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MEDIEVAL CRIMINAL LAW]. De Maleficiis (full title of Part 1: Angelus de maleficiis / repertorium...

Angelus Aretinus / Angelo Gambiglioni

[MEDIEVAL CRIMINAL LAW]. De Maleficiis (full title of Part 1: Angelus de maleficiis / repertorium primi voluminis Maleficiorum, in quo continentur tractatus [...] Do. Angeli de Aretio, Domini Alberti de Gandino, ac Domini Bonifacii de Vitellinis de Mantua; full title of Part 2: Bonifacius de maleficiis: preclarum ac utile opus domini Bonifacii de Vitellinis de Mantua super maleficiis)

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

Price: $1,000.00

BERMONDSEY HORROR: not in OCLC or COPAC]. The Life, Trial, and Execution of MARIA MANNING and...

[Bermondsey Horror]. [Manning, Maria]

[BERMONDSEY HORROR: not in OCLC or COPAC]. The Life, Trial, and Execution of MARIA MANNING and Frederic G. Manning for the Barbarous Murder of Patrick O'Connor; who was Executed on Tuesday, November 13th, 1849

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, final leaf with three small paper repairs. Apparently rare: no copy of this pamphlet is listed..... More

Price: $1,200.00

MURDER WILL OUT. The First Step in Crime Leads to the Gallows. The Horrors of Queen City. Being...

[CRIME]. [DE BECK, WILLIAM L.]

MURDER WILL OUT. The First Step in Crime Leads to the Gallows. The Horrors of Queen City. Being an Account of the Two Soldiers Who Were Executed at Old Fort Washington [and many other crimes]

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

Price: $500.00

GONE POSTAL, 1892]. Death in The Mail. A Narrative of The Murder of a Wealthy Widow and The Trial...

Day, Martin C.

[GONE POSTAL, 1892]. Death in The Mail. A Narrative of The Murder of a Wealthy Widow and The Trial and Conviction of The Assassin, Who was Her Physician, Attorney and Friendly Adviser

Providence, RI: The Providence Journal Print, 1892. First Edition. 8vo. 421 pp., with numerous illustrations. Recent wrappers. THE FIRST MURDER IN U.S. HISTORY COMMITTED THROUGH THE POSTAL SERVICE. THE SENSATIONAL TRIAL OF DR. THOMAS THATCHER GRAVES FOR THE MURDER (BY POISONING) OF JOSEPHINE A. BARNABY. DENVER, COLORADO, 1891, ILLUSTRATED WITH..... More

Price: $950.00

FRENCH REVOLUTION]. [Sammelband of four rare documents concerning the Judgments of Camille...

Desmoulins, Camille

[FRENCH REVOLUTION]. [Sammelband of four rare documents concerning the Judgments of Camille Desmoulins]

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

Price: $950.00

CHASTITY BELTS]. Plaidoyer de Mr. Freydier avocat a Nismes, contre l'introduction de Cadenas, ou...

FREYDIER, M.

[CHASTITY BELTS]. Plaidoyer de Mr. Freydier avocat a Nismes, contre l'introduction de Cadenas, ou Ceintures de chastete. Reimpression sur l'edition originale de 1750 et augmentee d'un avant-propos

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

Price: $750.00

LAW, COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION, 1593]. Syntagmatis iuris [juris] universi atque legum pene omnium...

Gregoire, Pierre (a.k.a. Petrus Gregorius)

[LAW, COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION, 1593]. Syntagmatis iuris [juris] universi atque legum pene omnium gentium, et rerum publicarum praecipuarum, triplici volumine comprehensarum

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

Price: $1,125.00

AUCTIONEER / CONFIDENCE MAN / MURDERER]. A Thrilling Story of James Hanahan alias James D....

Hanahan (i.e. Hanehan), James (alias James D. Burton)

[AUCTIONEER / CONFIDENCE MAN / MURDERER]. A Thrilling Story of James Hanahan alias James D. Burton, Auctioneer. Fifty Years a Fugitive. Price 25 cts.

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

Price: $550.00

Cause celebre. Enfant egare dans la Vendee. Plaidoyer pour L.R.A. Voyneau fils, dragon du 15e...

Loiseau, Jean-Simon

Cause celebre. Enfant egare dans la Vendee. Plaidoyer pour L.R.A. Voyneau fils, dragon du 15e regiment, contre L.A.F. Voyneau, son frere

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

Price: $450.00

Lex Londinensis, or, The city law: shewing the powers, customs and practice of all the several...

[London Courtrooms]

Lex Londinensis, or, The city law: shewing the powers, customs and practice of all the several courts belonging to the famous city of London [...]

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

Price: $750.00

SORDID 1870 TRIAL - WOMAN DEFENDANT]. Official Report of the Trial of Laura D. Fair, for the...

Marsh & Osbourne

[SORDID 1870 TRIAL - WOMAN DEFENDANT]. Official Report of the Trial of Laura D. Fair, for the Murder of Alex P. Crittenden, including the Testimony, the Arguments of Counsel, and the Charge of the Court, reported Verbatim, and the Entire Correspondence of the Parties. With Portraits of the Defendant and the Deceased

San Francisco: Printed by the San Francisco Co-Operative Printing for Sumner Whitney & Co., 1871. Small 4to. 4, [2], 325, [1], xvii pp. The two portraits are in facsimile, otherwise COMPLETE. Some page numbers at top margin shaved; front blank with repaired tear; final page torn and backed. Inherent spotting..... More

Price: $2,100.00

Plaidoyez dur le droict d'Aisnesse des gens d'Eglise [en l'espece pour Pierre Baron, demandeur,...

Peleus, Julien (author). Pierre Baron (plaintiff). Antoine Baron & Anne Vaide (defendants)

Plaidoyez dur le droict d'Aisnesse des gens d'Eglise [en l'espece pour Pierre Baron, demandeur, contre Antoine Baron et Anne Vaide, sa femme, defendeurs]

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

Price: $550.00

A profitable booke of Mr. Iohn Perkins, fellow of the Inner Temple. Treating of the lawes of...

Perkins, John (d. 1545)

A profitable booke of Mr. Iohn Perkins, fellow of the Inner Temple. Treating of the lawes of England

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

Price: $500.00

THE FIRST DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE LIZZY BORDEN TRIAL]. The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the...

Porter, Edwin H.

[THE FIRST DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE LIZZY BORDEN TRIAL]. The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

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

Price: $250.00

Arrest du Conseil d'Estat du roy, portant cassation de l'arrest de la Cour des aydes du 14. mars...

[POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND TOBACCO]. France. Conseil d'Etat

Arrest du Conseil d'Estat du roy, portant cassation de l'arrest de la Cour des aydes du 14. mars 1689: en ce qu'il admet des preuves de faux contre les proces-verbaux des gardes du tabac

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

Price: $100.00

Early American "Law Book" Trade Binding]. A Digest of the Probate Laws of Massachusetts Relative...

Prescott, Joshua

[Early American "Law Book" Trade Binding]. A Digest of the Probate Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Power and Duty of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Heirs, Legatees, and Creditors.

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

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The grand question concerning the judicature of the House of Peers, stated and argued. And the...

[SKINNER'S CASE, 1669]. [Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680]

The grand question concerning the judicature of the House of Peers, stated and argued. And the case of Thomas Skinner merchant, complaining of the East India Company

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

Price: $1,250.00

BINDING, PORTUGAL 1805]. [LAW]. Preleccoes de Direito Patrio Publico, e Particular [...] Primera...

Sousa e Sampaio, Francisco Coelho de (fl. circa 1790)

[BINDING, PORTUGAL 1805]. [LAW]. Preleccoes de Direito Patrio Publico, e Particular [...] Primera e Segunda Parte. [Bound with:] Preleccoes de Direito Patrio Publico, e Particular [...] Terceira Parte. [Bound with:] Observacoes as Preleccoes de Direito Patrio, Publico, e Particular

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

Price: $2,500.00

GLORIOUS REVOLUTION]. [PENAL LAWS]. James Steuarts answer to a letter writ by Mijn Heer Fagel,...

Stewart, James, Sir, 1635-1713

[GLORIOUS REVOLUTION]. [PENAL LAWS]. James Steuarts answer to a letter writ by Mijn Heer Fagel, prisoner to the states of Holland and West-Frisland concerning the repeal of the penal laws and tests

[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

Price: $920.00

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