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

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: 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

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

Austin, TX: Gammel Book Company, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1873. First Edition. Thick 8vo. Together 12 vols., COMPLETE. Contemporary lawbook bindings (sheep with red and black labels). Original owner's names scraped off spines of vols. I-XI, but this name is present on Paschal's Digest volume ("George Powell"). Front board of vol..... More

N.p. [St. Louis?]: [Mrs. J.D. Burton], 1912. First Edition. 16mo. 2 blank ff., 32 pp., 2 blank ff. With reproductions of 5 photographs in the text. Original red printed wrappers bearing title, stapled as issued. Minor wear along spine fold, at one time folded vertically in half. In excellent state..... More

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

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: 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

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

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