December 22, 2020
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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
1857 Rules of the Probate Court of Lincoln County, Maine [Broadside]. Fales, Bader, Judge. Courts of Probate. State of Maine. Lincoln. N.p.: S.n, 1857. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" broadside with two-part text, first part in a single column, second in parallel columns, both parts below headlines, and enclosed in enclosed in..... More
William Cruise on Dignities and Titles of Honor [C] Cruise, William [d.1824]. An Essay on the Law of Dignities, Or Titles of Honour. [London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1804]. 109 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining existing spine with lettering piece, hinges reinforced. A few minor nicks..... More
First Tottell Edition of the Book that "Made the Common Law" Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony [1470-1538]. La Graunde Abridgement Collecte par le Iudge Tresreverend Monsieur Anthony Fitzherbert, Dernierment Conferre Ouesque la Copy Escript et per Ceo Correct: Aueques le Nombre del Sueil, Per Quel Facilement Poies Trover les Cases cy Abrydges..... More
Guidance for German Rulers (And Their Advisors) Lauterbeck, Georg [1505?-1578]. Regentenbuch Auffs Fleissigst und Herrlichst Jtzt von Newem Ubersehen, Und Durchaus an Vielen Orten Corrigiert, Gemehret, und Gebessert. Allen Regenten und Oberkeit zu Anrichtung und Besserung Erbarer und Guter Policey, Christlich und Notig zu wissen. Es ist Auch uber die..... More
"Don't you Feel a Sort of Settled Intimacy as the Result of Time and our Writing and Every Thing?" [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Castletown, Lady Clare (1853-1927)]. [Autograph Letter Signed "OWH" to Lady Clare Castletown, Boston (?), April 10, 1897]. 10" x 8" bifolium, content filling rectos and..... More
Concerns Payment for a Purchase of Law Books [Manuscript]. [Law Books]. [Massachusetts]. [Document Concerning Payment for the Purchase of Law Books, Huntstown (Ashfield), MA, January 23, 1762]. 3-1/2" x 6-3/4" sheet, moderate toning, light toning and soiling, vertical and horizontal folds with cellotape reinforcements to verso. Content in neat hand..... More
"The Female Murderess!": Driven by the Culture of Slavery (Two Full-Page Woodcut Illustrations) [Murder]. [Walters, Ann Smith (1812-1844)]. [Dudley, Enos G. (d.1849)]. [Runkle, Mary]. Life and Confession of Ann Walters, The Female Murderess! Also the Execution of Enos G. Dudley, At Haverhill, N.H., May 23d, 1849. To Which is Added..... More
Prynne Reviews the History of Parliamentary Writs and Practice, A Copy in an English Royal Binding 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..... More
Decriminalizing Witchcraft and Magic in Italy Renazzi, Filippo Maria [1745-1808]. De Sortilegio et Magia. Liber Singularis. Venice: Excudebant Fratres Coletii, 1792. [ii], 44 pp. Quarto (9" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards, gilt ornaments and lettering piece to spine, speckled edges. Light rubbing to boards, some rubbing to..... More
Scarce 1819 Saxon Compilation of Laws Concerning Public Health Schmalz, Karl Gustav. Die Konigl. Sachsischen Medizinal-Gesetze Alterer und neuerer Zeit; Nebst den Offiziellen Belehrungen fur das Publicum Uber Ansteckende Krankheiten unter Menschen und Vieh, Uber Nahrungsmittel und Gifte. Dresden: In der Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1819. xx, 561 pp. Folding table. Octavo..... More
Pioneering English Treatise on Election Law, A Copy with Manuscript Corrections by the Author Simeon, John [1756-1824]. A Treatise on the Law of Elections, In All Its Branches. London: Printed for T. Payne and Son, 1789. ix, [7], 176, cxxx, [12] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Recent period-style quarter calf..... More
Legal Malpractice? [Trial]. Hamilton, John, Plaintiff. The Case of John Hamilton, Against Joseph Hickey, Attorney: Wherein the Abuses of the Law, Occasionally Hinted at in a Pamphlet Lately Publish'd, Are More Amply Set Forth. [London]: Sold by John Hamilton, at His Lodgings at the Glove and Breeches, The Middle of..... More
"For the Wilful Murder...Of His Own Father" [Trial]. Hitchcock, Robert, Defendant. The Trial at Large of Robert Hitchcock, At the Lent Assizes Held at Oxford, On the 4th Day of March, 1778, Before Sir George Nares, Knt. One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, For the..... More
The State of English Bankruptcy Law in 1811 Whitmarsh, Francis [1777-1857]. A Treatise on the Bankrupt Laws. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1811. xi, 83, 330 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, blind rules to boards, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, hinges mended..... More
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"The Complement of Sir W. Blackstone's Commentaries" Bound With "A Work of Great Authority" for Special Pleaders Wooddeson, Richard [1745-1822]. Elements of Jurisprudence, Treated of in the Preliminary Part of a Course of Lectures on the Laws of England. London: Printed for T. Payne and Son, 1783. [iv], 118 pp..... More