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1.               Renunciation and Recission in Roman Law
Giphanii, Huberti (Giffen, Hubert van) [1534-1616]. De
Renunciationibus Tractatus Absolutissimus, & a Multis in Foro
Versantibus diu Multumq Desideratissimus. Accesserunt Selectissima
Illustrium Aliquot Academiarum, nec non Aliorum Insignium
Iureconsultorum Germaniae, in hac Renunciationum Materia ad Instantium
Partium Litigantium Reddita Responsa., Singulari Studio & Judicio
Collecta, & in Communem Practicantium Usem Publici Iurisfacta, Quorum
Argumenta & Seriem Pagina Sexta Indicat.
[Bound with]
Dalnerum, Andream (Dalner, Andreas). Tractatus de Variorum Iurium
Renunciationibus; Haud Sine Magno Labore ex Quamplurimis Autoribus
Collectus, Atque in Certa capita Secumdum Methodi Praecepta Accurate
Digestus; Ob Publicamq; Necessitatem & Utilitatem Typis Euulgatus; Cui
Epitome de Represaliis Adiuncta Est.
Frankfurt: Ex Officina Nicolai Hoffmanni, 1608. 293, [18]; 184, 20 pp.
Two works in one, each with title page. Quarto (6" x 7-1/2").
Contemporary vellum, blind frames to boards, raised bands to spine,
clasps lacking. Wear to corners, joints cracked but secure, boards
slightly bowed, pastedowns renewed. Woodcut title-page printer
devices, head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. Corner
lacking from leaf with no loss to text. Early markings in ink to some
leaves, interior otherwise clean. A nice copy of two uncommon titles.
$3,000.
* Two treatises on renunciation and rescission in Roman Law. Giffen
was an important Dutch humanist, philologist, jurist and authority on
Roman law who taught at the universities of Altdorf and Ingolstadt. De
Renunciationibus was first published in 1654. Little is known about
Dalner, an Austrian jurist. OCLC locates one copy of the first work,
none of the second. This edition of Giffen not in Dekkers. British
Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 10:637 (Giffen).
(Inventory # 40454)

2.                 The First English Book on Evidence
Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey [1674-1726]. The Law of Evidence. Corrected;
With Many Additions; and a Complete Table to the Whole. London,
Printed: Philadelphia: Re-Printed and Sold by Joseph Cruikshank, 1788.
iv, 286, [76] pp. Octavo (5" x 8"). Recent period-style quarter calf
over cloth, raised bands, lettering piece, endpapers renewed.
Occasional light foxing, interior otherwise clean. Appealing. $750.
* Fifth edition, a reprint of the fourth London edition, 1777. Despite
its designation, this is actually the first American edition. The
first book devoted to the subject of evidence, "[i]t long held its
place as the chief book on this topic; and Blackstone is loud in its
praises" (Holdsworth). Indeed, Blackstone thought so highly of this
work that he apologized for not treating the subject of evidence at
length "because of the fulness and excellence of...Gilbert's treatise,
a work which it is impossible to abstract or abridge, without losing
some beauty and destroying the chain of the whole.": Blackstone,
Commentaries on the Laws of England III:367. Holdsworth, Sources and
Literature of English Law 120. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American
Law 5055
(Inventory # 40453)

3.             1859 Guide to Commercial Law in the Midwest
Hoyt, James T., Compiler. The Collection Laws, Special, Exemption,
Property, Banking and Interest Laws of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota; Also a Complete List of All the Courts
of general Jurisdiction in the Above States, Showing the Terms of Said
Courts, and the Times and Places of Holding the Same. Chicago:
Published by D.B. Cooke & Co., 1859. xxxvi, 406, [2] pp. Includes two
pages of attorney advertisements. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-3/4").
Contemporary law calf, red and black lettering pieces. Worn, front
joint cracked but secure, rear joint starting, chipping to spine ends,
corners bumped. Leaf from the Journal of Mercantile Law tipped-in to
front pastedown. Bookseller ticket to front pastedown, embossed
bookseller stamp to front free endpaper. Early owner stamps to front
board and preliminaries. Offsetting to endleaves, light toning to
text, interior otherwise clean. $250.
* "This book does not profess to make 'every man his own lawyer,' as
all works of such pretensions must necessarily prove a humbug. But the
compiler claims that he has here embodied a large amount of valuable
information of interest to every lawyer, and every business man who
desires to keep up with the exigencies of the times, in a convenient
form and at a small expense, compared with the great outlay it would
require to obtain the same information from any other source.":
Preface [v]. OCLC locates three copies. Cohen, Bibliography of Early
American Law 7967.
(Inventory # 40452)

4.           Influential Treatise From the "Formative Era"
Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. [Story, William Wemore(1819-1895), Editor].
Commentaries on the Law of Agency as a Branch of Commercial and
Maritime Jurisprudence, With Occasional Illustrations From the Civil
and Foreign Law. Revised Corrected and Enlarged. Boston: Little,
Brown, and Company, 1846. xxviii, 677 pp. Octavo (5-1/4" x 9-1/4").
Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, raised bands, lettering
piece, endpapers renewed. Occasinal foxing and light browning. Marks
in light pencil to a few leaves, interior otherwise clean. An
attractive copy. $750.
* Third edition. Marvin praised Story's thoroughness, noting that
"[he] has everywhere illustrated the doctrines of common law, by
copious extracts from distinguished writers on Roman and Continental
law." Pound includes this title in a list of the most influential and
authoritative American treatises written during the nineteenth
century. First published in 1839, Story wrote this treatise when he
was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and a Professor at
Harvard Law School. The "Advertisement to the Third Edition" is signed
by his son, William Wetmore Story, who added notes to cases decided
after his father's death. Pound, The Formative Era in American Law
140-141. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909)
II:671. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 1630.
(Inventory # 40449)

5.                 Dictionary in the Manner of Rastell
Whishaw, James [1808-1879]. A New Law Dictionary: Containing a Concise
Exposition of the Mere Terms of Art, and Such Obsolete Words as Occur
in Old Legal, Historical and Antiquarian Writers. London: J. & W.T.
Clarke, 1829. viii, 342, [2] pp. Includes two-page publisher list.
Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, raised bands, lettering
piece, endpapers renewed. Light soiling to title page, light foxing to
a few leaves, minor dampstaining to fore-edges of final few leaves.
Early owner inkstamp to foot of p. 342, his signature to title page.
Markings in ink to a few leaves, interior otherwise clean. $750.
* Whishaw, a member of Gray's Inn, set out to produce a concise law
dictionary in the tradition of Rastell, which would offer rather than
a voluminous encyclopedic dictionary in the manner of Jacob's.
Although intended for for the young lawyer, this is by no means a
dictionary for novices only. Whishaw included French, Latin and
English words and phrases as well as "obsolete words" from such early
authorities as Cowell, Blount and Hale. Uncommon in the trade. OCLC
locates 16 copies. Hicks, Materials and Methods of Legal Research 248.
Catalogue of the Library of the Law School of Harvard University
(1909) II:909. Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 730.
(Inventory # 40450)

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