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1696010354London: Joseph Fox; R. Clavel; T. Minton 1696. Paperback. Good . 40 p.; 20 cm. Signatures: E4 4to. Disbound. "Printed for the Author and are to be sold by Joseph Fox in Westminster-Hall R. Clavel at the Peacock in Fleetstreet and T. Minton at the Anchor under the Royal Exchange." The author James Whiston 1637-1707 criticizes the generally accepted practice of selling offices in particular the gaolership of Newgate Prison. ESTC R15115; Wing W1686. Scarce. In Good Condition: title page lightly soiled; closed 1-cm. tear from fore-edge of title page; creasing and chipping along fore-edges of first few leaves; minor soiling along edges of final few leaves; otherwise clean and solid. Joseph Fox; R. Clavel; T. Minton paperback
169961164Copenhagen Joachim Schmedtgen 1699. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine and two clasps. With King Christian V's monogram in gold to upper part of spine. Edges of boards gilt. All edges gilt. Small paper-label pasted on to spine. A few wormholes to back board leather on spine cracked cornes bumped. A few small worm-tracts to last leaves. Last two blanks with annotations in contemporary hand. Internally generally nice and clean. 22 104 112 142 110 84 4 pp. Including three blanks in the front and back. <br/><br/><em>First German translation of "Danish Law" which became a prototype and inspiration for other European codexes. The English envoy to Denmark at the time Robert Molesworth praises the Danish Code in his otherwise highly negative text: "An account of Denmark as it was in the year 1692". He states that in justice brevity and clarity the Code surpasses all other legal texts he knows of. It is so clear and simple to understand that any literate person can understand his case and is able to represent himself in Court if he so wishes. Thesaurus II: 431. </em> hardcover
16250091621625. Very Good . 1 handwritten parchment document 35 x 46 cm. folded. Relates to property in Buntingford given for the use of the poor originally in 1581 by Henry Marshall and Thomas Adamo. Signed by Alexander Strange Vicar of Layston and John Brograve esquire among many others. In Very Good Condition: light soiling along edges of document side; more soiling on reverse side; solid. unknown
1658EB5680Lugduni: Sumptib. lavr. Anisson & Io. Bapt. Devenet 1658. HB. Sive Tractatus Nobelissimus de Tertiis Debitis Regibus Hispania Ex Fructibus & Rebus Omnibus Quae Decimantur. In Quo Non Solum Omnia Quae Ad Institutum Pertinent; Sed & Alia Plura In Foro Quotidiana Noue Notabilitero Declarantur & Resoluuntur. Opus Reuera Pragmaticis Forensibus Utilissimum Cum Summariis & Indicibus Ad Subleuandum Lectoris Laborem Opportunis. Nunc Recens Typis Lugdunensibus Editum." Bound in original vellum with vellum clasps still present folio 9"x13". 23 1 blank 448 449-450 35 1 blank pp. Tear at page 287-288 with some loss of text many leaves trimmed closely at top margin with occasional loss of running title. A legal practice book discussing different legal procedures and different types of courts and jurisdictions focusing on Spanish and Gallic law. OCLC lists a variety of 17th century printings all scarce but does not include this edition. This printing is not listed in NUC. Book condition VG-. Sumptib. lavr. Anisson & Io. Bapt. Devenet hardcover
1670005570Coloniae Allobrogum Genoa: apud Iohannem Petrum Dupoirie 1670. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 502 60 p.; 34 cm. Contemporary vellum spine and corners with marbled papers over boards. Leather spine label with gilt-tooled title "Scaccie de Sentetia." Woodcut title vignette of a crown; woodcut head-pieces and initials. Printed in columns. Sigismondo Scaccia 1564-1634 an Italian jurist wrote several important works on financial law and criminal law. In Very Good Condition: loss from lower edge of spine label without loss of title; boards are rubbed with resulting loss of paper primarily along edges; foxing and minor staining; otherwise clean and tight. apud Iohannem Petrum Dupoirie hardcover
161317785Parisiis: Sebastianum Cramoisy Via Iacobaea Sub Ciconiis. Good. 1613. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary dark brown speckled calf binding with two red leather labels. Gilt decoration & lettering. Marbled endpapers with early owner's bookplate. Speckled page edges. Hinges & text tight & intact. Leaves are clean with light age toning & an occasional rare spot. Inked out signatures on title page. Hinges starting with covers firm. Upper corners rubbed. Tiny dots of book worming on latter half of leaves in upper front margin only; not interfering with text. Rear free endpaper removed. A collection of Hippocratic writings. The Greek texts are given together with a Latin translation by the editor Rodolphe Le Maitre. -The book is dedicated to King Louis XII. Medical ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 429 pages . Sebastianum Cramoisy, Via Iacobaea, Sub Ciconiis hardcover
1670421461Johannis Ludovici Neuehahus 1670. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Three volumes bound as one. 20 cm. Folio. Professionally rebound in full speckled calf. Five raised bands. Compartments decorated in blind-stamp. Red calf label gilt title. Blind-stamped double bands on covers. Engraved frontispiece. This volume also includes a third part that was published in 1672. Text in Latin and German. Some sections are only in Latin other only in German and still others include parallel texts. Heavy damp stains to fore edge through pp. 100 to corners throughout entire volume. Uneven toning - some signatures are still very bright others have toned to brown. Light to moderate bleed-through and some offsetting. Light foxing throughout. Overall a good plus copy in a fine binding but rare in any edition. 1670 1672 Johannis Ludovici Neuehahus hardcover
16760091791676. Good. 1 handwritten parchment document 34 x 66 cm. folded. Articles of agreement dated 16 Oct. 1676 involving 1 John Palmer one of the aldermen of the borough of Stamford and his son John Palmer; 2 Anna Pawley daughter of Robert Pawley late of South Croyston or Croxton and Joyce Pawley widow of Robert Francis Needham of Leicester County gentleman; and 3 Samuel Needham of Trinity College Cambridge. Regards the disposition of property in Stamford Leicester County England relating to the impending marriage between John Palmer the younger and Anna Pawley. Signed by John Palmer the elder John Palmer Jr. and Anna Pawley and by witnesses John Hall Luke Blythe William Hallewell and Thomas Smaron. In Good Condition: dampstaining and soiling; just starting to separate at fold intersections; otherwise solid. unknown
160112440Washington Government Printing Office 1916-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good Hardcover. Light edgewear. Cover and text are clean bright and unmarked. Tight binding. Washington Government Printing Office hardcover
16890090571689. Very Good. Handwritten parchment deed. On 13 March 1689 Thomas Mercer the elder of Hawkhurst Kent Co. tanner gave to his oldest son Thomas Mercer the younger the estate called Waters with its house barns orchards gardens etc. in Hawkhurst Kent Co. England containing 40 acres; the estate called Hayesgate of 30 acres; and another of 10 acres. Signed by Thomas Mercer senior and the witnesses -- Sarah Mercer Ele Sharpe and John Ffoord. Dated old style 1688. In Very Good Condition: old staining; solid. unknown
1609317065Johann Halbeym Peter Kopffen 1609. Halbleder Von Hochheit deß Keyserthumbs Würde deß Bapsthumbs Herrlichheit der Königen und Churfürsten Freyheiten der Ständen deß Reichs: von Reformation aller Ständen im Reich Geistlichen unnd Weltlichen Prophan unnd Religionfrieden etc. von Fürsten Recht Cammer Hoff und andern Gerichten Müntzwesen sampt allerhandt nutzbaren Ordnungen wie die vom Jahr nach Christi Geburt 700 biß auff das 1576. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Johann Halbeym, Peter Kopffen, unknown
1700176470London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkyns Esquires for John Walthoe 1700. The first English treatise devoted exclusively to family law First edition in an exceptionally well-preserved binding of this oft-cited work on the legal position of women in 17th- and 18th-century England and a key summary of the social mechanisms underpinning such works as The Taming of the Shrew. "Baron and Feme" refers to the legal fiction that husband and wife shared one legal personhood. The anonymous author of this treatise draws heavily on Sir Edward Coke's edition of Littleton aiming to codify and explain family law "in all the Circumstances of Life from the Solemnization of Marriage to the Divorce" p. vi. "Although written in English at a time when many law books were still published in Latin and law French it was clearly intended for a legally trained reader" Glover p. 75. This copy includes extensive ink annotations in an 18th-century hand suggesting a similar level of legal training. The annotations mainly cite other legal reference works but they also explicate several points of law and invoke others to challenge assertions in the text. The notes on the rear blank verso for instance observe that "the Wife's Portion consisting of Choses in action shall not upon ye husb's death be liable to his debts tho' ye husb: before marriage had made an adequate Jointure on her". Further editions appeared in 1719 and 1738. Octavo 192 x 115 mm pp. xxxii 380 misprinting pp. 178-9 182-3 186-7 and 190-1 as 162-3 166-7 170-1 and 174-5 36. Contemporary calf spine ruled in black and lettered in black manuscript covers with double fillet in black. Housed in custom green morocco book-form case. With 18th-century ink annotations and infrequent underlining to contents and rear blank verso. One corner just worn at tip infrequent brown marks to several pages contents otherwise bright and fresh: a fine copy. ESTC R6177; Wing B899. Susan Glover Engendering Legitimacy: Law Property and Early Eighteenth-century Fiction 2006. unknown
1667000434London: John Streater James Flesher and Henry Twyford 1667. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Folio. pp. 16 325 7. Including large woodcut of British coat of arms opposite the title. Printed in English black letter. Re-backed preserving original calf boards; well rubbed; old burn mark or darkened area on front cover. The re-backing extends part way onto the original boards and blends nicely with the old leather; some spots of careful restoration are present on the board edges. A faded early shelf number is hand printed on the fore-edge. The interior is generally clean with occasional brief marginalia in an early hand. A name - "John Byeith" - is neatly written in the same hand near the upper edge of the title page. End sheets are renewed in marbled paper. Carefully sealed tear at the bottom of p. 277. The outer edge of some leaves show spots of wear. An interesting compilation of laws and private acts of the English Parliament. ESTC R232104. <br/> <br/> John Streater, James Flesher, and Henry Twyford hardcover
168033353Paris: Francois Muguet. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1680-81. Hardcover. 24mo 109x53 mm; 576 pages; Headpieces and tail pieces. Bound in contemporary leather. LOUIS XIV King of France. Ordonnances . . . Sur le Fait des Gabelles & des Aydes. 156 pages Ordonnances . . . Sur le Fait des Entrées Aydes & autres Droits. 123 i. E. 223 5 pages Ordonnance . . . Pour servir de Reglement sur plusieurs Droits de ses Fermes. 192 pages. Together 3 volumes bound in one. 24mo 109x53 mm contemporary calf gilt spine rubbed slightly chipped at bottom; contents clean. Paris: François Muguet 1680; 1680; 1681 . French Language. Complete. Official ordinances on taxes and other internal problems. . Francois Muguet, hardcover
1601013166London: Thomas Wigh 1601. Book measures 29.5x20.5.cm. Pages numbered in sections circa 1500pp 2 parts in 1 volume.Text in black letter. Bound in modern antiquarian style full leather raised bands gilt lines and lettering. Leather rubbed some scuff wear. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally period or early annotations or underlining throughout. Pages in very good clean condition. A nice copy. Full Calf. Very Good. Small Folio. Thomas Wigh Hardcover
1679036979London: F. Smith T. Basset J. Wright R. Chiswel And S. Heyrick / T. Davies / John Minshall / John Peacock 1679 1681 1679. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fair. 51 Pp. 1679 Disbound But Complete With Preliminary Blank Another Preliminary Leaf Blank On Recto And With Jenison's Authorization Printed On Verso; 36 Pp. 1681; 4 P.1681; Preliminary Leaf With Advertisements On Verso 11 Iv Pp. 1681. Altogether 4 Publications Disbound But Latter 3 Attached Together At Spines. 12 1/8" X 7 5/8" Jenison And 11 1/2" X 7 1/2" Other Publications. Little Wear But: 1. Jenison: Dampness Damage At Lower Fore Edge Corner To Pages Without Loss Of Text. Bookplate Of A Noble Personage No Motto Crown Above Oval With Bar Sinister And Single Lion Etc. Signed "H. Simon F." Possibly Henri Simon Thomassin. 2. Character: Dampstaining Loss Of Paper On Title Page Including A Few Letters At Top And Lower Left Of Title Page Smaller Losses To Top Of Pp 1-2 And With Part Of That Page Adhered To P. 3.; Another Example Of Same Bookplate By Simon Speech: Dampstaining. 4. Commons: Dampstaining. Tears And A Few Small Tape Repairs And Some Remaining Traces Of Mold Staining To All Items. Jenison 1648/49-1704 Apparently A Relative Of A Slightly Earlier Prominent Cleric Of That Same Name Was An Informer In The "Popish Plot". <br/> <br/> F. Smith, T. Basset, J. Wright, R. Chiswel, And S. Heyrick / T. Davies / John Minshall / John Peacock 1679 1681 unknown
16736859407W. Leak T. Baffet S. Heyrick and G. Dawes. 1673. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Calf on boards. Front cover completely detached but present. Cover very worn especially around edges and backstrip. Raised bands. Tightly bound. Pages age-toned. Internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN: W. Leak, T. Baffet, S. Heyrick, and G. Dawes. hardcover
1653LA - HAY043291653. Genevae Sumptibus Petri Chouët. relié plein vélin d'époque. Coiffe supérieure accidentée avec un manque au niveau du mors plats frottés avec des petites piqures faibles rousseurs éparses bon état général. in-8. titre écrit à l'encre sur le dos. unknown
1615600611615. four titles in 1 book. 1615-1618. four titles in 1 book. 1615-1618. Four Scarce Coutumiers from Northern France France; Customary Law. Coustumes Du Bailliage De Vermandois en la Cite Ville Baillieue & Prevoste Foraine de Laon. Reims: Chez Simon De Foigny 1616. iv 108 4 ff. Bound with Coustumes de la Cite & Ville de Reims Villes & Villages Regis Selon Icelles. Reims: Chez Simon de Foigny 1615. 61 3 ff. And Coustumes de Chaalons & Ressort Du Siege Dudit Lieu En Ce Qui Est du Bailliage de Vermandois. Reims: Chez Simon de Foigny 1615. 33 1 ff. And Les Coustumes du Bailliage de Vitry en Pertois. Reims: Chez Simon & Iean de Foigny Imprimeurs 1618. 40 2 ff. Quarto 9" x 6"; 22.9 x 15.2 cm. Contemporary calf gilt rules to boards raised bands gilt ornaments and title "Coustume De Verman" to spine faint hand-lettered title to head of text block. Light rubbing and staining to boards extremities bumped and rubbed with some loss to spine ends and corners a few small pieces lacking from edges front hinge starting fragment of early bookplate to front pastedown. Light toning minor foxing to top margins light soiling to title pages small strips cut from bottom margins of two leaves of Laon for bookmarks no loss of text faint dampstaining in a few places minor tears and chips to margins of a few leaves early owner signatures most struck through one of "Lescarbotte" to first title page internally clean. A unique volume in very good condition. $2500. This collection represents a significant compendium of regional customary laws coutumes governing the vital territories of Picardy and the Ile-de-France during the Early Modern period.The primary work in this volume the Vermandois coutume served as the legal backbone for a vast jurisdiction. Composed in 1448 and undergoing a major revision in 1556 it governed lands that held immense religious and political prestige-specifically four of the six French ecclesiastical peerages: The Archbishopric of Reims and the Bishoprics of Laon Chalons and Noyon. The accompanying texts provide specific legal frameworks for the surrounding regions several of which mark significant printing milestones. Reims: Formulated in 1481 to govern jurisdictions outside of direct ecclesiastical control this 1615 edition represents its first app. unknown
1616034608Company of Stationers: 1616. Written by Sir John Fortescue. Late Chief Justice and after L. Chancellor to King Henry VI.l. Published in London for the Company of Stationers in 1616 the first edition. Hereto are joined the two Summes of Sir Ralph de Hengham L. Chief Justice to King Edward I commonly called Hengham Magna and Hengham Parua. Never before published. Notes both on Fortescue and Hengham are added." GOOD HARDCOVER LEATHER BOUND modern bookplate is present rare. . Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Company of Stationers: Hardcover
164017764Wien: Formica. Very Good. 1640. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Title page continues; "AUFF DER JETZT REGIERENDEN KAY. UND KONIGL. MAY. FERDINANDI DEß DRITTEN ETC. ALLERGNADIGSTEN BEFEHL VON NEWEM AUFFGELEGT VND MIT VNTERSCHIEDLICHEN DECLARATORIEN VND NOVELLEN VERMEHRET". Bound in later half brown calf over early tan leather. Spine has 5 bands early tan leather label & ornate gilt decoration. Most leaves printed on one side with a blank verso. viii 1-506 xii 507-551. Text tight & intact: leaves with a few neatly handwritten notes on blank versos and an occasional spot in text. Internal & external hinges intact. Title page trimmed with minor loss on edges printed in red and black & decorated with large copperplate arms of the Holy Roman Empire. Verso of title page decorated with large copperplate Arms of Bohemia. Elaborate woodcut head-pieces tail-pieces and decorated initials throughout text. Title page has inked out handwriting and two armorial ink stamps. Light wear on edges of boards only not spine ends or corners. German/Latin text. Eastern Europe Bohemia. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Formica hardcover
16931278861693. ENGLISH LAW. Manuscript Book of Precedents. England 1673-93. Quarto modern full brown morocco; 53 leaves. $2500.17th century manuscript legal book of precedents with entries dated between 1673 and 1693 citing legal opinions generally relating to trade.This manuscript in a clear readable hand with a manuscript index contains opinions by thirteen different legal experts including William Jones Robert Stephens and Francis Pemberton. The cited opinions generally regard trade and mention corn imported flowers wine wool fish sarsaparilla vinegar gloves cattle and stockfish among other goods; there is a particular emphasis on laws regarding trade with England's growing empire: entry number 99 is ""The East India Companys Charter"" and others focus on goods specifically from Ireland or the Caribbean. First leaf misbound text complete; tape repair to top corner of first leaf. An intriguing piece of legal history. unknown
16811278921681. ENGLISH LAW. Proceedings Upon Impeachments from the year 1666 to the year 1681. Manuscript. No place circa 1681. Quarto modern full brown calf raised bands red morocco spine label. $3200.Original manuscript from the late 17th century with the parliamentary impeachment proceedings against 14 individuals during the reign of Charles II.The accountswritten in legible script with an index at frontbegin with the proceedings against Viscount Mordaunt charged with raping the daughter of the surveyor of Windsor Castle when Mordaunt was the castle's constable. Although they include a number of cases including that of William Penn in 1668 the clear focus is on the Popish plot a supposed conspiracy promulgated in 1678 that led to the arrest and trial of five Catholic lordsBaron Arundell the Marquess of Powis Baron Belasyse Baron Petre and Viscount Staffordall of which are recounted in this manuscript. As anticatholic hysteria waned and it became increasingly clear that the ""plot"" was a fiction the fallout entrapped more of the players: the impeachment of William Scroggs who served as the Chief Justice during the trials is detailed as is that of the Lord High Treasurer the Earl of Danby who was charged with concealing the plot and Edward Fitzharris who had attempted to implicate Danby in Sir Edmondbury Godfrey's murder in 1678 an event which fanned the flames of anticatholic hysteria. Armorial bookplates; inkstamp of the Grotius Society.Spine toned; text clean. hardcover
16940091781694. Very Good . 1 handwritten parchment deed 43 x 60 cm. folded. Elaborate initial letter. Dated 27 March 1694 the document involves Richard Reynolds the younger a carpenter of Hawkhurst Kent Co. England and William Couchman clothier of Cranbrook Kent Co. and properties in Hawkhurst. Signed by Couchman with a seal and by witnesses Thomas Morten John Sharpe Josiah Colvill and Samuel Dunant. In Very Good Condition: light soiling primarily on outer sections. unknown
1679003506London: s.n. 1679. Pamphlet. Near Fine -. 2 12 p.; 30 cm. Signatures: A2 B-C2 D1 folio. Pages are untrimmed. "4" in ink at lower edge of title page. Wing I-78. Published anonymously but attributed to the defendant Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Conwallis 1655-1698 who was tried for murder. He and another man Charles Gerrard while drunk and disorderly in the middle of the night threatened a sentinel who was able to defend himself and then two young men who were passing by. Gerrard attacked one of the young men breaking his neck and killing him. Cornwallis was found not guilty of murder although six of his peers found him guilty of manslaughter. In Near Fine- Condition: pages are lightly soiled. s.n. unknown
