February 23–26, 2023
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
A First Edition of Blackstone's Law Tracts in an Exceptional Binding Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Law Tracts, In Two Volumes. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1762. Two volumes. [iv], 257, [7]; [iv], cxv, [5], 135, [9] pp. 4 parts, each with divisional title page. 8 copperplate facsimiles (of royal seals)..... More
Brydall on London, A Copy Presented to His Father Brydall, John [b.1635?]. Camera Regis, Or, A Short View of London: Containing the Antiquity, Fame, Walls, Bridge, River, Gates, Tower, Cathedral, Officers, Courts, Customs, Franchises, &c. Of that Renowned City. Collected Out of Law & History and Methodized for the Benefit..... 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
"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
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
First Edition of King James's "Book of Bounty," A Landmark in the History of Patent Law [Great Britain]. James I [1566-1625], King of England and Ireland. A Declaration of His Maiesties Royall Pleasure, In What Sort He Thinketh Fit to Enlarge, Or Reserve Himselfe in Matter of Bountie. London: Imprinted..... More
Hale Disputes the Theories of Descartes and Robert Boyle [Hale, Sir Matthew (1609-1676)]. Difficiles Nugae: Or, Observations Touching the Torricellian Experiment, And the Various Solutions of the Same, Especially Touching the Weight and Elasticity of the Air. London: Printed by W. Godbid, for William Shrowsbury, 1674. [viii], 304, [8] pp..... 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
Inscribed by Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. Speech of Mr. Justice Holmes at Commencement, Harvard University, June 28, 1911. [Cambridge?: s.n., 1911?]. [3] pp. 8-1/2" x 6-1/4" bifolium pamphlet. Moderate toning, horizontal and vertical fold lines, clean tear starting along horizontal fold line, light chipping, wear and small clean..... 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 Poem that Led to Murder Overbury, Sir Thomas [1581-1613]. Sir Thomas Overbury His Wife. With Additions of New Characters, And Many Other Witty Conceits Never Before Printed. London: Printed by Iohn Haviland, for A. Crooke, 1638. [320] pp. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/4"). Later signed paneled calf by Ramage of..... 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
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
A Copyright Case Concerning Navigational Charts [Trial]. Moore, John Hamilton [1738-1807], Defendant. Trial of John Hamilton Moore for Pirating a Chart. Sittings After Term, March 1798, Before Lord Kenyon and a Special Jury of Merchants. Guildhall, London. Heather and Williams, v. John Hamilton Moore [Drop-Head Title]. [London]: Plummer, Printer, [1798]..... More
A Significant Early Treatise on Welsh Law Vaughan, Rice. Practica Walliae; Or the Proceedings in the Great Sessions of Wales: Containing the Method and Practice of an Attorney There, From an Original to the Execution. Whereunto is Added, The Old Statute of Wales at Large; And an Abridgement of All..... More
A Call "To Be Zealous and Diligent" Against the Forces of "Prophaneness and Debauchery" [Woodward, Josiah (1660-1712)]. An Account of the Societies for Reformation of Manners, In London and Westminster, And Other Parts of the Kingdom. With a Persuasive to Persons of All Ranks, To be Zealous and Diligent in..... More