N.p. [Paris?]: 1748. Building Code, Paris 1748. Read More about Les Loix des Bâtiments, suivant la Coutume de Paris, Traitant de ce qui concerne les Servitudes...

Philadelphia: Printed for the Subscribers, by Robert Bell, 1773. First edition under this title, and the third American edition overall. SIGNER JOSHUA BABCOCK'S COPY. This work originally appeared in 1772 as a fifth volume to Bell’s edition of Blackstone, under the title An Interesting Appendix to Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries..... Read More about The Palladium of Conscience or, The Foundation of Religious Liberty Displayed, Asserted, and...

Paris: Se Vend chez Nyon Pere et Didot, [ca. 1742]. Early edition. Interest tables and facts, a “ready reckoner”. Read More about Les Comptes Faits ou le Tarif General de touttes les Monnoyes

Mannheim: Kurpfalz Regierungsrath … F. Stamm, 27 April 1784. Law regulating the permissible peals of bells in the territory, the May-Peal, ringing of the bells in thanks after the end of storms, and prohibiting others. Read More about Kurpfalz. Regierungsrath, Mannheim. Ordinance governing Bell-Ringing] Von Gottes Gnaden Wir Carl...

April 11, 1941. Inscribed below on mount: “To Beryl H. Levy, with admiration and good wishes — Hugo L Black April, 11, 1941.” With a TLS from Black tipped to the back of the frame, dated January 22, 1941, concerning Levy’s book Our Constitution, and inviting him to visit A...... Read More about Photograph, signed To Beryl H. Levy

Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince, 1773. Fifth edition and first Oxford octavo edition. One of the cornerstones of our legal system, and still regarded as the best general history of English law. In these lectures which he gave as the first..... Read More about Commentaries on the Laws of England

Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1771 [vols. 1-2] - 1772 [vols. 3-4] - 1773 [Appendix]. First American Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries, with the second issue of the Appendix (with the general title dated 1773). First American Blackstone. Blackstone's Commentaries, a comprehensive overview of English common law first published between 1765 and 1769..... Read More about Commentaries on the Laws of England. In four books. Re-printed from the British copy, page for...

London: Henry Colburn, 1828. First edition. Large paper issue. LARGE PAPER. A fine large paper copy of Brougham's speech to parliament on law reform, one of just 30 according to Goldsmith. The advertisement leaf states that Brougham co-operated on this particular issue and it includes his corrections. "In February 1828..... Read More about Present State of the Law. The Speech in the House of Commons, on Thursday, Ferburary 7, 1828, on...

London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness, 1657. First edition. Read More about An Act for Continuing and Establishing the Subsidie of Tunnage and Poundage and for Reviving an...

London: Chiswick Press, 1893. No. 11 of 13 copies printed on vellum (there were also 88 copies printed on paper). One of 13 Copies on Vellum. This work consists of two important ordinances issued by the Spanish monarchy on November 20, 1542, and June 4, 1543. Under the active influence..... Read More about The New Laws of the Indies for the Treatment and Preservation of the Indians Promulgated by the...

N. P: n.d. Clinton was one-time Mayor of New York City, Presidential Candidate for the Peace Party, Governor of New York State, Senator and an eminent lawyer. Read More about Clipped signature from a letter

[London: 1711]. Duties on Prizes. Making all prize goods captured in America accountable for duty as if imported from England, with the exception of brandy and wine. Read More about An Act for the Encouragement of the Trade to America