January 4, 2022
Highlights in this list include:
Final Edition of Branch's Collection of Legal Maxims Branch, Thomas [fl. 1738-1753]. Richardson, John, Translator. Principia Legis et Aequitatis: Being an Alphabetical Collection of Maxims, Principles or Rules, Definitions, and Memorable Sayings in Law and Equity. And the Latin Maxims and Rules Translated. Fifth Edition, Corrected. London: Printed for J...... More
A Compilation of Scottish Justiciary Records Annotated by Lord Alloway Cathcart, David, Lord Alloway [1763-1829]. List of Cases for Trial at the Glasgow Spring Circuit, May, 1827. Right Honourable Lord Gillies and Lord Alloway. A. Wood, Esq. Advocate Depute [Drop-Head Title]. [Glasgow]: Printed by John Graham and Co., [1827]. [788]..... More
The Last Edition of the Nakaz Published in the Nineteenth Century Catherine II [1762-1796], Empress of Russia. Bezgin, Il'ia Grigor'evich, Editor. Nakaz Eja Imperatorskago Velicestva Ekateriny Vtoryja Samoderzicy Vserossijskija Dannyj Kommissii o Socinenii Proekta Novago Ulozenija. St. Petersburg: Izd. L.F. Pantelieeva, 1893. 53, 201 pp. Text of Nakaz in Russian..... More
Juvenile Offenders in Nineteenth-Century Warwickshire [Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John Eardley (1783-1847)]. Observations on a Letter by John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, Esq. One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Warwick, To the Magistrates of Warwickshire. London: Published by T. & G. Underwood and Beilly and Knott, Birmingham, 1820..... More
A Presentation Copy From Noyes [Field, David Dudley (1805-1894)]. [Noyes, William Curtis (1805-1864)]. [Bradford, Alexander W. (1815-1867)]. Draft of a Penal Code for the State of New York; Prepared by the Commissioners of the Code, and Submitted to the Judges and Others for Examination, Prior to Revision by the Commissioners..... More
Interleaved With Contemporary Manuscript Annotations [France]. Code d'Instruction Criminelle, Edition Conforme a l'Edition Originale du Bulletin des Lois; Suivi des Motifs Exposes par les Conseillers d'Etat, Et des Rapports Faits par la Commission de Legislation du Corps Legislatif, Sur Chacune des Lois qui Composent le Code; Avec une Table Alphabetique..... More
A Notable Contribution to Criminology Grolman, Karl von [1775-1829]. Grundsatze der Criminalrechtswissenschaft. Giessen: Georg Friedrich Heyer, 1818. xxii, 686 pp. Octavo (8" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary marbled boards, hand-lettered title label to spine, edges rouged. Some rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, light toning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Shelf label to..... More
Study of Ottoman Constitutional Law by a Notable Orientalist Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Freiherr von [1774-1856]. Des Osmanischen Reichs Staatsverfassung und Staatsverwaltung, Dargestellt aus den Quellen seiner Grundgesetze. Vienna: In der Camesinaschen Buchhandlung, 1815. Two volumes. xlii, 499, [1]; x, 531 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary paper-covered boards, lettering pieces and..... More
A Scottish Guillotine M'Culloch, William Thompson [1815-1869]. History of the "Maiden" or Scottish Beheading Machine, With Notices of the Criminals Who Suffered by It. Edinburgh: Printed by Neill and Company, 1870. [535]-560 pp. 2 plates. 1 text illustration. Quarto (8-1/4" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards, calf lettering..... More
Celebrating Harvard's "New Law Library" [Manuscript]. Williams, J[ohn] M. [Parker, Francis E.]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Accepting an Invitation to Attend the Opening of Harvard's "New Law Library," Boston, June 28, 1845]. Single leaf folded to form 13" x 8" bifolium with integral address leaf, franked on verso of second leaf..... More
A Landmark in the Legal History of the Louisiana Purchase Martin, Francois-Xavier [1762-1846]. A General Digest of the Acts of the Legislatures of the Late Territory of Orleans and of the State of Louisiana, And the Ordinances of the Governor Under the Territorial Government: Preceded by the Treaty of Cession..... More
"A Valuable Work" of "Ability and Judgement" [Sayer, Benjamin]. An Attempt to Shew the Justice and Expediency of Substituting an Income or Property Tax for the Present Taxes, Or a Part of Them; As Affording the Most Equitable, The Least Injurious, And (Under the Modified Procedure Suggested Therein), The Least..... More
A Draper is Charged with Seditious Libel for Displaying a Strike Notice in His Shop Window [Trial]. Cook, Samuel [1786-1861], Defendant. A Full Report of the Trial of Samuel Cook, Draper, Dudley, For an Alleged Seditious Libel, Tried at Worcester, Aug. 1, 1827, Before Mr. Justice Littledale. Taken in Short..... More
With Interesting Manuscript Commentary by a Notable Irish Writer [Trial]. [Great Britain]. Patch, Richard, Defendant [c.1770-1806]. The Trial of Richard Patch, For the Wilful Murder of Mr. Isaac Blight, September 23, 1805, At Rotherhithe, In the County of Surry; Before the Right Hon. Sir A. Macdonald, Knt. Lord Chief Baron..... More
Testimony of the Seven Medical Experts in a Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Questions of Sanity [Trial]. [Parish Will Case]. The Parish Will Case Before the Surrogate of the City of New York. Medical Opinions upon the Medical Competency of Mr. Parish, by John Watson, M.D., D.T. Brown, M.D., M.H...... More
Landmark Case Concerning the Confessional and the Court [Trial]. Phillips, Daniel, Defendant. Sampson, William [1764-1836], Reporter. The Catholic Question in America: Whether a Roman Catholic Clergyman be in Any Case Compellable to Disclose the Secrets of Auricular Confession. Decided at the Court of General Sessions, In the City of New..... More
Trial of a Would-Be Scottish Duelist [Trial]. Vair, George Buchan, Defendant. Alston, Gideon, Defendant. Report of the Trial by Jury, David Armstrong, Against George Buchan Vair, and Gideon Alston, For Sending a Challenge to Fight a Duel. Taken in Short-Hand. With an Appendix of Letters and Other Documents. Edinburgh: Printed..... More
First Edition of a Landmark American Treatise on Patents Walker, Albert H. [1844-1915]. Text-Book of the Patent Laws of the United States of America. New York: L.K. Strouse & Co., 1883. lvii, 724 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands, lettering piece and two..... More
A Rare Nineteenth-Century Guide to Bankruptcy Law and Procedure Whittaker, Soame. The Law of Bankrupts, Their Creditors, And Assignees; From the Issuing the Commission to the Allowance of the Certificate by the Lord Chancellor. Containing Plain and Familiar Instructions Respecting the Choice of Assignees, Proving Debts, Examination of the Bankrupt..... More