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1.               A Proposed Code for the Church of England
[Cranmer, Thomas (1489-1556), Parker, Matthew [1504-1574]. Foxe, John
(1516-1587), Editor]. Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum, Ex
Authoritate Primum Regis Henrici 8. Inchoata: Deinde per Regem
Edouardum 6. Provecta, Adauctaque in Hunc Modum, Atq; Nunc ad
Pleniorem Ipsarum Reformationem in Lucem Edita. London: Impensis
Societatis Stationariorum, 1641. [xvi], 303 pp. Quarto (5-1/2 x 7").
Later calf, rebacked retaining original spine with gilt-edged raised
bands and lettering piece, gilt frames to boards. Light rubbing, some
wear to corners, a few small scuffs to boards, hinges reinforced,
early armorial book plate (of William Hart Coleridge) to front
pastedown. Attractive woodcut title-page device, head-pieces, tail-
pieces and decorated initials. Faint dampstaining to lower quarter of
text block, interior otherwise fresh. A nice copy. $750.
* Third edition. The Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum is an expanded
version of the Henrican Canons, a proposed revision of Roman canon law
intended for the new Church of England written in 1552 by a commission
headed by Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury. One of the
first acts of the English Reformation, it is an important source of
information about the state of English canon law and church discipline
in the mid-Tudor period. It is also an important source of insights
into the challenges faced by the leaders of the reformed church. It
was later amended by Matthew Parker, who succeeded Cranmer, and edited
by John Foxe, who published it in 1571. Although it was never ratified
by Parliament, it was highly esteemed by later lawyers and was an
unofficial authority in ecclesiastical courts for many years. Wing,
Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland,
Wales and  British America C6828.
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2.     Items Relating to Edison's Patents for the Electric Light
[Edison, Thomas]. The Westinghouse-Edison Case: Sawyer and Man vs.
Edison. Full Text of Justice Bradley's Opinion in the Case of the
Consolidated Co. Against the McKeesport Co., Filed in the U.S. Circuit
Court at Pittsburgh, October 5th, 1889. Mr. Edison Declared to be the
Inventor of Incandescent Electric Lighting. New York: Published by the
Edison Electric Light Company, [1888]. 20 pp.
[And]
The Edison Incandescent Lamp Case in England: Full Text of All
Decisions of the English Courts. Edison & Swan United Electric Light
Co. vs. Woodhouse & Rawson: Opinion of Justice Butt, Sustaining Edison
Patent. Edison & Swan United Electric Light Co. vs. Woodhouse & Rawson
(Case on Appeal): Opinion of Lords Justices Fry and Bowen, Upholding
Decision of lower Court, and dissenting Opinion of Lord Justice
Cotton. Edison & Swan United Electric Light Co. vs. Holland: Opinion
of Justice Kay, Invalidating Edison Patent. Edison & Swan United
Electric Light Co. vs. Holland (Case on Appeal): Opinion of lords
Justices Cotton, Lindley and Bowen, Reversing Decision of Lower Court
and Reaffirming Validity of the Patent. New York: C.G. Burgoyne, n.d.
134 pp.
[And]
[35 Other Pamphlets Containing Patent Suit Transcripts, 1888-1893]
[And]
[8 Folding Leaves Containing Tipped-in Newspaper Clippings Relating to
These Suits].
Light soiling and some edgewear to pamphlets, a few covers and
interior leaves chipped or partially detached. All have punch-holes
near spine (from a binder). Occasional annotations in ink, items
otherwise clean. Items housed in a recent clamshell box with spine
label. $2,000.
* This unique collection relating to one of the most important
inventions in history contains items relating to trials in the United
States, Great Britain and Canada arising from individuals and
companies that disputed Edison's claim to have invented the first
successful incandescent light (and its component parts). A detailed
list of the contents of this collection is available upon request.
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3.                Highly Esteemed by Coke and Blackstone
[Fitzherbert, Anthony (1470-1538)]. [Rastell, William (?1508-1565)].
La Nouuelle Natura Breviu[m] du Iudge Tresreuerende Monsieur Anthony
Fitzherbert, Denierement Renue &. Corrige per Laucteur, Auecques un
Table Perfecte des Choses Notables Contenus en Ycell, Nouelment
Compose per Guiliaulme Rastell, & Iammais per Cydeuaunt Imprimee.
London: In Aedibus Richardi Tottelli, 1567.  [xxxii], 271 fols. Octavo
(4-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Recent period-style calf, raised bands, endpapers
renewed. Handsome woodcut title page, signatures and markings in ink
to title page, extensive annotations and interesting marginalia in
fine early court hand. Minor worming to bottom margin. Small owner
stamp to title page and a few leaves. An appealing copy. $3,000.
* First published in 1534, the Nouuelle Natura Brevium is a manual of
procedure written by a Judge of the Common Pleas during the reign of
Henry VIII. Blackstone considered it to be authoritative; Winfield
notes that, "Coke put it among the books which he considered most
necessary and of greatest authority and excellency." Compiled from the
earlier Natura Brevia and the Registrum Brevium, it includes several
original observations on the form and function of writs. Rastell's
revisions include the addition of a table. A popular work, it went
through numerous editions in Law French and English, the final
appearing in 1794. It remains significant to this day for its
descriptions of writs that were becoming obsolete in the early
sixteenth century. Pollard and Redgrave, Short-Title Catalogue of
Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland 10961.4. Beale,
Bibliography of English Law Books T347.
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4.              Warmly Inscribed by Frankfurter
Frankfurter, Felix. Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1939. 139 pp. Original cloth,
light shelfwear, fading to boards and spine. Presentation inscription
from author to front free endpaper, internally clean. $750.
* Fourth printing. The inscription reads: "For Harry [illegible], in
whose/ unpretentious courage and gay [illegible] Holmes J. would/ have
delighted./ F.F./ April 10 47" "These lectures are essential reading
for anyone, lawyer or layman, who hopes intelligently to consider the
problems of judicial supremacy.": Mark Howe, Jr., Books, 13 November
1938 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York
University (1953) 1093.
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5.          Law and Government Explained to Young Americans
Goodrich, S[amuel] G[riswold] [1793-1860]. The Young American: Or Book
of Government and Law; Showing Their History, Nature and Necessity.
For the Use of Schools. New York: William Robinson, 1843. ii, [iv],
vi, [7]-282. Frontispiece. Recent period-style quarter calf over
cloth, lettering piece, endpapers renewed. Charming woodcut vignettes
at the head of each chapter. Early owner signature to head of title
page, light foxing to a few leaves, interior otherwise fresh. An
attractive copy. $450.
* Third edition. Goodrich was a Connecticut publisher and author who
wrote several best-selling educational books for children, mostly
under the pen name Peter Parley. The Young American, another best-
seller, is a remarkably thorough book (in 69 chapters) that discusses
political theory, jurisprudence, ancient, classical, Biblical and
primitive governments, the laws and governments of modern Europe, the
laws and government of the United States and citizenship. As one would
suspect, the woodcut vignettes are mostly moralistic.
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6. Early Printing of the Sachsenspiegel Bound With Two Related Works
Ludovici, Jacob Friederich [1671-1723], Editor. Sachsen-Spiegel, Oder
Das Sachsische Land-Recht, in der Alt-Teutschen, Lateinischen und
Ietzo Gebrauchlichen Hoch-Teutschen Sprache. Nebst Nothigen Auszugen
aus der Glosse, So Weit Selbige zum Verstande des Teutschen Rechts
Etwas Beytraget, und Gegeneinanderhaltung der Zobelischen und
Lossischen Hochteutschen Edition, Wie Auch einer Vorrede, Darinnen die
Historie, Wie und Wann das Teutsche Recht zu Erst in Schrifften
Verfasset Worden, Wie Auch derer Verschiedenen Ausleger und
Glossatorum Desselben, Enthalten Ist. Halle: In Verlegung des
Waysenhauses, 1720. [viii], 656, [144] pp.
[Bound with]
Ludovici,Jacob Friederich, Editor. Das Sachsische Weichbild, in der
Lateinischen und Ietzo Gebrauchlichen Hochteutschen Sprache aus Alten
Bewahrten Codicibus, Nebst Nothigen Auszugen aus der Glosse so Weit
Selbige zum Verstande des Alten und Neuen Teutschen Rechts etwas
Beyzutargen Scheinet, Wie Auch Einer Vorrede, Darinnen die Historie
des Weichbildes, Auch zum Theil Supplementa der Historie Derer Anderen
Theile des Teutschen Rechts, Nicht Weniger eine Curieuse Nachricht von
einer Hoch-Teutschen Edition des Land-Rechts und Richtsteiges de an.
1482. Enthalten Ist. Halle: In Verlegung des Waysenhauses, 1721. 34,
144, [28] pp.
[Bound with]
Sidonius, Julius [fl. c. 1720], Editor. Furstliche Sachsische Revidirte
Landes-Ordnung, in Dero Marggraffthum Nieder-Lausitz, die Unterhanen,
Dero Kinder, Dienste und Schuldigkeit, so Wohl Gemeine Handwercks-Leute,
Tagelohner und Arbeiter, wie auch Achafer und Muller Betreffend, mit
Nutzlichen zur Praxi und Historie Gehorigen Anmerckungen und Paratitlis
Versehen. Lubben: Verlegts George Voss, 1721. [lxiv], 102 pp.
Quarto (6-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary vellum, hand-lettered title to
head of spine. Light soiling, minor wear to corners, front hinge just
starting at head, headband partially detached, split between front
free endpaper and title page of first work, signature containing title
page detached with some wear to edges. Later owner bookplates to front
pastedown and rear free endpaper. Some toning, interior otherwise
fresh. An appealing volume with three uncommon works. $3,000.
* First and second titles: first edition; third title: later edition.
The first and second books have German and Latin in parallel columns.
The first book is the first modern critical edition of the
Sachsenspiegel [Mirror of the Saxons], a deeply influential collection
of territorial and feudal law compiled around 1230 by Eike von Repkow,
a knight and judge. It was the basis for several subsequent codes,
such as the Gorlitz Lawbook, the Breslau Territorial Law, the Dutch
Sachsenspiegel and the Berlin Townbook of Brandenburg Law. An
authority on civil law well into the nineteenth century, it was a
source for the German Civil Code (1896). The second book discusses
later additions to the Sachsenspiegel, its relation to current Saxon
law and its application in different parts of Saxony. The third work
is a version of the code adopted by the principality of Lower-Lusatia,
which is in present-day Prussia. OCLC locates 1 copy of the first
book, 3 copies of the second and 2 copies of an earlier edition of the
third. Ludovici was Professor of Law at the University of Halle and an
authority on civil law. He was also the first jurist to write a legal
treatise in German. First and second books: British Museum Catalogue
(Compact Edition) 16:32. Third book not listed.
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7.                        Advice for John Adams
Mably, Abbe [Gabriel Bonnot] de [1709-1785]. Remarks Concerning the
Government and the Laws of the United States of America in Four
Letters Addressed to Mr. Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary from the
United States of America to Those of Holland; And One of the
Negociators for the Purpose of Concluding a General Peace. From the
French with Notes by the Translator. Dublin: Printed for Messrs.
Moncrieffe, Jenkin, [et. al.], 1785. [ii], 280 pp. Octavo (4-3/4" x 7-
3/4"). Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine with
lettering piece and gilt fillets. Light rubbing to boards, some wear
to corners, hinges mended. Light browning to edges of text block,
interior notably fresh. A handsome copy of a scarce title. $750.
* First Dublin edition in English. "In four letters dated between 24
July and 20 August 1783, the Abbe Mably comments on the American
approach to government as reflected in the constitutions of the
thirteen states, and, more specifically, those of Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania and Georgia. Replying to John Adams 'in accordance with
your desire,' he offers advice on a national constitution, urging a
loose federation rather than a strong central government and warning
against excessive democracy. The book is dedicated to Adams.... Adams,
in a postscript to V. 1 of his 1787 Defense of the Constitutions of
the United States...minimizes his 'desire' and is less than
appreciative of the advice. That work was probably designed in part as
a response to Mably and other French critics.": Cohen, Bibliography of
Early American Law (p.) 521. This edition not in Cohen. Sabin, A
Dictionary of Books Relating to America 42925. Howes, U.S.iana M-5.
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8.      Montefiore's Fascinating Commercial Dictionary
Montefiore, Joshua [1762-1843]. A Commercial Dictionary: Containing
the Present State of the Mercantile Law, Practice and Custom. With
Very Considerable Additions Relative to the Laws, Usages, and Practice
of the United States. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James
Humphreys, 1804. Three volumes. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2"). Recent
period-style quarter calf over cloth retaining original lettering
pieces, lower lettering piece of Volume III renewed. Early embossed
owner stamps to endleaves. Minor foxing to a few leaves, interiors
otherwise remarkably fresh. A handsome copy of a very scarce title.
$5,000.
* First American edition (1804), based on the 1803 London edition with
much new American material added. With a subscriber list that includes
Horace Binney, Alexander James Dallas, Peter S. Duponceau and William
Rawle. Originally intended for merchants, this dictionary is a very
important economic and legal source that offers a wealth of
information about contemporary commercial and maritime law,
international business practices and fascinating descriptions of
commercial ports and their primary imports and exports. Montefiore
also discusses the present state of banks and insurance companies in
the United States, the laws of copyright and letters patent, the
regulation of coastal trade, the funding system and state of the U.S.
national debt and a very interesting memoir on the production and
qualities of Madeira wine. Montefiore was an English solicitor who
emigrated to the United States after the War of 1812. He published
several other works on commercial law. Sabin, A Dictionary of Books
Relating to America 50100. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law
2433. Kress Library of Business and Economics Catalogue 4827. Marvin,
Legal Bibliography (1847) 525.
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9.            Stunning Collection of Revolutionary War Sources
Stevens, B[enjamin] F[ranklin] [1833-1902], Compiler, Editor and
Translator. B.F. Stevens's Facsimiles of Manuscripts in European
Archives Relating to America, 1773-1783. With Descriptions, Editorial
Notes, Collations, References and Translations. London: Issued Only to
Subscribers, 1889-1898. 24 solander cases (9-1/2" x 14-1/2")
containing 5,107 items; Folio index volume (9-1/2" x 14-1/2"), xxx,
351 pp. Portrait frontispiece of Stevens. Cases and Index bound in
recent quarter maroon cloth with gilt stamping over original tan
pebbled cloth, hinges and other joints reinforced. Light rubbing and
edgewear. Interior of index and contents pristine. A stunning
collection. $10,000.
* From an edition limited to 200 sets. One of the great monuments of
nineteenth-century archival research, Stevens' collection comprises
facsimiles of 2,107 diplomatic, religious, colonial, military, naval
and legal documents from Great Britain, France, Holland and Spain, as
well as maps and charts. These are supplemented with 3,000
descriptions, introductions, translations, editorial notes, collations
and references. This set is complemented by a masterly index volume
(with numerous cross-references) arranged by date, author and subject.
Stevens included every significant item he could find ranging from
correspondence between Benjamin Franklin and the Comte de Vergennes to
papers relating the Battle of Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris.
     A pleasure to behold, these items are printed on high-quality
paper produced especially for this project. All editorial matter is
photo-reproduced from texts written in an elegant hand. Each facsimile
is trimmed and bound to match the exact size of the originals. The
Index volume has wide-margined deckle leaves and is decorated with
elegant engraved head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials.
British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 24:240.     
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