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[Joe Luttrell]

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1.  AZUNI, D[ominique] A[lbert].  The Maritime Law of Europe.
Translated from the French. In Two Volumes.  Printed by George
Forman, 64, Water-Street, for I. Riley & Co., New-York, 1806.
Contemporary tree calf, adequately rebacked, some staining; usable.
[65385 L63] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65385     $ 650.00

First edition in English of Azuni's treatise, influential upon the
law of prize, well-known for its analysis of the Rhodian sea laws
and the Consolato del Mare, and one of several works bearing upon
American efforts to codify international law.

2.  BARNES, Henry.  Notes of Cases in Points of Practice Taken in
the Court of Common Pleas At Westminster [etc.]. The Second Edition
Revised and Corrected. Two Volumes [and a supplement] in One.
Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall [etc.], London, 1772.  Modern
cloth, hinges cracked, some dustiness; a clean usable copy. [65347
L63] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65347
                                                         $ 350.00

The only quarto edition of Barnes' reports, found in the good favor
of both Chancellor Kent and Holdsworth, the latter of whom termed
them "generally reliable"; not that common, five copies in RLIN in
this country; with the advertising leaf.

3.  BRADDON, Lawrence.  Essex's Innocency and Honour Vindicated:
Or, Murther, Subornation, Perjury, and Oppression, Justly Charg'd
on the Murtherers of That Noble Lord and True Patriot, Arthur
[Capel] (Late) Earl of Essex [etc.]. Wing B4101.  Printed for the
Author; and Sold by most Booksellers, London, 1690.  Modern 1/4
calf over early marbled boards a bit dusty; a good copy. [65605
L63] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65605
                                                         $ 650.00

A principal contemporary source of the still mysterious death of
Essex while imprisoned in the tower, leading to Braddon's own trial
and imprisonment which lasted until the landing of William III;
with the rare frontispiece depicting the crime scene.

4.  BURROW, James.  A Series of the Decisions of the Court of
King's Bench upon Settlement-Cases . . . To Which Is Added A
Complete Abridgment of the Substance of each Case, and two Tables
of the Names of them. Two Volumes.  Printed for J. Worrall and B.
Tovey, near Lincoln's Inn, London, 1768.  Contemporary reverse
calf, worn, joints cracking, yet a fresh set. [65417] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65417     $ 450.00

5.  CHURCH, W.S.  New Probate Law and Practice . . . For Use in
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South
Dakota [etc.]. Second Edition. In Four Volumes [with the 1926
Supplement].  Bender-Moss Company, Law Publishers and Booksellers,
San Francisco, 1920 & 1926.  Original buckram, hinges cracking,
signature loose; a working set. [65778 L64] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65778      $ 75.00

Based principally on California's civil code, itself derived from
New York's Field code, applicable throughout the West, with
listings of analogous and identical (to California) statutes for
each state or territory and extensive explanatory notes.

6.  [COOKE, Edward].  Chronica Juridicialia: Or, an Abridgment and
Continuation of Dugdale's Origines Juridicialia. Containing . . .
Chronological Tables of the Names of all the Lord Chancellors . .
. Judges of the King's Bench and Common Pleas [etc.]. Second
Edition.  Printed for J. Worrall, at the Dove . . . near
Lincoln's-Inn, London, 1739.  Contemporary calf, quite worn,
rebacked, light embrowning; sound. [65592 L63L70E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65592     $ 450.00

The expansion of Dugdale's listings of the chancellors, judges, law
officers, king's serjeants and other officials, thus extending (in
Holdsworth's words) "a very valuable piece of work, which, for all
time, will be useful to legal historians".

7.  COOPER, Rt. Hon. Lord (ed.).  Regiam Majestatem and Quoniam
Attachiamenta, Based on the Text of Sir John Skene.  J. Skinner and
Co., Ltd., Edinburgh, 1947.  Blue cloth, corners bumped, a bit
shaken but sound. [65533] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65533     $ 115.00

Printed for the Stair Society.

8.  DE LOLME, J[ean] L[ouis].  The Constitution of England; or an
Account of the English Government; in Which It Is Compared, both
with the Republican Form of Government, and the other Monarchies of
Europe. A New Edition, with Supplemental Notes, and a Preface
Biographical and Critical.  Printed for G. Wilkie [and thirteen
others], London, 1816.  Contemporary diced calf, quite worn,
rebacked; still attractive. [65603 L63L73E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65603     $ 250.00

A classic treatment of the English constitution and of comparative
constitutional law, said to have prompted Bentham's remark that
"Our Author [Blackstone] has copied: but Mr. de L'olme has
thought"; with the frontispiece portrait of de Lolme.

9.  DUDLAY, Edmonde.  The Tree of Common Wealth . . . Written . .
. While a Prisoner in the Tower, in the Years 1509 and 1510, and
under Sentence of Death for High Treason. Now first Printed from a
Copy of his Manuscript for the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross.
Printed by Charles Simms & Co., Manchester, 1859.  3/4 morocco,
spine quite chipped, fading, original wraps bound in. [65632 L63]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65632
                                                         $ 250.00

The first edition of Dudley's treatise on political theory,
curiously printed by the Rosicrucians in the mid-19th century,
written in justification of absolute monarchy as Henry VIII was
crowned and as Dudley futilely sought to avoid his execution.

10.  [ERSKINE AND THOMAS PAINE].  The Celebrated Speech of the Hon.
T. Erskine, in Support of the Liberty of the Press. . . . To which
is prefixed, a Preface by a Scotch Member of Parliament. Taken in
Short Hand, by Gurney, The Principal Short Hand Writer in London.
Printed for A. Scott, Gazetteer Office, South Bridge Street,
Edinburgh, 1793.  Modern calf, a bit dusty, the edges uncut; a very
good copy. [65635 L77E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65635     $ 750.00

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