[Rarebooks] fs-A Selection from Stock, with Images

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock, with images of them;
for others, please feel free to browse our web site, where you
may search our entire inventory by any word or phrase:
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1.  [INNS OF COURT].  W[illiam] Herbert.  Antiquities of the Inns
of Court and Chancery: Containing Historical and Descriptive
Sketches Relative to Their Original Foundation, Customs,
Ceremonies, Buildings, Government . . . With a Concise History of
English Law.  Printed for Vernor and Hood, Poultry [etc.], London,
1804.  Early elaborately tooled calf, joints cracking, but still
handsome. [55045 L26L35EL42L55E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55045   $ 1,250.00

A large paper copy (270mm x 210mm) with the 24 engraved plates,
then interleaved and extensively extra-illustrated, extending the
work to two physical volumes.

2.  [KING'S BENCH].  A Digest of Adjudged Cases in the Court of
King's Bench, from the Revolution to the Present Period . . .
Comprehending All the approved Determinations during the Time [of]
Holt, Parker, Pratt, Raymond, Hardwicke, Lee, and Ryder [and
Mansfield]. Cowley 265.  Printed by W. Strahan, and M. Woodfall
[etc.], London, 1775.  Contemporary calf, rebacked, some
embrowning, but a good copy. [55294 L27L44] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55294     $ 650.00

Only edition of the exhaustive attempt to digest every King's Bench
decision from the Glorius Revolution to more than midway through
the tenure of Lord Mansfield; conceivably issued originally in
parts, here in its final form, a substantial folio.

3.  [LEGAL SATIRE].  The Charge of J[ustice] P[age] to the Grand
Jury of M[iddlesex], on Saturday May 22, 1736.  London, 1737.
Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, attractive. [55117 L26L48]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55117
                                                         $ 650.00

An artful and well-deserved satire of Sir Francis Page, known as
'the hanging judge' by his contemporaries, singled out in universal
disapproval by Pope both in the 'Dunciad' and his 'Imitations of
Horace', by Henry Fielding, and by Dr. Johnson.

4.  PAZ SOLDAN, Mariano Felipe.  Examen de las Penitenciarias de
los Estados Unidos, Informe Que Presenta al Supreme Gobierno del
Peru Su Comisionado [etc.].  Imprenta de S.W. Benedict, Calle de
Spruce, N. 10, New York, 1853.  1/4 crimson morocco, definite wear
and staining, yet sound. [55336 L27L35L51] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55336     $ 350.00

The results of the specially commissioned visit of Paz Soldan to
this country during the first great reform of Peru's criminal law,
designed to examine the principal American prisons; with many
elaborate plates, all folding, and proposed prison rules.

5.  [PERKINS, John].  A Profitable Booke of Master John Perkins,
fellowe of the Inner Temple treating of the lawes of England.
Richarde Tottell, London, 1581.  Contemporary calf, rebacked,
joints rubbed, one margin torn; sound. [55304 L27L33EL66E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55304   $ 1,250.00

6.  [RED BARN MURDER].  The Trial of William Corder. . .for the
Murder of Maria Marten.  Printed for Knight & Lacey, 55,
Paternoster-Row [etc.], London, 1828.  Modern green morocco over
marbled boards, embrowned but attractive. [55113 L26] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55113     $ 350.00

7.  ROBINSON, Thomas.  The Common Law of Kent: or, the Customs of
Gavelkind. With an Appendix Concerning Borough-English.  Printed by
R. and B. Nutt, and F. Gosling [etc.], London, 1741.  Modern calf,
a bit embrowned, but quite a good, attractive copy. [55528
L42EL50EL71E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55528     $ 450.00

First edition of the principal work on the custom of gavelkind,
peculiar to Kent and significantly different from the English law
of inheritance and intestacy, providing much comparative value.

8.  [ST. GERMAIN, Christopher].  The Exact Abridgement of that
Excellent Treatise called Doctor and Student.  Printed by the
Assignes of John More Esquire [etc.], [London], 1630.  Contemporary
sheep, rebacked in morocco; a good copy. [55310 L27] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55310     $ 750.00

9.  [WALES].  Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales; Comprising
Laws Supposed to Be Enacted by Howel the Good, Modified by
Subsequent Regulations Under the Native Princes Prior to the
Conquest of Edward the First [etc.].  The Commissioners on the
Public Records of the Kingdom, [London], 1841.  Modern cloth, a bit
shaken, but  a clean copy. [55072 L49] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55072     $ 650.00

10.  The Laws of William the Conqueror.  Contemporary 1/4 calf,
neatly rebacked; interleaved. [55513] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55513     $ 350.00

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