30 Antiquarian Items. Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical & Roman Law. December 5, 2017

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1 30 Antiquarian Items Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical & Roman Law December 5, 2017

2 Blackstone's Commentaries, Eller 26, Laeuchli Blackstone, Sir William [ ]. Christian, Sir Edward [d. 1823], Editor. Commentaries on the Laws of England, In Four Books. With the Last Corrections of the Author: And with Notes and Additions. London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Four volumes. Copperplate frontispiece portrait, table of consanguinity, folding table of descents. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering pieces and blind fillets to spines. Light rubbing to extremities, some minor scuffs and stains to boards, a few joints and hinges cracked or starting, offsetting to margins, light toning to text. Early owner inscription to each front pastedown, interiors otherwise clean. A handsome set. $1,250. * Fourteenth edition. Paging irregular, following Blackstone's paging in margin. "Since the publication of the thirteenth edition, 1800, Christian had become Chief Justice of the Isle of Ely, and the Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge. These titles appear on title pages of this fourteenth edition, in which his notes are printed as footnotes" (Eller). Blackstone's Commentaries, a synoptic review of the English legal system, is the most influential publication in the history of modern Anglo-American law. It was especially popular in America, where it was the standard introductory legal textbook into the late nineteenth century and was the primary, or only, book studied by hundreds of self-taught lawyers, such as Abraham Lincoln. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 26. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 33. Order This Item 1

3 "Removing Rubbish from the Republic of Letters" 2. Bridgman, Richard W. A Short View of Legal Bibliography: Containing Some Critical Observations on the Authority of the Reporters and Other Law Writers; Collected from the Best Authorities, And Intended as a Companion to the Author's Reflections on the Study of the Law. To Which is Added, A Plan for Classifying a Public or Private Library. London: Printed for W. Reed, xviii, 429, [1] pp. Includes one-page publisher advertisement. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Later three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, marbled edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities, armorial bookplate of William Pain Sheffield to front pastedown. Some toning to text, light foxing to title page and some other leaves. An attractive copy. $450. * Only edition. Arranged alphabetically by author, and containing valuable critical and descriptive bibliographic observations, Bridgman's is one of classic reference remains a valuable work. Bridgman intended this work as a guide with the "double advantage of easing the labors of the rising generation, and of removing rubbish from the republic of letters. It is our duty to do the best we can for our posterity, and not reject the task under the illiberal idea that posterity can do nothing for us" (v). A member of a distinguished New England family, Sheffield [ ] was a United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:42. Order This Item 2

4 "Calculated For the Use of Merchants" 3. Burn, John Ilderton [1774?-1848]. A Practical Treatise or Compendium of the Law of Marine Insurances. London, Printed: New-York, Re-Printed, for H. Caritat by G. & R. Waite, xiv, [2], 235 pp. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 4"). Handsome recent period-style calf by Philip Dusel, lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine, endpapers renewed. Light browning to text, negligible foxing in places. Head of title page has early owner signature partially covered by small owner label (S. Henry Norris), interior otherwise clean. A very attractive copy. $650. * Only edition, published the same year in London and New York. "[T]he author trusts he will not be thought presumptuous in stating, that a compendious digest, immediately calculated for the use of merchants and their agents, still remains a desideratum in the merchant's world. With a view to supply this deficiency, he commenced the following compilation": (vii). Burn was a barrister of the Inner Temple who published several law books. The appendix contains summaries of two recent English decisions, and the form of an insurance policy for a ship or goods. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law Order This Item 3

5 Rare Essay on the Application of Portuguese Law to Brazil 4. Cardoso da Costa, Vicente Jose Ferreira [ ]. Memoria Juridica Sobre a Applicacao do Disposto Na Ord. L. 2. Tit Aos Bens Vagos, Quando S. Magestade Delles faz Merce, Antes de Serem na Coroa Incorporados Real, Ou Verbalmente na Forma, Que Declaroa as Ord. L. 2. Tit e Tit. 36. Lisbon: Na Impressao Regia, vi, 49 pp, 30 blank leaves. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, lettering pieces and gilt ornaments to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Light browning to text, faint dampstaining to foot of text block, internally clean. $500. * Only edition located. Written before Brazil became independent, this essay deals with an ordinance regarding the application of Portuguese law to Brazil, at that time a sovereign Kingdom united with Portugal. (Brazil declared independence in 1822.) Cardoso da Costa, a Brazilian lawyer, judge, politician and intellectual, wrote several works on issues of law and policy. No copies located on OCLC or in North America. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. Order This Item 4

6 Annotated Connecticut Supreme Court Justice's Copy 5. Clarke, Samuel. [Edmond, William ( )]. Sermons on the Following Subjects. Volume IX. London: Printed by W. Botham, [viii], 456 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind frames to boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners, hinges cracked. Toning, occasional light foxing and dampstaining. Shelf [?] numbers and 1897 date-stamp to front pastedown, lengthy annotations by Edmond to endleaves and final page of each sermon. $250. * Edmond was a Yale alumnus, Revolutionary War veteran, lawyer, jurist and United States Representative from Connecticut. He served on the Connecticut Supreme Court between He acquired this copy of Clarke s sermons while a student at Yale. Edmond has identified the book as his throughout and has added commentary and observations in Latin and English. Page [258] identifies his birth date of 1755 and his inscription and date above is The rear free endpaper shows that by the 1800s he still kept the book, citing his position as "Judge of Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut." The ownership dates throughout the book 1777, 1783, and the implied ownership period in the 1800s suggest that Edmond had more than a passing interest in this particular volume. He may have had a particular fondness for Sermon VI: "The Reward of Justice" (pp ). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (online version). Order This Item 5

7 Laws Relating to Bolivia's First Code of Civil Procedure 6. Cosio, Felix Ruben. Rocha, Calixto de la. Compilacion de las Leyes del Procedimiento Civil Boliviano, Anotado y Concordado. Contiene: Ley de Organizacion Judicial, Ley de Pensiones, Montepios y Jubilaciones, Codigo de Procedimiento Civil, Ley del Notariado, Arancel de Derechos Procesales, Procedimientos Especiales Sobre Juicios Coactivos, Expropiaciones y Cobro del Impuesto Sobre Sucesiones, Tratados de Derecho Civil y Procesal Internacionales, Repertorio Alfabetico de Terminos Legales, Reformas Ultimas, Indice Cronologico de las Leyes, Decretos, Resoluciones y Ordenes Contenidos en Este Codigo y Otras Varias Importantes Disposiciones Relacionadas con la Compilacion. La Paz: Imp. Artistica, [viii], ix, 533 pp. Stiff printed wrappers bound into contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Light soiling and shelfwear, light browning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, annotations to front endleaves, small inkstamp to verso of title page. $350. * Only edition located. An annotated compilation of laws and legislation concerning civil procedure of the original Bolivian Code of Civil Procedure. Adopted in 1830 and based on the French civil code, it was replaced in No copies on OCLC. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. Order This Item 6

8 Financial Consequences of Estates Forfeited by the Jacobites 7. [Dalrymple, Sir David (c.1665-c.1721)]. The Laws and Judicatures of Scotland, Vindicated from the Calumnies and False Reasonings Contain'd in a Late Pamphlet Intitled, The Case of the Forfeited Estates in Scotland, Consider'd: In a Letter to a Noble L-d. Edinburgh: Pirnted [sic] by James Watson, One of His Majesty's Printers, pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, light fading to spine. Moderate toning to text, light soiling to verso of final leaf and title page and verso of final leaf, which has a recent repair to foot and "6" at head in small early hand. A nice copy in a handsome binding. $450. * Only edition, 1 of 4 issues from In this pamphlet Dalrymple, then the Queen's advocate in Scotland, refutes the argument advanced in a pamphlet by the Scottish advocate Patrick Haldane. Haldane's pamphlet questions the ability of the Scottish legal system to resolve the financial consequences that followed the forfeiture of estates after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 and calls for emergency legislation to facilitate the claims of creditors. English Short-Title Catalogue T Order This Item 7

9 Legal Foundations of the War of Devolution 8. Feuillade, Georges d'aubusson de la [ ]. La Defense du Droit de Marie Therese d'austriche, Reine de France a la Succession des Couronnes d'espagne. Paris: Chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, [xxiv], 164, [1] pp. 12mo. (5-1/2" x 3"). Contemporary sheep treated to resemble tree-calf, gilt spine with raised bands, speckled edges. Some rubbing to extremities with minor wear to spine ends, corners bumped. Toning to text, faint dampstaining and spotting to a few leaves, internally clean. $1,250. * First edition. The author was the Archbishop of Embrun, later Prince-Archbishop of Metz. Mazarin appointed him ambassador to Venice in Louis XIV appointed him ambassador to Spain in 1667 to pursue French claims to the Spanish Netherlands in the name of Maria Theresa of Austria ( ), the Spanish Infanta and Queen Consort of Louis XIV. These claims were tenuous and constructed on intricate legal foundations. French jurists argued that the Spanish Netherlands should not go to the still underage heir to the Spanish throne, Charles II of Spain ( ), because he was the issue of the second marriage of Philip IV. Maria Theresa on the other hand was a result of his first marriage and the lands thereby 'devolved' to her and, of course, Louis XIV. France's claims led to the War of devolution ( ). Feuillade defends France's claims with an argument grounded in the "fundamental laws of Spain, the examples of past centuries and the solemn judgments of the Royal Council of Castile." A second edition was published in Both copies are scarce, especially in North America. OCLC locates no copies in North American law libraries. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 1:1145. Order This Item 8

10 A Textbook on the U.S. Constitution Published a Year Before the Civil War 9. Flanders, Henry [ ]. An Exposition of the Constitution of the United States. Designed as a Manual of Instruction. Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co., xii, pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Original cloth, blind-stamped frames to boards, blind fillets and gilt title to spine. Light rubbing, a few tiny faint stains to boards, spine ends and corners bumped. Moderate toning to text, light foxing in a few places, early owner signature and later gift inscription to front endleaf. $250. * Only edition. Flanders was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and legal writer. His Exposition was written for students. Each page of the main text has footnotes containing questions for the reader. Bauer, Commentaries on the Constitution 362. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law Order This Item 9

11 Fortescue on Monarchy and the English Constitution 10. Fortescue, Sir John [1394?-1496?]. The Difference Between an Absolute and Limited Monarchy; As It More Particularly Regards the English Constitution. Being a Treatise Written by Sir John Fortescue, Kt. Lord Chief Justice, And Lord High Chancellor of England, Under King Henry VI. Faithfully Transcribed from the MS. Copy in the Bodleian Library, And Collated with Three Other Mss. Publish'd with Some Remarks by John Fortescue-Aland, Of the Inner-Temple, Esq; F.R.S. London: Printed by W. Bowyer in White-Friars, For E. Parker, [xvi], lxxxii, [4], 148, [xiv] pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, blind ornaments and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Title page printed in red and black, copperplate head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. Moderate toning, light foxing in a few places, edgewear to preliminaries and final few leaves of text, repairs to upper corner of title page, with negligible minor loss to title, and fore-edge of following leaf, which has a few contemporary jottings. An attractive copy. $450 * Third and final edition. First published in 1714, with a second edition in 1719, this work elaborates his belief, first articulated in De Laudibus Legum Angliae (c.1470), in the superiority of a constitutionally limited monarch. All editions are scarce. OCLC locates 13 copies of the third edition, 7 in North America, 2 in law libraries (Jenkins, Seattle University). English Short-Title Catalogue T Order This Item 10

12 Contraband Trade and Smuggling 11. Gonzalez de Salcedo, Pedro. Tratado Juridico Politico del Contra-Bando, En Esta Tercera, y Ultima Impression Sale Corregida de Muchos Yerros, Que en la Segunda se Avian Introducido, Y se Han Anadido Muchas Reales Cedulas, Que Despues han Salido Concernientes a la Materia del Contra-Bando, Y Tambien los Sumarios a los Capitulos de Toda la Obra. Madrid: Por Juan Munoz, [xii], 400 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary tree calf, lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine, marbled endpapers, edges rouged. Rubbing to extremities with chipping to head of spine, moderate scuffing to boards, corners bumped and somewhat worn, front hinge partially cracked. Toning to text, minor dampstaining to top edge of text block, light browning and foxing in places, internally clean. $1,750. * Third and final edition, augmented and corrected. First published in 1654, this is a substantial study of the economic effects of smuggling and trade in prohibited goods in Spain's American and Asian colonies, especially during times of war. It is a fundamental work for the study of Spanish commercial and colonial policy. All editions are scarce. OCLC locates 3 copies of the third edition in North American law libraries (Columbia, Harvard, Yale). Palau, Manual del Librero HispanoAmericano Order This Item 11

13 Proyecto for Paraguay's Second Code of Penal Procedure 12. Gonzalez, Teodosio [b. 1871]. Proyecto de Codigo de Procedimientos Penales Presentado al P. Legislativo. Asuncion (Republica del Paraguay): Tip. Y Enc. "El Pais," [iv], [3]-175 pp. pp. [i-ii] are bound-in contemporary manuscript copies. Softbound volume bound into contemporary textured-paper boards, lettering piece to spine. Some rubbing to boards and extremities, stain to rear board, light browning to text, preliminaries re-hinged (with some repairs to margins), internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, inventory number to front pastedown, small stamp to verso of title page. $450. * Only edition. Paraguay's first original penal code was adopted in Its defects were addressed in the 1905 Proyecto, which led to a new code written in 1910 and adopted in It remained in force until Gonzalez, an authority on criminal law, was the author of Ligeras Observaciones al Proyecto de Reformas del Codigo Penal (1896) and Derecho Penal (1898). OCLC locates 4 copies (Harvard Law School, LA County Law Library, Library of Congress, UT-Austin). Order This Item 12

14 Grotius on Roman-Dutch Law 13. Grotius, Hugo [ ]. Groenewegen van der Made, Simon van [ ], Notes. Maasdorp, A.F.S. [ ], Translator. The Introduction to Dutch Jurisprudence of Hugo Grotius: With Notes by Simon van Groenewegen van der Made, And References to van der Keesel's Theses and Schorer's Notes. Cape Town: J.C. Juta, xix, 557 pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-1/2"). Nineteenth-century three-quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities, hinges just starting at ends, internally fresh. Ex-Birmingham Law Society Library. Its insignia to spine and boards, bookplate and location label to front pastedown, small inkstamps to preliminaries and a few text leaves. $650. * Originally published in 1631, this is an important systematic treatise on the law of the province of Holland in the seventeenth century, the mixture of local and Roman procedure known as Roman-Dutch law. OCLC locates 3 copies in North American law libraries (George Washington University, Social Law, Yale). Roberts, A South African Legal Bibliography 142. Order This Item 13

15 Rare Pocket Edition of Guatemala's 1887 Constitution 14. [Guatemala]. Ley Constitutiva de la Republica de Guatemala Decretada por la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente en 11 de Diciembre de 1879 y Reformada por el Mismo alto Cuerpo en 5 de Noviembre de Se Imprime por Disposicion del Poder Ejecutivo. Guatemala: Tipografia Nacional, pp. 16mo. (3-3/4" x 2-1/2"). Stiff printed wrappers, cloth spine. Some soiling and minor tears to covers along spine, mended with archival tape, light toning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Stamp to front cover. A rare item. $250. * Later printing of Guatemala's 1879 constitution was replaced by a modified version in 1887, which was revised in Our pocket edition was published at the time this revision was under way. No copies listed on OCLC, which lists a larger 36 pp. version at Columbia University, the New York Public Library and the National Library of Chile. Order This Item 14

16 Harvard Law School Catalogue, Academic Year 15. [Harvard Law School]. A Catalogue of the Law School of the University at Cambridge, For the Academical Year Cambridge: Metcalf and Company, pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Faint vertical crease though center, Light soiling and a few smudges, spine abraded, wrappers partially detached but secure, moderate toning to text. $150. * This catalogue was published for prospective and incoming students in the year when the faculty consisted of Joel Parker, Theophilus Parsons and Luther S. Cushing. It contains general information about the school, regulations, course outlines and lists of required and recommended texts. Lists of students are included as well. Order This Item 15

17 "Cumulative" 1851 Harvard Law School Catalogue 16. [Harvard Law School]. A Catalogue of the Students of Law in Harvard University, From the Establishment of the Law School, To the End of the Second Term in the Year Cambridge: Metcalf and Company, Printers to the University, pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-3/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and edgewear, three holes along spine (from mounting in a binder?), wrappers partially detached but secure, early owner signature and small later private-library stamps to head of front wrapper, another library inkstamp and embossed stamp to head of title page. Light toning to text, small faint stains to preliminaries. $150. * This catalogue was published for prospective and incoming students in the year when the faculty consisted of Jared Sparks, Theophilus Parsons, Joel Parker and Luther Stearns Cushing. It contains general information about the school, regulations, course outlines and lists of required and recommended texts. This catalogue is especially interesting because of its complete lists of alumni and former faculty members, a distinguished group that includes Joseph Story, Simon Greenleaf and Henry Wheaton. Order This Item 16

18 Jacob's Favorite Work 17. Jacob, Giles [ ]. The Student's Companion: Or, The Reason of the Laws of England. Shewing the Principal Reasons and Motives Whereon Our Laws and Statutes are Grounded, In the Most Essential and Capital Points, Not Only in Civil but Criminal Cases; Together with the Law It Self. So as to Convey to Students, and Others, the Fundamental Knowledge of the Law, Necessary in Their Studies. Corrected and Improved; With a New and Curious Introduction to the Study and Practice of the Law. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, And R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq.), [xi], ix, 282, [6] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. A few minor nicks and scratches to boards, moderate rubbing to edges with some wear to corners. Light browning and foxing to text, faint dampstains to a few leaves, early owner signatures to head of title page and following leaf. A nice copy of a scarce title. $850. * Second edition. First published in 1725, this vade mecum outlines essential topics of legal study alphabetically from "Actions" to "Writs." The Companion also contains a short introduction that outlines an appropriate plan of study and list of essential books for the aspiring barrister. Holdsworth, citing the preface to the second edition, notes that Jacob considered this to be his favorite and finest work. A third edition was published in All editions are scarce. ESTC locates 2 copies of this edition, OCLC adds 4 copies worldwide, none in North American law libraries. Holdsworth, A History of English Law III:425. English Short-Title Catalogue T Order This Item 17

19 King James I Urges Loyalty to the Crown 18. James I, King of England [ ]. An Apologie for the Oath of Allegiance. First Set Foorth Without a Name: And Now Acknowledged by the Author, The Right high and Mightie Prince, Iames, By the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland; Defender of the Faith, &c. Together with a Premonition of His Maiesties, To All Most Mightie Monarches, Kings, Free Princes and States of Christendome. London: By Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, [iv], 135, [13]; 112 pp. Two parts, each with title page and pagination. Quarto (7-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Eighteenth-century speckled calf, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, joints discreetly reinforced. A few minor scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and somewhat worn, hinges starting, a few partial cracks to text block. Text printed within ruled borders, woodcut head-pieces, large woodcut royal arms on p. [iv] of Part I and p. [2] of Part II. Moderate toning, minor worming and dampstaining to margins of a some leaves, soiling to title page of Part I, early owner signature to its verso. An attractive copy. $850. * Second and final edition, one of three issues from James I published this work anonymously in 1607 to encourage his subjects to remain loyal to the throne. Due perhaps to its anonymous nature and part-latin text, the work received little attention and, as one would expect, disappointing sales. Hoping to improve sales, James published second edition under his name with the Latin sections translated into English. English Short-Title Catalogue S Order This Item 18

20 Includes the First Issue of Ladd's Influential Essay on a Congress of Nations 19. [Ladd, William ( )]. American Peace Society. Prize Essays on a Congress of Nations, For the Adjustment of International Disputes, And for the Promotion of Universal Peace Without Resort to Arms. Together With a Sixth Essay, Comprising the Substance of the Rejected Essays. Boston: Published by Whipple & Damrell, For the American Peace Society, [iii], iv-xiii, [6], xii, [13]-706 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Original moire cloth with decorative blind stamping, gilt title to spine. Heavy rubbing to extremities with chipping to spine ends, corners worn, joints cracked but secure, hinges starting. Light foxing to text in places, internally clean. Ex-library. Shelf number to foot of spine, bookplates to front pastedown, small inkstamps to preliminaries, date-due sheet and small security tag to rear free endpaper. A solid copy. $150. * Only edition. This volume contains the first issue of Ladd's important "Essay on a Congress of Nations," the first important statement on the preservation of peace through international mediation published in the United States. It became a central text for American peace organizations and participants in international law conferences, and did much to persuade Americans to accept the idea of an international peace organization. It was also distributed widely in Europe, where it was well-received. Influential into the twentieth century, it was reprinted in 1916 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Anticipating the creation of the Permanent Court of International Justice and the League of Nations by a good 75 years, Ladd proposed an international "congress with legislative powers" that worked with a court that enforced its laws and settled international disputes. Prize Essays grew out of a contest sponsored in 1831 by the American Peace Society, of which Ladd was president. It offered a $1, prize for the best essay describing the form and function of a "congress of nations." The judges were William Wirt, Joseph Story, Daniel Webster and John Marshall. They could not decide on a clear winner, so they published the five best essays. Ladd's essay, which was intended to serve as a summary and review of all of the submissions, synthesized their best elements, expanded them and combined them with his original ideas. Ladd reissued his essay later that year as an offprint from this volume. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law Order This Item 19

21 The Boke of Assises Abridged, Beale R [Liber Assisarum]. [Callow, William, Sir (fl. 1555), Attributed]. The Abridgement of the Boke of Assises, Lately P[er]used Over & Corrected, & Nowe Newlye Imprynted by Rycharde Tottle, Ye Laste Daye of Septe[m]ber. An. Do [London: Imprinted...in Fletestrete Within Temple Barre, At the Signe of the Hand & Starre, By Richard Tottel, (1555)]. [i], 165, [2] ff. Collates complete. Octavo (5-1/4" x 3-1/2"). Recent period-style calf, raised bands, blind ornaments, and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Title printed within woodcut architectural border. Toning to text, some soiling and edgewear to title page and following leaf, early check-marks in pen to a few leaves, interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Small stamp to foot and verso of title page. A handsome copy. Rare. $3,500. * Second edition. Text in Law-French. With a table. The Liber Assisarum is a selection of reports from the Year Books covering regnal years 1-50 of Edward III ( ). The contents are arranged alphabetically by topic. "The Book of Assizes (...) is of great authority in law; and so called because it principally contains proceedings upon Writs of Assize of Novel Disseisin, which in those days was festinum et freems renaedium. 'Tis often quoted and referred to by most of our ancient writers. (...) The questions are here discussed with more precision and clearness, and they contain more of those points of law that have survived to the present times. In regard to precision and clearness, all the reports of this reign excel those of the preceding; but the merit of these [reports] is of a peculiar kind, and has a very different appearance from what has in later times been considered as excellent in this way" (Rastell). OCLC locates 5 copies, the English Short-Title Catalogue locates 6 in the British Isles, 6 in North America and 1 in Australia. Rastell, John, Preface to London, 1679, Livre des Assises et Pleas del' Corone cited in Marvin, Legal Bibliography 754. English Short-Title Catalogue S Beale, A Bibliography of Early English Law Books R53. Order This Item 20

22 A Scarce Natura Brevium, Beale T105a 21. [Natura Brevium]. Natura Brevium in Englishe Newelye Corrected: With Divers Addicions of Statutes, Booke Cases, Plees in Abatementes of the Saide Writtes: And Theire Declaracio[n]s: And Barres to the Same Added and Put in Their Places Moste Convenie[n]t. [London: In Flete Stret within Temple Barre, At the Sygne of the Hand and Starre, By Rychard Tottil, Ye xxvii Daie of Februarye, Anno Domini, 1557]. 180, [3] ff. Collates complete. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Nineteenth-century calf, blind rules and corner fleurons to boards, raised bands lettering piece and blind ornaments to spine, early hand-lettered title to fore-edge, marbled endpapers. Light rubbing to extremities, title page, which is missing most of its fore-edge and lower corner with minor loss to text, re-hinged and mounted. Toning, (very) faint dampstaining to lower half of text block, internally clean. $1,000. * With table. Text mostly in English, translated from Law French; some text in Latin. A cornerstone of the common law, the Natura Brevium is a selection of writs, with commentary, based on the Registrum Brevium dating from the reign of Edward III. The first printed edition of the Natura Brevium was published in 1494 by Richard Pynson. After Sir Anthony Fitzherbert published his New Natura Brevium in 1534 it was referred to as the Old Natura Brevium. The ESTC lists three variants of this title, with five copies found worldwide of our variant here. OCLC locates 12 of all three, 5 in North American law libraries (Columbia, Harvard, Library of Congress, Minnesota State Law Library, Yale). English Short-Title Catalogue S Beale, A Bibliography of Early English Law Books T105a. Order This Item 21

23 Scarce Treatise on Illegitimacy 22. Nicolas, Sir Harris [ ]. A Treatise on the Law of Adulterine Bastardy, With a Report of the Banbury Case, and of All Other Cases Bearing Upon the Subject. London: William Pickering, xvi, 588, 8 pp. Includes an eight-page descriptive catalogue of the author's works. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Somewhat later quarter sheep over cloth, raised bands and lettering pieces to spine, hinges reinforced, endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing to spine and extremities, a few small chips to fore-edge of front free endpaper and half-title, which is partially detached but secure. Light toning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Embossed stamp to front board, small inkstamp and inscription to title page. A solid copy. $75. * With index and side-notes. "The following treatise is the first attempt to collect all the authorities and decisions on the law of legitimacy in this country, and to deduce from them the history and present state of the law on that important subject. (...) The author of this volume deceives himself, if a perusal of it will not convince the profession of two facts, either of which would justify its publication; first, that the law has undergone important changes, in consequence of a mistaken view having been taken of previous authorities; and secondly, that there are not sufficient grounds for the opinions which now prevail respecting the law on the subject" (Preface, vii-viii). The Banbury Case concerns a peerage claim by William Knollys [ ], the natural son of the Earl of Banbury. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:257. Order This Item 22

24 The Union of Scotland and England 23. [Nicolson, William] Lord Bishop of Carlisle [ )]. Leges Marchiarum, or Border-Laws: Containing Several Original Articles and Treaties, Made and Agreed upon by the Commissioners of the Respective Kings of England and Scotland, for the Better Preservation of Peace and Commerce upon the Marches of Both Kingdoms: From the Reign of Henry III. To the Union of the Two Crowns, in K. James I. With a Preface, and an Appendix of Charters and Records, Relating to the Said Treaties. London: Printed for Tim. Goodwin, [vi], lvi, 388, [4] pp. Includes four-page publisher catalogue. Lacking half-title. Octavo (7" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, blind rules to boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. A few minor spots to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners bumped and somewhat worn, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, owner signature to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to text, faint dampspotting to margins in a few places, brief annotations and underlining to a few leaves. An appealing copy. $350. * First edition. Nicholson, Lord Bishop of Carlisle, was a strong advocate of the union of England and Scotland. Published two years before the Act of Union, his Leges Marchiarum, addresses numerous issues regarding the union of these two states. A second edition was published in English Short-Title Catalogue T Order This Item 23

25 1893 Edition of Peru's Civil Code with Important Annotations 24. [Peru]. Lama, Miguel Antonio de la [b. 1839], Editor and Annotator. Codigo Civil del Peru, Con Citas, Notas, Concordancias y un Apendice de Leyes, Decretos, Resoluciones, Ordenes, Reglamentos, Instrucciones, Circulares y Ejecutorias Hasta el 31 de Diciembre de Lima: Editado por la Imprenta Gil, , [2] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt ornaments to spine, marbled edges. Some rubbing to boards and extremities, rear hinge starting, crack in text block between title page and following leaf. Light toning to text. Lama's inkstamp to verso of title page, interior otherwise clean. $750. * Established in 1852, Peru's civil code draws on the Code Napoleon and Castilian law that existed during the nation's colonial period. Lama was a leading Peruvian jurist. His highly regarded notes in Codigo Civil include the latest legislation, digested court decisions, treaty provisions and related laws and decrees. First published in 1870, this work went through six editions by 1928, the final three by later editors. All are scarce in North American law libraries; OCLC locates 2 copies of the 1893 edition (Harvard, University of Minnesota). Clagett, A Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Peru 30. Order This Item 24

26 "For the Genereall Ease and Daily Use of All Such as Shall Have Occasion to Remove any Person, Cause or Record" 25. Powell, Thomas [1572?-1635?]. The Attornies Almanacke. Provided & Desired for the Generall Ease and Daily Use of All Such as Shall Have Occasion to Remove any Person, Cause or Record, From an Inferiour Court to Any the Higher Courts at Westminster. London: Printed by B[ernard] A[lsop] and T[homas] F[awcet] for Ben: Fisher, [viii], 72 pp. Quarto (7" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent calf, gilt title to spine, endleaves added. Light rubbing, corners and spine ends bumped. Moderate toning to text, slightly heavier in places, light soiling to front endleaf and p. 72. A handsome copy. $1,000. * Only edition. Powell was a notable poet, a man of letters and an industrious legal antiquarian. In this work, the Attourney's Academy and the Direction for Search of Records Powell offered guidance to lawyers concerning the location and use of records, mostly to settle title claims. All are mentioned favorably by Holdsworth, who notes that the study of early records was an important aspect of legal education. In a sense, these books helped students to locate material for study. They are also important sources for students of Shakespeare. (All are listed in Lee's Catalogue of Shakespeareana). OCLC locates 6 copies in North American law libraries (Harvard, Library of Congress, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, Yale). Holdsworth, A History of English Law V:381. English Short-Title Catalogue S Order This Item 25

27 A Classic English Work on Equity and the Philosophy of Law that Influenced Blackstone 26. [Saint German (Germain), Christopher]. Two Dialogues in English, Between a Doctour of Divinity, And a Student in the Laws of England, Of the Grounds of the Said Laws, And of Conscience. Newly Revised and Re-Printed. London: Printed by John Streater, Eliz. Flesher, and Henry Twyford, [ii], 366, [8] pp. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/2). Recent period-style paneled calf, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, blind tooling to board edges, endpapers renewed. Light browning to text, faint dampstaining to margins in a few places, light soiling and a few early signatures and brief annotations to title page, other annotations to front endleaves. $650. * Written originally in Latin in 1523 and cast in dialogic form, this was the first work to study the role of equity in common law and, by its nature, was the first jurisprudential work written in England. It also considers the relative merits of common, canon and civil law, the nature and object of law, the religious and moral standards of law, the foundations of the common law and issues regarding the jurisdiction of Parliament. Doctor and Student appeared in numerous editions. An authority well into the eighteenth century, it influenced several writers, including Blackstone. English Short-Title Catalogue R Order This Item 26

28 Essays Concerning Church Property and Tithes 27. Spelman, Sir Henry [1564?-1641]. Ryves, Thomas [1583?-1652]. Two Tracts: Tract I. Entitled, De Non Temerandis Ecclesiis, &c. By Sir Henry Spelman Knight. Tract II. The Poor Vicar's Plea for Tythes, &c. By Thomas Ryves, Doctor of the Civil Laws. With a Prefatory Account of the Authors and These Works. London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, [xlvi], [14], 128; 120 pp. Each tract has a separate title page and pagination. The Poor Vicar's Plea and the Prefatory Account are original works; De Non Temerandisiis is the sixth edition, as stated on its title page. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary paneled calf, recent gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and somewhat worn. Moderate toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, occasional light foxing, browning to main title page. $250. * Only edition (in this form). Prefaced by a biographical and interpretive introduction by Ryves, this book collects two legal tracts, one on tithes and one on church property. English Short-Title Catalogue T Order This Item 27

29 Copy of Staunford's Plees and Kinges Prerogative From the Library of an Important Nineteenth-Century New York Lawyer 28. Staunford, Sir William [ ]. Les Plees del Coron, Divisees in Plusors Titles & Comen Lieux. Per Queux Home Plus Redement & Plenairement Trovera Quelque Chose quil Quira, Touchant les Dits Plees. Dernierment Corrigee Avecques un Table Parfaicte des Choses Notables Contenues en Ycelle, Nouvelment Revue et Corrigee. [London]: In Aedibus Richardi Tottelli, [xiv], 198 ff. Table of contents interleaved. [Bound with] Staunford, Sir William. An Exposition of the Kinges Prerogative Collected Out of the Great Abridgement of Iustice Fitzherbert And Other Olde Writers of the Lawes of England. Whereunto is Annexed the Proces to the Same Prerogative Appertaining. London: Imprinted...in Fleetestreate Within Temple Barre...By Richard Tottel, [i], 85 ff. Quarto (7-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary calf with early rebacking, lettering piece to spine, early owner initials "S S" to center of boards, corners and hinges mended, title page of Plees mounted and re-hinged. Moderate rubbing with some wear to extremities, some worming to front board, front hinge partially cracked, armorial bookplate of William Curtis Noyes and residue from another bookplate to front pastedown. Title page of Plees printed within large woodcut architectural border, woodcut decorated initials to both works. Toning to text, occasional faint dampstaining to margins, some wear to edges of preliminaries, light soiling to title pages. Brief annotations in early chancery hand to preliminaries and interleaves of Plees, underlining in a few other places. A nice copy with an appealing association. $1,250. * Later editions. First published in 1557, Staunford's Plees is considered a "principal book" by Pollock and Maitland, one that enables us "to trace our modern laws of crimes, from the later middle ages onwards." Based on Bracton and the Year Books, Staunford's treatise is divided into three parts. The first treats offences, the second treats jurisdiction, appeals, indictments, and defenses. The third addresses trials and convictions. Plees was written after Staunford was appointed judge of the common pleas in Exposition of the Kinges Prerogative was first published in It addresses discretionary rights enjoyed by the monarchy in foreign policy, domestic affairs, legal and governmental administration, religion and economic matters. Noyes [ ] was a leading New York lawyer and a member of the commission formed to codify the state's laws, which resulted in the Field Codes. A man of extensive learning, he owned one of the finest law libraries in the United States. Pollock and Maitland, The History of English Law II:448. English Short-Title Catalogue S117813, S Beale, A Bibliography of Early English Law Books T489, T492. Order This Item 28

30 A Libel on Napoleon 29. [Trial]. Peltier, Jean-Gabriel (John) [ ], Defendant. The Trial of John Peltier, Esq. For a Libel Against Napoleon Buonaparte, First Counsul of the French Republic, At the Court of King'sBench, Middlesex, On Monday the 21st of February, Taken in Short-Hand by Mr. Adams, And the Defence Revised by Mr. Mackintosh. London: Printed by Cox, Son, and Baylis for M. Peltier, xxxii, 312, clii pp. Full-page caricature of Napoleon (as a Sphinx) following title page. Introduction in French and English on facing pages. Octavo (8-1/4" x 51/4"). Three-quarter calf over marbled boards, rebacked, gilt rules and lettering piece to spine, hinges mended. Some rubbing and minor staining to boards. Some toning, light browning in places, internally clean. $200. * Only edition. Peltier was a French Royalist who immigrated to England around In 1800 he began to publish a political journal that strongly opposed Napoleon. Accused of advocating Napoleon's assassination by the French Government, he was tried by an English court in He was represented by Sir James Mackintosh, who offered a famous speech for the defense. Peltier lost his case and sentenced to pay a token fine. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:1161. Order This Item 29

31 Uruguay's First Constitution 30. [Uruguay]. Goyena, Pablo V., Notes. Constitucion de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay Completada con los Documentos de la Asamblea Constituyente y las Leyes Posteriores, con Un Repertorio de la Misma Constitucion. Montevideo: Tip. a Vapor de La Nacion, [vi], 149 pp. 12mo. (5-3/4" x 4"). Original printed wrappers, spine professionally mended. Some edgewear, light soiling. Some toning to text, internally clean. $250. * Only edition. With a glossary of terms and index. Uruguay's first constitution was adopted in 1830 and replaced in Goyena's edition provides useful notes and a glossary of terms. OCLC locates 9 copies, 1 in a North American law library (University of Minnesota). Order This Item 30