A Fundamental Treatise on Family Relations Andrea, Giovanni d' [1275-1348]. [Greve, Henricus, Commentary]. Lecture Jo. An. Super Arboribus Consaguitatis [et] Affinitatis Necno[n] Cognationis Sp[irit]ualis et Legalis Cuiusdam Alteri[us] Doctoris Instar Jo. An. Scribe[n]tis cu[m] Co[m]me[n]tariolis Pulchris Notatis et Questio[n]ib[us] B[e]n[e] Eme[n]datis (Circa Easde[m] Q[ua]tuor Arbores Depictas ac Lecturas) In Margine..... More

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Notably Handsome Copy of a Landmark in American Legal Publishing Black, Henry Campbell [1860-1927]. A Dictionary of Law Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, and Commercial Law; With a Collection of Legal Maxims and..... More

The First Critical Edition of Magna Carta in a Handsome Binding Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780], Editor. The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest, With Other Authentic Instruments: To Which is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse, Containing the History of the Charters. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1759. [iv], lxxvi, [iv], 86 pp..... More

An Interesting Blackstone-Related Title, The Unrecorded Ohio Version Bradford, John [1747-1830]. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. A General Instructer [sic]; Or the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Jailors, And Jurymen, With Precedents, Suited to Every Case that Can Possibly Arise, In the Discharge of..... More

A Classic Fifteenth-Century Textbook Bound with an Anthology of Writings for Law Students, Two Rare Basel Imprints I. Brant, Sebastian [1458-1521]. Caccialupi, Giovanni Battista [c. 1420-1496]. Expositio[n]es Sive Declarationes Omniu[m] Tituloru[m] Iuris tam Civilis Q[uam] Canonici per Sebastianum Brant Collecte [et] Revise. De Modo Studendi in Utroq[ue] Iure: Cu[m] No[v]ibus..... More

Only Known Copy [Broadside]. [Execution]. Rush, James Bloomfield [1800-1849]. The Awful Execution and Confession of James Bloomfield Rush, Who was Executed on Saturday Morning at Norwich. Exeter: W. Cooper, Printer, [1849]. 19-1/2" x 14-3/4" broadside, text in three columns below headline and woodcut vignette. Moderate toning, faint horizontal and vertical..... More

Proclamations from the British Military Occupation of Samoa [Broadsides]. [Samoa]. [Logan, Robert (1863-1935)]. [British Military Occupation of Samoa: Proclamations 1-40, 42-43]. [Apia, Western Samoa: S.n., 1914-1917]. 43 broadsides and broadsheets (Proclamation No. 40 present in duplicate) ranging in size from 12-3/4" x 9-1/4" to 17" x 10-3/4" (folded, 17" x...... More

First Edition of a Classic Guide to English Law and Government that Inspired the American Founding Fathers [Care, Henry (1646-1688)]. English Liberties: Or, The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance, Containing I. Magna Charta, The Petition of Right, The Habeas Corpus Act; And Divers Other Most Useful Statutes: With Large Comments Upon Each..... More

First Edition of the First English Treatise on Laws Concerning Infants [Carter, Samuel]. The Infants Lawyer: Or, The Law (Both Ancient and Modern) Relating to Infants. Setting Forth Their Priviledges; Their Several Ages for Divers Purposes; Guardians and Prochein Amy, As to Suits and Defences by Them; Actions Brought by..... More

1486 Koberger Imprint of the Clementinae Clement V [1305-1314], Pope. d'Andrea, Giovanni, [c.1270-1348], Glosses. [Constitutiones]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 15 March 1486]. [60] ff. Double-column text with linear gloss. Final leaf blank. Collation: a/A10, BC8, D6, E8, F6, G8, H6. Folio (13-1/4" x 9"; 34 x 23 cm). Contemporary paneled calf..... More

First Edition of a Classic Study of Church Patronage Curtius, Rochus (Corte, Rocco) [fl. 1470-1515]. Tractatus Perutilis Et Quotidianus De Jure Patronatus... [Lyon]: Vincentius de Portonariis, De Tridino Monte Ferrato, [1520]. 37 ff. Text in parallel columns. Folio (15-3/4" x 11"). Recent three-quarter vellum over marbled boards, endpapers renewed. Negligible..... 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

Inscribed by Darrow to His Son Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. Farmington. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1904. vi, 277 pp. Cloth, arts-and-crafts style multi-color vignette and gilt title to front board, gilt title and black-stamped fillets to spine, top edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom edges. Light soiling to exterior, light..... More

An Important Sixteenth-Century Law Dictionary Duprat, Pardoux [1520?-1570?], Compiler. Lexicon Iuris Civilis et Canonici: Sive Potius, Commentarius De Verborum Quae ad Utrumque Ius Pertinent Significatione, Antiquitatum Romanarum Elementis, & Legum Pop. Rom. Copiosissimo Indice, Adauctus: Abhinc Septem Annis Pardulphi Prateij Diligentia Delineatus: Nunc Vero Ita Constructus, & Supra Omnes Omnium..... More

Rare Report of the Famous "Solar Affair" Eude, Jean-Francois [1759-1841]. Rapport du Proces Solar, Concernant l'Eleve Sourd et Muet de l'Abbe de l'Epee. [Paris: Baudouin, Imprimeur du Tribunat et du Corps Legislatif, 1792]. 54 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in original patterned wrappers, bottom edge untrimmed. Light toning..... More

With Extensive Contemporary Annotations by a Riom Jurist [France]. Bulletin des Lois No. 96. Loi Contenant les Deux Premiers Livres de la 1re. Partie du Code de Procedure Civile. Du 14 Avril 1806 [Caption Title]. [Paris: De l'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1807]. 91, [1] pp. [Bound with] Bulletin des Lois No. 97..... More

Inscribed by Frankfurter to Arthur Meier Schlesinger and Elizabeth Schlesinger Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Mr. Justice Holmes and The Supreme Court. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1938. [viii], 137 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Spine ends bumped and lightly worn, spine lettering dulled. Light..... More

Well-Illustrated Digest of the Military Law and Practice of the Holy Roman Empire Fronsberger, Leonhardt. [Amman, Jost (1539-1591), Illustrations]. Von Kayserlichem Krieg rechten, Malefitz und Schuldhandlen, Ordnung und Regiment: Samt Derselbigen unnd Andern hoch oder Niderigen Beuelch, Bestallung, Staht und Empter, Zu Rossz und Fu , An Geschutz und Munition..... More

A Collection of Scarce Dublin Pamphlets in a Contemporary Binding [Great Britain]. [A Trial Bound with Five Pamphlets on Social and Political Topics]. Dublin, 1740-1747. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Together 6 titles. Contemporary calf, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Some minor nicks and..... More

1632 Blaeu Edition of De Iure Belli ac Pacis Endorsed by Grotius Grotius, Hugo [1583-1645]. De Iure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres. In Quibus Jus Naturae & Gentium, Item Juris Publici Praecipua Explicantur. Editio Nova ab Auctore ipso Recognita & Correcta: De qua Vide Pagina Frequenti. Amsterdam: Apud Guilielmum Blaeu..... More

With 16 Hand-Colored Satirical Plates by Rowlandson [Hartley, J.] [Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827), Artist]. History of the Westminster Election, Containing Every Material Occurrence, From its Commecement [sic] on the First of April, To the Final Close of the Poll, On the 17th of May. To Which is Prefixed a Summary Account..... More

Includes Anti-Napoleonic Export Restrictions for Art and Antiquities [Italy]. [Papal States]. [Sammelband of 32 Edicts and Proclamations, 31 Printed, 1 in Manuscript, With a Manuscript Index]. Rome, 1801-1806. [vi], 163 ff. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary thick-paper boards, text block joined with three thong ties, early hand-lettered shelf marks and..... More

1501 Venetian Edition of the Institutes in a Contemporary Binding [Justinian I (485-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. [Accursius (Accorso, Francisco) (c.1182-c.1260), Glossator]. [Gradibus, Johannes de (active 15th-16th c)]. Instituta cum Summariis. [Venice: Per Paganinum de Paganinis, May 25, 1501]. 152 [i.e. 140] ff. Text in parallel columns with linear..... More

An Interleaved and Heavily Annotated Copy of an Eighteenth-Century Digest of Bordeaux Decisions Lapeyrere, Abraham. [Brechard, Francois, Annotator]. Decisions Sommaires du Palais par Ordre Alphabetique, Illustrees de Notes & De Plusieurs Arrets de la Cour de Parlement de Bordeaux. Par feu Me Abraham Lapeyrere, Ancien Avocat en Ladite Cour. Cinquieme..... More

The First English Book on Insurance, A Source for Smith's Wealth of Nations Magens, Nicolas [d.1764]. An Essay on Insurances, Explaining the Nature of the Various Kinds of Insurance Practised by the Different Commercial States of Europe, And Shewing their Consistency or Inconsistency with Equity and the Public Good. Illustrated..... More

Manuscript Relating to a Sensational Murder Case in Ballston Spa, NY [Manuscript]. [Billings, Jesse, Jr.] [Beach, William A.]. Billings Trial, Beach's Argument [Spine Title]. [Ballston Spa, NY, 1880]. [v], 252 ff. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title and fillets to spine..... More

Account Book and Client Ledger of a Chester Lawyer [Manuscript]. [Burgess, Joseph]. [Burgess, William]. [Account Book of Joseph and William Burgess]. Chester, UK, 1778-1846. [xiii], 151, [1] ff. Final leaf numbered 251, 100 ff. neatly removed after fol. 151. With an index. Folio (12-3/4" x 8"). Contemporary green laced vellum..... More

Commonplace Book on Land and Estate Law [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. [Commonplace Book]. Great Britain, 17th century. 455 ff [with intermittent blanks]. Quarto (8" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary reversed calf, blind rules to boards, rebacked retaining existing spine with raised bands and hand-lettered title ("IRSTVW"?), blind tooling to board edges, metal clasps..... More

Late Eighteenth-Century Account Book of a Notable New York Attorney [Manuscript]. Remsen, John H. [c.1770-1798]. [Account Book]. New York, 1795-1798. [xxiii], 326 pp. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Reverse calf, blind fillets and panels to boards, rebacked retaining parts of existing spine, raised bands, blind ornaments and lettering piece (reading "Register")..... More

Chinese Punishment in the British Imagination [Mason, George H. (1770-1851)]. The Punishments of China, Illustrated by Twenty-Two Engravings: With Explanations in English and French. London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer and Co., 1801. [94] pp. With 22 hand-colored stipple engravings, first plate bound as frontispiece. Folio (14-1/2" x...... More

First American Edition of Montefiore's Fascinating Commercial Dictionary Montefiore, Joshua [1762-1843]. A Commercial Dictionary: Containing the Present State of the Mercantile Law, Practice and Custom. With Very Considerable Additions Relative to the Laws, Usages, and Practice of the United States. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, 1804. Three volumes..... More

An Important Sixteenth-Century Law Dictionary Nebrija, Antonio de [c.1444-1522], Compiler. Gromors, Pierre [d. 1645?]. Scot, Alexander [fl. 1599-1622]. Caccialupi, Giovanni Battista [c. 1420-1496]. [Jodocus of Erfurt, Presumed Compiler of Vocabularius]. Novum Lexicon Iuris Utriusque Variorum Autorum Antonii Nebrissenis, Petri Gromoroi, Alexandri Scoti. &c. Ex Omnibus Iuris Lexicis in hunc Usque..... More

1771 Compilation of New Hampshire Laws [New Hampshire]. Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New-England. With Sundry Acts of Parliament. By Order of the General Assembly. To Which is Prefixed the Commissions of President John Cuttss, Esq.; and His Excellency John Wentworth, Esq. Portsmouth: Printed by..... More

Handsome 1789 Folio Edition of New York Laws with Two Interesting Laid-In Manuscript Notes [New York]. [Jones, Samuel (1734-1819), Compiler]. [Varick, Richard (1753-1819), Compiler]. Laws of the State of New York, Comprising the Constitution, And the Acts of the Legislature Since the Revolution, From The First to the Twelfth Session..... More

First American Edition of Evans's Pothier on Obligations Pothier, Robert Joseph [1699-1722]. [Evans, William David (1767-1821), Translator and Editor]. A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, or Contracts. Translated From the French, With an Introduction, Appendix, and Notes, Illustrative of the English Law on the Subject. Philadelphia: Published by Robert..... More

A New Departure for the Abridgment Sheppard, William [fl. 1660]. An Epitome of All the Common & Statute Laws of This Nation Now in Force. Wherein More than Fifteen Hundred of the Hardest Words or Terms of the Law are Explained; And All of the Most Useful and Profitable Heads..... More

An Important Humanistic Law Dictionary with a Handsome Title Page, No Copies of this Edition in North America [Spiegel, Jakob (1483-c.1547)]. [Oldendorp, Johannes (1487-1567), And Others]. Lexicon Iuris Civilis, Per C.U.D. Iac. Spiegelium, Postremo Auctum & Recognitum. Basel: Apud Ioan. Hervagium, 1564. Main text printed in double columns. [275] ff...... More

First Edition of One of Story's Most Important Treatises in a Superb Binding Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws, Foreign and Domestic, In Regard to Contracts, Rights, And Remedies, And Especially in Regard to Marriages, Divorces, Wills, Successions, And Judgments. Boston: Hilliard, Gray and Company, 1834. xxv..... More

A Copy of the Laienspiegel Bound with two Classic German Works of Roman Law and Legal Writing [Tengler, Ulrich (c.1447-1511)]. [Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521)]. [Locher, Jakob (1471-1528)]. [Tengler, Christoph, Editor]. Layenspiegel: Von Rechtmassigen Ordnungen inn Burgerlichen und Peinlichen Regimenten: Mit Addition Ursprunglicher Rechtspruchen, Auch der Guldin Bulla, Kuniglicher Reformation, Landtfriden, &c..... More

Account of a Notorious Case of Election Bribery Bound with Several Related Items [Trial]. Sykes, Francis [1730-1804], Defendant. The Trial of the Cause on the Action Brought by Hans Wintrop Mortimer, Esq; Member for the Borough of Shaftesbury, Against Francis Sykes, Esq; For Bribery Committed at Shaftesbury, Previous to the..... More

The First Compilation of United States Constitutions Since 1787 [United States]. [Constitutions]. Constitutional Law: Comprising the Declaration of Independence; The Articles of Confederation; The Constitution of the United States; And the Constitutions of the Several States Composing the Union, Viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New..... More

Early Printing of Uruguay's Civil Code [Uruguay]. Codigo Civil de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay. Paris: Rosa Bouret, 1871. xxiii, 542 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary quarter morocco over pebbled cloth with blind-stamped panels, large gilt arms of Uruguay to front board, Raised bands, gilt title and gilt ornaments..... More

Guide to Notaries in the Holy Roman Empire With a Handsome Title Page Volckmann, Adam [1612-1664]. Beyer, Georg [1665-1714], Editor. Volckmannus Emendatus, Sive, Manuale Advocatorum et Notariorum: Hand-Buch vor Advocaten und Notarien, So Bisshero unter dem Titul: Adam Volckmanns Notariat-Kunst zu Vielen Mahlen Edirt und Gebessert, Nunmehr aber Durch und..... More

An Impressive Collection of Eight Year Books of Edward III [Year Books]. Edward III [1312-1377]. De Termino Hillarii Anno. XVIJ. Edwardi Tertij. [London: Richard Tottell, 1584?]. lxxx ff. English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC) S112018. Beale, Bibliography of Early English Law Books R6. [Bound with] De Termino Hillarii Anno XVIIJ. Edwardi Tertij..... More