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1.  FORTESCUE, Sir John.  The Difference Between an Absolute and
Limited Monarchy; As it more particularly regards the English
Constitution . . . Published . . . By Sir John Fortescue [Aland] .
. . now one of the Justices of the Court of King's-Bench. Third
Edition.  Printed by W. Bowyer in White-Fryars, for E. Parker
[etc.], London, 1724.  Contemporary sprinkled calf, somewhat
rubbed, but a good copy. [65599 XYL63] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65599   $ 1,250.00

Presentation copy from the editor ("ex dono John Fortescue Aland")
of the famed treatise of his ancestor, John Fortescue, "the
earliest constitutional treatise written in the English language",
written in the 1470's, but only first published in 1714.

2.  HALL, William Edward.  A Treatise on International Law. Second
Edition.  At the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1884.  Crimson morocco
extra gilt, front joint just cracking but nice. [65672 YL64] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65672     $ 250.00

One of the pre-eminent works on international law, first appearing
in the late 19th century, variously called "an epoch in the
literature" and "in the first rank", this copy in a prize binding
presented by The Incorporated Law Society.

3.  [LITTLETON, Sir Thomas].  Les Tenures du monsieur Littleton.
Beale T29; S.T.C. 15744.  Imprinted . . . in Fletestrete . . . by
Rychard Tottyl [etc.], London, 1579.  Later calf, a bit rubbed,
title dusty, else a very good copy. [65811 XYL64L65E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65811   $ 1,500.00

An early edition of the first English law book to be printed (circa
1481), a work which Maitland called a "lucid and classical book on
the tenure of land" and which Holdsworth denominated one of the
five great books of English law.

4.  SELDENI, Joannis (ed.).  Fleta, Seu Commentarius Juris
Anglicani . . . Accedit Tractatulus vetus . . . Fet Assavoir . . .
Subjungitur etiam Joan. Seldeni ad Fletam Dissertatio Historica.
Editio Secunda. Wing F1291.  Typis S.R. Prostant apud H. Twyford
[and others] [etc.], London, 1685.  Early 1/4 calf, crudely
rebacked, some foxing; a usable copy only. [65507 L63] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65507     $ 750.00

The best early edition of Fleta, one of the few substantial
medieval English legal treatises, written in the late 13th century
and surviving in but a single manuscript; with Selden's masterly
dissertation "loaded . . . with his remarkable erudition.

5.  [STORY, JOSEPH].  Charles Abbott.  A Treatise of the Law
Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen . . . With the Copious
Annotations of Joseph Story [etc.]. Third American Edition. Cohen
1562.  Published by George Lamson. J.J. Williams Printer, Exeter,
1822.  Contemporary sheep, front joint cracking, but sound; a
usable copy. [65396 NFSXYL63L65E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65396     $ 650.00

The work which made Abbott's reputation (prior to his becoming
Chief Justice in King's Bench) enriched by Joseph Story's
scrupulous and impressive scholarship evident in his own notes,
often mini-essays in their own right, kept separate from Abbott's.

6.  STORY, Joseph.  A Discourse Pronounced at the Funeral
Obsequies of John Hooker Ashmun, Esq., Royall Professor of Law in
Harvard University, Before the President, Fellows, and Faculty, in
the Chapel of the University. Cohen 1925.  Brown, Shattuck, and
Company, Booksellers to the University, Cambridge, 1833.  Modern
1/4 calf, ex-American Antiquarian Society; a good copy. [65647 L63]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65647
                                                         $ 250.00

Story's tribute to the individual who had been his sole fellow
faculty member at Harvard Law School, the two of them having
successfully started the rejuvenation of the school only a few
years before, setting it on the path to its future renown.

7.  SUGDEN, Edward.  A Practical Treatise on Powers. The Sixth
Edition. Two Volumes.  S. Sweet, Chancery-Lane, London, 1836.
Modern blue cloth, some foxing and embrowning, but a sound set.
[65393] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65393
                                                         $ 250.00

8.  WILLIAMS, Joshua.  Principles of the Law of Personal Property,
Intended for the Use of Students in Conveyancing.  S. Sweet, 1,
Chancery Lane, Fleet Street [etc.], London, 1848.  Modern cloth, a
bit of foxing, but still quite a good copy. [65679 L64] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65679     $ 350.00

First edition of a book which Holdsworth termed a "pioneer work",
written by the Lincoln's Inn bencher of whom Maitland thought
highly, and whose efforts to reform property law Maitland took up
towards the end of the century.

9.  WOOD, Thomas.  An Institute of the Laws of England: or, the
Laws of England in their Natural Order . . . Published for the
Direction of . . . Students in the Law; and of Others that Desire
. . . a General Knowledge in Our Common and Statute Laws. Eighth
Edition.  Printed by Henry Lintot . . . for . . . Samuel Birt
[etc.], [London], 1754.  Contemporary calf, joints just cracking,
but a very good tall copy. [65833 L64L67E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65833     $ 450.00

Wood's most important work, and the principal work examining
English law generally during the approximate century and one-half
between Finch and Blackstone, this edition appearing just before
Blackstone's Analysis and Commentaries were published.

10.  WOOD, Thomas.  An Institute of the Laws of England; or, The
Laws of England in their Natural Order . . . Published for the
Direction of . . . Students in the Law; and of Others that Desire
. . . a General Knowledge in Our Common and Statute Laws. The
Second Edition.  Printed by E[lizabeth] and R. Nutt and R. Gosling
[etc.], [London], 1722.  Contemporary reverse calf, dusty, some
edges frayed; usable. [65835 L64EL67E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65835     $ 450.00

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