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With Laws on Witches and Vampires 1. Bodo, Matyas. Jurisprudentia Criminalis Secundum Praxim & Constitutiones Hungaricas in Partes Duas Divisa. Cujus Pars Prior, Jus & Processum Criminalem Publica Delicta & Malefactores, Modumque Contra Eos Procedendi, In Genere; Pars Posterior, Crimina Publica & Privata, Eorumque Poenam & Modum Puniendi, In Specie, Exponit. Bratislava: Ex Typographia Joannis Michaelis Landerer, 1751. [xii], 325, [14] pp. Folio (12-1/4" x 8"). Contemporary calf, gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece, marbled endpapers, edges rouged. Some rubbing to extremities, minor scuffing to boards, small bump to fore-edge of front board. Title page printed in red and black, woodcut head and tail-pieces. Moderate toning to text, light foxing in places. Early owner signature to front endleaf, interior otherwise clean. $1,250. * Only edition. This is a handbook on criminal law and procedure for lawyers and legislators in Slovakia, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary. At this time Hungarian criminal law was identical in most respects to that of Austria and the German states. It even adopted some of the Enlightenment's ideas about the use of torture. However, it has a more conservative view of adultery and "crimes against nature." It even has a large number of laws concerning vampirism and witchcraft. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries (Columbia, Harvard, UC-Berkeley, University of Michigan, Yale). Not in the British Museum Catalogue. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=62180

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The First Irish Legal Treatise 2. Bolton, Sir Richard [c.1570-1648]. Travers, Michael. A Justice of Peace for Ireland: Consisting of Two Books; The First, Declaring the Exercise of That Office by One or More Justices of Peace Out of Sessions; The Second, Setting Forth the Form of Proceeding in Sessions, And the Matter to be Enquired of and Handled Therein. To Which are Now Added, In an Alphabetical Order, All the Statutes Now in Force in England and Ireland, (Since Sir Richard Bolton Published His Said Treatise) Which Concern the Office of a Justice of Peace for Ireland, Both in and Out of Sessions. Here are Likewise Added, Three Tables: The First Shews the Several Titles in Sir Richard Bolton's Treatise to Which Additions Have Been Made. The Second Shews the Several New Titles Added; And the Third is Designed for the More Easy Finding Several Particular Matters Contained Under the General Titles. With a Compleat Index to the Whole. Also, Some Precedents of Committals, Convictions, Summonses and Warrants, Are Added, As a Help to Justices of the Peace in the Execution of Their Office. With a Table of the Precedents. Dublin: Printed for J. Leathley, And T. Moore, 1750. xiv, 586, 292 pp. Two parts, each with title page and individual pagination. Quarto (10" x 8"). Contemporary calf, raised bands and recent period-style lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, a few minor scuffs and stains to boards, minor worming to lower edges of pastedowns and some adjacent leaves. Light toning, a bit darker in places, faint dampstaining to portions of text, internally clean. A nice copy. $700. * Third and final edition. First published in 1638, this was the first Irish legal treatise. Considerably enlarged by Travers, the third is the preferred edition of this work. Bolton was chief baron of the Irish Court of Exchequer. OCLC locates 9 copies of this edition in North American law libraries. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 4:8-9. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=61291


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Two of Bynkershoek's Most Important Works 3. Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Conradi, Franz Karl [1701-1748], Editor. Opuscula Varii Argumenti, Nunc Primum Collecta Atque in Duos Tomos Distributa. Cum Praefatione D. Francisci Caroli Conradi. Halle: Sumtibus Ern. Gottl. Crugii, 1729. Two volumes. [iv], 5-28, [6], [5]-424, [24]; [ii], 3-407, [29] pp. [Bound with] Bynkershoek, Cornelius van. Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb [1681-1741]. Observationum Juris Romani Libri Quatuor. In Quibus Plurima Juris Civilis Aliorunque Auctiorum Loca Explicantur & Emendantur. Frankfurt: Apud Ernest. Gottl. Krugium, 1723. [xlix], 446, [30] pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary vellum, early hand-lettered title to spine, edges rouged. Light rubbing and soiling, small vertical tear to head of spine, vellum beginning to crack through pastedowns. Title pages of Opuscula, Volume I, and Observationum printed in red and black, woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. Light toning to text, somewhat darker in places. Early owner annotations in tiny hand to front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Shelf-label residue to spine, small inkstamps to title page and verso. A nice copy. $650. * Later editions. Bynkershoek was a renowned Dutch jurist who founded the positive school of international law, which held that usage and practice were more important than doctrines drawn from natural law. His works are still consulted today. First published in 1719, Opuscula, an essay collection on Roman law, addresses topics in maritime and international relations, the legal rights of unwanted and abandoned children, abortion and infanticide. The essays on children reflect Bynkershoek's debate on this topic with his distinguished contemporary Gerard Noodt [1647-1725]. The notoriety of this exchange, which became acrid and lasted several years, did much to promote their circulation. First published in 1710, Observationum, a summation of his studies on Roman civil and criminal law, was a standard reference in Dutch universities until the nineteenth century. Heineccius, the editor of the present edition, was a prominent German jurist and a professor of jurisprudence and philosophy at Halle. A companion volume was issued in 1733. "Bynkershoek was undoubtedly a man of rare intellectual attainments and a great force of character (,) [a] very great authority on the law of Holland and on Roman law.": Roberts, A South-African Legal Bibliography 69-70. Dekkers, Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica 15 (9, 10). Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=62003


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Tobacco Smugglers: An Unrecorded Imprint . [Carandi (Carandini), Prospero].

alada, E Santino Menconi Nella Causa di Preteso Contrabbando di Tabacco Pendente in

ecent stiff wrappers, endpapers renewed. Large woodcut title-page device, large woodcut vignette to head of p. 1. Light

Only edition. Defense submission for an appeal involving three men convicted of smuggling tobacco in a suit initiated by

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4Replica a Difesa di Giuseppe Felici, Francesco SGrado di Revisione Avanti Gl'Illustrissimi Signori Consiglieri Co: Pompeo Baldasseroni, Giuseppe Simonini, E Francesco Ansaloni. Modena: Presso la Societa' Tipografica, 1791. 37 pp. Folio (11-1/4" x 7-1/2"). Rtoning to text, internally clean. $750. *the licensed tobacco contractor Massa and Carrara. The arguments are erudite and learned; there are citations to Bartolus and Alberico de Rosate, for example, and, on p. 33, a eight-line quotation from Virgil. This appears to be an unrecorded imprint. OCLC locates no copies worldwide. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchang


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Bandits and Outlaws . Cartari, Flaminio [1531-1593].

cialis Capto Bannito. In Quo non Pauca Scitu Digna, Ad Universam Huius rei Theoricam, &

ontemporary vellum, raised bands and early hand-lettered title label and shelf number (?) to spine, early hand-lettered title

Second edition. The work of a leading jurist from Orvieto, this is a treatise on the laws concerning bandits and other

5Tractatus de Executione Sententiae ContumaPraxim, Ac Motuum Propriorum, & Constitutionum Summorum Pont. Statutorumque Diversorum Civitatum de Super Iusta Severitate Aeditorum Declarationem Pertiment, Continentur. Nunc Primum in Gratiam Tyronum, & Ad Communem Etiam Omnium Utilitatem Aeditus. Cum Indice Rerum, Ac Verborum Locupletissimo. Venezia: Apud Giovanni Zenaro, 1593. [xlviii], 179, [1] ff. Quarto (8-3/4" x 6-1/2"). Cto foot of text block. Light soiling and a few minor stains to boards, spine abraded with wear to ends and bands, corners worn. Front hinge starting, rear free endpaper lacking. Attractive woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. Moderate toning to text, heavier in places. Early owner signature to title page, annotations in similar hand to a few leaves, interior otherwise clean. $1,500. *outlaws in the mid-Italian states. Its first edition was published in 1587. A useful work, it went through four more editions, the last in 1607. All are scarce in North American law libraries; OCLC locates 3 copies of all editions, 1 of the second (at UC-Berkeley). Censimento Nazionale delle Edizioni Italiane del XVI Secolo CNCE9736. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=62188


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Costa Rica's First Original Commercial Code . [Costa Rica].

ara Negocios y Causas de Comercio. [San Jose (Costa Rica)]: Imprenta de la Paz, 1853. [ii], 97 pp. Quarto

ecent cloth, endpapers renewed. Light toning to text, discoloration to margins of a few leaves, internally clean. Ex-library.

First edition. This is Costa Rica's first commercial code. By the early 1850s, Costa Rica's economy had matured and was

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6Ley de Enjuiciamiento p(7-1/4" x 5-1/2"). RSmall inkstamp to foot of title page. $950. *exporting its principal product, coffee, to Europe and the United States. This drew Costa Rica into international trade, which created the need for a commercial code. Drafted in 1851, it was based on the Spanish Commercial Code of 1829. OCLC locates 6 copies in North America, 2 in law libraries (Library of Congress, UC-Berkeley). Mirow, Latin American Law: A History of Private Law and Institutions in Spanish America 160. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?re


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First Edition of an Important Costa Rican Code . [Costa Rica].

epublica de Costa-Rica, Emitido en 30 de Julio de 1841; Segunda Edicion Anotada, Adicionada, Revisada y

ater cloth, red and black lettering pieces to spine, endpapers renewed. Some soiling and wear to edges of lettering pieces.

First edition. Enacted in 1841, the Codigo General was Costa Rica's first code dealing with civil, criminal and procedural

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7Ramirez, Rafael. Codigo General de la RCorregida Conforme a Las Leyes Vigentes Posteriores Hasta el 31 de Diciembre de 1857. Con Aprobacion del Supremo Gobierno Bajo la Administracion del Excmo. Senor Capitan General Presidente Don Rafael Mora. New York: Imprenta de Wynkoop, Hallenbeck y Thomas, 1858. Three parts, each with individual pagination. [ii], ii, 175, VII, [1]; 142, VIII; 153, xi; IX, [2] pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6"). LModerate toning to text, edgewear to title page and some leaves, a few with repairs. Ex-library. Location label to spine, stamps and annotations to title page. A scarce title. $750. *law. Contents: Codigo General del Estado, Pt. 1. Materia Civil. Notas de las Reformas Hechas a la Parte Primera del Codigo General; Pt. 2. Materia Penal. Notas de las Reformas Hechas a la Segunda Parte del Codigo General; Pt. 3. Materia de Procedimientos Judiciales. Notas de las Reformas Hechas a la Tercera Parte del Codigo General. OCLC locates 10 copies in North American law libraries. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexc


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Inscribed by Darrow to a Fellow Criminal Defense Attorney . Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938].

ffield & Company, 1905. 213 pp.

riginal cloth, gilt titles to front board and spine. Some rubbing to extremities, corners and spine ends bumped, a few tiny

First edition. Darrow's only fictional work, aside from his autobiographical novel, Farmington, published in 1904. It tells

8An Eye for an Eye. New York: Fox, Du Ostains, some fading to sections of boards and spine, rear hinge starting. Author inscription to front endleaf, light toning to text, negligible foxing to a few leaves. $1,750. *the story of Jim Jackson, who struggles with poverty and harsh circumstances, before finally murdering his wife in a fit of rage. Faced with the gallows, Jackson confesses: "If ther'd been forty scaffolds right before my eyes, I'd have brought down the poker just the same." Darrow's novel is a sociological polemic which foreshadows such later works as Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy and Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. Abe Ravitz, in his Clarence Darrow and the American Literary Tradition, observed that An Eye for an Eye was worthy of a trophy not only for sociological veracity but also for genuine literary achievement. This copy was inscribed "with the regards of his friend and admirer" to James K. Jones, a lawyer in Washington, DC, who often served in criminal cases. The University of Minnesota owns the letter in which he acknowledges receipt of Darrow's book. Jones praises it as "a vivid and truthful picture...of much that comes along in many a poor devil's life... [It] turns light on places where light was needed." Hunsberger, Clarence Darrow: A Bibliography 55. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=62094


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A Rare Seventeenth-Century Treatise on Civil Actions 9. Fernandez De Otero, Jeronimo. Tractatus de Actionibus; Et Illarum Origine, Natura, Et Effectu. Cagliari: Ex Typographia Doctoris Antonii Galcerin, Apud Bartholomaeum Gobettum, 1628. [xxiv], 290, [30] pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary limp vellum, faint early hand-lettered title to spine, ties partially lacking. Light soiling, some rubbing to spine ends and corners, vellum just beginning to crack through pastedowns, front hinge cracked. Large copperplate vignette to title page (arms of Pope Urban VIII, with lady justice with scales and sword). Light toning to text, faint dampspotting and minor worming to margins in a few places, faint staining, edgewear and a few minor chips to title page and following leaf. Early struck-through owner signature to title page, interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown, inventory label to rear pastedown. A nice copy of a rare title. $950. * Only edition located. Dedicated to Pope Urban VIII, this treatise presents a systematic overview of civil actions in Roman law, canon law and the law of the Kingdom of Sardinia. OCLC locates 5 copies, none in North America. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 9:164. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=62320


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"Exercitations" for Thoughtful Lawyers 10. Hargrave, Francis [1741?-1821]. Jurisconsult Exercitations. London: Sold by W. Clarke and Sons, 1811-1813. Three volumes. Quarto (10-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Recent cloth, gilt titles and blind fillets to cloth, endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing to boards, corners bumped and somewhat worn. Moderate toning to text, light foxing in places, torn corner in Volume I (pp. 237-38) repaired with archival tape, internally clean. Ex-library. Small inkstamps to title pages. An attractive set. $500. * Only edition. A compendium of thirty-five arguments, observations, opinions, and notes on a wide range of cases and topics, such as the illegality of domestic slavery in England, the inescheatability of trusts in inheritance, fines of land, taxing out of parliament, the rule in Shelley's Case, the legal time of human birth and the Walpole Case of mutual wills. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:156. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=61814


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Two Issues Confronting Stuart-Era Nobles 11. James I [1566-1625], King of England. The Decree and Establishment of the Kings Majestie, Upon a Controversie of Precedence, Betweene the Yonger Sonnes of Viscounts and Barons, And the Baronets; And Touching Some Points also, Concerning Aswell Bannerets, As the Said Baronets. London: Imprinted by Robert Barker, 1612. [iv], 14, [2] pp. [Bound with] Espagne, Jean d' [1591-1659]. Anti-Duello. The Anatomie of Duells, With the Symptomes Thereof. A Treatise Wherein is Learnedly Handled, Whether a Christian Magistrate May Lawfully Grant a Duell, For to End a Difference Which Consisteth in Fact. Also, The Maner and Forme of Combats Granted, With the Severall Orders Observed in the Proceeding There With the List of Such Duels, As Have Beene Performed Before the Kings of England. London: Printed by [1] pp. Title page and following two

aves supplied in facsimile.

of, Thomas Harper for B. Fisher, 1632. [vi], 63,

le Stab-stitched pamphlets in recent wrappers, rules to covers, hand-lettered title to spine. Some wear to spine ends, a fewminor stains to wrappers. Attractive woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. Some toning to text, occasional faint dampstaining to lower corner of text block. "2" to upper corner of Duello, "3" to first leaf of Anti-Duello, interior otherwise clean. $1,000. * Only editions. Decree addresses the confusion raised by the creation of the rank of baronet by James I. The King's decree explained the nature of this title and fixed its place among the other titled ranks. Anti-Duello is a contribution to a early seventeenth-century debate initiated by a 1613 decree of James I that outlawed dueling. (This was a reaction to series of high-profile duels between some of his leading courtiers that year.) OCLC locates few copies of either title in North America, none in law libraries. English Short-Title Catalogue S105542, S114510. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=62146


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onisti Sulle Facolta e Concessioni Appostoliche Accordate al Prelato Visitatore Della Russia-Bianca:

wrappers. Light rubbing to extremities. Light toning to text, faint dampstaining to a few aves, spark burns to a few others, internally clean. $1,250.

s author marshals arguments that display respectful resistance to papal policy. A poignant ontispiece shows a group of Jesuits attempting to prop up a crumbling pyramidal Jesuit edifice as it is struck by a

Canonistic Defense of a Beleaguered Jesuit

12. [Jesuits]. Dubbi Proposti in Roma a Teologi e CanE Sull' Uso da Lui Fattone Quanto a' Chierici Della Soppressa Compagnia de Gesu: Con Parecchie Osservazioni Canoniche Atte ad Illustrar Convenientemente un si Grave e Interessante Argomento. Venice: Presso Giammaria Bassaglia, 1780. 96 pp. Copperplate allegorical frontispiece. Octavo (7" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary stiff marbled le * First edition (one of two issued the same year). This canon-law pamphlet addresses issues concerning the arrival of a Jesuit visitor from Belarus, where, despite bans elsewhere, the Society was allowed to continue with the approval of Pope Pius VI. The anonymoufrlightning bolt emanating from a cloud emblazoned with papal insignia. A tomb with the inscription "and it is buried" stands alongside; other inscriptions read "in vain have they worked who build it" and "the stone is cracked." OCLC locates 1 copy of any edition (at the Thomas Fisher Library, Toronto). Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=59935


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With Sixteen Handsome Copperplates

Antiquissimis Inde Deducta Temporibus. Middelburgh: Apud Petrum Gillissen t Isaac de Winter [imprint varies], 1777-1782. Four parts in two volumes. xxxiv, 217, 500; [iv], 520; vi, [iv], 521-1098 pp.

(10" x 8").

ocates 24 complete copies worldwide, one in North America. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 14:146.

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13. Kluit, Adriaan [1735-1807]. Dousa, Matthaeus, Editor. Historia Critica Comitatus Hollandiae et Zeelandiae abeText complete. All plates and tables present. Volume I, Pt. 1 has 8 tables, 4 folding; Volume II has 16 folding copperplates, 3 in Pt. 2. One of these is a map of the Netherlands. Quarto Recent buckram, gilt titles to spines, endpapers renewed. Light shelfwear and soiling, light toning to text, minor edgewear to some tables and plates. Bound-in presentation leaves in contemporary hand at head of each volume, later annotations in pencil in a few places. Ex-library. Library name and shelf numbers to spines, stamps to title pages, annotations to versos. A scarce title, rarely found on the market with all of its plates and tables. $750. * Only edition. A remarkable feat of philology, this is a comprehensive annotated collection of political and legal documents relating to the history of the Netherlands. Its compiler, Kluit, was a classical scholar and legal historian. Dousa, another classical scholar, provided annotations for most of the documents. OCLC ln


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The Old Poor Law 4. Lewin, Sir Gregory A[llnutt].

g to extremities with some wear to spine nds and corners, minor stains to boards, joints starting at ends. Some toning to text, signatures unopened, internally clean.

f the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature 0048

1A Summary of the Laws Relating to the Government & Maintenance of the Poor. London: William Benning, 1828. xxi, [1] 746 pp. (Signature BB, pp. 553-576, duplicated). 12mo. (7-1/2" x 4-1/2") Original boards with contrasting spine and printed title label. Moderate rubbineA nice copy of a scarce title. $500. * First edition. A comprehensive digest by this Middle Temple barrister is an excellent review of the poor laws before they were heavily revised six years later by the New Poor Law Act (1834). Catalogue o25655. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=6


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Interesting for Its Discussion of Early Common-Law Authorities on Marriage

15. Mainwaring, Sir Thomas [1623-1689]. The Legitimacy Of Amicia, Daughter Of Hugh Cyveliok Earl Of Chester, Clearly Proved. With Full Answers to All Objections that Have at Any Time been Made Against the Same. London: Printed for Sam. Lowndes, 1679. [x], 171, [1] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4").

ontemporary speckled calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands to spine, marbled edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities, red by cords. Title page printed in red and black. Moderate toning to text, small

Only edition. A sequel to the author's A Defence of Amicia. The 8-page preface gives a useful account of the endless

endant of Amicia, claimed that she was a bastard. This tract, like the others, is of legal terest for its discussion of the early common law authorities on marriage. Both authors had been students at Gray's Inn.

Cboards beginning to separate, but secupiece excised from rear endleaf, internally clean. $500. *pamphlet-war that following the publication of Defence in 1673, including an account of the controversy itself and the publications of Mainwaring's opponent, Peter Leicester. Amicia, the author's grandmother, was the wife of Ralph Mainwaring. Leicester, another descinThe issue was eventually decided in Mainwaring's favor. OCLC locates 13 copies in North America, 1 in a law library (Ohio State). English Short-Title Catalogue R21678. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=60928


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Studies of Ancient Greece by an Important Dutch Scholar 16. Meurs, Johannes van [1579-1639]. [Graevius, Johannes Georgius (1632-1703), Editor]. Creta, Cyprus, Rhodus: Sive De Nobilissimarum Harum tiquitatibus, Commentarii Postumi, Nunc Primum Editi. Amsterdam: Apud Abraha individual pagination. [vi], 64, [2]; [2], 124, [68]; [2], 175 pp.

cobi Sponii Itinerario de Iisdem Pagis. Utrecht: Apud Franciscum Halma, 1684. [viii], 136, [12], 40, 52, [8] pp.

tting to spine, corners and spine ends bumped, small chip to rear oard, front hinge cracked. Title page of Theseus printed in red and black. Light toning to text, somewhat heavier in places,

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Insularum Rebus & Anmum Wolfgangum, 1675. Three parts in one, each with title page and

2[Bound with] Meurs, Johannes van. Theseus Sive de Ejus Vita Rebusque Gestis Liber Postumus. Accedunt Ejusdem Paralipomena de Pagis Atticis, Et Excerpta ex V. Cl. Jo Quarto (7-3/4" x 6"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, later hand-lettered title label and fragment of shelf label to spine, edges rouged. Light soiling, some spoblight foxing to some leaves. Early owner annotations to pastedowns and front free endpaper, later annotations in pencil in a few places, interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Stamps to title pages. $1,000. * Creta: first edition; Theseus: later edition. Van Meurs was a notable Dutch classical scholar and antiquary. This volume collects to of his most important works. The first one discusses accounts of Crete, Cyprus, Rhodes and other Greek islands in ancient Greek, Latin and Byzantine literature. The second concerns ancient Greek inscriptions on objects and structures. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 17:377Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=62244


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Comparative Handbook on the Legal Systems of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Italy

Pubblicati nel

sota).

17. Moizo, Lorenzo. Dizionario della Legislazione Sarda e Italiana: Contenente per Ordine Cronologico la Data, Il Sunto, La Pagina della Loro Inserzione Nella

accolta Ufficiale e il Numero Progressivo delle Leggi, Dei Decreti e Regolamenti di Maggiore Importanza Storica od Attuale RRegno Sardo Dopo la Restaurazione e Successivamente nel Regno d'Italia Sino a Tutto Giugno 1885. Casale: Tipografia Casalese, 1886. 612 pp. Royal octavo (10" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary quarter vellum over marbled boards, black-stamped title, fillets and ornaments to spine. Some rubbing to extremities, light soiling to spine, front hinge just starting. Moderate toning to text, faint spotting in few places, internally lean. $500. c

* Only edition. This is a handbook that coordinates the legal system of Sardinia with that of the Kingdom of Italy. Books like these were useful in the decades following unification. OCLC locates 4 copies worldwide, two in North America (at LA County Law Library and the University of MinneOrder this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=60005


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"Intended As a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries" 18. Mortimer, Thomas [1730-18Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)].

Commerce, Politics, and Finances; Intended as a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of

ontemporary tree sheep, rebacked retaining original spine with lettering piece and gilt fillets, front hinge mended. Some

Only edition. Best known as the author of Every Man His Own Broker (First edition, 1761), Mortimer was an attorney,

illiam Blackstone 481.

10]. [Lectures on the Elements of England; And Peculiarly Calculated to Qualify Young Noblemen and Gentlemen for Situations in Any of the Public Offices Under Government, And for Parliamentary Business. London: Published by A. Strahan, 1801. xxviii, 442 pp. Includes six-page subscriber list. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Crubbing, corners bumped and lightly worn, upper corner of title page repaired. Light toning, negligible foxing to some leaves, internally clean. A handsome copy. $850. *diplomat and writer with an interest in commercial law. He believed Blackstone provided an essential component of the nobleman and gentleman's education. His Lectures were intended to cover the remaining areas: commerce, politics and finances. Not in Eller. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of WOrder this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=59743


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Nicaragua's 1871

odigo de Procedimientos Civiles de la Republica de Nicaragua, Redactado con Arreglo a las Disposiciones del Codigo Civil. Managua:

pers renewed, title page, which has some edgewear along gutter from hen it was detached, carefully re-hinged. Light wear to extremities, small chip near head of spine. Light toning to text,

Code of Civil Procedure 19. [Nicaragua]. Ayon, Tomas [1821-1887], Editor. CImprenta de "El Centro-Americano," 1871. [ii], 121 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"). Later textured cloth, lettering piece to spine, endpawinternally clean. Ex-library. Small inkstamp to title page. $750. * With index. Enacted in 1871, this code was replaced in 1906. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries (Harvard, LA County, Library of Congress, UC-Berkeley, University of Michigan).Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=60468


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Pro-Monarchist Essay on the Portuguese Constitution

Only edition. Portugal's September Revolution of 1836-1838 led to a new constitution. By 1844 there was public

, none in law libraries.

20. [Portugal]. Um Cartista. Memorandum ao Corpo Legislativo, Ou Reflexoes Sobre o Decreto do 1 de Agosto de 1844. Lisbon: Na Typographia de Jose Baptista Morando, 1844. iv, 34 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet, untrimmed edges, front wrapper lacking, spine reinforced with imitation morocco. Light soiling, recent owner bookplate to verso of title page, internally clean. $400. *pressure, ultimately successful, to return to the more monarchist pre-war Charter. This pro-monarchist essay was a contribution to that debate. OCLC locates 4 copies worldwide, 2 in North AmericaOrder this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=61513


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A Spanish Critique of Lands Held in Mortmain by the Church 21. Rodriguez Campomanes, Pedro, Conde de [1723-1803]. Tratado de la Regalia de Amortizacion, En el Qual se Demuestra por la Serie de las Varias Edades, Desde el Nacimiento de la Iglesia en Todos los Siglos y Paises Catolicos, El Uso Constante de la Autoridad Civil, Para Impedir las Ilimitadas Enagenaciones de Bienes Raices en Iglesias, Comunidades, Y Otras Manos-Muertas; Con una Noticia de las Leyes Fundamentales de la Monarquia Espanola Sobre Este Punto, Que Empieza con los Godos, Y se Continua en los Varios Estados Sucesivos, Con Aplicacion a la Exigencia Actual del Reyno Despues de su Reunion, Y al Beneficio Comun de los Vasallos. Con Real Permiso. Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gaceta, 1765. [viii], x, 296 pp. Folio (13-3/4" x 8-3/4"). Contemporary mottled sheep, gilt spine with raised band edges rouged, marbled endpapers. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and separate, but quite secure, rear hinge starting. Title page printed in red and bl ng to text, somewhat heavier in places. Early annotations to verso of half-title, interior otherwise cle le

and stamps to verso. An attractive copy. $650.

ted by the common law, that restricted conveyance to specific parties,

enment, a movement that viewed the Church with

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an. Ex-library. Location label to spine, small inkstamp to titpage, annotations * First edition. In the middle ages the Church acquired an enormous amount of land and other property. In most cases, it was held in mortmain, a feudal principle, later adopin this case those within the Church, unless an exception was made by a monarch. The Church's accumulation of material wealth through this practice was an important aspect of the conflict between church and state in the Medieval and early modern periods. Secular criticism became stronger during the Enlightsuspicion, as we can see in this treatise by Rodriguez Campomanes, a notable Enlightenment-influenced Spanish statesman. It begins with a history and review of mortmain, and then builds an argument for its curtailment. It was a fairly well-circulated book. An Italian translation was published in 1767 and a second Spanish-language edition followed in 1821. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 21:880. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=61845


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Only Dublin Edition of Doctor and Student 22. Saint German [Germain], Christopher [1460-1540]. Muchall, William, Editor. Doctor and Student: Or, Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity and a Student in the Laws of England: Containing the Grounds of Those Laws; Together with Questions and Cases Concerning the Equity Thereof. Dublin: Printed by J. Moore, 1792. vi, [9], 302; [303]-344,

2] pp. Two parts in one with continuous pagination, second part preceded by divisional title page reading: Additions to the [3Second Dialogue of the Doctor and Student: Containing Thirteen Chapters on the Power and Jurisdiction of the Parliament, &c. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, boards slightly bowed. Later bookseller ticket and owner annotation (of Jonathan Holden, 1935) to front free endpaper, early

wner annotation to following leaf "Stephen Eno's book/ March 1816/ price 2 dollars." Toning, light foxing to a few oleaves. Annotations in Eno's hand to margins of some leaves, interior otherwise clean. $250. * Only Dublin edition, "Corrected and Improved." Written originally in Latin in 1523, this work contains two dialogues between a doctor of divinity and a student of English law. It popularized canonist learning on the nature and object of law, the religious and moral standards of law, the foundations of the common law and other issues regarding the jurisdiction of Parliament. A very important work in the development of equity, Doctor and Student appeared in numerous editions and it remained an authority well into the eighteenth century. The probable owner of this book was Stephen Eno [1762-1852], a prominent lawyer and civic leader in Dutchess County, New York who practiced in Pine Plains, Amenia, and Poughkeepsie. Marvin, Legal Bibliography 471. English Short-Title Catalogue N7521. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=53934


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Two Royal Ordonnances

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acques Antoine. 'Esprit des Deux Ordonnances de Louis XV sur les Substitutions et sur le Faux: Pour Servir de Suite a l'Esprit des Deux Ordonnances

es, edges rouged, marbled ndpapers, ribbon markers. Some rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, some chipping to heads of spines, some

Commentaries on

23. [Salle, Jacques Antoine]L'Esprit des Deux Ordonnances de Louis XV, Sur les Donations et sur les Testamens: Developpe par la Conference de Leur Texte, Avec Celui des Anciennes Ordonnances, Edits & Declarations, Ensemble, Avec la Jurisprudence des Differens Parlemens du Royaume & les Sentimens des Jurisconsultes. Paris: Chez la Veuve Rouy, 1752. [xi], 2-475, [3] pp. [And] Salle, JLsur les Donations & Sur les Testamens, Du Meme Auteur, M. Salle. Paris: Chez Savoye [et al.], 1754. [iv], 561, [4] pp. Signatures hh and gg bound in reverse order. Octavo (6" x 4"). Contemporary speckled calf, blind rules to boards, gilt spines with lettering piecescuffing to center of spine of 1752 volume. Light toning to text, discoloration to margins of a few leaves at beginning and end of each volume. Early owner signature to 1754 volume, interiors otherwise clean. $500. * First editions. These are commentaries on ordonnances of Louis XV concerning wills, donations, substitution and forgery. Though issued and often catalogued separately, these two titles were intended to be a pair. OCLC locates 4 copies of this edition of the 1752 title, 2 in North America (at UC-Davis and Harvard Law School), 5 copies of the 1754 title, 2 in North America (at McGill University and the University of Chicago). Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=59934


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An Anthology of Legal Opinions and a "Trial" of Humanity, Jesus Christ for the Defense

4. I. Schneidewein, Johann [1519-1568].

Aureae, Solemnes, Divq. Exoptatae Quaestionum Variarum apud Iuris Utriusque Interpretes Controversarum Decisiones & o, Pontificio, Et Saxonico ad Praxin Camerae Accommodatae, Et Illustriss. Mem. Heroi, D.D. Augusto,

I. Ayrer, Jakob [c.1543-1605].

olio (12-1/4" x 7-1/2"). Two works bound together in contemporary paneled vellum over wooden boards with elaborate

Early owner signature and annotation to foot of

2Thoming, Jakob. Wesenbeck, Matthaeus [1531-1586]. Matthias, Konrad, Editor. Schonwetter, Johann Theobald, Editor. Illustres, Discussiones: Ex Iure CaesareElectori Saxoniae, &c. In Anno 1572... Frankfurt: Ex Officina Iohannis Spiessii: Sumtibus Iohannis Theobaldi Schonwetteri, 1599. [xxiv], 54, 203, [21] ff. [Bound with] IHistorischer Processus Iuris. In Welchem sich Lucifer uber Jesum, Darumb dass er Ihme die Hellen Zerstort, Eingenomen, Die Gefangene Darauss Erlosst und Hingegen Ihnen Lucifern Gefangen und Gebunden Habe... Frankfurt: Gedruckt durch Nicolaum Bassaeum, 1597. Colophon dated 1598. [xii], 739 [i.e.731], [38] pp. Ftooling, raised bands and somewhat later hand-lettered title to spine, "E G L" and "1600" stamped to front board, clasps lacking. Moderate soiling, some rubbing to extremities, spine ends bumped, a few minor scuffs, minor worming to pastedowns. Title pages printed in red and black, woodcut decorated initials and text ornaments. Moderate toning to text, somewhat darker in places, light foxing to a few leaves in each book. Illustres, interiors otherwise clean. $2,000.


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* I. First edition. Arranged by topic in five sections, this is an anthology of legal opinions by three distinguished jurists. Complete in itself and bibliographically distinct, it was followed by another collection in 1608, confusingly titled Tomus Tertius Continens Illustres, that does not include contributions by Thoming. Both are scarce. OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries (Harvard, UC-Berkeley), none of the 1608 collection. Verzeichnis der im Deutschen Sprachbereich Erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts S8323. II. First edition. This fascinating work casts the nature of human salvation as a trial argued by Christ and Satan. Its author, Ayrer, was an important German playwright, early translator of Shakespeare and distinguished lawyer and state official. Based on the Processus Belial of Jacobus de Theramo [1349-1417], the canon lawyer and bishop, it is a didactic work on the nature of redemption cast in a humorous "legal" style for the amusement of lawyers. A popular work, it went through several editions into the seventeenth century. OCLC locates 1 copy of this edition in a North American law library (UC-Berkeley). Verzeichnis der im Deutschen Sprachbereich Erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts A4523. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=61663

A Legal Defense of the Shakers 25. [Shakers].

Against the TestA Remonstrance imony and Application of Mary Dyer, Requesting Legislative Interference Against the United Society, ic] With the Affidavits and Certificates Showing the Falsity of her Statements. Boston: Printed for

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Commonly Called Shakers, Tggether [sN. Coverly, 1818. 24 pp. Octavo (7" x 4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light edgewear, some browning and foxing, internally clean. $1,500. * Only edition, also issued the same year in Concord, New Hampshire. A spirited defense of the Shakers by Enfield and Canterbury leaders against Mary Dyer's attempt to get the New Hampshire legislature to interfere with Shaker communities. Dyer and her family joined the Enfield community, but eventually left it. Her husband refused to release any of their children to her, so Mary began a 50-year campaign against the sect. OCLC locates 4 copies worldwide of the Boston imprint (at Brigham Young University, Hamilton College, Library of Congress, Syracuse University), no copies of either imprint in North American law libraries. Sabin, A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 21596.

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Classic Essay on the Rights of Englishmen 26. [Somers (Sommers), John, Baron (1651-1716)], Attributed. True Lover of the Queen and Country. The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations, Concerning the Rights, Power, And Prerogative of Kings, And the Rights, Priviledges, And Properties of the People: Shewing, The Nature of Government in General, Both from God and Man. An Account of the British Government, And the Rights and Priviledges of the People in the Time of the Saxons, And Since the Conquest…. London: Printed For, And Sold By

. Harrison, 1710. [viii], 71, [1] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2").

an. $750.

Vox Dei, Being rue Maxims of Government. Somers, the most likely author, was a barrister of the Middle Temple, Lord Chancellor of

T Stab-stitched pamphlet in later plain wrappers, recent typewritten title label and fragment of another label to front wrapper. Some wear to spine ends and corners, a minor tear to bottom edge of front wrapper. Some toning to text, a few page numbers affected by trimming, internally cle * Fourth edition, corrected. This highly popular tract was first published in 1709 with the title Vox Populi, TEngland and the author of The Security of Englishmen's Lives (1681), a tract on juries and one's right to a jury trial. The present work outlines the development of English freedoms, and calls for religious freedom, resistance to tyranny and a limited monarchy. It found a ready audience in the colonies on the eve of the American Revolution and was issued by presses in Philadelphia, Boston and Newport. It was read by several Founding Fathers, including Thomas Jefferson, who owned the 1773 Philadelphia imprint. This work is attributed sometimes to John Dunton or Daniel Defoe. See Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 2712. English Short-Title Catalogue T11734. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=62142


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An Update of Blackstone's Commentaries, on Real and Personal Property

ctavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2").

of title page, neat underlining and annotations in places, interior

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27. Stewart, James [1805-1860], Editor. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. The Principles of the Law of Real and Personal Property; Being the Second Book of Blackstone's Commentaries: Incorporating the Alterations Down to the Present Time. Revised, And Greatly Enlarged. London: Edmund Spettigue, 1840. xxii, 559, xxxiii pp. Copperplate

able of Consanguinity, folding copperplate Table of Descent. OT Contemporary calf, gilt rules to boards, lettering piece, raised bands and blind decoration to spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Light rubbing to extremities, a few minor nicks to boards, hinges starting. Some toning to text, light foxing to ables and a few leaves. Early owner signature to head t

otherwise clean. A handsome copy. $500. * Second edition. "This second edition contains the whole of Blackstone's second book, with Stewart's alterations incorporated into the body of the text. (...) Blackstone's paging of book II is retained in margin. Blackstone's appendix to book II is replaced with forms in contemporary use. In 1841 this work was published in London as book II of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Twentieth Edition. By James Stewart. (...) Separate publication of the second book with the title Principles of the Law of Real and Personal Property was continued; third and fourth editions were published in London, 1844 and 1853.": Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 72a. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 113. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/det


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hteenth-Century Hungarian Treatise

m Collectae, & In Tres Partes istributae, Atque in Tyronum Gratiam Notis, Juridicis, Historicis, Chronologicis, nec non Etymologicis Illustratae. Tyrnava (Tyrnau):

title to spine. Light soiling, some rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and mewhat worn. Woodcut head and tail-pieces. Light to moderate toning, faint dampstaining in places, internally clean.

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Rare Eig 28. Szegedi, Joannes. Rubricae Sive Synopses Titulorum, Capitum, & Articulorum, Universi Juris Ungarici: Nunc PrimuDTypis Academicis per Leopoldum Berger, 1734. Three parts in one volume, each with title page and individual pagination. Octavo (6" x 4"). Contemporary paper boards, black-stampedso$500. * Only edition. A useful synopsis of the Hungarian legal system shortly after the Budapest Diet's approval of the Pragmatic Sanction of 1723, which granted rule to the Habsburg monarch as a king subject to Hungary's constitution and laws rather than as emperor of Austria. (The two kingdoms were merged under Austrian rule in 1867 as the Austro-Hungarian Empire.) OCLC locates 8 copies in North America, 4 in law libraries (Columbia, Harvard, University of Michigan, Yale). Not in the British Museum Catalogue. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record


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Early Compilation of Tennessee State Laws 29. [Tennessee]. Haywood, John, Editor. Cobbs, Robert L, Editor. The Statute Laws of the State of Tennessee, Of a Public and General Nature: Revised and Digested by Order of the General Assembly. Knoxville: F. S. Heiskell, 1831. Two volumes. Complete set. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2").

arly owner inscriptions to front boards, "1831" near foot of spine of Volume I. Early annotations to endleaves, teriors otherwise clean. A solid set. $750.

Contemporary sheep, lettering piece and blind fillets to spines. Moderate rubbing to extremities, gatoring to spines, letters of title dull, hinges cracked, corners missing from free endpapers of Volume I. Moderate dampspotting and browning to text. Ein * Only edition. This was the fifth compilation of state laws. It offers excellent insights into the state as it began to emerge from its frontier period. Volume II, which includes land laws and Indian treaties, is quite scarce and rarely available in the trade. Babbitt, Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 552. Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=59927


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Learned Study of Roman and Dutch Agricultural Law 30. Trotz, Christian Hen[drik] [1703?-1773]. Jus Agrarium Foederati Belgii. Franeker: n.p., 1751-1754. Three volumes. Printed on very wide-margined paper. Quarto (10" x 8").

ontemporary vellum, early hand-lettered titles to spines. Light soiling to boards, somewhat heavier soiling to spines, umped with minor wear, vellum just beginning to crack through pastedowns of Volumes II and III,

) description pasted to front pastedown of Volume I. Woodcut title page devices, head-pieces, ls. Later bookplate to front pastedown of Volume I. Some toning, light foxing and browning

Only edition. Still an important historical work on agricultural law and the law concerning dikes and watercourses, it

al law. A prolific author, Jus Agrarium is his most important work. OCLC cates 3 copies in North American law libraries (Harvard, UC-Berkeley, Yale). We located another copy at the Library of

Cextremities lightly brecent bookseller (or auctiontail-pieces and decorated initiain places. Stuck-through early owner signatures to front endleaves of Volumes II and III, interiors otherwise clean. $600. *examines Dutch law in Volumes I and II. The final volume, which is titled Jus Agrarium Romanum, examines Roman law. This study is based on a series of public debates (disputationes) he sponsored at the University of Freneker, where he was a professor of law. Born in Germany and educated at the universities of Halle, Leipzig, Marburg and Utrecht, Trotz was an important scholar of public and constitutionloCongress. Dekkers, Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica 172 (8). Order this item: http://www.lawbookexchange.com/details.php?record=62070

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