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1794651461794. taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney. taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney. "Mr. Thomas Walker Commenced his Virulence Against Me." Trial. Roberts William Defendant. Gurney Joseph Reporter. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Action Brought by Thomas Walker Merchant Against William Roberts Barrister at Law For a Libel. Tried by a Special Jury at the Assizes at Lancaster March 28 1791 Before the Hon. Sir Alexander Thomson Knight One of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer. Taken in Short Hand by Joseph Gurney. Manchester: Printed by Charles Wheeler 1791 208 pp. Lacking half-title. Bound with Roberts William. Supplementary Facts and Observations Occasioned by Mr. Walker's Publication of His Prosecution of Mr. Roberts; With Notes &c. Manchester: S.n. 1791. 24 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Recent marbled boards printed title label to spine speckled edges. Moderate toning light foxing and minor stains to a few leaves light soiling to title pages minor staining along gutter of the title page to The Whole Proceedings. A handsome volume. $500. Only editions. Unhappy with his treatment by Walker during a lawsuit Roberts circulated a flyer reading: "Mr. Thomas Walker commenced his virulence against me like a BULLY has conducted it like a FOOL has acted in it like a SCOUNDREL has ended it like a COWARD at last has turned BLACKGUARD and unworthy of association with or notice of any Gentleman who regards his own character." Walker won his case; Roberts paid damages of 100. The Whole Proceedings is scarce OCLC locates 9 copies in North American law libraries; Supplementary Facts is rare OCLC locates 4 copies worldwide 2 in North America Princeton University Temple University. English Short-Title Catalogue T99785 N37623. unknown books
1762PHO-1822Paris, Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1762. In-4, pp. [iv], viii, 542 ; texte en latin sur 2 colonnes avec sa traduction en français, faux-titre, vignette gravée sur bois au titre, culs-de-lampe, relié plein veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre, tranches marbrées frottement aux charnières
178113866Genève, , 1781. In-8 de (4)-XXIV-234 pp., veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
1765713361765. London: T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt 1765. London: T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt 1765. Incest and Murder in Edinburgh Trial. Nairn Katherine Defendant. Ogilvie Patrick d.1765 Defendant. The Trial of Katherine Nairn and Patrick Ogilvie For the Crimes of Incest and Murder. Containing the Whole Procedure of the High Court of Judiciary Upon the 5th 12th 13th 14th 15th And 16th Days of August 1765. Edinburgh Printed: London: Reprinted For T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt 1765. vi 134 pp. Lacking half-title. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into nineteenth-century cloth-backed boards printed paper title panel to front board. Light soiling and a few minor stains moderate rubbing to extremities some wear to spine ends corners bumped and somewhat worn crack in text block between front free endpaper and title page. Moderate toning to text light foxing to a few leaves light staining to final few leaves of text light soiling to title page and blank verso of final leaf. $650. Only London edition published the same year of the only Edinburgh edition. In January 1765 19 year-old Katharine Nairn married 40 year-old Thomas Ogilvie. She soon fell in love with his younger brother Patrick. In June the same year Thomas Ogilvie died after a sudden illness. Katharine and Patrick were arrested and convicted of murder by poisoning. Patrick Ogilvie was hanged but Katharine's execution was delayed when she was found to be pregnant. Placed in a lower-security section of the prison she took an opportunity to escape from and fled to France. She was never apprehended. This trial was the subject of a volume in the Notable British Trials series edited by William Roughead. English Short-Title Catalogue T51693. unknown books
17865157A Paris, de l'Imp. de P. G. Simon et N. H. Nyon, 1786. In-8 broché dé 298 pp. 3 tableaux dépliants, couverture de l'époque.
172516558A Paris, chez Cavelier Fils, 1725. In-12 de (14)-420-(10) pp., veau blond, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
179321415A Londres et se trouve à Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1793 ; in-8 (220 mm), broché (217 x 140 mm) ; [4], 210 pp., couverture bleue d’époque.
1772127445A Amsterdam, chez Michel A Amsterdam, chez Michel Rhey, 1772 - 1778. 16 volumes In-12 reliés plein-veau blond, dos à nerfs très ornés, pièce de titre et de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, gardes de papier marbré. Chaque volume d'environ 475 pages. 4 volumes présentent des épidermures, quelques petits manques de cuir aux coiffes et en queues sans grande gravité. Corps des ouvrages en bon état. Tomes 1 à 16 inclus, tête de série de ces écrits intéressants sur des affaires criminelles, de sorcellerie ou judiciaires dont certaines célébres : Martin Guerre, Marquise de Brinvillier, La Cadière accusée de sorcellerie, La Pivardière, la Demoiselle Gardel, l'Abbé de Mauroy, Procès des Jésuites à l'occasion de leur commerce, Mariage du Duc de Guise, Histoire du Chevalier de Morsan etc...Très bon ensemble malgré les défauts signalés.
1741713141741. Fratricide on the HMS Ruby Trial. Goodere Sir Samuel 1687-1741 Principal Defendant. The Trials of Samuel Goodere Esq; Matthew Mahony And Charles White For the Murder of Sir John Dineley Goodere Bart. Brother to the Said Samuel Goodere On Board His Majesty's Ship the Ruby: At the Sessions of the Peace Oyer and Terminer And General Goal-Delivery Held in and for the City of Bristol And County of the Same City In the Guild-Hall of the Said City; Before the Right Worshipful Henry Combe Esq; Mayor of the Said City Michael Foster Esq; Serjeant at Law Recorder; And Others His Majesty's Justices of Goal-Delivery. Begun on Tuesday the 17th of March 1740. And Continued by Adjournment to Thursday The 26th of the Same Month 1741. Publish'd with the Approbation of Mr. Recorder. London: Printed by A. Millar Opposite to St. Clement's Church in the Strand et al. 1741. i 53 1 pp. Lacking initial advertisement leaf. Bookseller catalogue to verso of final leaf. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior a bit of glue residue along spine light toning to interior light foxing to title page light foxing and a minor smudges to a few other leaves. $750. Only edition. The most complete account of this trial. Goodere was the captain of the HMS Ruby which was moored near Bristol England. Learning his brother Sir John Goodere was in that town Captain Goodere sent crew members to abduct him and bring him on board. Goodere confined him in a cabin and oversaw his murder which he claimed was a suicide. Shortly afterwards one of Sir John's friends in Bristol noticed that he had disappeared and asked the town's mayor to investigate the matter. This investigation resulted in the arrest trial and execution of Captain Goodere and his accomplices. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Northwestern Social Law University of Memphis Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue T51718. unknown books
1778714871778. Oxford: Printed for W. Jackson. 1778. Oxford: Printed for W. Jackson. 1778. "For the Wilful Murder.Of His Own Father" Trial. Hitchcock Robert Defendant. The Trial at Large of Robert Hitchcock At the Lent Assizes Held at Oxford On the 4th Day of March 1778 Before Sir George Nares Knt. One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas For the Wilful Murder of Edward Hitchcock His Own Father. Taken in Short-Hand by W. Williamson Short-Hand Writer in London. Oxford: Printed for W. Jackson; and J. Bew London. Sold by R. Raikes Gloucester; and Mess. Carnan and Co. Reading 1778. 15 1 pp. Text in parallel columns. Quarto 8-1/2" x 6-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine. Margins trimmed just touching text at foot of title page light toning faint stains to a few leaves light soiling to title page. $750. Only edition. Robert Hitchcock was found guilty and hanged on March 9 1778. "After hanging upwards of half an hour he was cut down and carried in the same cart that attended his execution to the Anatomy School at Christ Church and there delivered for the use of anatomical lectures" 15. OCLC locates 6 copies 2 in North America Yale Law School York University Law School. English Short-Title Catalogue N66619. unknown books
1705711441705. London: no publisher 1705. Macclesfield copy. London: no publisher 1705. Macclesfield copy. Contemporary Report of a Fundamental Case in English Constitutional and Tort Law Regarding the Right to Vote Trial. Needham Culverwell b.1656 Reporter. Ashby Matthew Plaintiff. White William Defendant. Ashby and White: Or The Great Question Whether an Action Lies at Common Law for an Elector Who Is Deny'd His Vote for Members of Parliament Debated and Resolv'd. Together with the Case of Jay and Topham: And the Defence Made by Sir Francis Pemberton and Sir Thomas Jones for Their Judgment Given Therein: With Other Cases. London: S.n. 1705. ii 257 3 pp. Final page blank. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Contemporary sheep blind panels to boards raised bands to spine. Some scuffing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners joints just starting at ends hinges cracked armorial bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield to front pastedown small embossed Macclesfield device to title page. Moderate toning faint dampspotting in a few places a few brief annotations to index initials in small early hand to foot of title page lower corner lacking from final index leaf below text. An appealing copy. $750. Only edition. Also known as the Aylesbury Election Case Ashby v. White is a fundamental case in English constitutional and tort law. Ashby was prevented from casting a vote in an Aylesbury election by White a constable who claimed Ashby was not an established resident of that town. The case was decided in Parliament in Ashby's favor and it established the following rule: the actions of one party may not hinder the rights of another. The present copy once belonged to the library of Shirbirn Castle the library of the Earls of Macclesfield one of the finest private libraries in Great Britain. English Short-Title Catalogue T84969. unknown books
1794688001794. taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney. taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney. Treason Trial of a Notable Manchester Cotton Merchant and Political Radical Trial. Walker Thomas 1749-1817 Principal Defendant. Gurney Joseph 1744-1815 Reporter. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Indictment Against Thomas Walker of Manchester Merchant William Paul Samuel Jackson James Cheetham Oliver Pearsall Benjamin Booth And Joseph Collier; For a Conspiracy to Overthrow the Constitution and Government And to Aid and Assist the French Being the King's Enemies in Case they Should Invade this Kingdom. Tried at the Assizes at Lancaster April 2 1794 Before the Hon. Mr. Justice Heath One of the Judges of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. Taken in Short-Hand by Joseph Gurney. Manchester: Printed for T. Boden 1794. xvi 134 2 pp. With a half-title and errata leaf. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Later library cloth calf lettering piece to spine. Light soiling and shelfwear light chipping to edges of lettering piece. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places light foxing to a few leaves library stamp to title page library mark in pencil to verso. $750. Only edition. A cotton merchant by trade Walker was a well-connected radical and social reformer. His circle of friends and acquaintances included Thomas Paine Charles James Fox Josiah Wedgwood Joseph Priestley and John Horne Tooke. He and his friends aroused suspicion during the anti-radical hysteria in Great Britain that followed the outbreak of the French Revolution. That was the basis of the treason trial of Walker and several of his associates. The defence was conducted by Thomas Erskine. The trial showed that the evidence was perjured so the charge was abandoned. English Short-Title Catalogue T81558. unknown books
176640200Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1766. 2 parties en 2 vol. in-4 de (4)-300 pp. (cahiers D et E intervertis), 138 pp., 51 pp. ; 426 pp. chiffrées 301-726, 53 pp., 118-(2) pp., tableau replié, table indicative, vélin rigide, dos à nerfs muet, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
17503371Genève Chez Barillot & fils 1750 in 8 en plein veau marbré, dos plat orné de fleurons, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge. Usure en coiffe et coins. Édition originale parue chez Barillot en 1750, deux ans après De l'Esprit des Loix, harassé de critiques, Montesquieu dans cet ouvrage anonyme défend son texte en trois parties. Premièrement, il répond aux reproches généraux puis aux reproches particuliers et enfin il livre des réflexions sur la manière dont on la critiqué. Ce plaidoyer fort rare montre l'aspect révolutionnaire de L'Esprit des Loix et la difficulté qu'ont eu ses contemporains à en saisir l'importance, s'attachant souvent à des critiques stériles et hors sujet.
170214527La Haye, Louis et Henri van Dole, 1702 ; 3 tomes in-12 ; plein veau blond glacé, dos à nerfs très décoré et doré, pièce de titre grenat, filet à froid d'encadrement des plats, roulette sur les coupes et d'intérieur, tranches mouchetées de rouge (reliure de l'époque) ; (32), 451, (1 bl.) ; (8), 447 ; (8), 438 pp. et portrait gravé par P. Bouttats en frontispice du Tome I.
170212377Lyon, Laurent Langlois, 1702 ; petit in-folio, plein veau havane, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, pièce de titre bordeaux, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l’époque) ; (4), 27 pp. (Mémoire pour le Sieur Procureur du Roy, en la Sénéchaussée & Siège Présidial de Lyon), (1), 28 pp. (Factum, Pour le Procureur Général au Parlement de Grenoble), 40 pp. (Procez verbal de maitre Louis Tindo), 20 pp. (extrait des Registres du Conseil d’Etat privé du Roy), 1 carte dépliante hors-texte.
173144503, , 1731. 23 pièces reliées en 1 vol. in-folio, veau brun, dos orné à nerfs, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
1731117921731 21 parties reliées en un volume contituant l'affaire "Cadière-Girard", reliure plein veau brun raciné (binding full calfskin) in-folio, dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands) décoré or (gilt decoration) filets or (gilt line) et filets à froid (blind-stamping line decoration) - entre-nerfs à fleuron au fer plein (between the raised bands floweret with full blocking stamp) - double pièce de titre manquante (lake label of title), coiffes supérieure et inférieure manquantes (head and tail of the spine faded), manque de dorure sur le dos (blurred gilding), plats épidermés (lights scratches), charnières fendues (cracked joints), manque de cuir au mors inférieur (lake of leather) et coins écornés (corners dog-eared), roulettes sur les coupes (fillets on the cuts) manque de dorure (blurred gilding), toutes tranches rouges (all red edges), sans illustration (no illustration) exceptés des bandeaux (illuminated of headpieces) gravés sur bois en noir (engraving wood), page de titre découpée en marge (manque une bande de papier de 2,5 centimètres de large en hauty et sur le coté sans atteindre le texte lui même), Factum divisé en 21 parties de 56 + 58 + 44 + 84 + 18 + 60 + 14 + 4 + 52 + 45 + 4 + 10 + 12 + 5 + 19 + 12 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 7 pages, 1731 Paris et Aix Gissey Bordelet + Joseph David Editeur,
175711022A Paris, chez Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1757. In-4 de XLII-610-(2)-28 pp., veau brun, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
17493370A Geneve, Chez Barrillot & Fils, 1749 1749 • [IV] + XXIV + 356 pp. , •• [IV] + XVI + 358 pp. , & ••• [IV] + XII + 442 pp. - 3 volumes in-8 en pleine basane marbré, dos cinq à nerfs orné, pièce de titre, tranches rougies, intérieur frais. Intéressante reliure étrangère de l'époque (suisse?)- Titres imprimés bicolores rouge et noir avec la marque d'imprimeur à la devise « ex recto decus ». - Quelques accidents aux coiffes et mors , quelques galeries de vers sur les plats. - Édition non citée par Tchemerzine et Brunet.
1795683871795. London 1795. First edition. London 1795. First edition. The Pop-Gun Plot Trial. Lemaitre Paul Thomas Defendant. High Treason!! Narrative of the Arrest Examinations Before the Privy Council And Imprisonment of P.T Lemaitre Accused of Being a Party in the Pop-Gun Plot or A Pretended Plot to Kill the King! In Which is Introduced the Correspondence with the Privy Council. London: Printed for P.T. Lemaitre 1795. ii 60 pp. Lacking half-title. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet untrimmed edges. Light soiling to exterior "12." in early hand to upper corner of title page. Moderate toning to text final leaf which has two clean tears with no loss to text partially detached and lightly edgeworn. $950. First edition. The Popgun Plot was an alleged 1794 conspiracy by three members of the London Corresponding Society a British Radical organization to assassinate King George III with a poison dart fired from a pop-gun airgun. Lemaitre was one of four men indicted as conspirators and charged with treason. All four were acquitted in May 1796 because the chief witness against them died. Our pamphlet is the primary account of this case. A second edition was published in 1795. Both editions are rare. OCLC locates 16 copies of both editions 1 in a North American law library Social Law which has a first edition. English Short-Title Catalogue T81543. unknown books
1790709551790. London: Printed for John Stockdale 1790. London: Printed for John Stockdale 1790. A Case That Influenced the Passage of the Libel Act of 1792 Trial. Stockdale John 1749-1814 Defendant. Gurney Joseph 1744-1815 Reporter. Erskine Thomas 1750-1823. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Information Exhibited Ex Officio by the King's Attorney General Against John Stockdale; For a Libel on the House of Commons Tried in the Court of King's-Bench West-Minster On Wednesday The Ninth of December 1789 Before the Right Hon. Lloyd Lord Kenyon Chief Justice of England. Taken in Short Hand by Joseph Gurney. To Which is Subjoined An Argument in Support of the Rights of Juries. London: Printed for John Stockdale Opposite Burlington House Piccadilly 1790. xi 1 228 pp. Lacking final 8 leaves of publisher advertisements. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Contemporary tree calf gilt spine with lettering piece gilt tooling to board edges edges of text block colored yellow. Some minor nicks and scratches to boards light rubbing to extremities some wear to spine ends joints starting at ends corners bumped and lightly worn hinges starting light toning to text. An attractive wide-margined copy. $1000. First edition. Stockdale a publisher and bookseller was indicted for libel on the House of Commons after publishing an account of the impeachment of Warren Hastings by John Logan that accused the Commons of corrupt and unjust behavior. Stockdale was defended by Erskine who argued that Stockdale should not be judged by isolated passages in Logan's book but by the entire publication. Stockdale was acquitted and his case is believed to have influenced the passage of the Libel Act of 1792 which restored the verdict power of juries in libel cases. Taken in shorthand by Gurney The Whole Proceedings is Stockdale's account of his trial. A Dublin reissue and a "New" London edition were also published in 1790. English Short-Title Catalogue T83638. unknown books
1775YRG-186In-8, plein veau havane glacé, dos lisse avec caisson et fleurons dorés. Pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, absente au tome deux, et tomaison en maroquin vert olive. Plats encadrés d'un triple filet doré et orné de palmettes en écoinçon. Tranches rouges. Frottements d'usage. Sans date, circa 1775, quelques rousseurs, coins émoussés. Édition qui réunit cinq mémoires.
1762PHO-1872Paris, Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1762. In-4, pp. [iv], viii, 542-1f.-IX-109pp. (texte manuscrit) ; texte en latin sur 2 colonnes avec sa traduction en français, faux-titre, vignette gravée sur bois au titre, culs-de-lampe, relié plein veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre, tranches rouges, coiffes sup. arasée, frottement aux charnières
177340424Paris, Imprimerie de Valleyre, 1773. In-4 de 42 pp. Cordier, 332. Supplément au Mémoire à consulter pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Ecuyer, Conseiller-Secrétaire du Roi & Lieutenant-Général des Chasses au Bailliage & Capitainerie de la Varenne du Louvre, Grande Vénerie & Fauconnerie de France, accusé en corruption de Juge & calomnie. De l'Imprimerie de Quillau, 1773. In-4 de 64 pp. Cordier, 334. Addition au Supplément au Mémoire à consulter pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Écuyer, Conseiller-Secrétaire du Roi & Lieutenant-Général des Chasses au Bailliage & Capitainerie de la Varenne du Louvre, Grande Vénerie & Fauconnerie de France, accusé : servant de Réponse à Madame Goezman accusée, au Sieur Bertrand Dairolles, accusé, aux Sieurs Marin, Gazetier de France, & Darnaud Baculard, Conseiller d'Ambassade, assignés comme témoins. Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Ph. D. Pierres, 1774. In-4 de 78 pp. Cordier, 336. Requête d'Atténuation pour le Sr Caron de Beaumarchais. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de Knapen, 1773. In-4 de (2)-28 pp. Cordier, 337. Quatrième Mémoire à consulter, pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Écuyer, Conseiller-Secrétaire du Roi, Lieutenant-Général des Chasses, &c. Accusé de corruption de Juge. Contre M. Goezman, Juge accusé de subornation & de faux ; Madame Goezman, & le Sieur Bertrand, accusés ; les Sieurs Marin, Gazetier ; Darnaud-Baculard, Conseiller d'Ambassade ; & Consorts. Et réponse ingénue à leurs Mémoires, Gazettes, Lettres courantes, Cartels, Injures, & mille & une Diffamations. De l'Imprimerie de J.G. Clousier, 10 Février 1774. In-4 de 108-(1) pp. 5 pièces reliées en un vol. in-4, basane marbrée, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
