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London: Anno. Do. 1578. ¶ Richardi. Tottelli. [Richard Tottell] [colophon:] ¶ Imprinted at London in Fleetestreete within Temple Barre at the signe of the Hand and Starre by Rychard Tottyl. the xv. of October. 1578., 1578. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. Description: Sm. 8vo (5¾ × 4 in): t-p., 116, [3] leaves. Early calf, embossed medallions to top and bottom covers. · Register: 8º: A-P^8 (E2 signed "E1"). · Condition: Rubbed at edges; no front free end-paper; signature on title obliterated; worm trail in lower shoulder starting at f. 82, just affecting a few letters in a few of the catch phrases in the margin; paper clean and bright. · Comments: The regular printed series of yearbooks petered out in the reign of Henry VIII. However, Robert Brooke included in his Abridgment (printed 1573) many cases from the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary, either from his personal observation or from manuscript reports. To make those reports… Read More

1546. 3 titles: Lyons: 1539,1545,1546. 3 titles: Lyons: 1539,1545,1546. Three Scarce Titles by Alciati, Including a Collection of Consilia Relating to Dueling Alciati, Andrea [1492-1550]. In Digestorum Seu Pandectarum Librum XII qui De Rebus Creditis Primus est, Rubric. Si Certum Petatur, Commentarius: Longe Doctissimus Atque Utilissimus: Una cum Vocum ac Rerum Toto hoc in Libro Notabilium Indice Diligentissimo. Lyons: Apud Iacobum Giunta, 1546. 387, [21] pp. [Bound with] Alciati, Andrea. Parerga: Andreae Alciati Iurisconsulti Mediolanensis PARERGON Iuris Libri Tres, Cum Argumentis Capitum in Eosdem, & Indice Vocum, Rerum, Autoritatum, & Locorum Notatu Dignorum. Lyons: Apud Jacobum Giunctam, 1539. [xxxii], 190 pp. [And] Alciati, Andrea. De Singulari Certamine Liber: Eiusdem Consilium in Materia Duelli, Exceptum ex Libro Quinto Responsorum. Lyons: Apud Theobaldum Paganum, 1545. 111, [1] pp. Octavo 6-1/4" x 4-1/4" (15.8 x 10.8 cm). Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, early hand-lettered titles to… Read More

Venice: apud Dominicum Nicolinum, & Socios [Domenico Nicolino], 1580. Hardcover. Very Good +. Vols. 4 & 5 (of 5) only. 2 volumes in 1. "Hac novissima editione recognitum, pluribusq; in locis accuratissime castigatum; cum quaestionibus, summarii & indice locupletissimo." 117 leaves [234 p.], 139 leaves [278 p.]; 37 cm. Signatures: A-P8 (-P7, -P8) A-R8 S4 (last leaf blank) (folio). Original parchment over boards. Five spine compartments between raised bands; hand-written title in first compartment. Handwritten identification also on lower page edges. Large and elaborate printer's device on title pages, which combines the earlier printer's device of Domenico Nicolino (a woman holding a wreath) with three others, presumably of the partners (Socios) referred to in the imprint. In Very Good+ Condition: original parchment over boards rubbed and soiled, with loss of parchment at ends of spine and over raised bands; loss at lower corner of front board; small stain along lower edge of 5:2-22, not… Read More

1852. London: Parker, Furnivall, And Parker, 1852. London: Parker, Furnivall, And Parker, 1852. Treatise on Courts Martial Owned by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart [Stuart, J.E.B. (1833-1864)]. Simmons, Thomas Frederick. Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial; With a Summary of the Law of Evidence, As Connected with Such Courts; Also Some Notice of the Criminal Law of England, With Reference to the Trial of Civil Offences Where There is no Competent Civil Judicature. London: Parker, Furnivall, And Parker, 1852. xvi, 668, [4] pp. Includes 4-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Original cloth, blind frames to boards, blind fillets and gilt title to spine. Light rubbing, soiling and a few minor dampstains, chipping to spine ends, corners bumped, hinges cracked. "J.E.B. Stuart./ 1st Cavalry" in large penciled hand to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to text, light foxing in a few places, upper corners of a few leaves dog-eared. A copy with an interesting Civil War… Read More

1823. Nineteenth-Century Archive Concerning American Tariffs [Archive]. [Tariff Laws]. [Pamphlets, Circulars, Offprints and Letters Concerning Tariffs]. Massachusetts, New York and Washington, DC, 1823-1902. 72 items, comprising 42 pamphlets, 12 offprints, 10 circulars and 8 letters, sizes range from 5-1/4" x 3-1/4" to 12-1/2" x 9-1/2." Light to moderate toning, browning to a few pieces, fold lines, minor wear and soiling, a few items neatly split along fold lines. $1,800. * A representative sampling of issues concerning tariffs during the nineteenth century, this archive includes analytical and polemical pieces, speeches, printings of U.S. Congressional bills and letters. Most of the items date from the 1870s, 1880s and 1890s, the decades of the "Gilded Age," a period of rapid economic growth, considerable income inequality, labor unrest and the beginnings of the modern global economy. Two of the letters are addressed to members of the U.S. Congress, two are (unrelated) replies from U.S.… Read More

Supreme Court of the United States, 1974. First Edition. Unknown. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Complete set of period autographs of the Supreme Court of the United States during the Watergate era, under Chief Justice Warren Burger. Crisply signed in ink by each Justice next to the photographs on a 4-page biographical pamphlet on the Court dating from the 1973/1974 term. Included are Chief Justice Warren E. Burger; and Associate Justices William H. Rehnquist, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Byron R. White, Harry Blackmun, and Potter Stewart. The pamphlet is titled 'The Justices of the Supreme Court', and is printed on both sides of a single 9 x 11.875 inch sheet, folding to form 4 pages (paginated pp 9-12). The text at rear provides statistics from the Term ending July, 1973, so this dates from the Watergate term. There is a light pencil date of 7/74 at foot of last page. Included is a vintage COA from a prominent firm, founding… Read More

1572. Leipzig: Durch Johann Martorff, 1572. Leipzig: Durch Johann Martorff, 1572. 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 Rede des Griechischen Philosophi Musonii, Dem Gemeinen Nutz zum Besten, Hier Angedruckt die Summa der Platonischen Lere von den Gesetzen und Regierung des Gemeinen Nutzes, Wie die von Johanne Schleydano ins Latein Zusamen Gezogen, etc. Vom Ampt der Konige und Regierung des Gemeinen Nutzes in der Loblichen Kron Frankreich, Des Furtrefflichen Mannes Claudii Sessels zwey Schone Bucher, Wie er die in Frantzosischer Sprach Geschrieben und von Johanne Schleydano ins Latein Gebracht, Auch ein Christliche und Trewe Oration und Vermanung an die Regierung der Loblichen Kron… Read More

Boston: Hilliard, Gray & Company, 1836. 1st edition. Leather. Very Good. 1st edition, 1836. 2 volume set, complete. A Very Good set. 8vo., [Vol.1] xliii, (i), 690; [Vol.2] li, (i), 769 pp. Bound in contemporary full an leather, with titles on red morocco labels on the spine. Spine volume numbers stamped in blind, as are the spine and board border fillets. Volume 1 has a pull at the spine's crown, with a loss, and a small area on the front board where the leather has peeled partial away. Volume two was protected by an old, handmade coarse paper jacket, which deteriorated, but served its purpose admirably. Scattered foxing throughout both volumes. Both hinges and joints remain strong. An attractive set. OCLC locates just one set, at the Nationale Biliotheque, with other institutions holding either volume 1, or volume 2. Constitution scholar and Supreme Court Justice, Joseph Story's (1779-1845) work, one of over 30 he authored on the Law. He shaped the Court, and American law perhaps more so than even… Read More

1810. Toulouse, 1810. [364] pp. Quarto (8-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Toulouse, 1810. [364] pp. Quarto (8-1/2" x 6-1/2"). 1810 Student Notes on Lectures on the Code de Procedure Civile and Code d'Instruction Criminelle [Manuscript]. Jouvent, Barthelemy [d.1821]. Cours de Procedure Civile. Dicte par Monsieur Jouvent, Professeur & Doyen a la Faculte de Droit a Toulouse. Toulouse, 1810. [364] pp. Quarto (8-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary vellum, gilt fillets and lettering piece (reading PROCEDURE CIVILE ET CRIMINELLE) to spine. Moderate rubbing, front board slightly bowed, front joint partially cracked, vellum beginning to peel away from front board and spine in places, some chipping to spine ends, moderate rubbing to rear boards and corners, a few partial cracks to text block. Light toning to text, occasional light soiling along top-edge of text block. Text in neat hand within ruled borders, additional notes in contemporary hand in a few places, "Cazes fils" in bold hand to title page of Cours de Procedure Civile.… Read More

1833. An Early Example of a Clash Between Police and Protesters [Broadside]. [Coldbath Fields Riot]. An Authentic Account of the Riotous Meeting Near Gray's Inn Road; With Full Particulars of the Sad Murder of Robert Culley, A Policeman, And the Stabbing of Serj. Brookes. London: Smeeton, Printer, [1833]. 14-3/4" x 10" broadside, double-column text below headline. Light toning, moderate edgewear, a few creases to corners, left-hand margin backed with strip of paper, possibly part of a hinge from an album. A well-preserved copy. $2,000. * Second edition. This broadside records an early clash between the London Metropolitan Police, founded in 1829, and a group of organized protesters. Held on May 16, 1833, the Coldbath Fields Riot began as a public meeting of the National Union of the Working Classes at Coldbath Fields in Clerkenwell, an area of central London. Batons drawn, the police marched on the 1,000 attendees at the meeting. In the violence that followed three policemen were stabbed. One of… Read More

London: Printed for Reed and Hunter, 1814. First edition. Two octavo volumes (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 209 x 130 mm). [2], liii, [1, blank], 364; [2], 532 pp. Each volume with title- page. We could find no copies sold on Rare Book Hub or ABPC. Uniformly bound in quarter modern calf over drab paper boards. Black Morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. Spines ruled in gilt and blind. Edges speckled brown. Calf with some minor scuffing. Internally very clean. Overall a near fine set. This work is a collection of legal opinions to the Crown, by its greatest lawyers on dealing with the colonies, most of which cover opinions on Americans, granting charters, taxes, and trade. Some such opinions covered the classification of blacks as merchandise for trade purposes. "George Chalmers, antiquary and political writer, compiled Opinions of Eminent Lawyers because the commentaries of the law of England did not address legal topics related to 'colonies, fisheries, and commerce.' While researching Annals of the… Read More

Anno Regni GEORGII II REGIS Magnae Britaniiae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, DECIMO OCTAVO. At the Parliament Begun and holden at Westminster, the First Day of December, Anno Domini 1741, in the Fifteenth Year of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith.... FIRST EDITION, [2], 483-486, woodcut coat of arms on title, woodcut floriated initial, text in black letter, folio (320 x 200mm), London, Thomas Baskett, 1745The third Act to be published on the Northwest Passage, the act of 1745 offered the enormous sum of £20,000 for the discovery of a north-west passage, providing that they were a British subject. The preamble to the Act stated the expected economic benefits of the discovery of the passage, and that it would be "a great encouragement to adventurers" to offer a prize. The allocated sum was £20,000, to be paid to the owners of the first ships to successfully make such a passage.
The Board of Longitude existed from 1714… Read More

DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY HENRY CLAYSIGNED BY ROBERT TODDEarly 1-page legal document written by Henry Clay, signed by Robert Todd (father of Mary Todd Lincoln), John Monroe and Henry Payne.The document is written totally in Henry Clay's hand, but is not signed by him. N.D. (ca. 1840s). The document reads in part: "McCurdee vs Harrisons. In the case in support of the plea of justification the defendant offered the following warrants, acknowledgements of service . . . The plaintiff objected to the readings of the said papers ad proved that they were all in the handwriting of Hezekeah Harrison. . ." Henry Clay, American lawyer and statesman responsible for the Missouri Compromise, was Secretary of State and Whig candidate for president. Robert Todd, father of Mary Todd Lincoln, and thus Lincoln's father-in-law, was a state senator and a very successful merchant. Both he and Clay lived in Lexington, Kentucky. They were obviously acquaintances, and may have shared the same political views. Even though her… Read More

Anno Regni GEORGII III REGIS Magnae Britaniiae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, DECIMO SEPTIMO. At the Parliament Begun and holden at Westminster, the Twenty-ninth Day of November, Anno Domini 1774, in the Fifteenth Year of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith.... FIRST EDITION, [4], 1039-1042 woodcut coat of arms on title, woodcut floriated initial, text in black letter, unbound, folio (320 x 200mm), London, Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1777This important act emphasised the Government's dedication to improving general science and navigation by offering rewards to those who could find an accurate method for determining longitude at sea. The first Longitude Act of 1714 was Parliament's response to the loss of 2,000 lives in 1707, when four British navy ships ran aground after miscalculating the longitude. The Act offered prize money of £10,000 (reduced from £20,000) for a reliable and accurate method of determining… Read More

1593 English LAW 1ed Doctor & Student Christopher St Germain Dialogues Divinity
Christopher St. Germain was a 16th-century English lawyer who is best remembered for his first published book 'Dialogues'. More commonly known as 'Doctor and Student', this work is a series of fictional conversations between a divinity doctor and an English barrister. This work is important because it was the first work to cover equity in English laws. Additionally, it influenced later books on English common law.
Item number: #20493
Price: $1950
ST GERMAIN, Christopher
The dialogue in English, betweene a Doctor of Diuinitie, and a student in the lawes of England
London : In Fleetestreete, within Temple Barre at the signe of the Hand and Starre by Richard Tottill, 1593. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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176 leaves, [8]
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Signatures: A-Y8 Z4
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References: USTC 512467
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Provenance: Handwritten
o Arthur Myles Junr., 1670
o Eames Wilforde
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Language: English… Read More