Recently Acquired Rare Books and Manuscripts in Law and Related Fields: America, Great Britain and Europe, 15th to 20th Centuries
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"Almost Every Interesting Particular Concerning That Sex" Alexander, William [d.1783]. The History of Women, From the Earliest Antiquity, To the Present Time; Giving an Account of Almost Every Interesting Particular Concerning that Sex, Among All Nations, Ancient and Modern. With a Complete Index. Philadelphia: Published by J.H. Dobelbower, 1796. Two..... More
First Edition of the Most Famous Collection of Scots Trials Arnot, Hugo [1749-1786]. A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials In Scotland, From A.D. 1536, To 1784. With Historical and Critical Remarks. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author; by William Smellie, 1785. xxiii, [1], 400 pp. Additional leaf of "Subscribers..... More
A Work Central to the Political Theory of the Glorious Revolution Atkyns, Sir Robert [1621-1710]. An Enquiry into the Power of Dispensing with Penal Statutes. Together with Some Animadversions upon A Book Writ by Sir Edw. Herbert, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Entituled, A Short Account..... More
A Superb Set of the Rare First Edition of Azuni's Commercial Law Dictionary Azuni, D[omenico] A[lberto] [1749-1827]. Dizionario Universale Ragionato Della Giurisprudenza Mercantile. Nizza: Presso la Societa Tipografica, 1786-1788. Four volumes. [v], xx, 392, [2]; [viii], 378, [2]; [viii], 398, [2] pp., [2]; [viii], 296 pp., 55 pp., [3]. Volume..... More
Right of Pasture in the Holy Roman Empire Barth, Gottfried [1650-1728]. Hahn, Heinrich [1605-1668]. Struve, Georg Adam [1619-1692]. Stryk, Samuel [1640-1710]. De Jure Pascendi et in Primis de Jure Ovium, Materiisque Affinibus, German. Von Hut- und Weide-Schafen, Schafereyen, Und Andern Hiebey Gehorigen Materien. Tractat. Selectiss. Annexis Consiliis, Resolutionibus et Decisionibus..... More
"No Man Who Reads This Book Will Be a Tyrant" Beccaria, [Cesare Bonesana, Marchese di] [1738-1794]. Sharpe, Granville [1735-1813]. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques [1712-1778]. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments. Written by the Marquis Beccaria of Milan. With a Commentary Attributed to Monsieur De Voltaire. Philadelphia: Printed by R. Bell, 1778. [iv]..... More
The Notorious Halifax Gibbet Bentley, William. [Midgley, Samuel (d.1695)]. Hallifax, And its Gibbet-Law Placed in a True Light. Together with a Description of the Town; The Nature of the Soil; The Temper and Disposition of the People; The Antiquity of its Customary Law, And the Reasonableness Thereof: With an Account..... More
The Genesis of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. A Discourse on the Study of the Law; Being an Introductory Lecture, Read in the Public Schools, October XXV, M.DCC.LVIII. Published by Direction of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Houses, And Proctors. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. 40 pp. Quarto..... More
Blackstone's First Critical Edition of Magna Carta in a Handsome Recent Period-Style Binding Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780], Editor. The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest, With Other Authentic Instruments: To Which is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse, Containing the History of the Charters. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1759. [iv], lxxvi, [iv]..... More
The "Love Philtre" was Arsenic [Blandy, Mary (1720-1752)]. A Clergyman [Possibly William Stockwood]. A Letter from a Clergyman to Miss Mary Blandy, Now a Prisoner in Oxford Castle; With Her Answer Thereto. As also Miss Blandy's Own Narrative of the Crime for Which she is Condemned to Die. The Original..... More
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Four Important German Treatises Bohmer, Justus Henning [1674-1749]. Introductio in Ius Publicum Universale, Ex Genuinis Iuris Naturae Principiis Deductum et in Usum Iuris Publici Particularis Quarum Cunque Rerum Publicarum Adornatum Adiecto Indice Duplici. Halle: Sumptibus Orphanotrophei, 1710. [xiv], 656, [20] pp. Copperplate pictorial frontispiece. [Bound with] Zschackwitz, Johann Ehrenfried [1669-1744]..... More
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
From the Library of Louis D. Brandeis [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. United States Railroad Administration. Public Acts Proclamations by the President Relating to the United States Railroad Administration and General Orders and Circulars Issued by the Director General of Railroads. At head of title page: United States Railroad Administration Director..... More
The Trial of Warren Hastings, Satirized in Verse [Broome, Ralph (d. 1805)]. [Hastings, Warren (1732-1818)]. Letters from Simkin the Second to his Dear Brother in Wales, For the Year 1792; Giving a Full and Circumstantial Account of All the Most Material Points Both in the Speeches of the Honourable Managers..... More
Notably Handsome First Edition of the Most Popular Work Ever Written on 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..... More
The Only American Abridgment Before 1776 Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. Greenleaf, Joseph [1720-1810], Editor. An Abridgment of Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer. To Which is Added, An Appendix, Containing Some General Rules and Directions Necessary to be Known and Observed by All Justices of the Peace. Boston: Printed..... More
The First California Law Compilation [California]. Garfielde, S., Compiler. Snyder, F.A., Compiler. Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing all the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850-51-52-53. To Which are Prefixed the Declaration of Independence, The..... More
Signed by Cardozo Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. The Paradoxes of Legal Science. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. v, 142, [1] pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine, blind frames to boards, gilt Columbia University Press crest to center of front board. Light rubbing to extremities with minor wear to..... More
A Profound Influence in Pre-Revolutionary America [Care, Henry (1646-1688)]. N[elson], W[illiam] [b.1653], Editor. English Liberties, Or The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance. Containing Magna Charta, Charta de Foresta, The Statute De Tallagio, Non Concedendo, The Habeas Corpus Act, And Several Other Statutes; With Comments on Each of Them. Likewise, Of Ship-Money: Of..... 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 First American Treatise on Contracts Chipman, Daniel [1765-1850]. An Essay on the Law of Contracts, For the Payment of Specifick Articles. Middlebury, VT: Published by the Author, 1822. xvi, [17]-224 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine. Minor..... More
First American Edition of Christian's Notes on Blackstone Christian, Edward [d. 1823]. Notes to Blackstone's Commentaries, Which Are Calculated to Answer All the Editions. Volume V. Boston: Printed by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1801. [v], 6-123, [1]-79, [1]-32, [1]-38 pp. 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary sheep front board with..... More
With Interesting Content About England's Colonies Curson, H[enry]. A Compendium of the Laws and Government Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military, Of Great Britain and Ireland, And Dominions, Plantations and Territories Thereunto Belonging. With the Maritime Power Thereof, And Jurisdiction of Courts Therein. Methodically Digested Under Their Proper Heads. London: Printed for..... More
The Suppression of "Vice and Profaneness" Disney, John [1677-c.1729]. An Address to Grand-Juries, Constables, and Church-Wardens. Representing Their Power in the Suppression of Vice and Profaneness, And the Obligation that Lies Upon Them from Their Oaths Thereto. London: Printed and Sold by J. Downing, 1710. 48 pp. 12mo (5-1/4" x...... More
"A Remarkable Precursor" to Bentham [Eden, William, Baron Auckland (1744-1814)]. Principles of Penal Law. London: Printed for B. White and T. Cadell, 1771. xxvii, 331 pp. With a half-title. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece to..... More
Privately Issued Pre-Publication Typescript Copy of Stephen Field's Personal Reminiscences Field, Stephen J. [1816-1899]. Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California, With Other Sketches. To Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State. By Hon. George C. Gorman..... More
A Victim of the Riot Act? Fielding, Henry [1707-1754]. A True State of the Case of Bosavern Penlez, Who Suffered on Account of the Late Riot in the Strand. In Which the Law Regarding These Offences, And the Statute of George the First, Commonly Called the Riot Act, Are Fully..... More
Nathaniel Forster Sides with Blackstone [Forster, Nathaniel (c.1726-1790)]. A Letter to Junius. By the Author of the Answer to "The Question Stated, &c." London: Printed for James Fletcher and Co., 1769. 15, [1] pp. Quarto (10-1/2" x 8"). Stab-stitched pamphlet neatly disbound and recently resewn into plain wrappers. Light toning..... More
Thoughts on a Proposed Constitution for the New French Republic [France]. [Constitution]. [Edwards, George (1752-1823)]. Plan d'une Constitution: Tire de la Constitution Francaise, Telle Qu'elle a ete Presentee par le Comite de la Convention Nationale; d'une Autre Constitution Intitulee: "Idees pour Former une Nouvelle Constitution de la France"; Par Georges..... More
A First Edition Inscribed by Frankfurter Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: An Intimate Portrait as Recorded in Talks with Dr. Harlan B. Phillips. New York: Reynal & Company, [1960]. [ix], 310 pp. Cloth in lightly rubbed, price-clipped dust jacket with some edgewear to extremities. Light toning to interior, presentation..... More
A Guide to Nobility and Titles of Honor During the Reign of Queen Anne [Gosling, Robert, Attributed]. The Laws of Honour: Or, A Compendious Account of the Ancient Derivation of All Titles, Dignities, Offices, &c. As Well Spiritual as Temporal, Civil or Military. Shewing the Prerogative of the Crown, Privileges..... More
"Absolute Necessity of a Reform in Parliament" [Great Britain]. A True Friend to the Constitution, And Nothing But the Constitution. Reform in Parliament. An Address to the People of England, On the Absolute Necessity of a Reform in Parliament, To Which are Annexed, Complete Copies of the Magna Charta, And..... More
A Remarkable Collection of Nineteenth-Century Works on Legal Reform and International Law Compiled by a Notable Scottish Lawyer [Great Britain]. [Law Reform]. [Murray, David (1842-1928)]. [The David Murray Collection of Law Reform and International Law]. 16 volumes. 155 titles. Various paginations. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5," Vols. 1-15; 9-1/4" x 6,"..... More
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Five Titles Investigating a Jacobite Plot [Great Britain]. [Layer, Christopher (1683-1723)]. Pulteney, William [1684-1764]. A Report from the Committee Appointed by Order of the House of Commons to Examine Christopher Layer, And Others; And to whom Several Papers and Examinations Laid Before the House, Relating to the Conspiracy Mentioned in..... More
A Handsomely-Bound Set of Pamphlets on Penology and Confinement [Great Britain]. [Valpy, Abraham John (bap.1786-1854), Publisher]. [36 Legal Pamphlets from the Pamphleteer]. London: Printed by A.J. Valpy, 1812-1826. Three volumes. [438]; [320]; [404] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, gilt fillets and small central monogram..... More
"The Most Important of [Hale's] Books on the Constitutional Law" Hale, Sir Matthew [1609-1676]. Hargrave, Francis [1741?-1821], Editor. The Jurisdiction of the Lords House, Or Parliament, Considered According to Antient Records. To Which is Prefixed, By the Editor, An Introductory Preface, Including a Narrative of the Same Jurisdiction from the..... More
The First Work in English on Hindu Law [Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey (1751-1830), Translator and Editor]. A Code of Gentoo Laws, Or, Ordinations of the Pundits: From a Persian Translation, Made from the Original, Written in the Shanscrit Language. London: [S.n.], 1776. lxxiv, 61, [1], 322 pp. 8 copperplate leaves with..... More
From the Library of John Peter Zenger's Defense Lawyer [Hamilton, Andrew (c.1646-1741)]. G[ardiner], R[obert]. Instructor Clericalis, The Third Part, Being a Collection of Choice and Usual Presidents for Pleadings Both in the Kings-Bench & Common-Pleas. London: Printed be [sic] the Assigns of R. And E. Atkyns, Esquires, 1706. [viii], 500..... More
Signed by Learned Hand [Hand, Learned (1872-1961)]. [Annotated Copy of a Marriage Service with Witness Signature of Learned Hand]. October 21, 1896. In The Marriage Service of the Book of Common Prayer. Our Marriage Vow---The Service and Minister's Certificate. New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1877. [x], 16, [19] pp. Octavo (6-1/2"..... More
The Madness of King George [Hargrave, Francis (1741?-1821)]. Brief Deductions Relative to the Aid and Supply of the Executive Power, According to the Law of England, In Cases of Infancy, Delirium, Or Other Incapacity of the King. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1788. iv, 6 pp. Quarto (8-3/4" x 7")..... More
"Justice Made Cheap, Speedy, And Brought to Every Man's Door" [C] [Higgins, Jesse (b. 1763), Attributed]. Sampson Against the Philistines, Or the Reformation of Lawsuits; And Justice Made Cheap, Speedy, And Brought Home to Every Man's Door: Agreeable to the Principles of the Ancient Trial by Jury, Before the Same..... More
![Item #72652 Speeches [and] Mr Justice Holmes, Inscribed to Harlan Fiske Stone. Oliver Wendell...](/pictures/thumb/72652.JPG?v=1637262221)
Presentation Copies from Oliver Wendell Holmes and Felix Frankfurter Inscribed to Harlan Fiske Stone Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1841-1935]. Speeches. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1918. [vi], 103 pp. Original printed paper boards. Light soiling, somewhat heavier on spine, moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners..... More
A Notable Reformer Reports On Quarantine Conditions Howard, John [1726-1790]. An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; With Various Papers Relative to the Plague: Together with Further Observations on Some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals; And Additional Remarks on the Present State of Those in Great Britain and Ireland. Warrington..... More
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A Handbook to Comfort the Dying and Those Condemned to Death Bound with a Manual on a Youth's Proper Conduct Isella, Franciscus. [Isselt, Michael von (1550-1597)], Translator]. Brevis Instructio ad Corroborandos ac Juvandos Morituros, Eos Praesertim qui ob Flagitia Sua, Publica Judicum Sententia Morti Addicti Sunt: Addita Brevi Regula Spirituali..... More
A Sordid Tale of Gambling and Murder Jones, George Henry. Account of the Murder of the Late Mr. William Weare of Lyon's Inn, London, Including the Circumstances Which First Led to the Discovery of the Murder and the Detection of the Murderers, The Depositions Taken Before the Magistrates, The Coroner's..... More
Sir William Jones's First Legal and Political Essay Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. An Inquiry into the Legal Mode of Suppressing Riots, With a Constitutional Plan of Future Defence. Published in July 1780. By William Jones, Esq; Of the Middle Temple. The Second Edition, Corrected. To Which is Now Added A...... More
The Book That Established Sir William Jones's Reputation as a Legal Scholar Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. The Speeches of Isaeus in Causes Concerning the Law of Succession to Property at Athens, With a Prefatory Discourse, Notes Critical and Historical, And a Commentary. London: Printed by J. Nichols, For E. and..... More
A Plea in Support of the American Colonists [Lee, Arthur (1740-1792)]. An Appeal to the Justice and Interests of the People of Great Britain, In the Present Disputes with America, By an Old Member of Parliament. London: Printed for J. Almon, 1774. [iv], 63, [5] pp. With a half-title. Final..... More
An Adaptation of Bynkershoek Lee, Richard. [Bynkershoek, Cornelis van (1673-1743)]. A Treatise of Captures in War. London: Printed for W. Sandby, 1759. viii, 264 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Recent paper-covered boards, contrasting spine with morocco lettering piece, endpapers renewed. Negligible light rubbing to extremities, front and rear joints just..... More
Executions and the Causes of Crime Mandeville, B[ernard] [1670-1733]. An Enquiry Into the Causes of the Frequent Executions at Tyburn: And A Proposal for Some Regulations Concerning Felons in Prison, And the Good Effects to be Expected from Them. To which is Added, A Discourse on Transportation, And a Method..... More
Thorough Records from a Nineteenth-Century Missouri Court [Manuscript]. [Docket Book]. [Missouri, c.1880]. 289 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, gilt fillets to boards, gilt-edged raised bands and gilt title to spine (reading "Record"), marbled edges. Light rubbing, a few scuffs and nicks, some soiling to boards, illegible signature to..... More
Manuscript Catalogue of Books Belonging to a Nineteenth-Century Edinburgh Lawyer [Manuscript]. Cathcart, Robert Alfred [1825-1855]. Catalogue of Books Belonging to R.A. Cathcart Esq., WS. Edinburgh, c.1852. [31] pp. Text mostly to rectos, followed by 25 blank leaves. Quarto (9" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over cloth boards, blind rules to..... More
Manuscript Epitome of Sir Thomas Craig's Jus Feudale [Manuscript]. [Craig, Sir Thomas (c.1548-1608)]. Ane Epitome or Abridgement off the Most Substantiall Thinges Conteined in the Books off that Famous and Learned Jurisconsult Mr. Thomas Craiges off Riccartown, Advocat before the Lords of Counsell and Session, Treating upon the Feudal Law..... More
Du Ponceau Advises a Fellow Philadelphia Attorney [Manuscript]. Du Ponceau, Peter S. [1760-1844]. [Copy of Letter to Robert E. Griffith, Philadelphia, December 10, 1822]. Single leaf folded to form 10" x 8" bifolium, "Copy" to head of recto of first leaf, franked and docketed (and marked "Copy") on verso of..... More
An Interesting Piece of California Legal History [Manuscript]. Freeman, Abraham Clark [1843-1911]. Register of Actions and Proceedings. Sacramento County, CA, 1877-1880. 244 pp. Folio (13" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt fillets to spine, marbled edges. Light rubbing to boards, dampstain to rear board, heavier rubbing to..... More
An Eminent Admiralty Lawyer Offers Legal Advice in Hope of Regaining Royal Favor [Manuscript]. Godolphin, John [1617-1678]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To the Earl of Lauderdale, London, Doctors Commons, February 23, 1664]. Single leaf folded to form bifolium (12" x 8") with integral address leaf and red wax seal. Light toning..... More
Manuscript Reference Dealing with Assumpsit and Family Law [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. [Legal Handbook]. [Great Britain, c.1750]. 400 pp., 357 pp. with content. Octavo (7" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary calf, gilt rules to boards, extra-gilt spine with raised bands, blind tooling to board edges, speckled edges. A few scuffs, nicks and spots..... More
"A Kind of Record of Many a Desperate Professional Struggle" [Manuscript]. Gregory, Stephen S. [1849-1920]. [Docket and Scrapbook of Stephen S. Gregory, 1879-1920]. Chicago. [lxii], 501, [1] pp. Author's table of contents to rectos of most initial pages and introductory note to lxii. Quarto (10-1/4" x 7-3/4"). Later morocco, gilt..... More
c.1783 French Manuscript on Political Science and National Character [Manuscript]. [Political Science]. [Manuscript Account of English and European History]. [France, c.1783]. Two parts. 140-219; 1-169 ff. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter vellum over marbled boards, raised bands and faint early hand-lettered title to spine, ends rouged. Moderate rubbing and..... More
Manuscript Precedent Book, Edinburgh, 1776 [Manuscript]. [Scotland]. A Collection of the Stiles of Personal Rights and Diligence. Personal and Real. Volume I. Edinburgh, 1776. 355, [4] pp. With an index. Quarto (8" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt fillets, lettering piece reading "Stiles" and contemporary..... More
Legal Advice from a Prominent Jurist [Manuscript]. Thurlow, Edward, First Baron [1731-1806]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Discussing Land Law. London, Inner Temple, January 2, 1770]. 9" x 7-1/4" bifolium. Light toning, some light foxing around edges, creasing and some tearing at folds, franked on verso of second leaf: "Edward Thurlow, Esq..... More
Manuscript Precedent Books from an English Law Office [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. [Two Manuscript Precedent Books]. [Great Britain, c.1794, 1808]. 350 pp.; 200, 33 pp. Both manuscripts indexed. Folio (12-1/4" x 8"; 12-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Vellum, blind rules and hand-lettered ink titles to boards, reading "Precedents in Conveyancing" and "Precedent Book..... More
"A Bold and Successful Conspiracy to Defraud" McClure, Joseph M. The Evans Embezzlement; Or, The History of a Bold and Successful Conspiracy to Defraud the State of Pennsylvania. $198,911 58 Retained as Compensation for Thirty-One Days of Alleged Service. $291,046 91 Lost to the State Through the Gross Negligence of..... More
The First English Treatise on Wills for Laymen Meriton, George [1634-1711]. The Touchstone of Wills, Testaments, And Administrations. Being a Compendium of Cases and Resolutions Touching the Same. Carefully Collected Out of the Ecclesiastical, Civil and Canon Laws. As also Out of the Customs, Common Laws, And Statutes of this..... More
A Controversial Treatise on Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Mocket, Richard [1577-1618]. [Zouch, Richard (c.1590-1661)]. Tractatus de Politia Ecclesiae Anglicanae. Cui Accesserunt Richard Zouch, L.L.D. Descriptio Juris & Judicii Ecclesiastici Secundum Canones & Constitutiones Anglicanas. Necnon Descriptio Juris & Judicii Temporalis Secundum Consuetudines Feudales & Normanicas. London: Typis Gul. Sayes, Impensis R. Clavel..... More
First American Edition of Montefiore's Fascinating Commercial Dictionary Montefiore, Joshua [1762-1843]. A Commercial Dictionary: Containing the Present State of the Mercantile Law, Practice and Custom. With Very Considerable Additions Relative to the Laws, Usages, and Practice of the United States. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, 1804. Three volumes..... More
A Landmark in the Colonial History of the Western Hemisphere Moya de Contreras, Pedro [c.1530-1591]. Concilium Mexicanum Provinciale III. Celebratum Mexici Anno MDLXXXV. Praeside D.D. Petro Moya, Et Contreras Archiepiscopo Ejusdem Urbis. Confirmatum Romae die XXVII. Octobris Anno MDLXXXIX. Postea Jussu Regio Editum Mexici Anno MDCXXII. Sumptibus D.D. Joannis Perez..... More
The First Book Devoted Exclusively to the English Law of Evidence [Nelson, William (b.1653), Compiler]. The Law of Evidence: Wherein All the Cases that Have Yet been Printed in Any of Our Law Books or Tryals, And that in Any Wise Relate to Points of Evidence, Are Collected and Methodically..... More
The Union of Scotland and England Nicolson, William, Lord Bishop of Carlisle [1665-1727]. Leges Marchiarum, Or Border-Laws: Containing Several Original Articles and Treaties, Made and Agreed upon by the Commissioners of the Respective Kings of England and Scotland, For the Better Preservation of Peace and Commerce upon the Marches of..... More
Discusses New York's Courts and Penal Institutions Pell, Ferris. A Review of the Administration and Civil Police of the State of New York, From the Year 1807, To the Year 1819. New York: Printed by E. Conrad, 1819. 184 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Sewn pamphlet, spine reinforced with contrasting..... More
"Unjust Judges" [Philo-Dicaios]. The Triumphs of Justice Over Unjust Judges: Exhibiting, I. The Names and Crimes of Four and Forty Judges, Hang'd in One Year in England, As Murderers for Their Corrupt Judgments. II. The Case of Lord Chief Justice Tresilian, Hang'd at Tyburn, And All the Rest of the..... More
On Religious Liberty, the Separation of Church and State and Free Speech: Bell's Interesting Appendix to Blackstone Priestley, Joseph [1733-1804]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Furneaux, Philip [1726-1783]. Foster, Sir Michael [1689-1763]. Murray, William, Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793)]. An Interesting Appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England..... More
Reports of the Landmark 1729 Investigation of Britain's Prisons by a Committee Chaired by the Founder of Georgia [Prisons]. [Great Britain]. [House of Commons]. A Report from the Committee Appointed to Enquire into the State of the Goals of this Kingdom: Relating to the Fleet Prison. With the Resolutions and..... More
An Interesting Form of Partible Inheritance Robinson, Thomas [d. 1747]. The Common Law of Kent: Or, The Customs of Gavelkind. With an Appendix Concerning Borough-English. [London]: Printed by R. And B. Nutt, And F. Gosling, 1741. xxiii, [1], 300, [16] pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Recent period-style calf by Philip..... More
The First Systematic Work on Scottish Conveyancing Ross, Walter [1738-1789]. Lectures on the Practice of the Law of Scotland; In Two Volumes. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute, and Elpingston Balfour, 1792. xiii, [2], 499, [1]; [iv], 508 pp. Two volume set. Quarto (10-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary calf, blind rules..... More
Early Latin Edition of Doctor and Student Saint German (Germain), Christopher [1460?-1540]. Dialogus de Fundamentis Legum Angliae et de Conscientia. Per Christopherum de Sancto Germano Communiter Seyngerman Confectus, Cuius Mentio est in Principio Secundi Libri Dialogorum Inter Sacrae Theologiae Doctorem et Studentem Legum Angliae. [London?]: In Aedibus Thomae Wight, 1604..... More
The Office of Lord High Steward S[aunders], Ed[mond] [d. 1683]. Summus Angliae Seneschallus: Or, A Survey of the Lord High-Steward of England, His Office, Dignity, And Jurisdiction; Particularly the Manner of Arraigning a Peer Indicted of Treason or Felony. In a Letter to the Lords in the Tower; With Resolutions..... More
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Acts of Charles I and II, 1640-1649 [Scotland]. The Acts Made in the Second Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles, By the Grace of God King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Holden at Edinburgh in the Severall Sessions Thereof, According to..... More
Protecting the Property Rights of Minors Seton, Sir Alexander [1639?-1719]. Bruce, Alexander, Notes. An Explication of the XXXIX Chapter of the Statutes of King William; Containing Divers Questions upon the Said Statute, Useful in Practice. With Notes, Containing Such Additions and Alterations, As Have been Made on that Subject Since..... More
Paying Tithes to Cromwell [Sheppard, William (d.1675?)]. The Parsons Guide: Or the Law of Tithes: Wherein is Shewed, Who Must Pay Tithes, And to Whom, And of What Things, When, And How They Must be Paid, And How they May be Recovered at this Day, And How a Man May..... More
A Scarce Sixteenth-Century Collection of Legal Maxims Soccini, Bartolommeo [1436-1507]. Vadi, Benedetto [16th. c.]. Gerlier, Jean. Petrucci, Federico. Molinarus, Jacobus. Fallentiae. Regule cu[m] suis Ampliationibus et Fallentiis e Toto Iure Delecte: P[er] P[er]spicacissimum Utriusq[ue] Iuris Docto[r]ez do. Bartholomeum Socinum (...) [et] Co[r]recte: Nuperrimeq[ue] [et] Denuo Emendate Atq[ue] Frequentib[us] (Quibus Scaturiebat)..... More
The Priority of English Law Over the Crown [Somers, John, Baron (1651-1716)]. The Security of Englishmen's Lives, Or the Trust, Power, And Duty of the Grand Juries of England. Explained According to the Fundamentals of the English Government, And the Declaration of the Same Made in Parliament by Many Statutes..... More
Rare Printing of the Short-Lived but Influential Constitution of 1812 [Spain]. [Constitution]. Costituzione Politica della Monarchia Spagnuola Promulgata in Cadice il 19 Marzo 1812. Piacenza: Dai Tipi d'Ignazio Orcesi, 1814. 72 pp. Octavo (6" x 4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent paper-covered boards, lettering piece to spine. Moderate toning, negligible..... More
The First Printed Work Devoted Solely to Criminal Law Staunford, Sir William [1509-1558]. Les Plees del Coron, Divisees in Plusors Titles & Comon Lieux. Per Queux Home Pluis Redement & Plenairement Trover a Quelque Chose que Il Quira, Touchant les Dits Plees, Composees per le Tres Reuerend Iudge Monsieur Guilliaulme..... More
Commentary on the Clandestine Marriage of the Prince of Wales Tooke, John Horne [1736-1812]. A Letter to a Friend, On the Reported Marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1787. [ii], 75 pp. Lacking half-title. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent..... More
The United States's First Post-Revolutionary War Treaty [Treaty]. [Sweden]. [United States]. Wanskaps och Handels Tractat Emellan Hans Maj:t Konungen af Swerige och the Forente Staterne i Norra America, Afsluten i Paris then 3 April 1783, Ratificerad Stockholms Slott then 23 Maji 1783, Och uti Congressen af Forente Staterne i America..... More
Accused of Poisoning Her Elderly Paramour [Trial]. Butterfield, Jane, Defendant. The Trial of Jane Butterfield for the Wilful Murder of William Scawen, Esq; At the Assizes Held at Croydon for the County of Surry on Saturday the 19th of August, 1775, Before the Right Honourable Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe, Knt..... More
The "Popish Midwife" On Trial for Libel [Trial]. [Cellier, Elizabeth (fl.1668-1688), Defendant]. The Tryal and Sentence of Elizabeth Cellier, For Writing, Printing, and Publishing, A Scandalous Libel, Called Malice Defeated, &c. At the Sessions in the Old-Bailey, Held Saturday the 11th. and Monday the 13th. Of Sept. 1680. Whereunto is..... More
A Sensational Inheritance Case [Trial]. [Douglas Cause]. A Concise Narrative of the Proceedings in the Douglas Cause: With Remarks Upon the Memorials: In a Letter to a Friend. London: Printed for W. Griffin, 1767. 56, 23, [1] pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, fore and bottom edges untrimmed..... More
Tried for Treason Without Benefit of Counsel [Trial]. Friend, Sir John [d.1696], Defendant. The Tryal and Condemnation of Sir John Friend, Knight. For Conspiring to Raise Rebellion in These Kingdoms, In Order to a French Invasion: Who Upon Full Evidence was Found Guilty of High-Treason, At the Sessions-House in the..... More
A "Penurious Old Reptile" [Trial]. Gambier, James, Defendant [1723-1789]. The Proceedings on the Trial of Captain G------, Late of His Majesty's Ship the Severn, On an Action on the Case Wherein the Damages Sued for was 10,000 l. for Crim. Con. With Ad----l K-----s's Lady; Which was Tried in the..... More
Only Known Copy of a Raucous Divorce Case [Trial]. Hall v. Hall. The Full Report of the Newman Hall Divorce Case [Drop-Head Title]. At head of drop-head title: Police News Edition. London: [S.n.], c.1880. 16 pp. Title page has large woodcut portraits of the Halls. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched..... More
"Carrying on a Criminal Conversation" [Trial]. Liddell, Richard, Defendant [c.1694-1746]. An Account of the Tryal of Richard Lyddel, Esq; At His Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas, Before the Right Honourable Lord-Chief-Justice Eyre, For Carrying on a Criminal Conversation with the Late Lady Abergavenny; On Monday the 16th of February, 1729/30. London..... More
"For Administering Unlawful Oaths" [Trial]. McKinley, Andrew [1799-1817], Defendant. The Trial of Andrew McKinley, Before The High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On the 18th Day of July, 1817, For Administering Unlawful Oaths. Edinburgh: Printed for Manners and Miller, 1818. [iv], 70 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in..... More
"The Consequences of Town Gallantry Are Always Fatal" [Trial]. Noble, Richard, Defendant [1684-1713]. A Full Account of the Case of John Sayer, Esq; From the Time of His Unhappy Marriage with his Wife, To His Death. Including the Whole Intrigue Between Mrs. Sayer and Mr. Noble; With Several Diverting Incidents..... More
"Criminal Intercourse" in Otego, NY [Trial]. Smith, Charles S., Defendant. The Trial and Conviction of Charles S. Smith, Of Otego, N.Y., Elder of the Presbyterian Church, Superintendent of the Sunday School, And Trustee of the School District, For Bastardy, With Sketch of Lucy Edith Wilson, His Victim, A Girl Eleven..... More
The Consequences of Overzealous Flogging [Trial]. Wall, Joseph, Defendant [1737-1802]. The Trial of Joseph Wall, Esq. Late Governor of Goree, For the Wilful Murder of Benjamin Armstrong, A Serjeant of the African Corps, At the Old Bailey, On Wednesday, January 20, 1802. London: Printed by A. Macpherson for J. Lee..... More
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The Trial and Confession of a Scottish Traitor [Trials]. [Scotland]. Watt, Robert, Defendant [c.1761-1794]. Trials of Robert Watt and David Downie for High Treason, Before the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Held at Edinburgh Aug. 14. 15. 22. 27.-Sept. 3. 5. 6. 1794. With an Engraving of the Pikes Found..... More
"Unable to Perform the Conjugal Rites" [Trial]. Weld v. Weld. The Whole of the Proceedings in the Arches-Court of Canterbury, In a Cause Between the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Weld, Daughter to the Lord Aston, And Edward Weld Esquire, Her Husband. Containing, I. Her Libel Exhibited Against Him for Impotency. II..... More
"That Extraordinary and Unparallel'd Jesuitical Affair" [Trials]. [Witchcraft]. Cadiere, Marie-Catherine, Defendant [b.1709]. Thirty Two Pieces, Never Before Translated, Of the Proceedings Upon the Trial, Of M. Cadiere, And F. Girard. Which, With the 3 Vols. Intituled, The Compleat Translations, Is a Full Account of that Extraordinary and Unparallel'd Jesuitical Affair..... More