November 4–6, 2022
1481 Printing of an Important Commentary on Gratian with Handsome Penwork [Baysio, Guido de (d. 1313)]. [Moneliensis, Franciscus, Editor]. [Rosarium Decretorum]. [Venice: Johannes Herbort de Seligenstadt for Johannes de Colonia, Nicolaus Jenson, Et Socie, 3 April 1481]. [415] ff. Lacking final leaf, a blank. Collation: a10, b8, c-d10, d-l8, m-n6..... More
Bentham's Only Work Devoted Exclusively to Education Bentham, Jeremy [1748-1832]. Chrestomathia: Being a Collection of Papers, Explanatory of the Design of an Institution, Proposed to be Set on Foot, Under the Name of the Chrestomathic Day School, Or Chrestomathic School, For the Extension of the New System of Instruction to..... More
A Satirical Take on Legal History Featuring a Three-Page "Dictionary" [Bramston, James (1694?-1744)]. Ignorami Lamentatio Super Legis Communis Translationem ex Latino in Anglicum, Una cum Dedicatione ad Dulmannum & Praefatione ad Curtesium Lectorem. Cui Adjicitur, Index Expositorius Iocupletissimus Voces Communis Legis Angliae in hoc Opere Usitatas Exponens & Explanans. London..... More
The Emblematic Teaching Method Buno, Johannes [1617-1697]. Buno, Conrad, Engraver. Neues und also Eingerichtetes ABC- und Lesebuchlein, Da Vermittels der Darinnen Begriffenen Anleitung, Nicht nur Junge, Sondern auch Erwachsene Innerhalb 6. Tagen, Zu Fertigem Lesen so wol Deutscher als Lateinischer, Gro - und kleiner Schriften Durch Lustige Mahrlein und Spiele..... More
"The Best and Most Luxurious" Four-Language Edition of Catherine the Great's Nakaz Catherine II, [1762-1796], Empress of Russia. Kozitzki, Grigorii Vasil'yevich, [d. 1775], Latin Translation. Nakaz Eia Imperatorskago Velichestva Ekateriny Vtoryia, Samoderzhitsy Vserossiiskiia Dannyi Kommissii o Sochinenii Proekta Novago Ulozheniia... [Instructions of Her Imperial Majesty Catherine II to the Commission..... More
Contains the First Text Illustration of a Book Auction Damhouder, Josse (Joost) de [1507-1581]. Pupillorum Patrocinium, Legum et Praxeos Studiosis; Non Minus Utile Quam Necessarium, Iconibus Materiae Subiectae Convenientibus Illustratum, Iam Denuo Vigili Cura, & Non Poenitenda Accessione Locupletatum. Item De Magnificentia Politiae Amplissimae Civitatis Brugarum, Cum Eiusdem Topographia, &..... More
Handsome Copy of an Important Edition of Grotius Grotius, Hugo [1583-1645]. Gronov (Gronow), Johannes, Editor. De Jure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres: In Quibus Jus Naturae & Gentium, Item Juris Publici Praecipua Explicantur: Cum Annotatis Auctoris, Ex Postrema Ejus Ante Obitum Cura: Accesserunt Ejusdem Dissertatio de Mari Libero, & Libellus..... More
![Item #70932 De Nequitia Advocatorum [Bound with] Repraesentatio Judicis Muneribus. Arnold Moritz...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/70932.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1585600698)
Satirical Views of Legal Practice Holtermann, Arnold Moriz [1627-1681]. De Nequitia Advocatorum, Von Tucken und Bubenstucken der Advocaten und deren Gebet. Cum Judicio Defensivo Francisci Clientis, Dicto Virgae! Virgae! [Germany]: S.n., [c.1682]. 210 pp. Added double folded copperplate title page. [Bound with] Wiederholdt, Johann Ludwig [1679-1760]. [Fritsch, Ahasver (1629-1701)]. Repraesentatio..... More
A Dictionary of Swindlers, The Uncensored First Edition Honn, Georg Paul. Betrugs-Lexicon: Worinnen die Meisten Betrugereyen in Allen Standen, Nebst denen Darwider guten Theils Dienenden Mitteln. Coburg: Verlegts Paul Gunther Pfotenhauer, 1721. [xvi], 458, [6] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter vellum over marbled boards, early hand-lettered title to..... More
![Item #71612 Sibylla Tryg-Andriana: De Virginitate, Virginum Statu & Iure [With]. Heinrich Kornmann](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71612.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1612815180)
"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 Quirky Collection of Illustrated Lenten Sermons [Meder, Johannes]. [Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521)]. Quadragesimale Novum Editum ac Predicatum a Quoda[m] Fratre Minore de Observantia in Inclita Civitate Basilien[si]. De Filio Prodigo et de Angelo Ipsius Ammonitione Saliburi Per Sermones Divisum. Basel: Michael Furter, 1497. [232] ff. With an index and 18..... More
Illustrated Account of a Belgian Priest With a Gambling Addiction Who Committed Several Murders [Murder]. [Pierlot, Jacques (1750-1786)]. La Vie de Jacques Pierlot, Pretre & Marguillier de la Paroisse de Vervier, Ville de la Principaute de Liege; Avec tous les Details de son Crime, De sa Degradation, & De son..... More
Vast Early-Eighteenth Century Collection of Legal Maxims for Attorneys Pistorius, Georg Tobias. Thesaurus Paroemiarum Germanico-Iurisdicarum, Teutsch-Juristischer-Sprichworter-Schatz, In quo Mille et Quod Excurrit Germanorum Dicteria, Cum Primis Iuris, Recensentur, Et Quidem Eius Centuria Prima [-Decima]. 10 volumes in one. Imprint varies. Part I, IV, V, Leipzig: Typis Joh. Casp. Mulleri, 1716;..... More
The Baron Cheated Rakenius, Carl. Fitzgerald-de Ros, Henry, 22nd Baron de Ros, [1793-1839], Defendant. Der Falsche Whistspieler: Oder Injurien-Klage des Lord de Ros gegen John Cumming wegen Beschuldigter Betrugereien im Kartenspiel. Hamburg: Bei Hoffmann & Campe, 1837. viii, 136 pp. Octavo (7" x 4-1/2"). Original printed wrappers, several unopened signatures..... More
Classic Study of the Constitutional Law of the Holy Roman Empire Schmauss, Johann Jacob [1690-1757]. Corpus Juris Publici Academicum: Enthaltend Die Vornehmsten Grund-Gesetze Des Heil. Rom. Reichs, Als: Die Guldene Bulle, Profan- und Religions-Auch Westphalisch- Und Andere Frieden, Die Cammer-Gerichts- und Reichs-Hof-Raths-Ordnungen, Reichs-Matricul und Neueste Wahl-Capitulation, Nebst einigen Andern Reichs-Constitutionen;..... More