Scarce Eighteenth-Century Treatise on Prize Law and Privateering Abreu y Bertodano, Felix Joseph de [c.1700-1775]. Traite Juridico-Politique sur les Prises Maritimes, et Sur les Moyens qui Doivent Concourir pour Rendre ces Prises Legitimes. Paris: Chez la Veuve Delaguette, 1758. Two volumes in one, each with title page and individual pagination... More about Traite Juridico-Politique sur les Prises Maritimes, et Sur les Moyens

First Complete American Edition of Adams's Landmark Study of America's Constitutions Adams, John [1735-1826]. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, Against the Attack of M. Turgot in His Letter to Dr. Price, Dated the Twenty-Second Day of March, 1778. Philadelphia: Printed by Budd... More about A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States

Scarce Copy of Treatise On the Roman Law of Prescription Balbi, Giovanni Francesco [fl. 1510-1540]. [Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal (Hostiensis) (c. 1200-1271)]. Tractatus de Prescriptionibus: Tractatus Secundus et Perutilis Profunde Subtilis[que] ac Quotidiane Materie o[mn]is Prescriptio[n]is ta[m] Civilis Q[uam] Canonice, Qui de Prescriptionib[us] Inscribit[ur]. [Lyons: Impressa Lugd. per Benedict[us] Bonyn..... More about Tractatus de Prescriptionibus: Tractatus Secundus et Perutilis

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. $950. * The work of an amateur artist, possibly a friend or... More about Portrait of Melvin Belli, Oil on Canvas, 30" x 40."

First Edition of Blackstone's Essay on Descents Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. A Treatise on the Law of Descents in Fee-Simple. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1759. 87, [1] pp. Two folding copperplate tables: "Table of Consanguinity" and "Table of Descents." Octavo (8-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary calf, carefully rebacked retaining spine... More about A Treatise on the Law of Descents in Fee-Simple. First edition. 1759

An Important Edition of Bolivia's Penal Code [Bolivia]. Siles (Reyes), Hernando [1882-1942], Editor. Codigo Penal, Concordado por Hernando Siles. Santiago de Chile: Imprenta, Litografia y Encuadernacion Barcelona, 1910. 665, xxii pp. Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, raised bands and lettering pieces to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards and extremities... More about Codigo Penal, Concordado por Hernando Siles, Santiago, 1910

A Rare Legal Handbook for French Priests Borjon De Scellery, Pierre [1633-1691]. Decisons Des Matieres Qui Regardent Les Curez. Avec les Arrests du Conseil, Des Parlements, & Autres Cours Superieurs, Donnez en Consequence, Utiles & Necessaires Ausdits Curez. Rouen: Chez Pierre de la Motte, 1694. [ii], 3-82, [10] pp. Final... More about Decisons Des Matieres Qui Regardent Les Curez, Avec les Arrests du

PMM 89: The "Crown and Flower of Medieval Jurisprudence" Bracton, Henry de, [d. 1268]. De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae, Libri Quinq; In Varios Tractatus Distincti, ad Diversorum et Vetustissimorum Codicum Collationem, Ingenti Cura, Nunc Primu Typis Vulgati; Quorum Quid Cuiq; Insit, Proxima Pagina Demonstrabit. London: Apud Richardum Tottellum, 1569. [xvi]... More about De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae, Libri Quinq; In Varios

An Event That Advanced a Successful Movement to Reduce the Number of Capital Crimes in Massachusetts [Broadside]. [Execution]. [Salem, Massachusetts]. Execution of Stephen Merrill Clark, Which Took Place on Winter Island, Salem, On Thursday, May 10, 1821. Salem (?), MA: S.n., 1821. 17-1/2" x 11-1/4" broadside. Text in four columns... More about Execution of Stephen Merrill Clark, Which Took Place on Winter Island

One of the Most Appalling Examples of the Sadistic Abuse of a Minor [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. [Child Abuse]. A Copy of Verses, on the Trial & Conviction of Mr. & Mrs. Sloane, for the Cruel Treatment of their (Servant Girl,) Jane Wilbred. [London?: Printed for P.C., 1851]. 9" x 7"... More about A Copy of Verses, On the Trial & Conviction of Mr & Mrs Sloane

A Measure to Reduce Incidents of Arson in Lynn, Massachusetts [Broadside]. [Massachusetts]. Davis, Edward S., Mayor. City of Lynn! Mayor's Office, Oct. 4, 1859. By an Order of the City Council I Am Authorized and Instructed to Offer an Award of Five Hundred Dollars!.... Lynn, MA: Bay State Press, Central... More about City of Lynn! Mayor's Office, Oct 4, 1859, By an Order of the City

1703 Treatise on the Law Relating to Bastardy Brydall, John [b. 1635?]. Lex Spuriorum: Or, The Law Relating to Bastardy. Collected from the Common, Civil and Ecclesiastical Laws. London: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esquires; For Thomas Osborne, 1703. [viii], 127, [9] pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x.... More about Lex Spuriorum: Or, The Law Relating to Bastardy, Collected from

Handsome First Edition of Burn's Justice Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1755. Two volumes. xxvii, [1], 541, [3]; [iii], 573, [11] pp. Three-page publisher advertisement at end of Volume I, another one-page advertisement facing title page of Volume I.... More about The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer, London, 1755

461 Consilia by a Notable Mantuan Jurist Bursati (Borsati), Francesco [16th. c.]. Consiliorum Sive Responsorum. Frankfurt: Ex Officina Typographica Ioannis Saurii, 1601 (Volume I), Sumptibus Rulandiorum, 1610 (Volume II), Apud Ioannem Feyrabend, 1594 (Volumes III and IV). Four volumes bound in one book. Complete as issued. Main text in parallel... More about Consiliorum Sive Responsorum, 4 volumes Bound Together

Incunable Editions of Two Primary Volumes of Canon Law [Canon Law]. Boniface VIII [1235-1303], Pope. [d'Andrea, Giovanni (c.1270-c.1348)], Glosses. [Liber Sextus Decretalium, Cum Apparatu Johannes Andreae]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 March 1482]. [118] ff. Collation: a-q7. Final leaf, a blank, lacking. Text in parallel columns with two-column linear gloss. [Bound... More about Liber Sextus Decretalium... Koberger, 1482 [with] Constitutiones, 1482

First Edition of Coke's Landmark Commentary on Magna Carta and "English Liberties" Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Containing the Exposition of Many Ancient, And Other Statutes; Whereof you May See the Particulars in a Table Following. London: Printed by M.... More about The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, 1st Ed

An Important Early American Treatise on the Legal Rights of Married Women Cord, William H. A Treatise on the Legal and Equitable Rights of Married Women: As Well as in Respect to Their Property and Persons as to Their Children. With an Appendix of the Recent American Statutes and the... More about A Treatise on the Legal and Equitable Rights of Married Women

First Edition of Cunningham's Dictionary Cunningham, T[imothy] [1718?-1789]. A New and Complete Law-Dictionary, Or, General Abridgment of the Law: On a More Extensive Plan Than Any Law-Dictionary Hitherto Published: Containing not only the Explanation of the Terms, But Also the Law itself, Both with Regard to Theory and Practice. Very..... More about A New and Complete Law-Dictionary Or General Abridgment, 1st ed, 2 v

Early English Treatise on Bankruptcy that Summarizes About Fifty Cases Not Reported Elsewhere Davies, Thomas. The Laws Relating to Bankrupts, Brought Home to the Present Time: With Several Special Cases, Modern Determinations, and Precedents Relating Thereto; and Directions for Creditors and Debtors. Also A List of the Fees in Bankruptcy... More about The Laws Relating to Bankrupts. London, 1744

Two Well-Preserved Studies by a Notable French Humanist Jurist Du Moulin, Charles [1500-1566]. Extricatio Labyrinthi de Eo, Quod Interest: Cum Nova & Analytica Explicatione, & Conciliatione Legum Omnium Materiae, Multis Iam Saeculis Densissimis Errorum, & Perplexitatum Tenebris Implicatissimae, Praecipue l. Unicae. C. De Senten. Quae Pro eo Quod Interest. Lyons... More about Extricatio Labyrinthi de Eo, Quod Interest [Bound With Another Work

Consilia by "The Leading Dutch Jurist of His Time" Everaerts [Everardi], Nicolaas [1462-1532]. [Molengrave, Johann, Editor and Translator]. Consilia Sive Responsa Dn. Nicolai Everhardi. Longe Quam Antehac Accurativs, Una Cum Summariis Singulorum Responsorum, Atque Numeris Iam Usitatis, Hactenus Autem Desideratis, & Nunc Recens Confectis, Recusa. Accessit Insuper Eorum, Quae Partim... More about Consilia Sive Responsa Dn Nicolai Everhardi

Highly Esteemed by Coke and Blackstone [Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony (1470-1538)]. [Rastell, William (?1508-1565)]. La Nouvelle Natura Breviu[m] du Iudge Tresreverende Monsieur Anthony Fitzherbert, Denierement Renue &. Corrige per Laucteur, Avecques un Table Perfecte des Choses Notables Contenus en Ycell, Novelment Compose per Guiliaulme Rastell, & Iammais per Cydeuaunt Imprimee. London..... More about La Nouvelle Natura Breviu[m] du Iudge Tresreverende Monsieur Anthony

Handsome Copy of Foss's Important Judges of England Foss, Edward [1787-1870]. The Judges of England; with Sketches of Their Lives, and Miscellaneous Notices Connected with the Courts of Westminster, from the Time of the Conquest. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848-1864. Nine volumes. Complete. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary... More about The Judges of England; with Sketches of Their Lives, Miscellaneous

The "Most Important" Edition of De Jure Belli ac Pacis Grotius, Hugo [1583-1645]. De Iure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres. In Quibus Jus Naturae & Gentium: Item Juris Publici Praecipua Explicantur. Editio Secunda Emendatior, & Multis Locis Auctior. Amsterdam: Apud Guilielmum Blaeuw, 1631. [xxiv], 554, [46] pp. Folio (11-1/2" x.... More about De Iure [Jure] Belli ac Pacis, Libri Tres, Second Edition. 1631

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The Criminal in Civil and Canon Law Gutierrez, Juan [d. 1618]. Praxis Criminalis Civilis et Canonica, in Librum Octavum Novae Recopillationis Regiae: Sive Practicarum Quaestionum Criminalium. Tractatio Nova: Omnibus Theologis & Jurisconsultis in Scholis Versantibus Apprime Utilis & Necessaria: Cum Indicibus Quaestionum, Rerum ac Verborum Locupletissimis. Nova Editio, Prioribus Correctior... More about Praxis Criminalis Civilis et Canonica, in Librum Octavum Novae

A Profound Influence on the Antebellum Women's Movement Hurlbut, E[lisha] P[owell] [1807-1889]. Essays on Human Rights and Their Political Guaranties. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845. v, [7]-219 pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-1/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine, endpapers renewed, title page..... More about Essays on Human Rights and Their Political Guaranties

Legal Guide for "Gentlemen of All Ranks" in a Well-Preserved Contemporary Binding 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;..... More about Lex Constitutionis: Or, The Gentleman's Law, Being, a Compleat

Portrait Photograph of Lyndon Johnson Inscribed To Supreme Court Justice and UN Ambassador Arthur Goldberg Johnson, Lyndon Baines [1908-1973]. [Goldberg, Arthur (1908-1990)]. [Photograph of Johnson Inscribed to Goldberg]. N.p., N.d. (1965?). 8" x 10" color portrait photograph, printed credit in the image at bottom left, glazed and framed in tasteful... More about Photograph of Lyndon Johnson, Inscribed to Arthur Goldberg

1483 Venetian Imprint of the Institutes [Justinian I, Emperor of the East (483-565 CE)]. [Accorso, Francisco (Accursius) (c.1182-c.1260), Glossator]. [Institutiones]. [Venice: Ottaviano Scoto, 18 January 1483]. Collation: a-p8. [119] ff. Lacking initial blank. Text in parallel columns. Main text surrounded by linear gloss. Folio (16-1/2" x 11"). Contemporary half vellum... More about Institutiones, Venice, Ottaviano Scoto, 18 January 1483

Should We Revive Trial by Battle? Kendall, E[dward] A[ugustus] [1776?-1842]. An Argument for Construing Largely the Right of an Appellee of Murder, To Insist on His Wager of Battle, And Also for Abrogating Writs of Appeal. Humbly Addressed to the Judges of His Majesty's Courts of Law and Both Houses..... More about An Argument for Construing Largely the Right of an Appellee... o

An Interesting View of the American Legal Community in 1852 [Law Journal]. Livingston, John, Editor. United States Monthly Law Magazine. [New York: United States Monthly Magazine Office, 1852]. Volume 6, No. 1 (July, 1852), Volume 5, No. 1 (January, 1852), Volume 5, No. 2 (February, 1852), Volume 4, No. 4... More about United States Monthly Law Magazine, Four Issues, 1852

Littleton's Tenures in English Littleton, Sir Thomas [1402-1481]. Littletons Tenures in English, Lately Perused and Amended. London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1621. 142, [2] ff. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Recent period-style calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands, blind ornaments and lettering piece to spine, edges rouged, endpapers... More about Littletons Tenures in English, Lately Perused and Amended

Printed in Letters of Gold - "The Most Magnificent of All Editions" [Magna Carta]. [Whittaker, John, Publisher]. Magna Carta: Regis Johannis XV. Die Junii Anno Regni XVII. A.D. MCCXV. London: Apud Johannis Whittaker, 1816. 12 ff. Folio (17" x 14"). Contemporary gilt-tooled morocco, textured-cloth central panels to boards, the front... More about Magna Carta, Regis Johannis XV. Die Junii Anno Regni XVII, A D MCCXV

A Court Document in Kent's Hand, Signed by Kent [Manuscript]. Kent, James [1763-1847]. [Court Document in Kent's Hand, Signed by Kent]. [New York]: February 5, 1806. 4 pp. 12-3/4" x 8-1/4" bifolium, docketed on verso of second leaf. Horizontal fold lines, a few with minor tears, light browning and minor... More about Court Document in Kent's Hand, Signed by Kent, February 5, 1806

Diary of a Prominent Yonkers, New York, Lawyer, Judge and Politician [Manuscript]. Scrugham, William Warburton [1820-1867]. [Diary of William Warburton Scrugham]. [Yonkers, NY, February 1, 1844--March 31, 1845 19, [120] pp. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Quarter sheep over marbled boards, printed paper title panel to front board (reading Diary for... More about Diary of William Warburton Scrugham, Yonkers, New York, 1844-1845

A Rhode Island Debt Claim from 1728 [Manuscript]. Wanton, Joseph [1705-1780]. [Autograph Legal Document, Signed, Bristol, Rhode Island, July 5, 1728]. Single 12-1/4" x 7-1/2" leaf, franked below signature, docketed on verso ("Joseph Wanton's Release"). Light browning, horizontal and vertical creases, wax seal at signature, some separation along fold lines... More about Autograph Legal Document, Signed, Bristol, Rhode Island, July 5, 1728

Consilia by an Important Paduan Jurist Menochio, Giacomo [1532-1607]. Consilia Sive Responsorum. Liber Tertius; Nunc Primum in Lucem Editus. Quorum Quidem Responsorum (Ea Sunt Argutia, Eruditione, Atque Elegantia) Velut ex Oraculo Prudenter, Sciteq; Dicta, Facile Quisque Legendo Iudicibit. Et si Quis Libri Utilitatem, Vel Scriptoris vim Ingenii Atque Solertiam Spectet... More about Consilia Sive Responsorum. Liber Tertius; Nunc Primum in Lucem Editus

1646 Study of Laws Concerning the Blind, Mute and Deaf Michalorius, Blasius (Micalori, Biagio). Tractatus de Coeco, Surdo et Muto. In Quo ipsorum Miseria, Quid Scire, Atque Addiscere Possint, Quos Contractus Celebrare, Num Magistratus Gerere, An in Ultimis Voluntatibus Disponere, Et Plura Alia Huiuscemodi Secundum Germanam Variarum Legum, Ac Imperatorum... More about Tractatus de Coeco, Surdo et Muto. In Quo ipsorum Miseria, Quid Scire

With a Full-Page Allegorical Frontispiece by Albrecht Durer Featuring Lady Justice, Her First Appearance in a Book [Nuremberg]. [Durer, Albrecht (1471-1528)]. Reformacion der Stat Nuremberg. [Nuremberg: Fridrichen Peypus, 1522]. [xxxvi], 30, 208 ff. Folio 12" x 8" (30.5 x 20 cm). Contemporary panel-stamped reversed calf (with traces of gilt stamping)... More about Reformacion der Stat Nuremberg

A Durable Treatise on Leases and Tenancy Pacioni, Pietro [17th c.]. De Locatione, et Conductione. Tractatus. In Quo non Solum Agitur in Genere de Contractu Locationis, & Omnibus ad Eum Pertinentibus, Sed Etiam in Specie de Locatione Operarum, Ac Singularum Rerum, Tam Laicalium, Quam Ecclesiasticarum, Casusque Indiuidui Passim Inseruntur. Cum... More about De Locatione et Conductione. Tractatus. In Quo non Solum Agitur

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 about Thesaurus Paroemiarum Germanico-Iurisdicarum, Teutsch-Juristischer

The Legal Arguments that Led to the War of Devolution [Ramos Del Manzano, Francisco (1604-1683)]. Respuesta de Espana al Tratado de Francia Sobre las Pretensiones de la Reyna Christianissima Ano M.DC.LX.VII. [Antwerp or Madrid]: N.p., 1667. [x], 285 fols. Copperplate pictorial title page. Folio (12" x 8"). Contemporary vellum, gilt... More about Respuesta de Espana al Tratado de Francia Sobre law Pretensiones de

A Fine View of the Royal Excise Office from 1810 Rowlandson, Thomas [1756-1827]. Pugin, Augustin Charles [1762-1832]. Excise Office, Broad Street. London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, February 1, 1810. Attractively glazed and matted 11" x 9" aquatint in handsome 15-1/2" x 13-1/2" wooden frame, small plaque to center of... More about Excise Office, Broad Street. Glazed and matted 11" x 9" aquatint

By a Pioneering Scholar of Comparative Law And Legal History Schilter, Johann [1632-1705]. Ad Jus Feudale Utrumque Germanicum et Longobardicum Introductio seu Institutiones ex Genuinis Principiis Succincte Concinnatae, Et ad Fori Feudalis Hodierni Usum Directa. Strassburg: Sumptibus Jo. Friderici Spoor, 1695. [xvi], 108, [2] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary... More about Ad Jus Feudale Utrumque Germanicum et Longobardicum Introductio

Kinges Prerogative with Numerous Contemporary Annotations Staunford, Sir William [1509-1558]. An Exposicion of the Kinges Prerogative Collected Out of the Great Abridgement of Iustice Fitzherbert and Other Olde Writers of the Lawes of England. Whereunto is Annexed the Proces to the Same Prerogative Appertaining. [London: Imprinted...in Fleete-Strete Within Temple Barre...By..... More about An Exposicion of the Kinges Prerogative Collected Out of the Great

Attractive Victorian Courtroom Scene Stephanoff, James, After. Reynolds, S.W., Engraver. The Court of Claims, In the Painted Room of the Palace of Westminster. London: Published by Sir George Naylor, [c. 1824]. Attractively glazed and matted 16" x 13-1/2" aquatint in handsome 27-1/2" x 15" wood frame. Light toning to margins... More about The Court of Claims, In the Painted Room of the Palace of Westminster

A Protracted Plagiarism Case Against Richard Henry Dana [Trial]. Curtis, Benjamin Robbins [1809-1874]. Dana, Richard Henry [1815-1882], Defendant. Circuit Court of the United States. District of Massachusetts. William Beach Lawrence (in Equity) vs. R.H. Dana, Jr., Et Als. Closing Argument for the Complainant on the Question of Piracy. B.R. Curtis..... More about Circuit Court of the United States, District of Massachusetts

Scottish Murder Trial, This Imprint Not in the ESTC [Trial]. Standsfield, Philip [d. 1688], Defendant. The Tryal of Philip Standsfield Son to Sir James Standsfield of New-Milns, For the Murder of His Father, And Other Crimes Libel'd Against Him. Published by Authority. Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson... More about The Tryal of Philip Standsfield son to Sir James Standsfield of New

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