Rare 1826 Auction Catalogue of a Fine Law Library in Derby, England [Auction Catalogue]. A Catalogue of the Very Extensive and Valuable Law Library of Mr. Edwards, Solicitor, Derby, To be Sold at Auction, On the Premises, Friar-Gate, Derby, On Thursday, Friday, Saturday, And Monday, The 21st, 22nd, 23rd, And..... More
First English-Language Edition of PMM 209: "One of the Most Influential Books in the Whole History of Criminology" Beccaria, [Cesare Bonesana, Marchese de] [1738-1794]. Voltaire (Arouet, Francois-Marie) [1694-1778]. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments, Translated from the Italian; With a Commentary, Attributed to Mons. De Voltaire, Translated from the French..... More
Early American Edition of "One of the Most Influential Books in the Whole History of Criminology," PMM 209 Beccaria, [Cesare Bonesana, Marchese de] [1738-1794]. Voltaire (Arouet, Francois-Marie) [1694-1778]. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments: By the Marquis Beccaria, Of Milan. With a Commentary by M. De Voltaire. A New Edition..... More
A Curious Hybrid of Two Pirate Editions Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on The Laws of England, In Four Books. The Twelfth Edition. With the Last Corrections of the Author; Additions by Richard Burn, LL.D. And Continued to the Present Time by John Williams, Esq. Dublin: Printed for L. White..... More
Handsome First Edition of Most Popular English Work About Justices of the Peace Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1755. Two volumes. xxvii, [1], 541, [3]; [iii], 573, [11] pp. Three-page publisher advertisement at end of Volume I, another one-page..... More
A Landmark Work in the History of Admiralty Law Curtis, George Ticknor [1812-1894]. A Treatise on the Rights and Duties of Merchant Seamen, According to the General Maritime Law, and Statutes of the United States. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841. xxiv, 456 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2")..... More
An Ambitious Poem by a Nineteenth-Century Baltimore Lawyer Dimmock, Charles Henry (1831-1873). The Modern: A Fragment. Richmond, Published by J. W. Davies & Sons. 1866. 24pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers. Light rubbing to extremities, moderate toning and foxing to text, binding stitch broke, several leaves loose..... More
Crimes of Heresy-And Their Punishment Farinacci, Prospero [1554-1618]. Tractatus de Haeresi. In Quo per Quaestiones, Regulas, Ampliationes, & Limitationes. Quid a Iure Civili, & Canonico. Quid a Sacris Conciliis, Summorumq[ue] Pontificum Constitutionibus Statutum. Quid Verius, & Magis Communiter in hac Materia Receptum Sit. Et Quid Demum in Practica Servetur, Solito..... More
First American Edition of the First English Treatise on Evidence Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey [1674-1726]. The Law of Evidence. Corrected; With Many Additions; And a Complete Table to the Whole. London, Printed: Philadelphia: Re-Printed and Sold by Joseph Cruikshank, 1788. iv, 286, [76] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind..... More
A Rare Eighteenth-Century English Reporter [Great Britain]. [Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Middlesex]. The Proceedings at the Sessions of the Peace, And Oyer and Terminer for the City of London, And County of Middlesex, On Friday the 16th, Saturday the 17th, Monday the 19th, And Tuesday the 20th..... More
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Course Offerings at Harvard Law School, Spring Term, 1849 [Harvard Law School]. Law School of the University at Cambridge. [Caption Title]. Cambridge, MA, January 15, 1849. [2] pp. Single 9-3/4" x 8" blue-paper sheet, blank conjugate leaf lacking, single column text. Horizontal and verical fold lines, left margin a bit..... More
A Witty (And Very French) View of 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]..... More
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First Edition of The Common Law in the Uncommon Green Cloth Binding with a Holmes Autograph Letter, Signed 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 green pebbled cloth, blind double frames to boards, gilt title..... More
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"Historical" and "Legal" Studies of Virginity, Adultery and Prostitution Kornmann, Heinrich [c.1580-c.1640]. Sibylla Tryg-Andriana: De Virginitate, Virginum Statu & Iure Tractatus Novus & Incundus in Quo ex Iure Naturali, Divino, Canonico et Civili, Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis & Prophanis. Frankfurt: Typis Matthiae Beckeri, Impensis Iacobi Fischeri, 1610. 281, [vii] pp. [Bound with]..... More
A Landmark Work on Advocacy by the Great Scottish Jurist Mackenzie, Sir George [1636-1691]. Idea Eloquentiae Forensis Hodiernae: Una cum Actione Forensi ex Unaquaque Juris Parte. Edinburgh: Excudebat Haeredes Andreae Anderson, 1681. [xii], 182 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, later calf lettering piece to spine. Moderate rubbing to..... More
A Landmark Treatise on the Art of Advocacy Mackenzie, Sir George [1636-1691]. An Idea of the Modern Eloquence of the Bar. Together with a Pleading Out of Every Part of Law. Edinburgh: Printed by Mr. Robert Freebairn, 1711. [ii], xxvi, 298 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary red sheep, gilt..... More
Holmes Writes Lady Castletown to Share Thoughts About His Recent Reading and an Anecdote Involving Richard Harding Davis and Charles Dana Gibson [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr [1841-1935]. [Castletown, Lady Clare (1853-1927)]. [Autograph Letter Signed "Yours, OWH" to Lady Clare Castletown, Boston, January 21, 1898]. 10" x 8" bifolium, Massachusetts..... More
1810 Student Notes on Lectures on the Code de Procedure Civile and Code d'Instruction Criminelle [Manuscript]. Jouvent, Barthelemy [d.1821]. Cours de Procedure Civile. Dicte par Monsieur Jouvent, Professeur & Doyen a la Faculte de Droit a Toulouse. Toulouse, 1810. [364] pp. Quarto (8-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary vellum, gilt fillets and..... More
Mid Nineteenth-Century Account Book of a Vermont Lawyer [Manuscript]. [Vermont]. [Account Book]. Wallingford and Rutland, VT, June 1, 1849-July 3, 1853. [200] pp. Oblong folio (15-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Quarter sheep over marbled boards, blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to boards, small chip to front board, moderate rubbing to spine..... More
A Volume of Poems by a Distinguished 19th-Century Pennsylvania Lawyer [Miller, Elihu Spencer (1817-1879)]. Caprices. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1849. 154 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Later three-quarter morocco over paper boards, top edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom edges. Negligible light rubbing to spine ends and corners..... 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
First Edition of 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..... More
Only American Edition of An Important Treatise on Landlord and Tenant Woodfall, William [d. 1806]. The Law of Landlord and Tenant; To Which is Added, An Appendix of Precedents. From the Fourth London Edition, With Considerable Alterations and Additions. New York: Published by Robert M'Dermut and D.D. Arden, 1816. xiii..... More