91. [O’Connell, Daniel / Grattan Prosecution] Anonymous.

The Law Recorder [Defaced with satirical alteration of the Frontispiece]: Containing Reports of Cases and Proceedings in the Courts of Law and Equity, &c. &c. &c. at Dublin and elsewhere, from Michaelmas Term, 1827 to Trinity Term, 1828, (both inclusive) with Essays, Communications &c. &c. on Legal Subjects.

Original First Edition. Volume I only. Dublin, Printed for the Proprietor, 1828. Large Quarto. Engraved portrait-frontispiece of Sir Anthony Hart, Knight, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland [with a few caricatural corrections in contemporary ink (see image)], XXIV, 586 pages. Hardcover / Original half leather of the early 19th century with original spinelabel. Slightly dusty and and the binding a little stronger rubbed. Interior still very good with some browning to corners of the bookblock and some occasional foxing. Very rare, original edition with several appearances of Daniel O’Connell as defender and speaker !

92. [Savigny, Friedrich Carl von] Stern, Dr.Jacques.

Thibaut und Savigny – Zum 100jährigen Gedächtnis des Kampfes um einheitliches bürgerliches Recht für Deutschland (1814 – 1914). Die Originalschriften in ursprünglicher Fassung mit Nachträgen, Urteilen der Zeitgenossen und einer Einleitung.

Erstausgabe. Berlin, Verlag von Franz Vahlen, 1914. Oktav. 238, (2), Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Pappband der Zeit. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur wenigen Gebrauchsspuren. Eine Lage geloest.

93. Rudorff, Adolf August Friedrich.

Die Laudation der Murdia / Ueber den Ursprung und die Bestimmung der Lex Dei oder Mosaicarum et Romanorum legum collatio. [Gelesen in der Akademie der Wissenschaften am 23.April,1868 und am 25.November,1867].

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1868. Quarto. Seiten 217 – 296 des Jahrgangsbandes 1868. Softcover / Moderne Broschur des 20.Jahrhunderts. Sehr guter Zustand der Originalausgabe in einer gepflegten, modernen Broschur.

94. Rudorff, Adolf August Friedrich.

Ueber die Lexicalen Excerpte aus den Institutionen des Gaius. [Aus den Abhandlungen der koenigl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1865].

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1865. Quarto. Seiten 323 – 366 des Jahrgangsbandes 1865. Softcover / Moderne Broschur des 20.Jahrhunderts. Sehr guter Zustand der Originalausgabe.

95. [Savigny, Friedrich Carl von] Heindorf, L.F.

Des Quintus Horatius Flaccus Satiren. [Mit der gedruckten Widmung: “Seinem Freunde F.C.von Savigny widmet diesen Commentar als Denkmal der Verehrung und Liebe der Verfasser”]. Erklärt von L.F.Heindorf.

Breslau, bei J.F.Korn, 1815. Octavo. XIV, 476 Seiten. Original Hardcover / Originaler Pappband der Zeit. Buchblock sauber gelöst. Bindung etwas stärker berieben. Mit umfangreichen Annotationen des Vorbesitzers P.Harre (1866).

96. Hoyle, Edmond.

Hoyle’s Games Improved : Being practical Treatises on the following fashionable Games, viz.: Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess, Back-Gammon, Billiards, Cricket, Tennis, Quinze, Hazard, and Lansquenet. In Which Are Also Contained The Method of Betting at those Games upon equal or advantageous Terms. Including The Laws of the several Games, as settled and agreed to at Whites and Stapleton’s Chocolate Houses. Revised and corrected by Thomas Jones, Esq.

London, Printed for W. Wood in Fleet-Street, 1778. Small Octavo (9.5 cm x 15 cm). XI, 216 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Spine professionally repaired, original endpapers preserved. Name of preowner “Desproz” on titlepage. A little dusty but overall very desirable and very rare publication.

97. Cramer, Andreas Wilhelm.

Haus-Chronik meinen Anverwandten und Freunden zum Andenken gewidmet.

Erste Ausgabe. Hamburg, bei Perthes und Besser, 1822. Octavo. 279 Seiten. Oreiginale Broschur. Bindung staerker berieben und beschaedigt. Mit zahlreichen Annotationen. Namen eines Vorbesitzers im Inneneckel [Ludwig Kruse, November 1902] und Hinweise auf Textstellen in der Goethe und die Kantische Philosophie erwaehnt wird.

98. Poynter, J. R. [John Riddoch].

Society and Pauperism – English Ideas on Poor Relief, 1795-1834.

London, Routledge & K. Paul, 1969. Octavo. XXV, 367 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. [Studies in social History – Edited by Harold Perkin].

99. [Doyle, James Warren] J.K.L. [acronym for “James / Kildare / Leighlin”] / [James Charles Coffey (1815-1880)].

Letters on the State of Ireland – Addresses by J.K.L. to a friend in England [With a section: “Administration of Justice and Spirit of the Penal Laws”].

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by Richard Coyne [Printer and Bookseller to the Royal College of St.Patrick, Maynooth, and Publisher to the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland], 1825. Octavo (15 cm x 21 cm). VIII, 364 pages. Hardcover / Recently restored and rebacked original binding. Excellent condition after the restoration. From the library of Judge James Charles Coffey, with his name signed on the titlepage and dated May, 1860. Some mild foxing to first 10 pages, otherwise very good. Extremely rare publication !

100. Prescott, William H. / Robertson, William.

History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth; with, an Account of the Emperor’s Life after his Abdication.

First Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, George Routledge & Co., 1857. Octavo (15 cm x 22 cm). Portrait-Frontispiece of Charles the Fifth (engraved by Charles Cook), VI, 612, 652 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Excellent condition. Rare in this condition and on excellent paper with nearly no sign of foxing.