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

[Joe Luttrell]

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1.  BLACKSTONE, William.  An Analysis of the Laws of England. To
Which is Perfixed [sic] an Introductory Discourse on the Study of
the Law.  The Fifth Edition. Eller 222.  Printed for Elizabeth
Watts, in Skinner-Row, Dublin, 1766.  Contemporary calf, neatly
rebacked, a good clean copy. [57472 XYL35L42EL74E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57472     $ 850.00

The analytical schema underlying--and forming the heart
of--Blackstone's "Commentaries", providing us with the syllabus
used by Blackstone for his Vinerian lectures at Oxford, crafted
over many years as the first university lectures on English law.

2.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Commentaries on the Laws of England . .
. The Fifteenth Edition, with the Last Corrections of the Author;
and with Notes and Additions by Edward Christian. Four Volumes.
Eller 27 [unrecorded variant?].  Printed by A. Strahan . . . for T.
Cadell and W. Davies [etc.], London, 1809.  Near-contemporary 1/2
calf over marbled boards, a fresh set. [57544] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57544   $ 1,500.00

The last edition undertaken by Edward Christian, who had succeeded
Richard Burn as the editor of the 'Commentaries' following
Blackstone's death and who, by some decades, preceded Maitland as
Downing Professor of Law at Cambridge; with the half title.

3.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Commentaries on the Laws of England. In
Four Books. Fourth Edition.  Printed at the Clarendon Press,
Oxford, 1770.  Contemporary calf, quite worn, neatly rebacked, a
very fresh set. [57275] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57275   $ 3,500.00

The last quarto edition printed at Oxford, whose press Blackstone
had done much to improve and reform, published in the year
Blackstone was knighted and became a justice of the Court of Common
Pleas.

4.  BURN, John Ilderton.  A Digested Index to the Modern Reports of
the Courts of Common Law, Previous to the Commencement of the Term
Reports [etc.].  Printed by A. Strahan, Law Printer to the King
[etc.], London, 1804.  Contemporary calf, a bit rubbed and a little
foxing, but nice. [57298 L34L49] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57298     $ 250.00

5.  FEARNE, Charles.  An Essay on the Learning of Contingent
Remainders and Executory Devises [etc.]. Second [and expanded]
Edition.  Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall . . . for P. Uriel
[etc.], London, 1773.  Contemporary calf, extra gilt, somewhat
chipped, yet a good copy. [57251 L34L45L55EL64] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57251     $ 650.00

One of the first truly modern legal treatises, a "classic [written
by] one of the great real property lawyers of [the 18th] century",
in Holdsworth's words, denominated by Plucknett "a really
scientific study of the land law".

6.  HERBERT, W[illiam].  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.  Contemporary
3/4 calf, rebacked, some foxing, else a good copy. [57408
L35L42EL55E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57408   $ 1,250.00

A large paper copy (295mm x 220mm), the edges untrimmed; with the
24 engraved plates.

7.  HORNE, Andrew.  The Booke Called, The Mirrour of Justices:
Made By Andrew Horne.  With the Book, called, The Diversity of
Courts, And Their Jurisdictions [etc.].  Imprinted at London for
Matthew Walbancke at Graies Inn gate, London, 1646.  Modern sheep,
definite embrowning, some margins cut close; sound. [56517
NYL31L33L55EL69EL76E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=56517   $ 1,250.00

First edition in English of a unique medieval law book, printed
from the one surviving manuscript and called by Plucknett
"certainly the most fantastic work in our legal literature".

8.  HORSMAN, Gilbert.  Precedents in Conveyancing, Settled and
Approved. Third Edition. Two Volumes.  Printed by H. Woodfall and
W. Strahan, Law-Printers [etc.], London, 1768.  Modern 1/4 calf
over boards, some repairs, else a good, tall set. [57374 L34L44]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57374
                                                         $ 450.00

The penultimate edition of the one work singled out by Holdsworth
to exemplify the expansion of conveyancing precedents as the 18th
century unfolded, extending them to stocks, bonds and annuities,
and geographically to Ireland and America.

9.  [IDIOCY, CAPACITY AND FRAUD].  Dundonnell Cause. Report of the
Trial by Jury, Thomas Mackenzie against Robert Roy, Esq. W.S.
Printed for Daniel Lizars, at . . . the New North Briton [etc.],
Edinburgh, 1830.  Modern 1/4 calf, somewhat dusty, else a good,
sound copy. [56200 L38] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=56200     $ 350.00

A tribute to the talents of Henry Cockburn, who secured a Scotch
verdict for his client against charges that he had swindled an
estate from the weak-minded Mackenzie; with Cockburn's jury address
and the exchanges between counsel well-reported.

10.  [MARITIME LAW].  J.W. and A. Willcock.  The Ocean, the River,
and the Shore. Part I. Navigation (All Published).  Routledge,
Warne, and Routledge, Farringdon Street, London.  Green cloth,
gilt, a bit rubbed, title clipped, else a good copy. [57471 L35L46]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=57471
                                                         $ 450.00

An ambitious work, of which this is the only part to have been
published, a significant portion of which (about 150 pages) is
devoted to the history of navigation; with other chapters to
devoted to the law of war, smuggling, neutrals and prizes.

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