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1740231170London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling . 1740. First edition. 4 207 1 15 1 ad pp. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary calf. Boards detached spine chipped. Faint foxing to a few leaves else internally Fine. First edition. 4 207 1 15 1 ad pp. 1 vols. Folio. Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling .. unknown books
1739014822London: Printed for W. Innys and R. Maney 1739. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Fourth edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. vi 354 pages of text. Original full leather binding with moderate rubbing and shelfwear; the front board is re-attached. The first few pages have minor staining to the bottom edges and there is minor scattered foxing. Previous owner's names on the title page: Thomas Wibird; Anthony Wibird; Wm. Cabot's an heir. Also previous owner's bookplate covered with another armorial bookplate: John Amory Lowell. Fourth edition. Printed for W. Innys and R. Maney Hardcover books
1713WRCLIT65523London: Printed for Richard Thurbourne . 1713. 2431pp. Octavo. Extracted and bound in later decorated wrappers without half-title. There are three revisions in the text in an early hand a very good copy. First edition of one of the earliest if not the earliest of Law's publications. He is identified on the title as Fellow of Emmanuel College and had been licensed as curate at Haslingfield in July of 1711. DNB notes two of his sermons from this period one in manuscript and one published at a somewhat later date. His entry into the pamphlet exchange surrounding the Bangorian controversy in 1717 led to his increased public visibility as did his spirited critique of Mandeville. With the publication of A PRACTICAL TREATISE UPON CHRISTIAN PERFECTION 1726 and A SERIOUS CALL TO A DEVOUT AND HOLY LIFE 1729 he evolved as one of the primary influences on the English Evangelical revival and made a lasting impression on individuals as diverse as Gibbon Samuel Johnson and John Wesley. ESTC locates only five copies in North America and only thirteen abroad. ESTC T66733. Printed for Richard Thurbourne ... unknown books
175720250London: Pr. for J. Richardson 1757. 8vo. 155 1 ads pp. <br><br>Law 1686-1761 strikes pre-emptively at the as yet unpublished defense that William Warburton 1698-1779 planned for his "Divine Legatin of Moses. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T77283. 20th-century quarter leather with call number in white on leather of front cover. Ex-library with bookplate date due slip and charge pocket. Title-page with pressure stamp acquisition number stamped in lower margin of page following title and same page with notation in ink in gutter. Withal a very very nice copy. Pr. for J. Richardson hardcover books
175622212London: Printed for J. Morgan 1756 1756. First edition one of two issues; this one without the errata on page 76. ESTC T22278; Eddy Samuel Johnson Book Reviewer in the Literary Magazine 26; Hanley Samuel Johnson Book Reviewer pages 134-36. First and final leaves a little dust-soiled; very good copy. 8vo modern brown quarter buckram blue paper boards gilt lettering. With half-title. ¶ A defense of Admiral John Byng 1704-1757 of the Royal Navy who was on trial for treason based on dubious charges. He was found guilty and was tragically executed the following year. Shebbearre 1709-1788 a pamphleteer and contrarian wrote numerous tracts during the political crises of 1755-56 attacking the misadventures of the English government abroad. None according to Shebbearre were more blatantly wrongheaded than the trial of John Byng. Shebbearre's perceived lack of patriotism landed him in prison and he was roundly criticized and lampooned by the likes of Johnson Smollett and Griffith. Johnson eventually sided with Shebbearre in the Byng matter and approvingly reviewed An Appeal to the People in the Literary Magazine in October 1756. ESTC attributes An Appeal to John Byng himself and he did write pamphlets in his own defense but both Hanley and Eddy show convincing evidence that this was indeed by Shebbearre. <br/><br/> London: Printed for J. Morgan, 1756 unknown books
178010951Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank 1780. 12mo 16.3 cm 6.45". 84 pp. <br><br>bound with Webb Elizabeth. A letter.to Anthony William Boehm with his answer. Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank 1783. 44 pp. with Benezet Anthony. In the life of the lady Elizabeth Hastings. Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank 1784. 8 pp<br>Â Â Â Â Law's mystically-inclined meditations sold vigorously in a number of English and American editions; they serve here as the introduction to an interesting selection of Christian inspirational readings from Philadelphia printer Joseph Crukshank some writers named and some not. The Considerations on Slavery are designated simply as those of a "number of different authors"; the Remarks on . . . Liquors which aims to promote health and happiness rather than directly religious concerns is attributed by ESTC to Anthony Benezet as is the volume's last piece the title of which is taken from its opening lines. Lady Elizabeth Hastings was the original for Aspasia in Steele's "Tatler" and a major donor to Oxford University Queen's College. Elizabeth Webb "an acknowledged minister among the people called Quakers" first encountered Prince George of Denmark's chaplain Boehm while on a visit to Great Britain; the missive with which she opened her subsequent correspondence with him here greatly inspired him and a number of his friends.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: With inscription reading "Miss Hannah Amelia Moore / Book a Present from her worthy / Friend Ruth Patton / 1789. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Law: ESTC W32233; Evans 16817; Hildeburn 3987. Webb: ESTC W13440; Evans 18295; Hildeburn 4409. Benezet: ESTC W6416; Evans 18355. Contemporary quarter sheep over paper-covered sides the whole worn and abraded but the little volume quite sound. Light age-toning occasional darker spots. Small chip in bottom margin of title-page; one leaf with paper flaw in lower corner resulting in the loss of a very few letters. Joseph Crukshank unknown books
1780WRCAM36583Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank 1780. 84pp. 12mo. Dbd. Light soiling and age-toning occasional foxing. Bottom margin of second leaf partially trimmed no loss. A good copy. A brief compendium of spiritual and anti- slavery writings by British religious writer and mystic William Law influential Quaker abolitionist Anthony Benezet and other unidentified authors. The "Extract" is attributed to William Law the "Remarks on the nature and bad effects of spirituous liquors" to Benezet and the "Thoughts on Slavery" to various writers. "Considerations on war" which immediately follows the extract of Law's SPIRIT OF PRAYER is unattributed. The brief remarks on slavery are consistently against the institution. A typical passage begins: "The Bondage we have imposed on the Africans is absolutely repugnant to justice." A fine gathering of spiritual and abolitionist writing printed in Philadelphia in the later 18th century. ESTC W32233 w032232. EVANS 16817. HILDEBURN 16817. Joseph Crukshank unknown books
175023108London: Printed by Thomas Baskett 1750 1750. Sheets separating at the fold; very good copy. Folio disbound 8 pages. ¶ An act passed by parliament under the reign of George II that attempts to discourage swearing by establishing a set of fines for the offenders: first time offenders could be fined from one to five shillings; seamen soldiers and government employees were fined at rates lower than gentlemen; and swearing within earshot of a constable could land one in a house of corrections or the stocks. Swear not! <br/><br/> London: Printed by Thomas Baskett, 1750 unknown books
1718WRCAM40659Paris 1718. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree regarding stock in the Compagnie d'Occident. This is the beginning of the end for the Compagnie d'Occident as the Mississippi Bubble begins to burst. "A variant and unrecorded issue of Wroth 654" - Maggs. The one copy in OCLC at Harvard appears to be the same as Wroth 654. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 654 ref. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 114 this copy. OCLC 84933922 ref. unknown books
1717WRCAM40656Paris 1717. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Minor foxing; lightly tanned at edge. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. A French royal decree authorizing the appointment of Urbain de la Barre as cashier of the Compagnie d'Occident. Wroth records only two copies; no copies in OCLC. Rare. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 614. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 102 this copy. unknown books
176030339In the Savoy: Printed by Catherine Lintot Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; for W. Owen 1760. First edition. xii 354 6 357-468. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary blind stamped calf more recent red leather title label. Nice copy. Bookplate of Dn. Pedro Forstall. First edition. xii 354 6 357-468. 1 vols. 8vo. Gilbert who died in 1726 was highly lauded by Blackstone. The final two sections on Debt and the Constitution are of great interest o. Printed by Catherine Lintot, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; for W. Owen unknown books
17692732Nancy: J. B. Hiacinthe Leclerc 1769. 12mo 147 x 90 mm. 212 3 pp. Woodcut thistle ornament on title woodcut tailpieces. Half-title tearing slightly along gutter old paper reinforcements to gutters of A8v and B1r 2 or 3 short marginal tears occasional light foxing. Contemporary red morocco double gilt fillet border to sides smooth spine gold-tooled with green morocco gilt lettering-piece gilt edges marbled endpapers extremities rubbed. Provenance: Stanislas de Guaita 1861-1897 poet and expert on the occult bookplate; by succession to de Guaita's brother-in-law Pierre de Lallemand de Mont with his bookplate; Philippe Zoumeroff sale Paris 16 May 2014 lot 27. First Edition of the first ordinances of Lorraine as part of France. Although the Duchies of Lorraine and Bar had been ceded to France by the Treaty of Vienna in 1738 for political reasons Louis XV postponed annexation and named his father-in-law Stanislas Leszczy ski deposed King of Poland as the last titular sovereign Duke of Lorraine and Bar. The two duchies were not officially annexed to France until the latter's death in 1766. This comprehensive set of revised laws governing the newly French capital city of the province of Lorraine was promulgated three years later on 4 January 1769. The highly detailed regulations cover matters of municipal safety and hygiene commerce and trade and interpersonal relations providing a vivid and sometimes surprising view of daily life. The 18 chapters are devoted to: protection of Sundays and holidays on which only fruit and vegetable sellers are allowed to work before 9 am; regulation of foreigners and their conditions of residence and admission to the status of bourgeois; relations between servants and their masters; regulation of the grain market delivery of grains etc.; rules for bakers butchers sausage-makers fishmongers open-air-markets taverners restaurateurs and billiard-hall owners; general commerce delivery of wood drivers and delivery-boys private porters of chairs public carriages street hygiene and safety fires and échenillage the obligatory extermination of caterpillars and other arboreal pests. OCLC lists 4 copies Harvard Business & Law Libraries Yale Law Library and Bibliothèque Ste.-Geneviève. J. B. Hiacinthe Leclerc unknown books
177427989Paris: Prault 1774. Nouvelle edition revue corrigée et augmentée. 3 vols. 12mo. Contemporary mottled cal with gilt spines red morocco labels. Corners rubbed heads of volumes I & III slightly chipped label missing from first volume. Nouvelle edition revue corrigée et augmentée. 3 vols. 12mo. Essentially a compendium of feudal laws and regulations with an entire chapter devoted to la Chasse another on la Pêche vineyards communes rivers roads and byways etc. etc. The first edition appeared in 1749. Barbier I 627 Prault unknown books
177328971Tours: de l'Imprimerie de F. Vauquer Lambert Inprimeur du Roi Grande Rue vis-à -vis le Collège 1773. 1 Page. 1 vols. ca. 15 x 19 inches. Broadside. Browned folded some marginal tears and repairs else very good. 1 Page. 1 vols. ca. 15 x 19 inches. Road and Passageway Rules. Rules for the roads and requirements for those living and working alongside the roads as to keeping them cleared etc. de l'Imprimerie de F. Vauquer Lambert, Inprimeur du Roi, Grande Rue, vis-à -vis le Collège unknown books
1762714881762. Huntstown Ashfield Mass. January 23 1762. Huntstown Ashfield Mass. January 23 1762. Concerns Payment for a Purchase of Law Books Manuscript. Law Books. Massachusetts. Document Concerning Payment for the Purchase of Law Books Huntstown Ashfield MA January 23 1762. 3-1/2" x 6-3/4" sheet moderate toning light toning and soiling vertical and horizontal folds with cellotape reinforcements to verso. Content in neat hand franked in different hand on verso. $500. This document is signed by two early settlers Ebenezer Belding and Reuben Belding. It reads in part: "To Lieut. Obdiah Dickeson proprietors Treasure of Huntstown so called we the subscribers Being of the Committee of accounts of the said proprietors Desire you wood sic pay to Nathan Chapin of Huntstown so called the sum of two pound thirteen shillings Lawfull money Being his Bill for procuring Law Books for said proprietors and passed by us." The notes on the verso track the gradual repayment of the debt. unknown books
1720297394Amsterdam 1720. First. hardcover. very good. Rubricated title 25 1 52 31 10 pages 74 copper engraved plates 58 folding including 3 maps 2 folding and 1 plate laid in. Bookplate of Dutch writer Jan Te Winkel pasted on upper corner of title page. Light dampstain on the top margin of some plates. Folio full contemporary mottled calf elaborately gilt spine and covers black leather spine label rubbed at corners and bottom of spine. Amsterdam: 1720. Very good.<br/><br/> Contemporary Dutch account of the Mississippi Land bubble. A renowned monument for the speculative mania of 1720: The great mirror of folly showing the rise progress and downfall of the bubble in stocks and windy speculation in France England and the Netherlands. It constitutes a collection of mostly satirical plates on the operations of John Law in France and the South Sea Bubble in England together with the text of the charters of speculative companies in Holland and a number of satyrical plays and comedies published during the bubble. The first text-part reprints the charters of some 30 speculative companies of commerce navigation and assurance' established or at least projected in Holland between June and October 1720. The following parts contain comedies and poetry published during the mania an explanation of the large print with playing cards known as April-kaart'. The book is divided into six sections with no general table of contents. The first part contains the articles of various Dutch companies. The second section consists of comedies and farces; the third part poems often containing street language; the fourth part descriptions of playing cards satirizing speculators; the fifth part four letters to "N.N."; and the sixth section chiefly pictures. A.H. Cole The Great Mirror of Folly Boston 1949; Kress 3217; Sabin 28932.<br/><br/> unknown books
177563921Watertown Mass: Printed by Benjamin Edes 1775. Broadside. 21 1/2 x 16 1/2 cm. A true copy signed in type and sent down for Concurrence by Perez Morton Dep. Sec'y. in the House of Representatives November 7 1775. Read and concurr'd and sent up by J. Warren Speaker who signed in type along with the following: James Otis W. Spooner Caleb Cushing J. Winthrop Joseph Gerrish John Whetcomb James Prescot Eldad Taylor B. Lincoln M. Farley J. Palmer S. Holten Moses Gill John Taylor and B. White. This copy has an ink note at the left margin "Greenage" sp.; and another note on verso correcting "Greenage" to "Greenwich" presumably the destination for this copy of the hand bill. Another note reads: "Nov.r 7: 1775 an order of Court Respecting Licenses or Taverns." Old fold lines a few spots some overall toning to the sheet ink on verso bleeds through but text all legible. <br/>ESTC: AAS MHS. Library of Congress also appears to have a copy. EVANS 14198. FORD Broadsides 1876 which adds Mass. Archives Div. CUSHING Mass. Laws 896. <br/><br/> Printed by Benjamin Edes unknown books
1736692621736. London 1736. Fourth & final edition. London 1736. Fourth & final edition. "Evasions Tricks Turns and Quibbles" Legal Criticism. Law Reform. Great Britain. Law Quibbles: Or A Treatise of the Evasions Tricks Turns and Quibbles Commonly Used in the Profession of the Law To the Prejudice of Clients And Others; Necessary to be Perused by All Attornies And Those Who Are or May be Concerned in Law Suits Trials &c. To Avoid the Many Abuses Delays and Expences Introduc'd into Practice. With Abstracts of All the Late Statutes for Amending the Law Relating to Attornies Arrest and Bail Bribery Forgery and Perjury Juries Justices of Peace Prisoners in Execution Law Process Rents of Tenants &c. Under the Proper Heads. And an Essay on the Amendment and Reduction of the Laws of England And a New Proposed Act of Parliament For a Thorough Regulation of the Practice of the Law. Corrected and much Enlarged. To Which is Now Added a Second part Containing Every Curious Precedents of Conveyances in Extraordinary Cases; Likewise Proceedings and Precedents in Chancery And at Common Law in English; With Law-Notes Thereon. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt And R. Gosling 1736. viii 72 132 135 13 pp. Octavo 8" x 4-3/4". Later quarter calf over cloth raised bands red and black lettering pieces and shelf label to spine blind-stamped institution name and small security tag to front board endleaves added. Moderate rubbing to extremities heavier rubbing to spine with some chipping to ends. Moderate toning to text slightly heavier in places light foxing to a few leaves "14821" in tiny hand to head of title page institution stamps to foot of title page endleaves and edges of text block. $200. Fourth and final edition. First published in 1724 with later editions in 1726 1729 and 1736 this book offers advice with concise examples and citations. Topics are listed alphabetically. This is followed by a hortatory essay on the laws of England with suggestions for legal reform. The New Propos'd Act of Parliament listed on the title page is not in fact included in this work all editions. All editions of this work are scarce. English Short-Title Catalogue T94359. unknown books
1720WRCAM48868Amsterdam 1720. Single-sheet map 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Minor foxing. Near fine. A scarce early map of the Mississippi River Valley depicting the American region between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes taken from HET GROOT TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID. THE GREAT MIRROR OF FOLLY a scathing account of the speculative crashes that led to European financial disaster in 1720. The work was a chronicle of the failed attempts by John Law Controller General of Finances for the French government to open Louisiana to trade in order to help alleviate France's financial problems. This led to the creation of the Mississippi Company which created the "Mississippi Bubble" incident that destroyed the Banque Générale Privée the General Private Bank which Law founded. The map depicts the Mississippi River parts of Louisiana and Florida Lake Michigan referred to here as "Lac de Illionis" and Lake Superior the extent of French colonial explorations in the region and names of Indian tribes. It is decorated with a title cartouche incorporating the arms of John Law and depicting two Native Americans holding a cornucopia through which flows the mighty Mississippi River. unknown books
17956277New York 1795. Single leaf notarized document 32.5 x 20.5 cm. printed and manuscript text on recto only. With embossed paper seal of the notary. Sworn testimony of a Peter Adams regarding an agreement to settle a dispute over transport of one hundred barrels of fish. The fish located in New Carlisle Quebec north of New Brunswick to New York. The parties Thomas Sherrer who had attempted to ship the barrels and John Claswell captain of the vessel that was to transport the barrels appear to have reached an agreement which is recorded here and notarized. The document is sign by Peter Adams and then notarized by John Roorbach Justice for the City and County of New York. Wear along fold creases and some light water staining at same; some edge wear to leaf. A bit of minor paper loss at the seal and at the center of the folds. Good. unknown books
175528711Paris: Chez Debure lAîné 1755. Appears to be a first edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Two volumes bound in one. Contemporary stained calf red morocco label gilt spine. Some rubbing some wear along upper edge and head of spine small wormhole in spine else very good with the bookplate from the Bibliotheque de M. DeMeril Procureur. Appears to be a first edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Civil administrative and commercial law and procedures. Chez Debure lAîné unknown books
175148714Glasgow: Robert & Andrew Foulis 1751. Small 8vo pp. 282 2 ads; full contemporary calf recently rebacked to style red morocco label on spine red speckled edges; corners rubbed endpapers toned top quarter inch of title page excised not affecting type a very good sound copy. While the title page attributes this work to John Law it is believed that the true author is Paterson. Gaskell 194. <br/><br/> Robert & Andrew Foulis unknown books
177630172Halle: zu finden im Waisenhause 1776. 16 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Marbled spine sewn self-wrapper. Some light soiling and rubbing of edges else very good. 16 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Comparative study of Roman and German criminal law. Not in OCLC zu finden im Waisenhause unknown books
179820691Richmond: Thomas Nicholson 1798. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep red leather label. Ex-Library with blind stamp on title-page. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Volume One of 2 vols. The second came out in 1799 Dedicated to Edmund Pendleton Esq. President of the Court of Appeals. Cases heard from 1790-1794. Evans 34958 Thomas Nicholson unknown books
1784218959Dublin: E. Lynch 1784. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Sold as a 7 volume set. No pencil or ink markings in text of the 7 volumes. All volumes full brown leather bindings with red and black spine labels present. NOT Ex-Library. Very Good binding. E. Lynch unknown books