![Reformacion der Bayrischen Lanndrecht [and] Nuwe Stattrechten. Bavaria, Ulrich Zasius, Compiler.](/pictures/thumb/62690.JPG?v=1494445838)
Two Important German Compilations, One Features Woodcuts by Holbein the Younger [Bavaria] [William IV (1493-1550), Duke of Bavaria]. [Ludwig X (1495-1545, Duke of Bavaria]. Reformacion der Bayrisch[e]n Lanndrecht: Nach Cristj Unsers Hailmachers Geburde Im[m] Funftzehenhundert unnd Achtzehendm Jar Aufgericht. [Munich: Johann Schobsser, 1518]. [xxxv], 168 ff. Final leaf, a blank... More
"An Authority in Mercantile Customs": Kent Beawes, Wyndham [fl. 1775]. Mortimer, Thomas, Editor. Lex Mercatoria Rediviva: Or, The Merchant's Directory. Being a Complete Guide to All Men in Business; Whether as Traders, Remitters, Owners, Freighters, Captains, Insurers, Brokers, Factors, Supercargoes, Agents. Containing an Account of Our Mercantile Companies; Of Our... More
Very Scarce 1787 Mexican Compilation of Colonial Spanish Laws Belena, Eusebio Buenaventura [1736-1794]. Montemayor y Cordova de Cuenca, Juan Francisco de [1620-1685]. Recopilacion Sumaria de Todos los Autos Acordados de la Real Audiencia y Sala del Crimen de Esta Nueva Espana, y Providencias de su Superior Gobierno; De Varias Reales... More
Oil Portrait of the Famous Trial Attorney Melvin Belli [Belli, Melvin [1907-1996]. "Dexter." [Portrait of Melvin Belli]. [San Francisco?], 1987. Oil on Canvas, 30" x 40," signed "Dexter." Very good condition, glazing free of cracks. An interesting item. $750. * The work of an amateur artist, possibly a friend or... More
![Leges Longobardorum [Bound with Three Other Works]. Nicolas de Bohier, Johannes Lapus de Castellione.](/pictures/thumb/62327.JPG?v=1494445826)
Early Studies of Canon, Roman and Lombard Law Bohier, Nicolas de [1469-1539], Editor. Leges Longobardorum Seu Capitulare Divi ac Sacratissimi Carolimagni Imp[er]atoris: [Et] Fra[n]cie Regis ac Novelle [Con]stitut[i]o[n]es D[omi]ni Justinia. Imp[er]atoris cu[m] P[rae]faciu[n]cula [et] An[n]otationib[us] in Ipsas. ll. [et] Co[n]stitutiones Novellas.[Lyons: Antoine du Ry: Simon Vincent, 1512]. ciij, [1], cj... More
![Sextus Decretalium cum Certis Additionibus [and] Constitutiones. Joannes Boniface VIII. Andrea, Giovanni' D'Andrea.](/pictures/thumb/60671.JPG?v=1494445776)
The Final Fifteenth-Century Imprints of the Liber Sextus Decretalium and Clementinae [Boniface VIII, Pope (1235-1303)]. [D'Andrea, Giovanni [c.1270-1348], Glossator. [Brant, Sebastian (1457-1521), Editor]. Sextus Decretalium cum Certis Additionibus Johannis Andree. [Basel: Johann Froben and Johann Amerbach, December 1, 1500]. Two parts in one, Part II is titled Constitutiones Clementinarum. [288]... More
![Annotationes Margaritarum Decretalium. Annotatio[n]es Sive Reportatio. Sebastian Brant.](/pictures/thumb/62339.JPG?v=1494445827)
Consanguinity and Affinity in the Decretals of Gregory IX Brant, Sebastian [1458-1521], Editor. Annotatio[n]es Sive Reportatio[n]es Margaritaru[m] Omniu[m] Decretalium S[e]c[un]d[u]m Alphabeti Ordinem. [Basel: Nicolaus Kesler, c.19 June 1496]. Collation: a8b-c6d4, e-g6. 41 of 42 ff. Final leaf, a blank, lacking. Text in parallel columns. Folio (12" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary blind-tooled... More
Rights Reserved by the Crown: Jefferson Owned a Copy of This Book [Brydall, John (b.1635?)]. Jura Coronae. His Majesties Royal Rights and Prerogatives Asserted, Against Papal Usurpations, And All Other Anti-Monarchical Attempts and Practices. Collected Out of the Body of the Municipal Laws of England. London: Printed for George Dawes... More
A Spanish Critique of Lands Held in Mortmain by the Church Rodriguez Campomanes, Pedro, Conde de [1723-1803]. Tratado de la Regalia de Amortizacion, En el Qual se Demuestra por la Serie de las Varias Edades, Desde el Nacimiento de la Iglesia en Todos los Siglos y Paises Catolicos, El Uso... More
A Bottle of Smoke!! [Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821)]. [Pains and Penalties Bill]. All a Bottle of Smoke!! Or John Bull and the Secret Committee. [London]: Published by John Fairburn, July 1820. 11" x 17" hand-colored lithograph. A few chips, minor tears and light soiling to margins, colors vivid. A well-preserved... More
"The Reports" Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1643]. George Wilson, Editor and Translator. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt. in English, In Thirteen Parts Complete; With References to All the Ancient and Modern Books of the Law; Exactly Translated and Compared with the First and Last Edition in French, and Printed... More
The Rotten Boroughs Doyle, John [1797-1868]. The Last of the Boroughbridges. [London]: Published by Thomas McLean, March 7, 1831. 11" x 13" Hand-colored lithograph. Some toning to margins, , a few miniscule spots to image, colors vivid. $350. * Doyle moved English caricature from the ridiculous, grotesque and sometimes bawdy... More
Frankfurter Quotes Holmes Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. [Typed Letter, Signed, On Harvard Law School Letterhead, November 5, 1932]. Single 8" x 5-1/2" sheet and 6" x 3-1/2" envelope. Some toning, two horizontal fold lines to letter, which has a full signature. Items housed in handsome recent cloth solander case with calf... More
Best Edition of a Definitive Study of Anglican Ecclesiastical Law Gibson, Edmund [1669-1748]. Codex Juris Ecclesiastici Anglicani: Or, The Statutes, Constitutions, Canons, Rubricks and Articles of the Church of England, Methodically Digested Under Their Proper Heads. With a Commentary, Historical and Juridical. Before it, Is an Introductory Discourse, Concerning the... More
A Fine Caricature of Erskine as a Revolutionary Avocat by Gillray Gillray, James [1756/57-1815]. [Erskine, Thomas, First Baron Erskine (1750-1823)]. L'Avocat De La Republique. London: Hannah Humphrey, 21 May 1798. Reissue. London: Thomas McLean, 1840. Attractively glazed and matted 10" x 7-1/2" colored lithograph in handsome 18" x 15-1/2" wooden... More
First Edition of the First English Legal Treatise Glanville, Ranulf de [d. 1190], Attributed. Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Regni Anglie. Tempore Regis Henrici Secundi Compositus, Iusticie Gubernacula Tenente Illustri Viro Ranulpho de Glanuilla Iuris Regni & Antiquarum Consuetudinum eo Tempore Peritissimo. Et Illas Solu[m] Leges Continet et Consuetudines Secundum... More
The First English Book of Precedents [Great Britain]. Intrationum Liber Omnibus Legum Anglie Studiosis Apprime Necessarius: In se Complectens Diversas Formus Placitoru[m], Tam Realium, Personalium q[uam] Mixtorum Necnon Multorum Brevium tam Executionum q[uam] Aliorum Valde Utilium nunc Tandem in Gr[ati]am Studiosorum Maiori Cura et Diligentia q[uam] Ante hac Reuisus ac... More
![Modern Reports, Or Select Cases [12 Volumes in 11 Books, Complete]. Great Britain, Modern Reports.](/pictures/thumb/62150.JPG?v=1494445819)
Rare Complete Set of the Modern Reports [Great Britain]. [Modern Reports]. [Colquitt, Anthony, Compiler]. 1. Modern Reports... London: Printed for J. Basset, 1682. [xii], 314, [22] pp. [With] 2. The Second Part of Modern Reports... London: Printed by the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins, 1698. [x], 322, [22] pp... More
"His Office Shelves With Parish Laws are Grac'd, But Spelling Books and Guides Between Them Plac'd" Hogarth, William [1697-1764], After. Cook, Thomas [c.1744-1818], Engraver. A Woman Swearing Her Child to a Grave Citizen. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Cook after a painting by William Hogarth. London c. 1795-1822. 19-1/4" x 21"... More
A Legal Guide for "Gentlemen of All Ranks" Jacob, G[iles] [1686-1744]. Lex Constitutionis: Or, The Gentleman's Law. Being, A Compleat Treatise of All the Laws and Statutes Relating to the King, And the Prerogative of the Crown; The Nobility, And House of Lords; House of Commons; Officers of State; The... More
![Le Livre des Assises et Pleas Del' Corone... [Liber Assisarum]. Rastell Liber Assisarum, Sir Robert, Brooke, John.](/pictures/thumb/49792.JPG?v=1494445674)
Attractive 1679 Edition of the Liber Assisarum [Liber Assisarum]. Rastell, John [d.1536]. Brooke, Sir Robert [d.1558], Editor. Le Livre des Assises et Pleas Del' Corone, Moves & Dependants Devant les Justices Sibien en Lour Circuits Come Aylours, En Temps du Roy Edward le Tiers, Avec une Table des Principal's Matter's... More
![Provinciale [Prouinciale] Seu Constitutiones Anglie cum Summariis. William Lyndwood, William Lyndewood.](/pictures/thumb/61706.JPG?v=1494445803)
A Principal English Treatise on Canon Law [Lyndwood, William (c.1375-1446)]. [Badius, Josse (1462-1535), Editor]. Provinciale seu Constitutiones Anglie cum Summariis Atq[ue] Iustis Annotationibus: Honestis Characteribus: Summaq[ue] Accuratione Rursum Impresse. [Paris: Printed by Andreas Bocard at the University of Paris, May 28, 1501]. Collation: a8 b6, c-g8 h6 i-q8 r6 s-z8... More
1776-1777 Day Book of London Attorney With Entries Concerning a Land Deal in Florida [Manuscript]. [London Attorney]. Day Book. [S.n. (but no doubt London), October 1776-November 1777. c. 200 ff., 22 ff. filled with content on rectos and versos. Folio (12-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary vellum, hand-lettered title and date to... More
With a Full-Page Allegorical Frontispiece by Albrecht Durer [Nuremberg]. [Durer, Albrecht (1471-1528)]. Reformacion der Stat Nuremberg. [Nuremberg: Fridrichen Peypus, 1522]. [xxxvi], 30, 208 ff. Folio (12" x 8"). Contemporary panel-stamped reversed calf (with traces of gilt stamping), early repairs to spine ends, clasps present and intact, endpapers renewed at some... More
Interesting Napoleonic-Era Treatise on Maritime and Commercial Law Piantanida, Luigi. Della Giurisprudenza Marittima-Commerciale Antica e Moderna. Milan: Dalla Stamperia e Fonderia di Gio. Giuseppe Destefanis (Volume I); Dalla Stamperia e Fonderia di Giuseppe e Paolo Fratelli Veladini (Volumes II-IV), 1806-1808. Four volumes. Does not have the portrait frontispiece of author... More