. Folio (8-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary quarter vellum over marbled..... More
1826 Mexican Broadside Announcing the Assignments of the Earliest Circuit Judges for Texas, California and New Mexico [Mexico]. [Judges]. Muzquiz, Melchor [1790-1844]. El Ciudadano Melchor Muzquiz, Coronel de Ejercito, Y Gobernador del Estado Libre de Mexico. [Mexico City]: September 6, 1826. 12" x 8-1/2" broadside, text in single column below..... More
Commentaries on the Decretals of Gregory IX Concerning Marriage and Criminal Procedure by the "Lamp of the Law" Tudeschis, Niccolo de, Archbishop (Abbas Panoramitanus) [1386-1445]. [Lectura Super V Libris Decretalium]. [Basel: Johann Besicken, 1480-1481]. Part VI (of VI). [236] ff. Text in parallel columns. Collation: a-c10, d12, e10, f8, g-k10..... More
A Comparative Study of the Coutumes of Sens Pelee de Chenouteau, [Blaise-Louis]. Conference de la Coutume de Sens, Avec le Droit Romain, Les Ordonnances du Royaume, Et les Autres Coutumes. Ouvrage, Dans Lequel on a Rassemble, Sur Chaque Texte, Les Questions qui Peuvent y Avoir Rapport, Le Sentiment des plus..... More
1795 Pleader by "A Gentleman Of Considerable Knowledge and Experience [Pleading]. [Great Britain]. The Pleader's Assistant; Containing a Select Collection of Precedents of Modern Pleadings, in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, &c. Viz. Declarations, Avowries, Pleas, Replications, Rejoinders, Demurrers, &c. In a Variety of Actions: Including the..... More
"Their General Accuracy, I Believe, Has not Been Questioned" Salkeld, William [1671-1715], Reporter. Reports of Cases Adjudg'd in the Court of King's Bench: With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, And Exchequer, Alphabetically Arranged and Digested Under Proper Heads; From the First Year of K. William..... More
Story Eulogizes An Exemplary Lawyer-Statesman Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Dexter, LL.D. By the Hon. Joseph Story, LL.D. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, And Presiding Judge of the Circ. Court of the U.S. for the First Circuit, As Delivered to the Grand..... More
A Notable Study of German Feudal and Customary Law Stryk, Samuel [1640-1710]. Examen Juris Feudalis, Ex Novissimis Ejus Interpretibus in Gratiam Auditorum Collectum, Ac Methodo Institutionum Dispositum. Accessit Appendix Solennium, Quibus Hodie Apud Imp. Principes Investiuntur, Subjuncta Taxa Dignitatum in Imperio & Vasallagiis. Editio IX. Multo Auctior. Cum Privilegiis Special..... More
Four Interesting English Cases Tried in 1737, Three Concerning Soldiers, One a Cattle Thief [Trials]. [Great Britain]. [Three Cases Concerning Soldiers, One Concerning a Cattle Thief]. London: Printed by John Baskett, 1737. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-3/4"). Five pamphlets, two relating to the same trial, bound into nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over..... More
Final Edition of Ventris's Reports Ventris, Sir Peyton [1645-1691]. The Reports of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt. Late One of the Justices of the Common-Pleas. In Two Parts. The First Part Containing Select Cases Adjudged in the King's Bench, In the Reign of K. Charles II. With Three Learned Arguments, One..... More