February 18–23, 2021
First English-Language Edition of PMM 209: "One of the Most Influential Books in the Whole History of Criminology" Beccaria, [Cesare Bonesana, Marchese de] [1738-1794]. Voltaire (Arouet, Francois-Marie) [1694-1778]. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments, Translated from the Italian; With a Commentary, Attributed to Mons. De Voltaire, Translated from the French..... More
The Final Edition with Blackstone's Corrections Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Burn, Richard [1709-1785], Editor. Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books. With the Last Corrections of the Author; And Continued to the Present Time. London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, In the Strand; and D. Prince, Oxford..... More
Unrecorded Verse Broadside Describing the Murder of a Young Woman in Whitechapel [Broadside]. [Murder]. Whitechapel Murder. A Lament for Harriet Lane. Leicester: S.n., 1875. 9-3/4" x 6" broadside printed on thick paper, main text printed in single column below headline, text enclosed by thick black border. Light browning and edgewear..... More
Handsome First Edition of Most Popular English Work About Justices of the Peace 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..... More
First Edition of the First English Treatise on Sheriffs Dalton, Michael [d.ca. 1648]. Officium Vicecomitum: The Office and Authoritie of Sherifs, Written for the Better Incouragement of the Gentrie (Upon Whom the Burthen of This Office Lyeth) to Keepe Their Office, And Undersherife, In Their Houses; That so by Theire..... More
Crimes of Heresy-And Their Punishment Farinacci, Prospero [1554-1618]. Tractatus de Haeresi. In Quo per Quaestiones, Regulas, Ampliationes, & Limitationes. Quid a Iure Civili, & Canonico. Quid a Sacris Conciliis, Summorumq[ue] Pontificum Constitutionibus Statutum. Quid Verius, & Magis Communiter in hac Materia Receptum Sit. Et Quid Demum in Practica Servetur, Solito..... More
"Murdered by the Contrivance of His Own Brother" Foote, Samuel [1720-1777]. Memoirs of the Life of Sir John Dineley Goodere, Baronet, Who was Murdered by the Contrivance of His Own Brother, On Board the Ruby Man of War, In King's Road, Near Bristol, Jan. 19, 1740-1. Together wtth [sic] the..... More
Advice for Law Students Fulbeck(e), William [1560-1603]. Stirling, T.H., Editor. A Direction or Preparative to the Study of the Law: Wherein is Shewed, What Things Ought to be Observed and Used of Them That Are Addicted to the Study of the Law, And What, on the Contrary Part, Ought to..... More
First Edition of the First English Treatise on Bankruptcy G[oodinge], T[homas]. The Law Against Bankrupts: Or, A Treatise Wherein the Statutes Against Bankrupts are Explained, By Several Cases, Resolutions, Judgments and Decrees, Both at Common Law and Chancery. Together with the Learning of Declarations and Pleadings Relating Thereunto. To Which..... More
Important 16th Century Acts Concerning Queen Mary I [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. [Mary I, Queen (1516-1558)]. Anno Mariae Primo Actes Made in the Parliamente Begonne and Holden at Westminster, The Seconde Daye of Apryll, In the Firste Yeare of the Reygne of Oure Moste Gratious Soveraygne Ladye, Marye by the Grace..... More
"Give Me My Seals and Be Off!" H[ood], T[homas], Presumed Author. Ejection & Symptoms of Rejection!. No. 4. London: Published by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, c. 1832-34. 15-1/2" x 11-1/2" hand-colored lithograph in 20-1/4" x 16-1/2" hinged matte. Light soiling to matte, white areas lightly toned, colors vivid. $350. *..... More
With A "Merchant's Dictionary of Words and Terms" [Jacob, Giles (1686-1744)]. Lex Mercatoria: Or, The Merchant's Companion. Containing all the Laws and Statutes Relating to Merchandize. Wherein Our Trade with Foreign Nations, and Trade in General Amongst Our Selves, With What Belongs to Particular Companies, and all Maritime Affairs, in..... More
Copy of the First Edition of Littleton with Parallel Texts in English and Law-French with Interesting Associations Littleton, Sir Thomas [d. 1481]. Littleton's Tenures, In French and English. With an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters Therein Contained. London: Printed by John Streater, James Flesher and Henry Twyford, Assigns of..... More
A Landmark Treatise on the Art of Advocacy Mackenzie, Sir George [1636-1691]. An Idea of the Modern Eloquence of the Bar. Together with a Pleading Out of Every Part of Law. Edinburgh: Printed by Mr. Robert Freebairn, 1711. [ii], xxvi, 298 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary red sheep, gilt..... More
![Magna Carta [Charta] Cum Statutis, London 1576 with Early Annotations. Magna Carta, Annotated](/pictures/thumb/67524.JPG?v=1604603964)
1576 Printing of Magna Carta and Later Statutes with Contemporary Binding and Annotations [Magna Carta]. Magna Charta, Cum Statutis, Tum Antiquis, Tum Recentibus, Maximopere, Animo Tenendis nunc Demum ad Unum, Tipis Aedita, Per Richardum Tottell. [Imprinted at London: In Fleetestrete Within Temple Barre at the Signe of the Hand and..... More
Standard Early English Treatise on Maritime Law Molloy, Charles [1646-1690]. De Jure Maritimo et Navali: Or, A Treatise of Affairs Maritime, And of Commerce. In Three Books. The Eighth Edition, With Many Valuable Additions. London: Printed for John Walthoe, 1744. [ii], xvii [i.e. xv], [3], 505, [51] pp. Copperplate pictorial..... More
Every Man His Own Broker: A Popular Eighteenth-Century English Handbook Mortimer, Thomas [1730-1810]. Every Man His Own Broker: Or, A Guide to the Stock-Exchange. In Which the Nature of Several Funds, Vulgarly Called the Stocks Is Clearly Explained, And Accurate Computations are Formed of the Average Value of East India..... More
With Verses Addressed to "The Fair Sex" [Murder]. Williams, John. The Winchester Tragedy; A Full True, And Particular Account of a Most Bloody Murder! Committed on the Body of Mary Thomas, Near Winchester, In the County of Hants, By John Williams, A Young Farmer, In the Same Neighborhood, On Sunday..... More
First Edition of The First Major English Text on International Law Selden, John [1584-1654]. Mare Clausum Seu de Domino Maris Libri Duo. Primo, Mare, ex Jure Naturae Seu Gentium, Omnium Hominum non Esse Commune, Sed Dominii Privati seu Proprietatis Capax, Pariter ac Tellurem, Esse Demonstratur. Secundon, Serenissimum Magnae Britanniae Regem..... More
Includes a 14th Century Version of Medieval Sea Laws Known as the Rolls of Oleron Studer, P[aul] [1879-1927], Translator and Editor. The Oak Book of Southampton of c. A.D. 1300. Southampton: Cox & Sharland, 1910-1911. Three volumes. xliii, [i], 160; lxxi, [i], 175; vii, [i], 155, [1] pp. Illustrations. Facsimiles..... More
Illustrated Accounts of "The Most Notorious Malefactors" of Eighteenth-Century Britain Villette, John, Primary Author. The Annals of Newgate; Or, Malefactors Register. Containing a Particular and Circumstantial Account of the Lives, Transactions, And Trials of the Most Notorious Malefactors, Who Have Suffered an Ignominious Death for Their Offences, viz. for Parricide..... More