RECENT AQUISITIONS & SPECIAL OFFERS. April 28, 2015

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1 RECENT AQUISITIONS & SPECIAL OFFERS April 28, 2015

2 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Recent Acquisitions and Special Offers 28 April 2015 One of the Great Books of the Seventeenth Century 1. Bacon, Sir Francis [ ]. The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, Of Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Newly Enlarged. London: Printed by Iohn Haviland, [viii], 340, [44] pp. Quarto (7" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary limp vellum with lapped edges, ties lacking. Faint hand-lettered title to spine. Moderate soiling and edgwear, a few chips to edges, front endleaves lacking, rear pastedown loose, text block partially detached. Title and text printed within black-ruled borders, woodcut decorated initials and head-pieces. Moderate toning to text, staining to a few leaves, soiling to title page, some edgewear to preliminaries, final few leaves and rear pastedown. Later owner signature (John Cranch, 1793) to head of page 1, handsome sketch of Bacon above a quote from Pope on opposite leaf. $450. * Bacon, who held the posts of Solicitor General, Attorney General and Lord Chancellor during the reign of James I, was one of the great intellectuals of his age. First published in 1597, the Essays is one of the most important English books of the seventeenth century and one of the first essay collections ever published. Early editions have 38 essays. Bacon added new essays to later editions, 20 in all. Editions beginning with that of 1625, including this one, are desirable because they contain all 58 essays. English Short-Title Catalogue S

3 Early American Edition of Blackstone 2. Blackstone, Sir William [ ]. Burn, Richard [ ], Notes. Williams, John [ ], Notes. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Second American Edition, Carefully Reprinted from the Last London Edition. Containing the Last Corrections of the Author, The Additions by Richard Burn, LL.D. and Continued to the Present Time by John Williams, Esq. Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews [Volumes 3 and 4: Boston: From J. Bumstead's Printing Office...Sold to Mess. Thomas and Andrews], Four volumes. Volume I has a copperplate portrait frontispiece, Volume II has two plates, a "Table of Consanguinity" and a folding "Table of Descents." 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering pieces, blind fillets and blind numerals to spines. Moderate rubbing, somewhat heavier to extremities, a few shallow scuffs to boards, minor chipping to heads of spines, corners bumped and somewhat worn, rear joints of Volumes 2 and 3 starting at head, front hinges cracked. Light browning and occasional light foxing to text, faint dampstaining in a few places, chip to fore-edge of a leaf in Volume 1, two leaves in Volume 2 detached and edgeworn, all three leaves have loss to text. Early annotations to endleaves, early owner signature (of "Jo. Hopkins) to head of each title page. Ex-library. Traces of shelf labels to spines, stamps (reading "stored") to free endpapers. $1,000. * Third American edition, designated the second, is the last of three eighteenth-century American printings of the Commentaries. "This Boston edition, reprinted from the eleventh London edition of is the second American duodecimo edition. It was designated on the title pages "Second American edition" because it was the second edition issued by Isaiah Thomas, who sold it at his Worcester bookstore. His first duodecimo edition was printed in his Worcester, Massachusetts, but there was no second Worcester edition": Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone

4 Early English Treatise on Bankruptcy and Fraudulent Conveyances 3. [Blount, Thomas ( )]. Billinghurst, George, Attributed. The Judges Resolutions Upon the Several Statutes Concerning Bankrupts, With the Like Resolutions on the Statutes of 13 Eliz. and 27 Eliz. Touching Fraudulent Conveyances. London: Printed for Henry Twyford, , [2] pp. A second part, beginning on p. 176, has a divisional title page reading The Resolutions of the Judges, Upon 13 Eliz. and 27 Eliz. the Statutes Touching Fraudulent Conveyances. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, "Bankrupts" in early hand to fore-edge of text block. A few light scuffs and moderate edgewear to boards, rear board slightly bowed and partially detached, spine abraded with chipping at ends, pastedowns loose and edgeworn, later armorial bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield to verso of front board, small embossed Macclesfield stamp to head of title page. Moderate toning to text, browning to margins in a few places, faint dampspotting to a few leaves. Early owner signature (of Jacob Ashton, dated 18 July 1681) to front endleaf, "46" in miniscule early hand to foot of title page, interior otherwise clean. $950. * Second and final edition. One of the earliest books on the topic, this brief treatise was originally published in 1670 under Blount's name with a slightly different title. Blount was a member of the Inner Temple. Prohibited to practice at the Bar because he was a Catholic, and blessed with a large private income, Blount turned to legal scholarship, historical studies and lexicography. Both editions are scarce. OCLC locates 12 copies of the 1676 edition in North America, 10 in law libraries. English Short-Title Catalogue R

5 Early Digest of Colombian Law 4. Colombia, Republic of. Cuerpo de Leyes de la Republica de Colombia: Que Comprendre Todas las Leyes, Decretos y Resoluciones Dictados por sus Congresos Desde el de 1821 Hasta el Ultimo de Reimpreso Cuidadosamente por la Edicion Oficial de Bogota Publicada en Tres Volumenes. Con un Indice Cronologico y Otro Alfabetico de la Materia de las Leyes. Caracas: En la Imprenta de Valentin Espinal, [iii], XVI, [1], XIX-XL, [2], pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards, printed paper title panel to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate wear to extremties, chipping to spine ends, corners somewhat worn, text block partially detached. Moderate toning to text, light foxing and browning in a few places, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, small inkstamp to title page, annotations to verso. $500. * The Republic of Colombia, or Gran Colombia, was established by Simon Bolivar in It included present-day Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador and parts of present-day Brazil. Internal tensions caused this nation to collapse in This volume is based on a three-volume digest of the nation's laws issued in OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries (Harvard, LSU, UC-Berkeley, UT-Austin, Yale). 4

6 Final Edition of the First Law-French Dictionary 5. [F.O.]. The Law-French Dictionary Alphabetically Digested; Very Useful for All Young Students in the Common Laws of England. To Which is Added, The Law-Latin Dictionary: Being an Alphabetical Collection of Such Law-Latin Words as Are Found in Several Authentic Manuscripts, And Printed Books of Precedents, Whereby Entring-Clerks, And Others, May be Furnished with Fit and Proper Words, In a Common Law Sense, For Any Thing They Shall Have Occasion to Make Use of, In Drawing Declarations, Or Any Parts of Pleading. Also, A More Compendious and Accurate Exposition of the Terms of the Common Law (Interspers'd Throughout) Than in Any Hitherto Extant, Containing Many Important Words of Art Used in Law Books. [London]: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, [156]; [492] pp. Two volumes in one, each with title page. Text in parallel columns. Octavo (7-3/8" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets to joints, rebacked, raised bands, lettering piece and tiny paper label to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities, a few nicks and stains to boards, corners bumped and lightly worn, front hinge cracked. Light toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, faint dampspotting and minor inkstains to a few leaves, interior otherwise fresh. A handsome copy. $400. * Second and final edition, corrected and enlarged, without the F.O. authorship of the first edition. First published in 1700, this landmark work was the first dictionary written to aid lawyers in the translation of the Year Books, old deeds and other early documents. Each definition carries one or more references to examples in works by such authors as Brook, Coke, Crompton, Fitzherbert, Littleton and Plowden. The second part, a Latin dictionary, aimed to assist attorneys in the drafting of pleadings. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:9. English Short-Title Catalogue T

7 Indispensable Primary Record of the Continental Congress 6. Ford, Worthington C., Primary Editor. Journals of the Continental Congress Edited From the Original Records in the Library of Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office, , volumes and 1 index volume. Complete set. Plates, illustrations, facsimiles, three folding facsimiles in pocket at rear of Volume One. Original tan cloth, moderate shelfwear and soiling. Index volume bound in buckram, negligible shelfwear. Internally clean, a few hinges cracked, some signatures unopened. Ex-library. Bookplates to pastedowns of most volumes, location numbers to a few spines. A nice set. $1,750. * Only edition of 2000 copies. The text was transcribed from the manuscript journals transferred to the Library of Congress from the Department of State. Recorded during the First and Second Continental Congresses and based on the original manuscript records and Journals, they provide extensive and valuable documentation of the revolutionary era. Some of the material appears in print for the first time here, including the "Secret Journals," the "Rough Journals" and the "Corrected Journals." Each volume contains bibliographical notes and an index. Laid into volume one is a handbill concerning this title's distribution: "the entire work may comprise 14 or 15 volumes and the publication extends over 5 or 6 years." 6

8 Early American Formbook, Philadelphia [Formbook]. The Young Clerk's Magazine: Or, English Law-Repository: Containing a Variety of the Most Useful Precedents of Articles of Agreement, Bonds, Bills, Recognizances, Releases, Letters and Warrants of Attorney, Awards, Bills of Sale, Gifts, Grants, Leases, Assignments, Mortgages, Surrenders, Jointures, Covenants, Copartnerships, Charterparties, Letters of Licence, Compositions, Conveyances, Partitions, Wills, And All Other Instruments that Relate to Publick Business. With Necessary Directions for Making Distresses for Rent, &c. As the Law Between Landlord and Tenant Now Stands. To Which is Added, The Doctrine of Fines and Recoveries, And Their Forms. Together With Those of Common Writs, Affidavits, Memorials for Registering Deeds, &c. In Middlesex; As Also a Choice Collection of Declarations in the King's Bench and Common Pleas. Revised and Corrected. Philadelphia: Reprinted by John Dunlap and Joseph Crukshank, [iv], 303 pp. 12mo. (6" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, raised bands to spine. Light rubbing to boards, which are slightly bowed, moderate rubbing to extremities, front hinge partially cracked. Light browning to text, faint dampspotting in places, light edgewear to preliminaries, faint dampstaining to final few leaves, internally clean. An appealing copy. $950. * First American edition, a reprint of the fifth London edition, First published in London by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling in 1739, this is a formbook with a section containing instructions for conveyancing. It was intended for law clerks, lawyers and laymen. It went though three more American editions in 1788, 1792 and OCLC locates 9 copies of the first edition in North American law libraries. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law

9 Inscribed by Hand to A Notable International Lawyer 8. Hand, Learned [ ]. The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses of Learned Hand Collected, And With an Introduction and Notes, by Irving Dilliard. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, xxx, 262, [2] pp. Cloth in moderately worn dust jacket, large chip to foot of spine. Author inscription to Frank Oppenheimer on front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean. $1,000. * The inscription reads: "To Franz M. Oppenheimer,/ We both see things through/ much the same lenses, I think,/ and that is indeed a bond./ Learned Hand." One of the most significant American jurists of the twentieth century, Hand was a judge of the U.S. Southern District of New York from and a judge of the Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, from 1924 to His judgments were renowned for their lucidity and elegance. Franz Oppenheimer [ ] was a notable international lawyer who specialized in international banking and finance. 8

10 Francis Scott Key's Copy 9. [Key, Francis Scott ( )]. Justinian I, Emperor of the East [ CE]. Harris, George [ ], Editor and Translator. D. Justiniani Institutionum Libri Quatuor: The Four Books of Justinian's Institutions, Translated Into English, With Notes. London: Printed by J. Purser; for M. Withers, xv, [1], 73, [1], 121, [1], 100, 92, 11, [5] pp. Quarto (10" x 8"). Contemporary calf with nineteenth-century rebacking, blind frames to boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, chipping to head of spine, corners worn, boards beginning to separate, but secure. Bookplate of Francis Scott Key, reading "F.S. Key, Georgetown-Columbia," to front pastedown, brief annotations and markings, most likely in his hand, to title page and several leaves, Key's signature (and other words) visible on rear board due to bleed-through. Moderate toning to text, occasional dampspotting, early repairs to margins of final leaf, two (unidentified) early bookseller descriptions laid in. An appealing association copy. $1,500. * Second edition. Key, the author of the Star-Spangled Banner, was a prominent attorney in Washington, DC, Frederick County, Maryland, and Baltimore. He was involved in several important trials, including the treason trial of Aaron Burr. His practice was based in his home in Georgetown. First published in 1756, Harris' edition of Justinian's Institutes was often found in the libraries of sophisticated lawyers in America and Great Britain. A note on the title page of Key's copy indicates he purchased this book in 1814, the year he wrote the Star-Spangled Banner. The other annotations are brief comments on the text. A few passages are highlighted with underlining or check marks. Based on a comparison with other Key documents, we believe the notes are in his hand. We did not find any sale records for books annotated by Key. The last one for a book with his bookplate was at Sotheby's in English Short-Title Catalogue T

11 A Pair of Seventeenth-Century Law Publisher Advertisements 10. [Legal Publishing]. A Catalogue of Law Bookes, And Such as Appertain to the Law. [London?: S.n., c. 1657]. [4] pp. 11-1/2" x 7" [And] A Catalogue of Law-Books, And Such as Appertain to the Law. [London?: S.n., c. 1657]. [4] pp. 11-1/2" x 7" Items housed in handsome three-quarter calf over cloth clamshell case, 13-1/4" x 8-3/4," raised bands and lettering pieces to spine, doublesided velvet-lined display inserts enclosed on each side by hinged covers that are marbled paper on the outside, archival cotton-rag paper on the inside. Text printed on bifolium sheets in parallel columns. Law Bookes has negligible toning near edges and no discernable wear, LawBooks has light browning, some edgewear and appears to have been glued together along the fold lines. $450. * More than advertisements, comprehensive book lists like the ones offered here, which include titles by several printers, are early legal bibliographies. Featuring the best titles in each subject area, they can also be seen as reading lists. Our two examples appear to have come from the same printer, but their contents are not identical. Law Bookes was found loosely inserted in a 1657 edition of Robert Lane's Reports in the Court of Exchequer (London: Printed for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell). It is listed in the ESTC. The other list appears to be an unrecorded later setting of the ESTC copy. Both offer most of the standard works of the day, both new and old, from Littleton's Tenures to the latest reports. None of the titles in this list were first published after 1658; about half of them were published in 1640s and 1650s. English Short-Title Catalogue R

12 Nineteenth-Century Advertising Tool of an Iowa Legal Publisher 11. [Legal Publishing]. New Nonpareil Company. Complete Directory of Iowa Attorneys, Compiled by the New Nonpareil Company. Council Bluffs, IA: [New Nonpareil Company], July , [1] pp. Text printed within ruled borders. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Softbound, front wrapper lacking, rear wrapper detached and lightly edgeworn. Moderate toning to text, two small chips and a minor tear to edges of title page. $200. * Organized by town, this directory was a marketing tool for a printing company that specialized in legal forms and legal job-printing. It also published The Daily Nonpareil, the "best all round newspaper in the west." Eight of the pages are a publisher catalogue, one is an advertisement, illustrated with a woodcut of the company printing works, for the press and newspaper. The rear wrapper has ads for Kinsman & McCloud, a legal bookseller, and the Citizens State Bank of Council Bluffs. 11

13 With a Letter from Mr. Gould 12. [Legal Publishing]. Wm. A. Gould and Co. Gould, Banks & Co. Wm. A. Gould & Co., Law Booksellers, No. 104 State Street, Albany, And Gould, Banks & Co., No. 144 Nassau Street, New York, Have Constantly on Hand a Large and General Assortment of Law Books, Both Ancient and Modern. [Running Title]. Albany, January, Single sheet folded once to form two 12-1/2" x 8" leaves. Text on recto of first leaf, verso addressed and franked, letter to recto of second leaf. Light toning, fold lines, some with tears mended with archival tape, small chip from sealing wax, light rubbing to edges. $450. * This circular was mailed to P.C. Johnson, Maine's secretary of state. It has a letter from William Gould, dated December 23, 1844, saying that he is sending a set of Hill's Reports in response to Johnson's request. Gould, Banks & Company was the oldest law bookseller and publisher in America. Hill's Reports, a set of New York reports in six volumes, was one of its publications. 12

14 Public Lands and Colonization in Mexico from 1541 to [Mexico]. Maza, Francisco F. de la, Compiler. Codigo de Colonizacion y Terrenos Baldios de la Republica Mexicana. Mexico City: Oficina Tip. de la Secretaria de Fomento, , 97 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 6"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title, raised bands and early owner label to spine. Moderate rubbing with some wear to extremities, front board detached, rear hinge cracked, corners bumped and somewhat worn. Moderate toning to text, early owner stamp to head of title page. Ex-library. Location label to spine, stamp to title page, annotations to verso. $200. * Only edition. "A compilation of the texts of all laws, decrees, etc. relating to public lands and colonization in Mexico from 1541 to This is an official government publication in which the laws are arranged in order of enactment, and with both a chronological and alphabetical index.": Clagett and Valderrama, A Revised Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Mexico

15 Revolutionary-Era Collection of Spanish Colonial Laws for Mexico 14. [Mexico]. Coleccion de los Decretos y Ordenes de las Cortes de Espana, Que se Seputan Vigentes en la Republica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Mexico City: Imprenta de Galvan a Cargo de Mariano Arevalo, [ii], xvi, 216 pp. Quarto (8-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine, speckled edges. Moderate wear to boards, front board detached, chipping to spine ends. Mexican government stamps to title page and head o main text. Moderate toning to text, minor stains and edgewear to a few leaves, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, stamp to title page, a few annotations to verso. $500 * Only edition. Contents arranged chronologically; with index. This volume collects laws issued by the Spanish government from January 1811 to September 1821, the period of the Mexican War of Independence. This compilation appears to be a historical record rather than a book for lawyers. OCLC locates no copies in North America. Not in Clagett and Valderrama. 14

16 The Mexican Constitution in [Mexico]. [Constitution]. Constitucion Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Sancionada y Jurada por el Congreso General Constituyente el Dia de 5 Febrero de Adicionada por el 70. Congreso Constitucional el 25 de Setiembre y 4 de Octubre de 1873 y el 6 de Noviembre de 1874, Juntamente con las Leyes Organicas Expedidas Hasta Hoy. Mexico City: Imprenta del Gobierno, pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, lettering pieces, blind ornaments and early owner label to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and somewhat worn, front hinge partially cracked. Moderate toning to text, early owner stamps to preliminaries. Ex-library. Location label to spine, small inkstamp to title page, other stamps to verso. A nice copy. $75. * Only edition. Mexico's 1857 constitution remained in force until It received its first amendment in 1873 and numerous amendments and additions until its repeal, which is why annotated editions from are helpful. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries (Duke, Harvard, LA County, Library of Congress, Stanford, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota). See Clagett and Valderrama, A Revised Guide to the Law & Legal Literature of Mexico

17 An Important Mexican Treatise on Civil Rights 16. [Mexico]. Montiel y Duarte, Isidro Antonio [ ]. Estudio Sobre Garantias Individuales. Mexico City: Imprenta de Gobierno, pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt ornaments to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities, a few scuffs to boards, corners worn, chip to head of spine, front board beginning to separate (but secure), front free endpaper lacking, rear hinge cracked. Moderate toning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, annotations in pencil to front pastedown, small inkstamp to front pastedown. $350. * Only edition. Montiel y Duarte, an important statesman and legal author, is renowned for his work on Mexican constitutional law and civil rights. Estudio Sobre Garantias Individuales is perhaps his most important work to address the relationship between these two subjects. This is, to cite Clagett and Valderrama, a "monumental work." OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries (Duke, Harvard, LA County, Tulane, University of Michigan). Clagett and Valderrama, A Revised Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Mexico

18 1897 Study of Modifications to the Mexican Civil Code 17. [Mexico]. Pallares, Jacinto [ ], Primary Author. Legislacion Federal Complementaria del Derecho Civil Mexicano: Coleccion Formada por los Alumnos de la Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia de Mexico. Mexico City: "Tipografia Artistica" de Ramon F. Riveroll, clxxxvii, 748 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 6"). Contemporary quarter calf over textured cloth, blind panels to boards, raised bands and later typewritten title label to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends, front hinge cracked, small bookseller ticket to front pastedown. Light browning to text, early owner inscription and stamp to front free endpaper. Ex-library. Location label to spine, stamp to title page, annotations to verso. A solid copy of an uncommon title. $250. * Only edition. Pallares was a leading scholar of Mexican law. Produced by a team of law students under his supervision, Legislacion Federal is a compilation of federal laws that implement or complement the provisions of the Civil Code. It was updated with appendix volumes published in 1898, 1901 and Clagett and Valderrama, A Revised Guide to the Law & Legal Literature of Mexico

19 Early Compilation of the Constitutions and Laws of Yucatan 18. [Mexico]. [Yucatan]. Coleccion de Leyes, Decretos y Ordenes del Augusto Congreso del Estado Libre de Yucatan. Corregida y Aumentada por una Comision Nombrada por la Sesta Lejislatura Constitucional. Merida: Imprenta de Lorenzo Segui, Two volumes. [ii], xxiv, 176 [i.e. 276]; [ii], xx, 254 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, titles stamped to spine. Light rubbing to boards, chipping to spine ends, gilding worn away from titles, corners bumped and moderately worn, a few partial cracks to text blocks, early owner bookplates to front pastedowns. Light toning to text, somewhat darker in places, foxing and dampstaining to a few leaves, internally clean. Ex-library. Location labels to spines, stamps and annotations to versos of title pages. A nice copy of a very scarce title. $950. * Yucatan, which includes the present-day states of Campeche and Quaintana Roo, was a sovereign state during two periods of the nineteenth century. The first Republic of Yucatan was established on May 29, 1823 during the collapse of the Mexican Empire. It joined the succeeding Federated Republic of Yucatan on December 23, The second Republic of Yucatan was established in It lasted seven years, after which it rejoined the Mexican Federation. The first compilation of Yucatan's laws was issued in That and the more-extensive 1832 compilation offer a legal and legislative record of the first republic and an interesting look at Yucatan's place in the Federated Republic. Volume I: Comprende las del Constituyente; Volume II: Comprende las de las Seis Primeras Lejislatúras Constitucionales Desde 20 de Agosto de 1825 Hasta 5 de Marzo de OCLC locates 3 copies in North America (Harvard Law School, NY Public Library, University of Michigan Law School). 18

20 Early Statures of Minnesota Territory 19. [Minnesota Territory]. Hollinshead, William [ ], Reporter. Atwater, Isaac [ ], Reporter. Collated Statutes Of The Territory Of Minnesota, And Decisions Of Supreme Court. Collated Pursuant to a Resolution of March 5th, St. Paul: Joseph R. Brown, Territorial Printer, , [2]; 96 pp. Final section has separate half-titles: Hollinshead's Reports and Atwater's Reports. Quarto (10" x 6-3/4"). Contemporary quarter sheep over paper-covered boards, red and black lettering pieces to spine. Moderate wear to boards, spine abraded and worn at ends, boards beginning to separate (but secured by cords). Light toning, occasional faint dampstaining to margins, foxing to a few leaves. A solid copy. $250. * Among the earliest revised statutes and court reports of Minnesota Territory. This is the third compilation of territorial statutes, preceded by the first laws of the territory published in 1850 and by the revised statutes of The Supreme Court cases--the second published Minnesota reports--cover 1851 (Hollinshead) and 1852 (Atwater). The statutes and reports were issued together (as here) but not all copies located have the appended reports. Not in Wallace. Babbitt, Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws

21 Problems with Litigation 20. Morgan, Edmund Morris. Some Problems of Proof Under the Anglo-American System of Litigation. New York: Columbia University Press, xii, 207 pp. Cloth very good in lightly worn dust jacket. Owner initials and date to front free endpaper, interior otherwise clean. $25. * First edition. The 1955 James S. Carpentier Lectures. 20

22 "A Profitable Booke" 21. Perkins, John [d. 1545]. A Profitable Booke of Master John Perkins, Fellowe of the Inner Temple. Treating of the Lawes of Englande. [London: In Fletestreete...Within Temple Barre...By Richarde Tottell, 1586]. [xx], 168 ff. Octavo (5-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules and large central arabesques flanked by owner initials (E B) to boards, rebacked, lettering piece and blind rules to spine, corners repaired, endpapers renewed. Some rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and somewhat worn, crack in text block between title page and following leaf. Some toning, minor edgewear to preliminaries, chip to fore-edge of fol. [xvii] faint dampstaining to fore-edge and lower margins of most of text. Brief early annotations to a few leaves, a few minor inkstains, interior otherwise clean. $1,250. * Later edition of a work first published in Main text in Law-French, preface in Latin. A popular work during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries that was held in high regard by Coke, Perkins' Profitable Booke went through numerous editions in both English and Law-French. Devoted mostly to the land law as developed in the Year Books, it is divided into the following topics: grants, deeds, feoffments, exchanges, dower, curtesy, wills, devises, surrenders, reservations, and conditions. Holdsworth, History of English Law V:388. English Short-Title Catalogue S Beale, Bibliography of Early English Law Books T

23 Draft of One of the Earliest Codes Produced in Post-Colonial Latin America 22. [Peru]. [Bolivia]. [Santa Cruz y Calaumana, Andres ( )]. Codigo de Procederes Santa-Cruz. [Chuquisaca]: Imprenta Chuquisaquena Dirijida por Aillon y Castillo, [iv], 112 [i.e. 212], VIII pp. Quarto (7-1/2 x 5-1/2 ). Contemporary calf, gilt frames and central ornaments to boards, gilt title and ornaments to spine, gilt edges. Spine abraded, head and foot of backstrip lacking, boards and detached and moderately rubbed, corners bumped and worn. Negligible light toning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, bookplate to front pastedown, small inkstamps to title page, annotations to verso. A very scarce title. $750. * First edition. This is one of the earliest codes produced in post-colonial Latin America. Santa Cruz was the President of Peru in 1827, then divided into the states of North and South-Peru, President of Bolivia from 1829 to 1839 and the Supreme Protector of the short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation ( ), which he established. He was such a Francophile that he was known as "El Afrancesado." While president of Bolivia he reformed the legal system along French lines and introduced a series of codes based on the Code Napoleon. Codigo de Procederes is a draft civil and criminal code. It was enacted in OCLC locates 3 copies in North America (Brown, Harvard Law School, UC-Berkeley Law School). Not in Clagett. 22

24 Early Penal Codes for Bolivia and Peru 23. [Peru]. [Bolivia]. [Santa Cruz y Calaumana, Andres ( )]. Codigo Penal Santa-Cruz. Ayacucho: Imprenta del Colejio de Educandas, vi, 6, 134 [234] pp. [Bound with] [Santa Cruz y Calaumana, Andres]. Codigo Penal Santa-Cruz para el Regimen de la Republica Boliviana. Cochabamba: Imprenta de la Restauracion, v, 164, 30, vi pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/2"). Later buckram, red and black lettering pieces to spine. Some soiling and shelfwear, chipping to edges of lettering pieces. Moderate toning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, small inkstamps and annotations in pencil to title pages. Solid copies of two rare imprints. $1,500 * First editions. Santa Cruz was the President of Peru in 1827, then divided into the states of North and South-Peru, President of Bolivia from 1829 to 1839 and the Supreme Protector of the short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation ( ), which he established. He was such a Francophile that he was known as "El Afrancesado." While president of Bolivia he reformed the legal system along French lines and introduced a series of codes based on the Code Napoleon. These codes, including the 1831 Bolivian criminal code, are among the earliest codes produced in post-colonial Latin America. The 1875 code is a reprinting of a heavily revised version of Santa Cruz's code adopted in OCLC locates 5 copies of the 1831 code, 1 in north America (at LA County Law Library), 1 copy of the 1873 code (at the National Library of Chile). See Clagett, A Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Peru

25 The Fundamental Principles of English Law 24. Phelps, E[dward] J[ohn] [ ]. The Law of the Land: Address Delivered Before the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution at the Opening of Its Session, November London: Harrison & Sons, pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Stapled pamphlet in printed wrappers. Spine worn covers detached and edgeworn, light toning to text. Presentation inscription by author to front cover, internally clean. $65. * A review of the fundamental principles of English law. 24

26 Rare Printing of Colombia's 1858 Code of Criminal Procedure with Extensive Annotations 25. Revollo, Jose Temistocles. Anotaciones Teorio-Practicas del Procedimiento Criminal. Con un Apendice que Contiene Todas las Leyes, Decretos y Resoluciones Supremas Referentes a Este Procedimiento. Cochabamba: Imprenta de "El Heraldo," November [iv], iii, [1], 165, 73 pp. Quarto (9-3/4" x 7"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, later typewritten title label to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards, heavier rubbing to extremities with wear to and spine ends, and corners, lower corner of rear boards and several adjacent leaves worn away (with no loss to text), front joint starting at ends, hinges cracked, small lithograph of a woman's head affixed to front pastedown. Moderate browning to text, occasional edgewear and tears, leaves somewhat brittle. Early owner signature and author (?), presentation inscription to title page, a few authorial (?) corrections to text. Ex-library. Location label to spine, stamps to title page, annotations to verso. $100. * Only edition located. This book offers the text of Colombia's 1858 Code of Criminal Procedure with extensive commentary by Revollo, perhaps the leading Colombian jurist of the mid-nineteenth century. It has an appendix of related laws and legislation. No copies listed on OCLC. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. 25

27 Keeping Fit with Chief Justice Taft 26. Taft, William Howard [ ]. [6-1/2" x 8-1/2" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Taft]. [Washington, DC: National Photo, June 11, 1924]. Negligible edgewear, margins removed (?), stamps and tipped-in caption to verso. $150. * The caption reads: "Keeping Fit--Chief Justice Taft of the United States Supreme Court keeps down to weight through a daily walk of four or five miles to the Capitol." 26

28 Criminal Procedure in Nineteenth-Century Spain 27. Ruiz y Rodriguez, Hermenegildo Maria. Tratado General de Procedimientos Criminales, O, Exposicion de las Reglas que Deben Observarse en la Sustanciacion de los Juicios Para la Averiguacion y Castigo de los Delitos y Faltas. Madrid: Imprenta de la Revista de Legislacion, Two volumes. xxxviii, 585, [1]; 929, [2]; 32. Includes 32-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (8-1/2" x 6"). Contemporary tree calf, lettering pieces and gilt ornaments to spines, marbled endpapers. Moderate rubbing to extremities, chipping to head of spines, corners bumped and somewhat worn, hinges cracked, front free endpaper of Volume II partially detached. Moderate toning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Residue from location labels to spines, small inkstamps to preliminaries. $100. * Only edition. This scarce treatise is an excellent Guide to mid-nineteenth century Spanish criminal procedure. It was published at an interesting juncture in Spain's political history: the first years of the Restoration that followed the collapse of the First Spanish Republic in This title was issued as a twovolume set. An appendix volume was added in OCLC locates 1 copy in North America (at the LA County Law Library). Not in the British Museum Catalogue. 27

29 A Pirate Confesses 28. [Trial]. Baker, Joseph, Defendant. The Confession of Joseph Baker, A Canadian by Birth, Who, For Murder & Piracy on the High Seas on Board the Schooner Eliza, Captain Wm. Wheland, in a Voyage From Philadelphia Bound to St. Thomas's, Who Was Tried On the 25th of April, Before the Hon. Samuel Chase and Richard Peters, Judges of the District Court of the United States, For the District of Pennsylvania, And Now Under the Sentence of Death, In the Solitary Cells of the Penitentiary House of the City and County of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia:] Printed by Richard Folwell, [1800]. 8 pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 41/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers, spine neatly reinforced with matching paper. Light browning and foxing, minor worming to lower margin of last two leaves with minor loss to text, legibility not affected. Early owner signature (of Jas. Kiteley, dated 1800) to head of title page, text otherwise clean. An appealing copy. $2,750. * Only edition. Baker, whose real name was Boulanger, with La Croix (alias for Peterson) and La Roche (alias for Berrouse or Brous) "killed the mate and supercargo on the schooner Eliza, but only wounded Captain Wheland. They agreed to let him live so he could navigate the ship 'to the Spanish Main.' Seizing a chance when two of the culprits were below deck, Wheland locked them in the cabin, and with an ax, drove the third into a rigging. He reached St. Kills fourteen days later, and his three prisoners were brought back to Philadelphia in the U.S. Sloop of War Ganges" (McDade). Baker states that he was born at Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, in 1779, and came to New York City in 1799, where he joined with La Roche (Brous) and La Croix (Peterson), probably "a Dane or Swede," according to Captain Wheland, whose Narrative of the Horrid Murder & Piracy was published by Folwell at the same time as Baker's Confession. Wheland's account is detailed and graphic; Baker's is even more so. Baker claimed to be reluctant pirate who was forced into action by La Roche. As he tells it, Baker was ordered by La Roche and La Croix, who had also capitulated to La Roche, to "take the captain's sword, and if he was a-sleep, to run it through his body, and if I did not do it, they would kill me: I went down but I could not find it in my heart to kill the captain, but struck him on the hand with a hatchet; he then jumped up and made a catch at me, and I then struck him on the head. Immediately I ran up on deck: Brous then attempted to kill me, because I had not killed the captain..." In his Narrative Wheland draws no distinction between Baker and the others that might reduce his culpability. Nor did the court. All were sentenced to hang. The confession is dated May 8th, 1800, one day before Baker and two accomplices were to be executed. OCLC locates copies at the Library of Congress and the University of Michigan. We located other copies at the American Antiquarian Society and the University of Pennsylvania. We did not locate any print copies in North American law libraries. McDade, The Annals of Murder 62. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law

30 Rare Collection of Municipal Legislation for Caracas, Venezuela 29. [Venezuela]. [Caracas]. Ordenanzas, Resoluciones y Acuerdos de la Diputacion Provincial de Caracas, Que se Hallan Vigentes el Dia 9 de Diciembre de Impreso por Acuerda Especial de la Diputacion. Caracas: Imprenta de Valentin Espinal, [xii], 261 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Plain wrappers bound into later cloth, red and black lettering pieces to spine. Light soiling, some fading to spine. Moderate toning to text, light foxing in a few places, som edgewear to wrappers, light soiling to title page. Early underlining and annotations in a few places, interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, stamp and annotations to verso of title page. A solid copy of a rare title. $500. * Only edition. With index. A collection of municipal legislation from 1831 to This volume is interesting for its insights into the city's early postcolonial development. It was intended to be part of a serial publication, but other volumes appeared sporadically. The first volume was published in The others in 1837, 1846, 1850 and No copies of the 1838 volume listed on OCLC. 29

31 Rich in Primary Sources 30. Warnkonig, Leopold August [ ]. Flandrische Staats- und Rechtsgeschichte bis zum Jahr Tubingen: bey Ludw. Fried. Fues, Five parts in three volumes. Folding map. Folding facsimile. xvi, 464, 102, 42; v, 212, 204; vi, 270, 178; viii, 408, 99, [3]; vi, 244 pp. Complete set. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt titles and ornaments to spines. Moderate rubbing to boards and extremities, chipping to spine ends, corners bumped and somewhat worn, boards of Volumes I and II just beginning to separate, but secure, boards of Volume III detached. Moderate toning and light foxing to text, faint dampstaining throughout lower half of Volume III, internally clean. Exlibrary. Location labels to spines, small inkstamps to title pages, annotations to versos. $100. * Only edition, one of two issues, the other in French. This important study of the early political and legal history of present-day Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg is notable for its transcriptions of rare primary sources. About half of each part is a collection of transcriptions, all in their original languages, mostly Latin. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 26:713. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Antiquarian Bookseller and Publisher New and Used Titles for Practitioners and Scholars Subscription Agent Collection Development Appraisals 33 Terminal Avenue, Clark, New Jersey (800) or (732) Fax: (732) law@lawbookexchange.com 30