Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis Autograph, With Photograph by Brandeis, Louis D

London: E. Parker and T. Ward 1st edition., 1714. Hardcover. Very Good-. Copperplate headpieces & figural initial letters by Lud. Du Guernier + several woodcut decorated tailpieces.. Large octavo blind-tooled calf, handsome panelled covers, spine on 6 raised bands, compartments with blind floral tooling & red gilt title label (corners worn, lower cover bit marked, splitting to top hinges but entirely sound) All edges rouge, marbled endpapers. Title in double ruled surround printed in red and black +[14]pp dedication + lxxxii Preface by John Fortescue-Aland +[4]pp Table +148pp +[4]pp Authors quoted and Anglo-Saxon alphabet, collated complete. Two blank leaves preceding title have some marks of former damp in gutter, first endpaper with top corner cut off, all pages otherwise crisp and clean throughout. *Remarkable mediaeval constitutional treatise, first published here in 1714 by a descendant of the author (ESTC T140210).

LECTURES on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery As Exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery In the United States with the Duties of Masters to Slaves.
William A Smith DD, President of Randolph-Macon College And Professor Of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy
Edited by Thomas O Summers, DD Stevenson and Evans 1856, Nashville, Tenn Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by WILLIAM A. SMITH, In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY A. A. STITT, SOUTHERN METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE, NASHVILLE, TENN.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The book consists of thirteen lectures on the subject of slavery as was given to students of Moral Science in Randolph Macon College. The author presents lectures on the various components of slavery. His main reason for agreeing with the institution is that is "a fundamental… Read More

1785 1st ed Colonial America TAX Law Boston Sullivan Appeal to Impartial Public
James Sullivan's "Appeal to the Impartial Public" is a short pamphlet-like work written on local tax disputes in early Massachusetts. Sullivan sought to plea with Christians, Jews, and Catholics in the Boston area in hopes of gaining more defense against tax changes.
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SULLIVAN, James
An appeal to the impartial public : by the Society of Christian Independents, congregating in Glocester.
Boston : Printed by Benjamin Edes & Son, 1785. First edition.

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References: Sabin 27591; Evans 19028
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Language: English
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Binding: Pamphlet; tight & secure
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Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)
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1661 POLITICS 1ed Wilhelm Schutz German LAW Reflexiones Political Thomas More
Wilhelm Ignaz Schutz was a 17th-century German lawyer who wrote numerous books on law. One of Schutz's works was "Reflexiones politico-consolatoriae" which was his own considerations on the opportunities for men in politics, as well as commonly encountered misfortunes in law. Schutz includes satirical anecdotes intended for humor as well as a curious inclusion of a letter by Thomas More.
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SCHUTZ, Wilhelm Ignatius
Reflexiones politico-consolatoriae, oder, Reiffliche Uberlegügen derjenigen Widerwertigkeiten und Unglück welchen ein Politicus und vornehmer Weltmann ... underworffen ist
Franckfurt am Mayn : Druckts und Verlags Balthas. Christ. Wusts, 1661. First, only edition.

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o [14], 444
o 9 engraved plates
· Language: Latin & German
· Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
· Size: ~7in X 4in (18cm x 10cm)
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1808. Rare Trial Account With a Frontispiece by Isaac and George Cruikshank [Trial]. Paget, Sir Arthur [1771-1840], Defendant. Cruikshank, Isaac [1789-1856], Frontispiece. Cruikshank, George [1792-1878], Frontispiece. Crim. Con. ?10,000 Damages. Smeeton's Edition of the Trial Between the Right Hon. Lord Borringdon and Sir A. Paget, K.B. For Criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife. Which was Tried in the Sheriffs' Court, Before W. Burchall, Esq. And a Special Jury, July 19, 1808. Taken in Short Hand. London: Published by G. Smeeton, 18, James Street, Long Acre, [1808]. 16 pp. Etched copperplate frontispiece by Isaac Cruikshank, assisted by George Cruikshank. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into contemporary (or near-contemporary) flexible cloth, gilt title to front cover, frontispiece and several leaves re-hinged. Light rubbing to extremities, bookplate of Fernand Gabriel and Anne Renier to front pastedown, early owner inscription ("Walter Scott His Book/ July 29, 1808")… Read More

London: Printed by A. Strahan for J. Butterworth, Law-Bookseller, Fleet-Street, 1805. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches), pages: xxxix:(1):390 & xxxi:384:188(appendix), plus substantial unpaginated index. Recent quarter mottled tan calf, spines with raised bands and crimson lettering pieces. Browning to foremargin of title to volume 1, contemporary signature on front fly. Generally very good indeed both internally and externally. The very rare 1st edition. The 2nd edition, in 2 volumes, was published in1808; the 3rd edition, in 3 volumes, in 1814.

1677 ENGLISH LAW Edward Coke Reports Judicial Court Cases England HUGE FOLIO
"[Corporations] cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicate, for they have no souls."
– Edward Coke, The Reports,
"Case of Sutton's Hospital"

A rare 1677 edition of the Edward Coke's English legal reports and Select Cases. Edward Coke was an English judge and lawyer from the 16th- and early 17th-centuries being most remembered for his prosecution in the Gunpowder Plot, as well as writing 'The Reports'. His judicial rulings resounded all over the western world, in fact, his decisions had a direct influence on the third, fourth, and sixteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
'The Reports' is a gathering of specific court cases with commentary and arguments. Cases include handling of money exchange whether it be through loans, income, and gift-giving, common pleas cases, and financial obligations. These law reports have been some of the most important and popular writings on court cases in the English… Read More

1685 OXFORD & Westminster Parliament Report LAW Politics Charles II Howard Trial

A rare, 17th-century report on the transactions and proceedings in the English and Welsh Parliament begun at Oxford in 1681. This book, 'Historical Collections', provides important information regarding English politics under the reign of Charles II, including various legal trials and beheadings! One such trial was that of William Howard, Viscount of Stafford whose trial and beheading in 1680 is explained in detail!

Item number: #14722
Price: $750
English Parliament
Historical collections: or, A brief account of the most remarkable transactions of the two last Parliaments held and dissolved at Westminster and Oxford. With exact lists of the members of each Parliament.
London: : Printed for S.N. and sold by W. Freeman near Temble-bar [sic] in Fleetstreet., 1685.
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o [6], 302
· References: Wing H 2101; Moule, Bibliotheca Heraldica Magnae Brtianniae¸no.318;… Read More

1709 1ed Oldmixon on Cromwell Civil War Rye House Sacheverell Quakers Defoe

'The History of Addresses' is a curious, early 18th-century British law and politics treatise by John Oldmixon. This book contains numerous topics including:
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History of Quakers
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Rise of dissenters in England
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The military career of Oliver Cromwell
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The trial and impeachment of Henry Sacheverell
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Addresses to the usurpers of George II
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Notes on the Rye House Plot
This book is often attributed to Daniel Defoe.

Item number: #15403
Price: $550
OLDMIXON, John
The history of addresses. : By one very near a kin to the author of the Tale of a tub.
London : printed in the year, 1709. First, only edition.

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· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~7.5in X 4.75in (19cm x 12cm)
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1675 1ed LAW Reports of Sir William Jones Britain England Judge Ireland Cromwell

Sir William Jones was a 17th-century English jurist and judge who, like most judges of this time, kept extensive and detailed notes and reports on the cases he oversaw. In 1675, nearly 35 years after his death, Jones's 'Reports'
were finally published for the first time. These reports were known to be highly influential to English barrister, William Sheppard, who reformed many of Oliver Cromwell's laws. (Matthews)
Item number: #15292
Price: $599
JONES, William
Les reports de Sir William Jones, chevalier, jades un des justices del' Banck le roy, et devant un des justices del' Court de common-banck et devant capital justice d'Ireland : de divers special cases cy bien in le Court de banck le roy, come le Common-banck in Angleterre
London : Printed by T.R. and N.T. for Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswel, 1675. First edition.

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