1. Lipsius, Justus.

De Cruce Libri Tres – Ad Sacram profanamque historiam utiles. Una cum Notis.

Secunda editio correctior. Antverpiae, Ex Officina Plantiniana [Christophe Plantin], 1595. Octavo. [14 unnumbered pages], 15 – 137, [6 unnumbered] pages. Original, 16th century Vellum. Binding cleanly loosened at the rear endpaper. Front endpaper intact and connected. Interior excellent with a tiny sign of a faded dampstain to the outer margins only. Otherwise all pages and woodcut-illustrations in Fine condition. Manuscript entry of a preowner (possibly “Henricus Smackers”).

2. Brownlow, Richard / John Goldesborough [Esquires].

Reports of Diverse Choice Cases in Law, Taken by those late and most judicious Prothonotaries of the Common Pleas. Richard Brownlow & John Goldesborough, Esquires. With Directions how to proceed in many Intricate Actions, both Real and Personal, shewing the Nature of those Actions and the Practice in them; excellently usefull [sic] for the avoiding of many Errours [sic] heretofore committed in the like Proceedings ; fit for all Lawyers, Attorneys and Practisers of the Law. Also a most Perfect and exact Table, shewing Appositely the Contents of the whole Book.

The Second Edition. London, Printed by F.L. for Matthew Walbancke at Grays-Inne, Gate and Henry Twyford in Vine Court in the Middle Temple, 1654. Quarto. [II], 241, [6] pages. Hardcover / Modern, stunning half-leather with marbled-paper-covered-boards. The Volume beautifully restored and now in protective Mylar. New endpapers. Faded dampstain. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare !

3. [Justinian].

Corpus Juris Civilis. [The Blaeu – Edition from 1663-1664 with an interesting alteration in form of the most delicate addition of an alphabetized register to the pages and even more interesting a manuscript-dedication [annotation] from a Tutor to his pupil, as well as a manuscript evaluation of this edition and a loosely inserted piece of paper with legal notations].

Editio Nova. Prioribus correctior. Two Parts in One Volume (complete). Amsterdam & Leiden, Apud Ioannem Blaeu et Dan. Elzevirios / Apud Franciscum Hackium [Ludwig & Daniel Elzevier, Frans Hack], MDCLXIV [1663-1664]. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: (24), 1037 pages / Volume II: 820, (2) pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

4. [Littleton, Edward 1st Baron].

Les Reports des Tres Honorable Edw Seigneur Littleton, Baron de Mounslow, custos de la Grand Seale D’Angliteur, Et de ses Majesty pluis Honourable Privy Councel, en le Courts del common Banck & Exchequer, en le 2,3,4,5,6,7 ans del Reign de Roy Charles le I. [together with an original, hand-coloured, 18th century portrait engraving by Pierre Duflos le Jeune of Edward Littleton after van Dyck (″Edouard Zittleton [sic] – Premier Justicier d’Angleterre”)].

London, Printed by W. Rawlings, S. Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires for Thomas Bassett, Samuel Heyrick, William Crooke and William Hensman, 1683. Folio (21 cm x 32 cm). [12], 376, [20] pages without the original frontispiece but substituted by the hand-coloured portrait and including the copperengraving with Littleton coat of arms (facing page 1 of the text). Modern Hardcover / 20th century half leather with spinelabel. New endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of browing, some occasional, mild foxing. Some contemporary annotations (page 286)

5. Müller, Peter.

Disputatio Iuridica De Bonis Parochialibus. Von Pfarr-Gütern / Quam in illustri Academia Salana.

Jena, Georg Heinrich Müller, 1690. 8°. 30 nn. Seiten. Softcover / Titelbroschur. Vollständig erhaltene Originalausgabe. Durchgehender Knick. Etwas angestaubt. Durchgehender, kleiner Braunfleck im Rand. Sehr seltene Publikation des bedeutenden Juristen und Mitglieds der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft, Peter Müller (Jena / 17.Jahrhundert). Der Erstdruck des Werks erfolgte in Jena in 1687. Es handelt sich hier um die zweite Ausgabe. Eine dritte Auflage erschien in Wittenberg, 1743.

6. Sibrand, Johann (d. J.) / Brandes, Daniel.

Juscinctorum Singulare quam adspirante summo numine decreto et autoritate magnifici Jctorum Ordinus in inclyta Universitate patria.

Rostochium / Rostock, Joh. Weppling, 1695. 8°. 40 Seiten. Softcover. Originale Titelbroschur. Die letzten drei Seiten mit Feuerschaden (minimaler Textverlust).

7. Raleigh, Sir Walter.

Sammelband of Writings by Sir Walter Raleigh: Remains of Sir Walter Raleigh : Maxims of State – Advice to his Son : His Son’s Advice to his Father. His Sceptick. Observations concerning the Causes of the Magnificiency and Opulency of Cities. [Separate Titlepage: Sir Walter Raleigh’s Observations touching Trade and Commerce with the Hollander and other Nations; proving that our Sea and Land Commodities inrich and strengthen other Countries against our own. With other Passages of High Concernment – London, Printed for Henry Mortlock at the Phoenix, 1702]. His Letters to divers Persons of Quality. [Separate Titlepage: The Prerogative of Parliaments in England, proved in a Dialogue between a Counsellor of State and a Justice of Peace. London, Printed for Henry Mortlock at the Phoenix, 1702]. With the Addition of some Letters never Printed before.

First Edition. London, Printed for W.Mears, F.Clay and D.Browne, without Temple-Bar, 1702-1726. 9 cm x 16 cm. Frontispiece, [3], 342 pages. Hardcover / Modern half-leather with gilt lettering on spine and paper-covered boards. Restored and recently bound to contemporary, early 18th-century-style by an english masterbinder. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The Frontispiece restored and draped to modern paper. Interior clean and in excellent condition. Extremely scarce publication from the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), even though there is no sign of it like a bookplate etc.

8. [Farresley, Thomas].

Modern Cases, Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Queen’s Bench at Westminster, in The Second and Third Years of Queen Anne, in the Time when Sir John Holt sate Chief Justice there. With two Tables: The First, of the Names of the Case: And the other, of the special matter therein contained. By a careful Hand. The Second Edition. Review’d and Corrected, and many Thousand New and Proper References added. By W.B. Esq.

[London] in the Savoy, Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq.) for D. Browne, J. Walthoe, B. Lintot, W. Pears, C. Woodward, F. Clay and J. Peele, 1719. Small Folio (21 cm x 32,5 cm). (8), 314, 22 nn. pages. Hardcover / Wonderful recent half-leather with marbled-paper-covered-boards on five raised bands with new spine-label. The beautiful new binding in excellent condition. Some pages professionally restored. Name of preowner (Andrew Spon) on titlepage. A very rare book on early cases of english law.

9. [Foster, Sir Michael] / [Sarah Cotter – Dublin Printing History].

A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery for the Trial of the Rebels in the Year 1746 in the County of Surry, and of other Crown Cases. To which are added Discourses upon a Few Branches of the Crown Law.

First Dublin Edition. Dublin, Printed for Sarah Cotter, in Skinner-Row, 1763. Octavo. XI, 412 pages plus 16 pages of Index and “Table of the Principal Matters”. Original Hardcover / Full 18th century calf with new spine-label. The binding firm and in excellent condition. Important: Several strong puncture – wounds to the first 54 and last 60 pages (without loss of text). Some occasional staining but text overall clean. A very rare Sarah Cotter print from 18th century Dublin. Although no sign of it, the book came from the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House).

10. Blackstone, William.

Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir William Blackstone, Knt. One of the Justices of his Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas. The Twelfth Edition, with the Last Corrections of the Author; and with Notes and Additions by Edward Christian, Esq.

The Rare Edward Christian Edition. Four Volumes (complete set). London, A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, Law-Printers to the King’s most excellent Majesty, for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1793,1794,1795. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: X, [6], III, [1], 487 pages / Volume II: [8], 520, XX pages / Volume III: Frontispiece-Portrait, [8], 455, XXXV, [1], 16 pages with three more portraits bound-in / Volume IV: [8], 443, VIII, [72] pages. With four Portraits in total and one large folding table showing the “Table of Descents”. The Portraits which are bound into Volume III of the set are: I. Portrait of British Judge “William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield” / II. Portrait of “Lord Chief Baron Gilbert” [Sir Jeffrey Gilbert, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in both Ireland and England] / III. Portrait of english Judge and Member of Parliament, Sir John Comyns, Knt. / IV. Portrait of english lawyer and Lord High Chancellor Philip Earl of Hardwicke. Hardcover / Original edition of the 18th century, rebacked by a master-binder with 20th century leather-spines in the style of the 18th century. This extremely rare edition Edward Christian – Edition of Blackstone, with the last corrections before Blackstone’s death, published for the first time by Edward Christian in the years 1793-1795. This set is used with some minor spotting to pages but overall a very desirable and important version of Blackstone’s commentaries on the Laws of England. [The set comes also with a stunning Limited Edition of the four-volume- Reprint of the First Edition of Blackstone’s Commentaries (1766)].

11. [Grierson, George and John]

[Sabbath – Servants – Burning Land – Impounding – Cattle Trespassing – Replevin] Sammelband / Collection of six Acts: 1. An Act for The better Observation of the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday [Sabbath]. Dublin, 1803. 22 pages / 2. An Act relating to Servants and Apprentices, Artificers and Day-Labourers. Dublin, 1831. 55 pages / 3. An Act to Repeal the several Laws for Recovery of small Sums due for Wages, in Ireland; and to make other Provisions for Recovery of such Wages. Dublin, 1830. 96 pages / 4. An Act to amend the 10° Charles I. for Impounding of Distresses in Ireland. Dublin, 1829. 22 pages / 5. An Act for preventing the Vexatious Impounding of Cattle for Trespass or Damage Feasant [Pheasant]. Dublin, 1829. 25 pages. / 6. An Act to provide for the Relief of Persons aggrieved by unlawful or excessive Distresses in Ireland. [An Act to show cause why Replevin should not be made] Dublin, 1830. 28 pages.

Dublin, G. and J. Grierson & His Majesty’s Printers, 1803-1831. Duodecimo. 22, 55, 96, 22, 25, 28 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative full 19th century calf with gilt lettering on original, red spinelabel. Binding and interior in unusually excellent condition. Only a very small lesion (fraying) to the outer margins of three pages.

12. [Parker, Richard – Mutiny] Anonymous.

Die schwimmende Republik. [‘The Floating Republic’] Eine Erzählung des Aufstandes der brittischen [sic] Seeleute auf der Themse im Jahr 1797. Nebst Richard Parkers Vertheidigung vor dem Kriegsgerichte und einem Anhang über das Seewesen, beschrieben von einem Augenzeugen. [The german title translates: “‘The Floating Republic’ – A narrative of the uprising / mutiny of the british sailors on the Thames in 1797. Along with Richard Parker’s defense before the court martial and an appendix on maritime affairs, described by an eyewitness”].

Erste Deutsche Ausgabe / First and only german Edition. Fürth, Bureau für Litteratur, 1803. Duodecimo (10 cm x 15.3 cm). Portrait-Frontispiz (Portrait – Engraving of Richard Parker by J.F.Volkart), 120 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler, wunderbarer Halblederband mit reicher Verzierung und Rueckenschildchen. Außergewöhnlich gut erhalten mit zwei ganz kleinen Wurmgängen am unteren Kapital. Ganz blasses Anzeichen eines alten Bibliotheksstempelchen auf dem Titelblatt. Portrait und Text in exzellenter Erhaltung. Eine Publikation von grosser Seltenheit !

13. Grotius, Hugo / [and Clerici, Joannis (that is Jean Le Clerc)].

De Veritate Religionis Christianæ [Christianae]. Cum Notulis Joannis Clerici ; Accesserunt Ejusdem de Eligenda inter Christianos Dissentientes Sententia, et Contra Indifferentiam Religionum Libri Duo.

Editio Novissima, ex Collatione Optimorum Exemplarium Emendata. London, F. Wingrave, 1804. Small Octavo. XVI, 315 pages. Hardcover / Modern half leather with marbled-paper-covered boards and new endpapers. Recently rebound by our favourite bookbindery in Germany. The Volume is now in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

14. [Otto, Louis-Guillaume, Comte de Mosley] Moshamm, Franz Xaver von [d.i. Franz Xaver von Moshammer, Ritter von Mosham].

Europäisches Gesandschaftsrecht [European Law for Emissaries / Ambassadors / Minister Plenipotentiary / Histoire du Droit de Corps Diplomatique Européennes] / [Provenience: From the library of Germano-French Diplomat, Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy, with his Exlibris / Bookplate].

Landshut, Franz Seraph Hagen, 1805. Octavo. [2], VIII, 467 Seiten. Hardcover / Dekoratives Maroquin des frühen 19.Jahrhunderts, mit floraler Rückenvergoldung. Wunderbare Ausgabe in sehr guter Erhaltung mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Ehemaliges Exemplar aus der Bibliothek der ‘Académie Diplomatique Internationale’ in Paris. Durchgehend stockfleckig. Von grosser Seltenheit und mit sehr interessanter Provenienz. Das Buch stammt aus der Privatbibliothek des französischen Diplomaten, Louis-Guillaume Otto, Comte de Mosloy, Schüler des bedeutenden Rechtslehrer’s Christoph Wilhelm Koch (1737-1813), der als der letzte Rechtslehrer der alten Straßburger Hochschule gilt. Louis-Guillaume Otto wird in biographischen Quellen als Deutsch-Franzoesischer Diplomat benannt und hat sich zur Zeit der Publikation des vorliegenden Werks von Moshammer, am Bayrischen Hofe in Muenchen als Gesandter Napoleon’s befunden, wo Otto’s Wirken grossen Eindruck auf Napoleon ausuebte und zu seiner Befoerderung und spaeteren Berufung als Botschafter Frankreich’s am Wiener Hof (1810) fuehrte. In Wien erlangte Otto grosse Bedeutung fuer Napoleon indem er fuer Ihn die Hochzeit mit Marie-Louise von Österreich verhandelte. Historisch belegt ist auch Otto’s Bekanntschaft mit Metternich, welcher ebenfalls Schüler von Christoph Wilhelm Koch war. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist die Ausgabe des hier vorliegenden Gesandtschaftsrechts von grosser historischer Bedeutung, da Provenienz und Funktion des Buchtitels nicht nur im direkten Zusammenhang mit der juristischen Ausbildung von Otto und Moshamm sondern auch mit Otto’s Berufung als Gesandter, Diplomat und Botschafter unter Napoleon in Verbindung steht.

15. Deinse, Johannes Jacobus van.

De Cura Romanorum Erga Postumos Nascituros.

Leiden, Herdingh, 1811. 8°. VIII, 40 Seiten. Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. Nur minimale Gebrauchsspuren. Ehemaliges Exemplar der Bibliothek des Instituut Noortheii / Noorthey.

16. Schmalz, Theodor Anton Heinrich von.

Handbuch des canonischen Rechts und seiner Anwendung in den teutschen evangelischen Kirchen. Zum Gebrauch für Vorlesungen vom Geheimen Rath Schmalz zu Berlin.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Achenwall und Compagnie, 1815. 13 cm x 21 cm. X, 325 Seiten und Errata-Blatt. Originaler, sehr dekorativer Halblederband mit reicher, filigraner Rückenvergoldung, blassgrünem Schnitt und organgenem Rückenschildchen. Sehr guter, aussergewöhnlicher Zustand der Bindung mit nur vereinzelten Stockfleckchen im Text. Als Beilage: Portrait von Theodor Schmalz (originaler Umriss-Stich des 19.Jahrhunderts unter Passepartout).

17. Constant, Benjamin.

Des Motifs Qui Ont Dicte Le Nouveau Projet De Loi Sur Les Elections.

Paris, Chez Béchet, 1820. 8°. IV, (2), 74, (2) pp. Softcover / Broche. Bon etat. / Unbound ! This is the original edition. It was part of a collection of pamphlets bound together with publications by Antoine Français de Nantes etc.

18. [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 !

19. Savigny, Friedrich Carl von.

Über den Römischen Colonat / Über die Römische Steuerverfassung unter den Kaisern. [Zwei Schriften]

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 71 Seiten (Seite 1 – 71 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823) / Über den Römischen Colonat (26 Seiten) – Gelesen in der Akademie der Wissenschaften am 21.Maerz, 1822. / Über die Römische Steuerverfassung unter den Kaisern (44 Seiten) – Gelesen in der Akademie der Wissenschaften am 27.Februar, 1823. Moderne Broschur mit eingebundenen Originalabhandlungen. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltenen, originalen Erstausgaben der beiden Publikationen . Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

20. Heffter, August Wilhelm.

Gaii Iurisconsulti Institutionum commentarius quartus sive de Actionibus. Recensuit, restituere conatus est, adnotationem perpetuam librumque observationum adiecit August Wilhelm Heffter.

Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1827. 4°. LXXIV, 118, 3 nn. Seiten. Softcover. Originale Interimsbroschur. Unaufgeschnittenes Verlagsexemplar. Etwas stockfleckig. / Original edition in plain editors – brochure. Uncut/Unopened. Slightly foxed. RARE.

21. Burton, Walter Henry.

An Elementary Compendium of the Law of Real Property.

First Edition. London, J. & W.T. Clarke, 1828. Octavo. XVI, 548 pages plus 42 pages of Index and 2 pages of an “Digest of Reports”. Hardcover / Original full calf with gilt lettering on original spinelabel. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

22. Savigny, [Friedrich Carl von].

Beitrag zur Rechtsgeschichte des Adels im neuern Europa.

Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 39 Seiten. Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalhabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin [Philosophisch-Historische Klasse]. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

23. [Heineccius] Piaget, Eduard / Édouard Piaget / Uylenbroek, Petri Johannis.

De Curia Civitatum Imperii Romani Universe et de Vicissitudinibus instituti curiarum in Gallia Saeculis Quarto et Quinto quam annente summo numine ex auctoritate rectoris magnifici Petri Johannis Uylenbroek.

Dissertatio Juridica Inauguralis. Leiden, Zitman, 1837. 8°. 58 Seiten. Softcover / Bedruckte Papierbroschur des 19.Jahrhunderts. Unbeschnittene, sehr dekorative Originaldissertation des bedeutenden Entomologen Édouard Piaget auf gutem Papier in illustriertem Originalpappband. Stempel des Instituut ‘Noortheij’ auf dem Titelblatt. Wahrscheinlich das Referenz-Exemplar von Piaget’s Internat / ‘Boarding School’.

24. Kay, John.

Collection of three original engravings [portraits of english Judges] by scottish caricaturist and engraver John Kay.

[Edinburgh], [Hugh Paton], [c. 1838-1842]. 13 cm x 18 cm (Images) / 24 cm x 30 cm (mounts). 3 sheets, signed in the plate. All three portraits are beautifully framed. Price of this collection includes worldwide free shipping per UPS courier.

25. Leonhardi, Philipp Friedrich Wilhelm von.

Das Austrägalverfahren Des Deutschen Bundes – Eine Historisch = publicistische Monographie.

Erste Ausgabe. Frankfurt am Main, in der Andraeischen Buchhandlung, 1838. Gross-Oktav (15 cm x 22,5 cm). XVI, 936 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Pappband der Zeit mit dekorativem Rückenschild. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur wenigen Gebrauchsspuren. Kleiner, historischer Bibliotheksstempel auf dem Titelblatt. Von grosser Seltenheit !

26. Tigerström, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Die äußere Geschichte des Römischen Rechts. Mit einem Anhang über die Fortbildung und Bearbeitung des Römischen Rechtes seit Justinian.

Berlin, Reimer, 1841. 8°. VIII, 373, 3 nn. Seiten. Moderner Ganzleinenband. Sehr guter Zustand der Originalausgabe. Der Text in wunderbarer Erhaltung und nur ganz vereinzelt stockfleckig.

27. [Neale, William Johnstoun Nelson].

History of the Mutiny at Spithead and The Nore; With an Enquiry Into Its Origin and Treatment : And Suggestions for the Prevention of Future Discontent in the Royal Navy.

London, Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1842. Small Octavo. Frontispiece Portrait of Richard Parker, XII, 415 pages. Hardcover prize-binding in full morocco with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. With Motto and ornament and motto of the Edinburgh Academy on front and rear board and bookplate of Edinburgh Academy to pastedown [Gained by John Mackenzie “For Scholarship – 9th Prize awarded by “George Ferguson (Master)”]. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

28. Rare Illustrations of 19th century Oxford University – [Hopkins, T.H.T. (Thomas Henry Toovey Hopkins (1831–1885)] Heywood, James.

Illustrations of the Principal English Universities. [With several Aquatints and Lithographical plates showing academical dress and University ceremonies by R. W. Buss, R. B. Harraden] – [This was the personal copy of Thomas Henry Toovey Hopkins, Bursar at Magdalen College Oxford and Curator of the University Chest etc.]. Collected by James Heywood, M.A. F.R.S.

[Oxford], James Heywood, [1843]. Octavo. IV pages of Title and Contents plus 44 plates [collation complete]. Original Hardcover / Original cloth with gilt lettering to front board. The boards of this volume are cleanly detached, spine is missing. Interior pages and illustrations all complete, including endpapers with the personal Library Stamp of Hopkins: “T.H.T.Hopkins – Magd, Coll. Oxford” on teh endpaperand titlepage. Complete with all plates. Only very occasional, minor signs of foxing. Extremely scarce and wonderful publication on the student-life in Oxford and Cambridge during the first half of the 19th century ! Wonderful provenance.

29. [Bradford, Lewis (Plympton, Mass.] / Thomas, Benjamin F.

The Town Officer [With Manuscript annotations, inserted annotations, a handwritten “Table, Exhibiting the Area of the Several States in Square Miles – “Free States” vs. “Slave States” and listing the difference in size of these two distinctions. The book also includes bound-in Ephemera: An Original Printed “Act Relating to the Banns for Marriage …for the people called Friends or Quaker”]. A Digest of the Laws of Massachusetts in Relation to the Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Towns, and the Town Officers; With the Necessary Forms [Former copy of Lewis Bradford, Town Clerk of Plympton, Mass. (″Cost one dollar – January 29th, 1846”)].

Worcester, Published by Warren Lazell, 1845. Octavo. IV, 392 pages. Original Hardcover with Collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Original annotations in ink and pencil by Lewis Bradford.

30. O’Sullivan, M.L. [Michael John] / [Moore, Thomas].

A Fasciculus of Lyric Verses : By the Late M.J.O’Sullivan, Esq., Barrister at Law, dedicated, (by Permission), to Thomas Moore, Esq. [With a Memoir of the Author and a “Biographical Sketch of the Late Joseph Augustine Wade – The Last Production of the AUthor, written a few days before his death”].

First Edition. Cork, From the Machine of W. Scraggs, 102, Patrick-Street, 1846. Octavo. 84 pages. Private half cloth – binding of the time. Bookblock nearly detached form binding. Some rubbing to corners and spine. Interior, pages and titlepage in excellent condition and very clean. Signed and dated by the preowner in the year 1847 (″JSA” or “HA”). Extremely Rare !

31. Stahl, Friedrich Julius.

Die gegenwärtigen Parteien in Staat und Kirche: neunundzwanzig akademische Vorlesungen. [Posthum herausgegeben].

Berlin, Wilhelm Hertz, 1863. 8°. VIII, 393 Seiten. Originales Halbleinen. Etwas berieben. Vorsatzblatt fehlt. Einige Unterstreichungen mit Buntstift. Zeitgenoessische, private Widmung auf Titel.

32. Longfield, Robert.

The Game Laws of Ireland [With a Table of Cases and a chapter on ‘Remedies against Trespassers and Poachers’].

Second Edition – Revised and Enlarged. Dublin, E. Ponsonby, 1868. 8°. XI, 238 pages. Ephemera / Original advertising for the book loosely inserted. Original 19th century Hardcover. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Faded dampstain to inner boards and endpapers.

33. Richardson, D.

The Damathat, or The Laws of Menoo. Translated from the Burmese.

Original First Edition (Bilingual Burmese – English). XIV Volumes in one Volume (complete). Rangoon, Printed at ‘The Mission Press’, 1874. Slim Quarto (17 cm x 25 cm). 776 pages [being 388 pages of the original burmese text juxtaposed to 388 pages of the english translation]. Bound to the rear of the Volume are an additional c. 90 blank pages for notes. Original rebacked full leather with gilt ornament and original spinelabel. New endpapers with original bookplate of Charles Forbes, Esq. [Cha Forbes – Motto: ‘Grace Me Guide’ ]. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear to titlepage. Few pages with professional repairs to paper. Absolutely scarce original publication.

34. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] / P.Gemzøe lith. / E.Bærentzen.

Portrait of norwegian educator, jurist, economist and politician, Anton Martin Schweigaard. Original Lithograph / Lithographic portrait by P.Gemzøe.

Christiania [Oslo], Chr. Tønsberg, 1877. 17 cm x 26 cm. 1 page portrait together with two pages of biographical information of Schweigaard by J.B.Halvorsen. Softcover. The rare, original, lithographic portrait in very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. No foxing !

35. Vallarta, El C. Ignacio L. / Avila, Eleuterio /

Memoria que en cumplimiento del Precepto Constitucional Presentó al Congreso de la Union en el primer periodo de sus Sesiones el C. Ignacio L. Vallarta (Secretario de Estado y del Despacho de Relaciones Exteriores) / Bound with Appendix I (Anexo I): Anexo al Informe del Agente de Mexico ante la Comision de Reclamaciones (Reclamaciones de D. Jorge L. Hammeken) / Bound with Appendix II (Anexo II): Comision Mixta de Reclamaciones de Mexico y Los Estados-Unidos. Thaddeus Amat, Obispo de Monterey, y Joseph S. Alemany, Arzobispo de San Francisco, Con Mexico //

Mexico, Imprenta de Gonzalo A . Esteva, 1878. Folio. XXVI, 197 pages / Indice I: 17 pages / Indice II: 35 pages / Indice III: 17 pages / Indice IV: 2 pages / Appendix / Anexi: 291 pages. Original Hardcover (half leather). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Cancelled from the University of London Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, this rare publication was bequeathed to the University from the library of Charles Henry Huberich.

36. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] Aubert, L.M.B.

Anton Martin Schweigaards Barndom og Ungdom, 1808-1835: Breve og Erindringer. [Letters in norwegian (″Trine″and german (″Til Pastor Koeppen”). With an Appendix with 10 chapters / Med Bilag – Including explanatory sections on Schweigaard’s earliest publications, like for example: “De la Philosophie Allemande”, Schweigaards Examination ved den juridiske Embedsexamens mudtlige Prove – 21de December 1831 / “Uddrag af Schweigaards Afhandling “De l’etat civil des femmes selon le droit de la Norvege et du Danemark” / etc.]. Udgivet af L.M.B.Aubert. Med Schweigaards Portraet og Tre Facsimiler [Breve].

Kristiania / [Christiania] / [Oslo], Mallings Boghandels Forlag, 1883. Octavo. Frontispiece – Portrait of Schweigaard by J.S. Welhaven & J.Nordhagen, XC, 222 pages plus two pages with three (3) facsimile – autograph – letters by Anton Schweigaard; including 2 Stamtavle with Genalogy of the Schweigaard – Family (from Lars Dahl (1625-1635) to Anton Martin Schweigaard). Softcover. Former library – copy from the “Historisches Seminar der Universitaet Kiel”. Portrait loosened. Name of preowner: Sigurd Gulbrandsen on endpaper.

37. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] Hertzberg, Ebbe.

Professor Schweigaard I Hans Offentlige Virksomhed (1832 – 1870). Af Ebbe Hertzberg.

Kristiania / [Christiania] / [Oslo], Forlagt af Alb. Cammermeyer, 1883. Octavo. 154, [2] pages. Hardcover / Absolutely beautiful and decorative Pre-Art-Nouveau-Binding with original label from “N.Titlestad Bogbinder in Toldbodgaden 27, Kristiania”. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Aage S. Blackstad, with his tiny ownership-stamp to endpaper.

38. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] / Middelthun, Julius Olavus.

Original Photograph / Vintage Albumen Print from c. 1885 / 1890, of the recently erected Statue / Sculpture [Bronze] of norwegian educator, jurist, economist and politician, Anton Martin Schweigaard. The rare photograph shows the statue at its original location, with locals walking in front. The sculptor of Schweigaard’s Statue was nowegian sculptor and educator Julius Olavus Middelthun, who taught among others, Edvard Munch at the Royal Drawing School in Christiania (Tegneskolen i Kristiania). Original Lithograph / Lithographic portrait by P.Gemzøe.

Christiania [Oslo], [Middelthun], c.1885 – 1890. 8 cm x 5,7 cm. 1 Albumen Print, mounted on card and titled in manuscript hand: “Christiania – Université – Statue de Schweigaard”. Softcover. The rare, original photograph comes from a french travellers album and is in excellent condition.

39. Mühlbrecht, Otto.

Wegweiser durch die neuere Literatur der Staats- und Rechtswissenschaften (abgeschlossen am 1.Juli 1885).

Berlin, Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1886. 8°. XVI, 446 Seiten. Hardcover. Sensationelle, blindgeprägte Ganzleinenbindung (Verlagsbindung) mit juristischem Motto “Pro Rege Lege GreGe”. Ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar des Fachbereichs “Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt”; mit kleinem Signaturschildchen am Einband. Stempel auf und verso Titel. Nur ganz minimal stockfleckig und mit einigen Anstreichungen. Selten in diesem sehr guten Zustand.

40. Lombroso, C. / Ferri, E. / Garofalo, R./ Fioretti, G.

Polemica In Difesa Della Scuola Criminale Positiva.

First Edition. Bologna, Nicola Zanichelli, 1886. 15 x 23 cm. IV, 291 pages. Original softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. First layer of pages slightly detached. Exlibris / Bookplate from B. Guastalla to the pastedown.

41. Ellis, Alfred Burdon.

The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa. Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1887. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. VII, 343 pages. Map near front showing Gold Coast. Hardcover [publisher’s original burgundy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind tooling to boards. Dark brown surface-paper endpapers and pastedowns. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbing to corners and spine ends with minor scuff marks to boards. Very minor staining to spine. Cracking to gutter between front pastedown and endpapers near head of spine. Cracking to gutter between rear pastedown and endpaper also but binding still strong. A hint of browning to a nice and clean interior.

42. Brunn, Dr. jur.

Die Japanische Verfassungsurkunde [Japanese Law]. Aus dem Japanischen in das Deutsche übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen.

Leipzig, Reclam, ca.1890. Kl.-8°. 39 Seiten. Softcover. Originale, dekorative Broschur. Guter bis sehr guter Zustand. Einige Anstreichungen mit Bleistift. Sehr selten. [Universal-Bibliothek 3796. 20 Pfennig].

43. Krueger, Paul / Mommsen, Theodor / [Aus der Bibliothek: Graf Erwin Ferdinand Karl Rochus von Schönborn-Buchheim].

Corpus Iuris Civilis, Editio Stereotypa Sexta, Volumen Primum. Institutiones recognovit Paulus Krueger / Digesta recognovit Theodorus Mommsen.

Volumen Primum. Berlin, Weidmann, MDCCCCXIII (1893). 19.5 cm x 27.5 cm. XVI, XXXII, 882 pages. Original Hardcover. Half-binding in leather, marbled front cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing of front free endpaper, front index pages, front page and back free endpaper and back index pages. From the library of Graf Erwin Ferdinand Karl Rochus von Schönborn-Buchheim.

44. Maine, Henry Sumner.

Lectures on the Early History of Institutions [Including a chapter on ‘The Ancient Irish Law’].

Sixth Edition. London, John Murray, 1893. 15 cm x 23 cm. 412 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Some stronger discoloration to cover. Some pencil markings and underlinings. Slightly frayed at boundary between cover and endpaper.

45. Borgnini, S.E. [Corte di Cassazione, Turin].

Il Regime Matrimoniale Italiano e Il Divorzio. 1. Ricorso presentato dal Procuratore generale (S.E.Borgnini) nell’interesse della legge alla Corte di CAssazione di Torino, in opposizione alle Sentenze: Corte d’Appello sez. Modena, 12 aprile 1898; Corte d’Appello Brescia, 25 aprile 1898; Corte d’Appello Milano, 6 dicembre 1898. / 2. Motivazioni a corredo del Ricorso, svolte nell’udienza del 14 novembre 1900. / 3. Sentenza pronunziata dalla Corte di Cassazione di Torino pubblicata il 21 novembre 1900.

Torino, Unione Tipografico-Editrice, 1900. 4°. 110 pp. Hardcover / Original brochure in later cloth-binding Primera Editione (Italiano). Stamped on title-page [Former copy of “Bibliothek des Reichsgerichts”] Early italian edition on matrimonial regimes and Divorce. Frühe Publikation über Güterrecht und Scheidung im italienischen Rechtssystem.

46. Müller, Curt.

Hals oder Peinliche Gerichtsordnung Kaiser Karls V. und des H[eiligen] Röm[ischen] Reichs nach der Originalausgabe vom Jahre 1533.

Leipzig, Reclam, ca.1900. Kl.-8°. 112 Seiten. Softcover. Originale, sehr dekorative Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz wenigen Stockfleckchen. [Reclams Universal-Bibliothek 2990. 20 Pfennig].

47. Vanston, George T.B.

The Law Relating to Municipal Towns under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854. [Inscribed Presentation copy]. – [With chapters on the “Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1893”].

First Edition. Dublin, Edward Ponsonby, 1900. Octavo. XXXI, 540 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author. From the library of George J. Daly (Cork).

48. Ball, W. Valentine.

The Law of Libel as affecting Newspapers and Journalists.

London, Stevens and Sons, 1912. Octavo. XIII, 165 pages. Original Hardcover (original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Bumped corners. Slightly damaged spine. Good condition with some signs of external wear. From the library of irish independent politician and solicitor Jasper Travers Wolfe of Skibbereen. Name of Jasper Wolfe on front free endpaper.

49. Meyer, Johannes.

Das soziale Naturrecht in der christlichen Kirche.

Leipzig, A. Deichert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Deichert), 1913. 8°. 51 Seiten. Softcover / Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

50. [Healy, Francis J. (Cobh)].

The Constitution, Rules & Regulations of the General Council of the Bar of Ireland [Francis J, Healy’s personal copy with his name and date in ink on titlepage: “Francis J.Healy, Munster, Cork, 1915”].

[Cork], no year [c.1915]. Duodecimo. 16 pages. Original Softcover. Binding stained. Rusty staples. Very Rare, rather ephemeral pamphlet which usually had perished. The Constitution was adopted in February 1914. Significant provenance of this publication by Terence MacSwiney’s Defense Solicitor.