![Corpus Juris Civilis]. Index rerum et verborum, quae in Pandectis tractantur, copiosissimus. Rene...](/pictures/thumb/1994.jpg?v=1553284576)
Paris: Apud Gulielmum Merlin ... & Gulielmum Desboys ... ac Sebastianum Niuellium, 1562. Hardcover. 8vo. Collation: a-z8 aa-cc8 = 208 ff. [i.e. 416 pp.], COMPLETE. Wormhole in top margins, not affecting text. Printer's device of Guillaume Merlin on t.p. (Adam and Eve with Globe surrounded by 4 Bible verses =..... More
Easingwold: T. Gill, 1849. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. 16mo. 48 pp. Very sympathetic recent drab wrappers, paper title label on front wrapper. First and last page soiled, some foxing or staining here and there. The case of the "Bermondsey Horror" involves one of the most infamous trials in 19th-century England; the..... More
!["Mayor for Life" - the sale of Municipal Offices in France]. SAMMELBAND of 3 MSS and 2 printed...](/pictures/thumb/1440.jpg?v=1553284514)
1692. First Edition. Unbound. Dates: December 1713 - July 1714. Folio: together 3 manuscripts + 2 printed texts loosely stitched): 10 pp., 1 blank f., 3 pp. (written on vellum), 8 pp. Sewn to: "Declaration du Roy pour le Reglement des fonctions des Maires & de laurs Lieutenans." Paris, 19..... More
Cincinnati: s.n., 1867. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Original publisher's printed pale green wrappers (chipped). 128 pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Some general wear & soiling. A touch of foxing. Unsightly abrasion to rear wrapper, resulting in some loss. "A Book for the Family" in which are described, in the most graphic..... More
Paris: Apud Sebastianum Niuellium, 1577. First Edition. Hardcover. Large folio: 3 volumes in one. 4 ff., 332 pp; 6 ff., 390 pp; 228 pp. BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY FRENCH CALF, richly blind-tooled, evidence of two pair of ties (binding worn, spine defective; damp staining to lower margins throughout). Provenance: early blind-stamps..... More
Paris: P.G. Simon, 1757. First Edition. Unbound. 4to: 13, [1] pp. (final page blank). Original self-wrappers, stitched (some soiling). Top corner of the margins have a diagonal cut (no loss of text) perhaps to remove the "Arrest" from others that were fastened together, otherwise the edges are untrimmed. ADDED: Arrest..... More
![Sammelband of four rare documents concerning the Judgments of Camille Desmoulins]. Camille...](/pictures/thumb/691.jpg?v=1553284729)
Paris: 1790. First Edition. Hardcover. Dates: 1790-1794. Together 4 texts in one volume, bound for Comte de Hennezel d'Ormoy: early 20th-century half basane over marbled boards, spine gilt aux armes (see below). ¶ Legal judgments from the French Revolution, all first editions, all of great rarity. Includes the sentencing of..... More
Paris: Paris, de l'imprimerie de la veuve de Andre Knapen, 1740. Softcover. Large folio (25 x c.38 cm), 2 works stitched together. 20 + 8 pp. Woodcut decorative initial and large woodcut headpiece on page [3]. Minor soiling on final leaf. AN EXCELLENT COPY IN ORIGINAL, UNSOPHISTICATED CONDITION. Preserved in..... More
![CHASTITY BELTS]. Plaidoyer de Mr. Freydier avocat a Nismes, contre l'introduction de Cadenas, ou...](/pictures/thumb/2388.jpg?v=1553284764)
Paris: Jules Gay, 1863. Hardcover. 16mo. xv, [1], 56 pp. With 2 engraved plates depicting different models of "ceintures de chastete" i.e. chastity belts (trifle foxed). Bound by [Cyprien] Lhuinte of Grenoble, green half morocco over blue marbled boards (spine a little sunned, extremities slightly worn), top edges gilt, others..... More
![Syntagmatis iuris [juris] universi atque legum pene omnium gentium, et rerum publicarum...](/pictures/thumb/570.jpg?v=1553284722)
Venice: Damian Zenari, 1593. Hardcover. Large, thick folio. 3 volumes in one. COLLATION: Book I: a6 A-K8 L4. [12], 168 pp. Book II: Aa-Ss8 Tt6 (includes final blank). 294 pp. Book III: +10 Aaa-Ffff8 Gggg10. 851 pp. (page 497 misnumbered "597"; sig. Iii3 mis-signed "Kkk3" and Bbbb4 mis-signed "Aaaa4"). Index..... More
Frankfurt: Heirs of Jakob Fischer, 1629. Hardcover. 18mo. 281 pp., 3 ff. (p. 262-263 misnumbered "264-265"), the first page of "Descriptio auctorum," has a small hole in the out margin; 244 pp., 3 ff. Uniform toning thoughout. Bound in contemporary vellum, a little soiled, yapp edges. ¶ An extraordinary early..... More
![Manuscript]. Ordonnance du Roy Francois Ier sur ce qu'il veult et entend prendre sur les poissons...](/pictures/thumb/2426.jpg?v=1553284774)
Unbound. 4to. [16] pp. comprised of 8 half sheets folded once, unstitched, edges untrimmed. First leaf soiled, some dust-soiling throughout. Preserved in a mylar L-sleeve with lig-free board backing. Highly curious French legal manuscript concerning a rare 1543 Ordonnance on taxes on salt for preserving fish, a matter not only..... More
S.l. s.n., 1684. Softcover. n.d. (but ca. 1684). 4to. 8 pp. Large woodcut headpiece, 6-line woodcut initial. Stitched in modern wrappers. Some wear, dust-soiling, evidence of folding. Two tax stamps (one on title, the other on final leaf). Suitable for exhibition and study. Scarce and very early Royal statutes for..... More
Paris: Aux Archives du Droit Francais, 1808. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. [4], 47, [1] pp. Original printed wrappers (edges a little frayed). In the development of the Code Civil, the extraordinary "Voyneau Affair" has fourfold significance. It tested in the French Supreme Court the relationship between national adoption and parental..... More
Paris: Aux Archives du Droit Francais, 1808. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. [4], 47, [1] pp. Original printed wrappers (edges a little frayed). In the development of the Code Civil, the extraordinary "Voyneau Affair" has fourfold significance. It tested in the French Supreme Court the relationship between national adoption and parental..... More
London: Printed by S. Roycroft for H. Twyford, 1680. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 4 ff., 260, [11] pp. Signatures: A4 B-S8, COMPLETE. Printed in Roman and Black Letter. Contemporary English calf, rebacked with new spine and red morocco label, text slightly browned. Preserved in a red cloth protective case. ¶..... More
Paris: Chez la vefve Claude de Monstr'oeil, 1616. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 1 f., [6], 96 pp. Collation: A4 A-M8, COMPLETE. Title-page cropped on upper margin affecting the first and largest word “Plaidoyer.” Recent sympathetic wrappers in the antique style. The "Affaire Baron," brilliantly argued by Julien Peleus, one of..... More
London: Miles Flesher and Robert Young, assignes of John More, 1639. 32mo in 8's. [24], 168 ff. = 192 ff., COMPLETE. Title-page and table of contents in English, Preface in Latin, text in Norman French. Contemporary calf in typical law trade binding fashion, joints cracked, later spine label, gilt floral..... More
Paris: Chez la veuve Saugrain, et Pierre Prault, imprimeur des Fermes du roy, 1729. Unbound. 4to. 4 pp. (unbound). ¶ AN EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT, in which is reversed a decision by the Cour des aides, Rouen, in the matter of François Rouelle, charged by agents of the "Fermier generale des Cinq..... More
![Early American "Law Book" Trade Binding]. A Digest of the Probate Laws of Massachusetts Relative...](/pictures/thumb/2873.jpg?v=1572653418)
Boston: John Weston, 1824. 12mo. [2], i-xiii, 14-216, [2] pp. Contemporary American mottled tree calf (or sheep?), red spine label, modest gilt rolls on the spine. Staining to outer margins at front and back as offsetting from the leather turn-ins, some browning as seems to be true in all copies..... More
Lugduni [Lyon]: Apud Haeredes Gulielmi Rovillii (Guillaume Rouille), 1599. Hardcover. Large folio. 3 volumes in one. A-Az6 AA-EE6 FF8 GG-III6 KKK8 (including Dd6 and KKK8, both blanks), COMPLETE. 952 + 60 ff. Contemporary marbled boards, spine of tawed sheepskin, sprinkled edges (somewhat worn). ¶ Revised and enlarged edition. ¶ In..... More
London: Printed for Richard Chiswel, 1669. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 1 f., 219 pp. COLLATION: 1 leaf unsigned, B-E8, F-Z4, Aa4, Bb2 (E2, I2 incorrectly signed D2, I3, respectively), COMPLETE, blind-stamps of the Theological Institute of Connecticut (now known as the Hartford Seminary) on first and last leaves. NB: in..... More
![Preleccoes de Direito Patrio Publico, e Particular [...] Primera e Segunda Parte. [Bound with:]...](/pictures/thumb/2987.jpg?v=1582353051)
Coimbra; Lisbon: Real Imprensa da Universidade; Impressao Regia, 1793; 1794; 1805. 4to. 210 x 145 mm. 3 parts in 1 vol. + additional work. Parts 1-2: [3], xiv, 202 pp. Part 3: [4], xvi, 202. Observacoes: [10], 91 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece of the dedicatee, Joao VI. Bound in contemporary..... More
[Edinburgh] : London, printed and re-printed in Edinburgh: by John Reid, 1688. First Edinburgh Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 39 pp. Signatures: A-E4, COMPLETE. Edges untrimmed (somewhat browned). Unobtrusive blindstamp on first and last leaves. Bound in recent quarter calf antique (Trevor Lloyd). ¶ THE REPEAL OF THE PENAL LAWS AND TEST..... More
![Manuscript Briefs for Appellant in the case of] HENRY WADE VS. The STATE of TEXAS. [Two Drafts]....](/pictures/thumb/2801.jpg?v=1567633010)
Houston: Webb & Jarum, Attorneys for the Defendant, 1862 (January). Two separate manuscript drafts on leaves of lined legal paper held together by a strip of paste near the top edge; verso of last leaf of both copies docketed with short title and the case number (?) 1826. First draft..... More
