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Providence: Carter and Wilkinson, 1798. Hardcover. See Description. Fifth Revision. 8vo. 652p. Bound in full period sheep with gilt spine label. Binding is sturdy and attractive but reveals the usual signs of rubbing, wear, spots of discoloration, etc. The tail cap of the spine and a couple small spots along the outer joint are carefully repaired/restored. Interior pages show some age toning, scattered foxing, and mild damp staining. Several leaves display crease marks. The inside front cover and front fly-leaf contain a name and date – "Peleg Almy’s book 1798." This is probably Peleg Almy (1761-1854) who was a resident of Rhode Island. This is the fifth revision of the Rhode Island laws. The first edition which appeared in 1719 was the earliest printed edition of Rhode Island law. [Sabin 70626].

1694 English LAW King Charles I England William Style Practical Register Crimes

William Style's "Practical Register" is a law treatise collecting the legal proceedings and orders carried out during the reign of Charles I. It covers criminal and civil law, punishments for crimes, the legal process, and various councils and law offices.
Item number: #13651
Price: $599
STYLE, William
Style's practical register, begun in the reign of King Charles I : consisting of rules, order, and the principal observations concerning the practice of the common law in the courts at Westminster, particularly the Kings Bench, as well in matters criminal as civil
London : Printed for Tho. Dring, 1694.

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Provenance: Armorial Bookplate / Handwritten – Owen Brigstocke, Esq., 1732
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Owen Brigstocke of Kidwelly served as High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire for two separate terms. His first term was in 1657 and his second in 1668.
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1595 Spanish LAW Juan Gutierrez Consilia Juris Roman Law Salamanca Spain FOLIO
Juan Gutierrez was a 16th-century Spanish lawyer who wrote several important works on Spanish law. One such works was 'Consilia clarissimi jurisconsulti'. In this work, Gutierrez discusses the influence of Roman law on Spanish law providing his own interpretation of Roman law.
Item number: #13787
Price: $795
GUTIERREZ, Juan
Consilia clarissimi ivrisconsvlti D. Ioannis Gvtierrez doctoris praebende canonica almae ecclesiae Civitatensis : cum summarijs & numeris apte distincits vnicuiq[ue] Consilio praepostis, nec non indice locupletissimo ad conimunem omnium vtilitarem, post primam aeditionem nunc secundo aedita & aucta
Salmantiae : Excudebat Petrus Lassus, expensis Octaviani Parente bibliopolae, M.D. XC. V. [1595].

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[2], 150 (i.e. 151) leaves, [17]
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1883 William Ewart Gladstone British Prime Minister England Slavery Thom Archer

William Ewart Gladstone was a highly influential 19th-century British politician who served as Prime Minister in the 1870s. Gladstone was an outspoken pro-slavery politician, opposing emancipation in any form. And while his stance on slavery doesn't resonate with 21st-century views, he was considered 'the People's William' for his commitment to low taxes and governmental reforms.

Item number: #16963
Price: $499
ARCHER, Thomas
William Ewart Gladstone and his contemporaries: fifty years of social and political progress
London : Blackie, 1883.

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o Vol. III-IV – viii, 336; 352
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· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10in X 7.25in (25.5cm x 18cm)
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1671 LAW
Thomas Littleton Treatise on Tenures Real Estate Property Feudalism
Thomas Littleton was a 15th-century English jurist known for his treatises on tenures. This book has long been considered the first text on English property law and ownership rights. 'The Tenures', as it is more commonly known, was an important catalyst in the changes made to the feudal system in England and was made the subject of numerous commentaries a rebuttal into the 17th-century. Interestingly, portions of this work are still sited as authoritative in English and American real estate law.
This particular 1671 edition was published in London and features both England and French texts in parallel.

Item number: #18114
Price: $750
LITTLETON, Thomas
Littleton's tenures, in French and English. : with an alphabetical table of the principal matters therein contained
London, : printed by John Streater, James Flesher, et al., 1671.

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1807 EARLY Laws of America 1780 CONSTITUTION Boston Massachusetts USA 4v SET
A rare early 19th-century edition of the laws and legislation in Massachusetts from 1780.
This work is a collection of laws and acts passed by the Massachusetts legislation on a variety of topics, many pertaining to the establishment of new towns and developing offices. Other laws covered deal with dueling, child abduction and murder, suppressing vagabonds, gaming and gambling, tobacco regulations, wolf hunting, and much more!
Item number: #17309
Price: $750
United States, State of Massachusetts
The laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston: Printed and sold by Manning & Loring, 1807.

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Vol. 1 – viii, 520, [68]
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Vol. 2 – [521]-1073, [69]
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Vol. 3 – [4], 403, [69]
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Vol. 4 – [4], 529, [1], xxii
§ Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1816.
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Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, 1797. Hardcover. Good. [4], ix, [1], 817, iii, [34] p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Names of two former owners at head of title page: Parker Campbell and Mathew Ritchie (the latter crossed out). Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at ends of spine and corners; front joint is cracked; closed 5-cm. tear from the fore-edge of front free endpaper; occasional foxing, generally light; otherwise, clean and solid.

1778 Beccaria Crimes and Punishment TORTURE Death Penalty Law Thomas Jefferson
Cesare Beccaria was an 18th-century Italian jurist known for his studies in criminology at the height of the Age of Enlightenment. His best and most important book was 'On Crimes and Punishment' – one of the foundational books in criminology. Beccaria discusses the use of torture as a means of gaining information, and the death penalty in punishments for crimes, arguing strongly against both.
Beccaria's 'Crimes and Punishments'
was widely read throughout the western world and would become a favorite of both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. This 1778 English edition contains a curious commentary which, according to the title page, is attributed to Voltaire.
Item number: #18702
Price: $499
BECCARIA, Cesare

An essay on crimes and punishments. Tr. from the Italian.
Edinburgh, Bell & Murray, for W. Gordon and W. Creech, 1778.

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[Texas] Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas begun and held at the city of Austin, September 6th, 1875. Galveston [Texas]: Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office. 1875. Quarter leather with raised bands over boards. 22 cm. 821, xviii pp. Spine worn; some writing, interior has stains on title page, else very good.
OCLC shows 89 holdings. Scarce today. Morrison, Nineteenth Century Texana, shows three listings. The Constitutional Convention of 1875 was the result of the determination of the Democrats of Texas to eliminate the reconstruction Constitution of 1869. The Democrats wanted to rewrite the constitution to reflect their own policies of white superiority and the right of the state to govern itself with little federal intervention. Of the 90 delegates, six were African American. Amidst the hostile anti-Republican atmosphere, African American delegates worked to prevent the loss of voting rights and public education. Ratified by voters in 1876, the constitution… Read More

London: Methuen, 1933. First. Near Fine/Good+. Sir Alan Patrick Herbert CH (1890 â€" 1971), was an English humorist, novelist, playwright, law reformist, and in 1935â€"1950 an Independent Member of Parliament for Oxford University He was called to the Bar by Inner Temple in 1919 and entered the chambers of Leslie Scott Although he spent time at Inner Temple, he never practiced law and did not enter a legal career Over his lifetime Herbert published five collections of humorous legal case stories, entitled Misleading Cases in the Common Law, More Misleading Cases, Still More Misleading Cases, Codd's Last Case and Bardot MP? A very good copy in blue cloth with gilt titles on spine and blindstamped titles on front cover Just very slight shelf wear Endpapers age darkened, and a small chip on the page edge of p 85 (no effect on text) but otherwise no marks or damage Unclipped DJ has small chips at jacket spine ends, but is otherwise in very good condition The author has inscribed "To JMB from… Read More

London: A. Millar, 1749. First. Very Good. A modern rebind in attractive quarter leather and marbled boards Slight wear on spine ends Penlez was involved in a drunken riot, starting in a brothel where he stole sheets and for this crime he was hanged In this pamphlet, issued a month after the event, Fielding argues that he was justly executed Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was an English novelist, irony writer and dramatist known for earthy humour and satire His comic novel Tom Jones is still widely appreciated He and Samuel Richardson are seen as founders of the traditional English novel He also holds a place in the history of law enforcement, having used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force 54 pp.

1654 Godefroy Justinian LAW Commentary Codex Corpus Juris Civilis Byzantine
Jacques Godefroy, son of the famed Denis Godefroy, followed his father's lead by publishing his own edition of the ancient Roman 'Codex'. This manual was, as expected, a political commentary on the
Corpus Juris Civilis offering historical context for his views. While not as famous as the commentaries of his father, any law codex published by the Godefroy family is without question the most reputable of any such work.
Item number: #21314
Price: $550
GODEFROY, Jacques
J. Gothofredi Manuale juris, seu, parva juris mysteria : ubi quatuor sequentia continentur: Juris civilis romani
Genevae: Sumptibus Joannis Antonii et Samuelis de Tournes, 1654.

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Manuale Juris – [24], 83
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Florilegium – 132
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"Diegestorum et Codicis" – 322
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El libro de las contituciones 3 vols contituciones estatutos y leyes contitucionales en cuba entre 1812 y 1936.vol 1.y entre 1940 y 2012 vol 2.la constitucion del 2019 vol 3,edicion facsimilar.con introducciones y compilacion de eduardo torres cuevas y reinaldo suarez suarez publicado en la habana imagen contemporanea 2018,3 tomos de gran tamano y peso.donde se recojen todas las leyes contituciones y estatutos publicados en la isla de cuba entre los anos 1812 y 2019 explicados y comentados por Eduardo Moisés Torres Cuevas. Académico, historiador y pedagogo. Miembro de Número de la Academia Cubana de la Lengua. Profesor Titular y Doctor en Ciencias Históricas. Premio Nacional de Historia, Premio Félix Varela. Se desempeña como Presidente de la Casa de Altos Estudios Don Fernando Ortiz;y Reinaldo Suárez Suárez. Profesor Universitario, investigador y ensayista. Máster en Estudios Cubanos y Caribeños y Doctor en Ciencias Jurídicas por la Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.edicion… Read More

Rare 1st edition, 6th printing copy of this classic work. Very good condition, clean text and good dust jacket - see pictures. NOT ex-library.

You get one antique Imperatoris Iustiniani Institutionum Libri III 1647 hardcover book published by Ioannem Ianssonium in Amsterdam. It does not come with a dust jacket. This item is in Latin. This antique book is in good condition with some wear to its covers and edges. The binding is tight and the book is complete with no loose pages. A few blank pages were added at the beginning and end at some point in time. This item is 4.5 inches tall by 2.25 inches wide. These measurements are approximations to give you an idea of the size of the book. Please see all pictures.