September 19, 2017
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Expanded Edition of the First English Treatise on Sheriffs Dalton, Michael [d.ca. 1648]. Officium Vicecomitum. The Office and Authority of Sheriffs: Gathered Out of the Statutes, And Books of the Common Laws of this Kingdom. To which is Added an Appendix or Supplement, Containing a Collection of the Statutes Touching..... More
Tithing to the Church of England During the Commonwealth E[lderfield], C[hristopher] [1607-1652]. The Civil Right of Tythes: Wherein, Setting Aside the Higher Plea of Jus Divinum from the Equity of the Leviticall Law, Or That of Nature for Sacred Services, And the Certain Apportioning of Enough by the Undoubted Canon..... More
The Ancient Revenue of the Crown Forster, Samuel. A Digest of All the Laws Relating to the Customs, To Trade, And Navigation; With a Short Historical Dissertation Concerning the Nature, Extent, And Method of Collection of the Ancient Revenue of the Crown. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and..... More
Proposals to Reform the Poor Laws [Hay, William (1695-1755)]. Remarks on the Laws Relating to the Poor; With Proposals for Their Better Relief and Employment. By a Member of Parliament. First Published in 1735; And Now Again Submitted to Consideration. With an Appendix, Containing the Resolutions of the House of..... More
Prynne Reviews the History of Parliamentary Writs and Practice Prynne, William [1600-1669]. Brevia Parliamentaria Rediviva. In XIII Sections Conteining Several Catalogues of the Numbers, Dates of All Bundles of Original Writs of Summons and Elections Newly Found, Or Formerly Extant in the Tower of London During the Reigns of King..... More
Adherence to the Creed of the Church of England [Randolph, Thomas (1701-1783), Attributed]. A Summary View of the Laws Relating to Subscriptions, &c. With Remarks, Humbly Offered to the Consideration of the British Parliament. London: [S.n.], Printed in the Year 1771. 36 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound..... More
A Notable Essay on Oaths Sanderson, Robert [1587-1663]. De Juramento. Seven Lectures Concerning the Obligation of Promissory Oathes. Read Publicly in the Divinity School at Oxford. By Robert Sanderson D.D. His Majesties Publick Professor There. Translated into English by His Late Majesties Speciall Command, And Afterwards Revised and Approved Under..... More
An Early English Treatise on the Law of Damages Sayer, Joseph. The Law of Damages. Dublin: Printed by J. Moore, 1792. xiv, 248 pp. 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets and early hand-lettered title to spine. Rubbed with wear to spine ends, corners bumped, joints and hinges starting..... More