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London: E. and R. Nutt, 1725. Hard Cover. Very Good -. Title page continued: "With Appeals (in several Cases of great Difficulty) to the House of Peers in Parliament, and the Proceedings thereupon. Also A Complete Collection of all the Writs and Process concerning the same. Together with a Preliminary Discourse, by Way of Rules, Succinctly and Methodically drawn up; containing the Practice of the said Court, in every particular Branch of the equitable Part thereof. The Fourth Edition, with great Additions and Corrections throughout. By a late Master in Chancery. In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq,) for Abel Roper." Compiled by William Brown; also attributed to Sir Robert Heath--cf. Halkett & Laing. 2 volumes; 20 cm. Full period polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Red morocco spine label in second compartments with gilt-tooled title: Praxis Almæ Curiæ. Blind-tooled decorative border… Read More

1765 LAW Justinian Code Codex Fabrianus Savoy Court ROME Latin Favre FOLIO

Antoine Favre was a 16th-century notable jurist from the Savoy. Known primarily as the president of the Savoy court in the late 1500s, Favre published an important work on law – 'Codex Fabrianus Definitionum Forensium'. This book was a collection of legal reports and court decisions that were based on the famed Justinian Codex.

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FAVRE, Antoine
Codex Fabrianus definitionum forensium et rerum in sacro Sabaudiae senatu tractatarul, ad ordinem titulorum codicis Justinianei... accomodatus... auctore Antonio Fabro... Accesserunt Jura Impreii novissima et saxonica nec non recentiorum pragmaticorum celebriorum auctoritates, cum vita auctoris et indicibus necessariis
Coloniae Allobrogum : Sumptibus Fratrum de Tournes, 1765.

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1849 LAW 1ed Lives of Chief Justices England British Judges Politics Campbell

In 1849, Lord John Campbell published 'The Lives of the Chief Justices of England'. This book was the best and most thorough description of the lives and political careers of English judges beginning in the 11th-century.
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CAMPBELL, John Lord
The lives of the chief justices of England.
London: John Murray, 1849. First edition.

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1808 BOSTON Town Officer Government Massachusetts CONSTITUTION Law Plantations
Samuel Freeman's "Town Officer" is an important early American instructional manual for officers in Boston. Directing them on official duties, this work was written to outline the powers given to officers and clerks in the framework of the Massachusetts government. This book contains the Massachusetts constitution and commentary and notes on various laws.
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FREEMAN, Samuel
The town officer, or, The power and duty of selectmen, town clerks ... and other town officers, as contained in the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : with a variety of forms for the use of such officers
Boston : Printed by J.T. Buckingham for Thomas & Andrews, 1808.

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1796 1ed Codex Redactus Legum Franciscan & Medieval Church LAW Roman Catholic
Gaetano Michelessi's "Codex Redactus Legum" is a collection of redacted laws of the Franciscan brothers. Published at the end of the 18th-century, this book is filled with thousands ecclesiastical and papal laws from the 13th-century through the 16th-century. Note the extensive index at the end of this 1796 first edition.
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MICHELESSI, Gaetano
Codex redactus legum fratrum minorum in synopsim cum indice copioso ...
Romae: cura et impensis Aloysii Perego Salvioni, 1796. 1st edition

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C. Theoret Law Book Publisher, Montreal, 1903. First Edition. Cloth and Leather Bound Hardcover. Near Fine/--. 6 3/4H x 5 1/8W x 7/8 inch. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book NEAR FINE/ Covers Very Good Plus. Very gently read, if at all. Sewn binding. In its original boards which have a design in blue, red, black, light brown and white in a kind of “c” shape with the opening of the “c” downwards. The spine, quarter boards and triangular covers of all corners are brown leather. The spine has 4 raised sections done in a rope design, two of them framing a red area where the title is done in gilt. The front cover has the paper worn away on top and bottom board edges, exposing the board but with almost no erosion of the boards. The front cover design area has several areas where it is worn away but only the surface design is gone, the board is whole and strong underneath, there are no holes and no gouges or rips. The front cover leather corners… Read More

London: E. and R. Nutt, 1725. Hard Cover. Very Good -. Title page continued: "With Appeals (in several Cases of great Difficulty) to the House of Peers in Parliament, and the Proceedings thereupon. Also A Complete Collection of all the Writs and Process concerning the same. Together with a Preliminary Discourse, by Way of Rules, Succinctly and Methodically drawn up; containing the Practice of the said Court, in every particular Branch of the equitable Part thereof. The Fourth Edition, with great Additions and Corrections throughout. By a late Master in Chancery. In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq,) for Abel Roper." Compiled by William Brown; also attributed to Sir Robert Heath--cf. Halkett & Laing. 2 volumes; 20 cm. Full period polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Red morocco spine label in second compartments with gilt-tooled title: Praxis Almæ Curiæ. Blind-tooled decorative border… Read More

1769. Berlin [Paris]: 1769-1770. 1st ed. 2 vols.. Berlin [Paris]: 1769-1770. 1st ed. 2 vols. Illustrated 18th-Century Collection of Amusing Legal Cases [Estienne, Robert (1723-1794), Compiler]. Causes Amusantes et Connues. Berlin (i.e. Paris): S.n., 1769-1770. 2 volumes. xii, [4], 420; [ii], 451 pp. Nine copperplate leaves. Complete. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary calf with cats-paw decoration, gilt spines with raised bands, edges rouged, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers. A few minor nicks to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners, which are lightly bumped, hinges cracked, armorial bookplate of Lord Farnham to front pastedowns. Moderate toning to text, light foxing in a few places. An attractive set. $400. * First edition. Published anonymously under a false imprint, this is a collection of unusual or bizarre court cases, many with erotic and humorous elements, such as "Against an Accusation of Seduction," and "A Brief in Favor of Turkeys." Several… Read More

1766. Documents from the Settlement of a New Hampshire Estate [Manuscript Archive]. [New Hampshire]. [Wallace Family]. [Deeds, Receipts, Estate Inventories and Other Legal Documents]. Londonderry, NH, 1766, 1782-1801. 17 documents, 7 are 12" x 7-1/2" bifolia and single sheets, 1 is a 15" x 12" sheet, others range in size from 7" x 7-1/2" to 2" x 7-1/2." Moderate browning, somewhat lighter in places, foxing, some leaves have dampstaining, creases, tears along fold lines, a few small chips (with no loss to legibility), 2 items mended with cellotape on versos. $500. * The Wallaces were a prosperous family of farmers with substantial landholdings. Our archive is a collection of documents relating to the settlement of Thomas Wallace's estate in May 1790. Most of the documents are inventories and sale receipts from 1790. The remaining items are receipts for payments owed by the estate, which wasn't fully dissolved until 1801. Those written before 1790, including a lease from 1766, were probably presented… Read More

1/4 leather over calf skin. Gilt spine letters. LONDON Printed For The Company Of Stationers, 1665. 'The Third Edition Corrected, and much Inlarged'. Some fading of title letters, some bruises, marks wear, creases, dents, etc. Otherwise near fine condition. 552pp.