Lyons: Benoist Bonyn for Jacques and Francois Giunta, 1544 (Part 1) and 1542 (Part 2). 8vo. 2 volumes in one. Collation: [pi]8 aa-cc8 dd12 a-z8 [et]8 [con]8 [rum]8 A-CC8 DD12 (O8 blank); AA-BB8 aa-nn8 oo12. Pagination: [36], ccccxxviii, [16], cxv, [1] ff. Upper corners of four leaves (fols. clxxxiii-clxxxvi) have..... 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: 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

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

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

Turin: Heirs of Colonna, 1690. Third edition. 12mo. 1 blank fol. + [6], 424 pp. (some foxing throughout, pp. 135-170 with worming in blank lower margins, rather ugly but touching only four letters). Contemporary Italian vellum, four raised bands on spine, in the second compartment the author's name and title..... 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

Fall River: Press of J.D. Monroe, 1893. First Edition. 8vo. [2], 312 pp., numerous illustrations in the text including portraits, diagrams, and photographs of the crime scene (soiling and signs of age and use throughout). Title-page detached, lacking pp. 249/250 (facsimile leaf loosely inserted) otherwise complete with all illustrations. Original..... More

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

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

Sicily, Naples and Turin: 1733-1764. Together 6 items: 1 broadside (46 x 34.5 cm) + 5 bandi (folio sheets, each folded once, various sizes, various wear, some signatures clipped, others supplied in manuscript, assorted manuscript annotations, extracted from bindings). Small but very interesting collection of Bandi on the prohibition of..... More