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

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

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 "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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

"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

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

"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

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

"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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 "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

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

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

"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

"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 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

"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

Two Notable British Executions [Trials]. Lovat, Simon, Lord [1675?-1747], Defendant. The Whole Proceedings in the House of Peers, Upon the Impeachment Exhibited by the Knights, Citizens, And Burgesses, In Parliament Assembled, In the Names of Themselves and of All the Commons of Great Britain; Against Simon Lord Lovat, For High..... More

"A Faithful Picture of All the Fashionable 'Modern Hells' and 'Black-Legs' of the Metropolis" [Trials]. Thurtell, John (1794-1824). Probert, William (d.1825). Hunt, Joseph. A Complete History and Development of all the Extraordinary Circumstances and Events Connected with the Murder of Mr. Weare, Together with the Trial at Large, Including the..... More

The Last Words of the "Macaroni Parson" Villette, Reverend John [d.1799]. [Dodd, William (1729-1777)]. A Genuine Account of the Behaviour and Dying Words of William Dodd, LLD. Who was Executed at Tyburn for Forgery on Friday the 27th of June, 1777. By the Reverend John Villette, Ordinary of Newgate. London..... More

"A Very Valuable Treatise on that Very Intricate and Important Subject" Watkins, Charles [d.1808]. An Essay Towards the Further Elucidation of the Law of Descents. London: Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, 1793. viii, 192, [16] pp. Folding copperplate Table of Descents. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Recent period-style quarter..... More

A Strong Case for Royal Review of Chancery Courts Williams, Walter. Jus Appellandi ad Regem Ipsum a Cancellaria: Or, A Manifestation of the King's Part and Power to Relieve His Subjects Against Erroneous and Unjust Decrees in Chancery. Collected out of the Authorities of Law. By Walter Williams of the..... More

"Like Veins and Arteries" [Writs]. [Great Britain]. Officina Brevium. Select and Approved Forms of Judicial Writs, And Other Process: With Their Retorns and Entries in the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster. As also Special Pleadings to Writs of Scire Facias. Collected Out of Many Choice Manuscripts by Several Eminent..... More