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1.      First Edition of Important German Civil Law Treatise
Coccejus, Samuel, Freiherr von [1679-1755]. [Lauterbach, W[olfgang]
A[dam] (1618-1678)]. Jus Controversum Civile: Ubi Illustriores Juris
Controversiae Breviter et Succincte Deciduntur, Difficiliores Materiae
Explicantur, Objectiones Solide Soluuntur, et Legum Dissensus Nova
Saepe Ratione, Ubi Hactenus Satisfactum non Videtur, Conciliantur.
Opus ad Illustrationem Compendii Lauterbachiani, Cujus Seriem Quoque
Sequitur, Compositum. Frankfurt: Sumpt. Jeremiae Schrey & Joh. C.
Hartmanni, 1713; Frankfurt: Jo. Godofredi Conradi, 1718. Two volumes
bound as one, each with title page. Quarto (6-1/2" x 8"). Contemporary
vellum, hand-lettered title to spine, edges rouged. Light shelfwear, a
few small spots to boards, small early vellum shelf label to foot of
spine. Title pages printed in red and black, attractive woodcut head-
pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. Later bookplate to front
pastedown. Lower corner lacking from a leaf with no loss to text,
minor worming to final two leaves and rear pastedown, interior
otherwise notable fresh. An attractive, remarkably well-preserved
copy. $800.
* First edition. Jus Civile Controversum analyzes disputed the
analysis and contraction of topics in civil law through insights drawn
from philology and natural law. It is notable for its enlightened
views, such as the wholesale rejection of torture. As its title
indicates, Coccejus follows the series of topics in Lauterbach's
Compendium Juris Brevissimis (1678). High Chancellor of Prussia under
Frederick the Great and a notable reformer, he drafted the Codex
Fredericianus, which was adopted in 1794. OCLC locates eight copies,
two of this edition. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 4:373-374. Walker,
Oxford Companion to Law 233.
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2.                    1778 Layman's Guide to French Law
Freminville, Edme de la Poix de [1683-1773]. Dictionnaire ou Traite de
la Police Generale des Villes, Bourgs, Paroisses, et Seigneuries de la
Campagne. Dans Lesquel on Trouvera Tout ce Qui est Necessaire de
Savoir & de Pratiquer en Cette Partie, Par un Procureur Fiscal, Dans
Toute L'Etendue de sa Justice; & Ou L'On a Rapporte Toutes les
Ordonnances, Arrets & Reglemens a Ce Sujet, Pour s'y Conformer sur
Chaque Object. Nouvelle Edition, Revue & Corrige par Lui-Meme. Paris:
Chez les Associes au Privilege des Ouvrages de L'Autour, 1778. xii,
[2], 705 pp. Octavo (5" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary mottled calf, raised
bands, lettering piece and gilt ornaments to spine, edges rouged,
marbled endpapers. Some rubbing with wear to board edges, corners and
spine ends, about half of lettering piece lacking. Front hinge cracked
but secure, split at center of text block. Woodcut headpieces, tail-
pieces and decorated initials. Early and later bookplates to front
pastedown, early signature to verso of front free endpaper. Later
notes and underlining in pencil to a few leaves, occasional light
foxing and dampstaining, interior otherwise clean. $500.
* Later edition. With index. First published in 1758, this treatise in
the form of a dictionary is a thorough layman's guide to French law
and the rights and duties of police, advocates and the courts.
Particular attention is given to duties and taxation. Clearly written,
it gives an excellent overview of the everyday practice of the law in
the final years of the Bourbon dynasty. Not in the British Museum
Catalogue.
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3.            An Important Late Work by Grotius
Grotius, Hugo [1583-1645]. [Blondel, David (1591-1655)]. De Imperio
Summarum Potestatum Circa Sacra Commentarius Posthumus. Editio
Secunda, In Qua Sublatis Plurimis Prioris Mendis, Capita in
Paragraphos ad Mentem Autoris Distincta Sunt: Praetereaque Scolia
Accesserunt Cl. Davidis Blondelli; Cum Eiusdem Tractatu de Iure Plebis
in Regimine Ecclesiastico. Paris: [n.p.], 1648. [iv], 421, [15], 96
pp.
[Bound with]
A.C.E.M.G. Officium Magistratus Christiani Circa Sacrum Ministerium,
Qua Publicum & Externum, ex Praxi Veteris Ecclesiae & Iudiciis
Primorum Inter Reformatos Theologorum. Adjecta Sunt ad Calcem Responsa
Duo ad Totidem Quesita de Supplicio Abiathari & Institutione Sadochi,
I. Reg. Cap. 2. Vers. 26. Esaiae cap. 49. Vers. 23. Erunt Reges
Nutritij Tui, & Reginae Eorum Nutrices Tuae. Orleans? (Auristadij):
Typis Petri Aretini, 1648. [iv], 65, [1] pp.
Octavo (4" x 6"). Contemporary limp vellum, hand-lettered titles to
spine. Some rubbing with minor wear to corners and spine ends, a few
tiny inkspots to boards. Early owner signature to front free endpaper,
interior otherwise clean. $2,500.
* Grotius/Blondel: Second edition; A.C.E.M.G.: Unrecorded work. De
Imperio and Tractatu Plebis address the rights of secular magistrates
in ecclesiastical matters. Completed in manuscript in 1617, De Imperio
is Grotius' most mature and subtle work on the political and legal
relationship between church and state. Officium Magistratus looks at
the sacred and secular jurisdictions of clerics. Blondel was a French
theologian and historian. A.C.E.M.G. has not been identified. Ter
Meulen and Diermanse, Bibliographie de Grotius 895. Dekkers,
Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica 71 (13). Later editions have the work by
A.C.E.M.G. See Ter Meulen and Diermanse 897 and 898.
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4.   Attractive First Edition of Jacob's Treatise on Real Property
Jacob, Giles [1686-1744]. The Compleat Court-Keeper: Or,
Land-Steward's Assistant: Containing, First, The Nature of Courts Leet
and Courts Baron; With a General Introduction to Every Thing Incident
to Them, According to Law and Custom. Secondly, The Manner of Holding
Courts Leet, Courts Baron, and Courts of Survey, With the Charge to
the Juries; And the Forms of Entring Those Courts in the Minute Books
and in the Court Rolls; With Precedents.... Thirdly, The Manner of
Keeping the Court Baron for Trying of Actions; The Nature and Kinds of
Actions; And of Pleadings; and Precedents of Declarations and
Pleadings.... Fourthly, Precedents of Contracts, Conditions,
Covenants, Leases for Life, Leases for Years, Assignments, Mortgages,
Surrenders of Such Leases.... Fifthly, The Power and Authority of the
Lord, and of the Steward, and the Privilege of the Tenants, With
Variety of Law-Cases and Resolutions Concerning Copyholders....
London: Printed by John Nutt for Henry Lintot, 1713. vii, [1], 488,
[21], [3] pp. Includes three-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (4-3/4"
x 7-1/2"). Recent period-style quarter-calf over paper boards,
endpapers renewed. Negligible shelfwear, tiny stain to foot of spine.
Occasional light foxing, interior otherwise fresh. An attractive copy.
$650.
* First edition. This comprehensive treatise on landlord and tenant
was a standard work for many years. (Its final edition, the eighth,
was issued in 1819.) A practical book designed mainly for the use of
stewards, it reflects the author's experience with court keeping.
Holdsworth includes this title among his list of notable works on land
law and speaks well of it. See his History of English Law XII: 380-
381. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth
of Nations I:400. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School
(1909) I:1035.
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5.   Manuscript of Cases Heard Before JPs in Yonkers, 1834-1840
[Manuscript]. [Reports of Cases Heard Before Yonkers, N.Y. Justice's
Court, 1834-1840]. 73 ruled leaves. Quarto (6-1/2" x 7-3/4").
Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards. '2' blind-stamped to
foot of spine. Moderate rubbing with wear to board edges and spine
ends, front board detached. Content in fine hand to both sides of 71
leaves, one leaf with content on one side, additional leaf with
content on one side tipped-in. Internally clean. Unique. $1,000.
* This manuscript contains detailed reports of cases heard "In
Justice's Court," Yonkers, New York between 1834 and 1840, along with
court fees. (It is probably one of a series of volumes compiled by the
court.) Many deal with labor issues and the supervision of the poor.
Others deal with debt, drunkenness and property (including livestock).
Taken together, these reports offer a fascinating view of the everyday
administration of justice in lower Westchester County in the early
nineteenth century.
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6.   Revisions Address the Crimean War and the American Civil War
Ortolan, Theodore [1808-1874]. Regles Internationale et Dipomatie de
la Mer. Suivi d'un Appendice Special Contenant, Avec les Actes du
Congres de Paris de 1856, Les Principaux Documents Officiels Relatifs
a la Derniere Guerre D'Orient et a la Guerre Actuelle D'Amerique.
Paris: Libraire de Henri Plon, 1864. Two volumes. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-
1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, raised
bands, lettering pieces and gilt ornaments to spine, marbled
endpapers, top edges gilt. Some rubbing with light wear to board
edges, corners, joints and spine ends, hinges cracked but secure.
Light foxing to portions of text, interiors otherwise fresh. A
handsome set. $750.
* Fourth (and final) edition, revised. Ortolan was a jurist and sea-
captain. His Rules was first published in 1844-1845, and it remained a
standard work for decades. The second volume contains an extensive
133-page appendix of documents dealing with the Crimean War and the
American Civil War. Dealing mostly with the American conflict, it is a
valuable compendium of European and American source materials relating
to Europe's involvement in the Civil War. Marke, A Catalogue of the
Law Collection at New York University (1953) 625.
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7.          Evans' Edition of Pothier on Obligations
Pothier, Robert Joseph [1699-1722]. [Evans, William David (1767-1821),
Translator and Editor]. A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, or
Contracts. Translated from the French, with an Introduction, Appendix,
and Notes, Illustrative of the English Law on the Subject. London:
Printed by A. Strahan, 1806. Two volumes. Octavo (5-3/4" x 9-1/4").
Contemporary calf, rebacked, lettering pieces and blind rules to
spines, corners reinforced, endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing with
wear to board edges, several scuffs to boards, a few cracks to spine,
minor wear to spine ends, Volume I hinges cracked but secure, partial
split to center of its text block. Annotations to verso of front free
endpaper and title page of Volume I. A few minor tears, dampspots and
light foxing to a few leaves, interior otherwise notably fresh. An
appealing copy of an uncommon set. $1,500.
* First edition by Evans. According to Marvin, "[Evans'] notes are
comprehensive and learned, and deserve a careful perusal in connexion
with the text, and he is entitled to considerable praise for having
furnished Pothier on Obligations to the profession in so good and
accurate an English garb." Holdsworth, who agrees with Marvin, adds
that this edition introduced Pothier to English lawyers, which "did
considerable service to the development of the English law of
contract." This edition was "soon recognized as a major contribution
to legal science...and frequently cited in British Courts.": Walker,
Oxford Companion to Law 973. Holdsworth, A History of English Law
XIII:467. Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 578. Sweet & Maxwell, A
Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations II:285.
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8.        With Six Important Studies of Roman and Canon Law
Panziroli (Panciroli), Guido [1523-1599]. Hoffmann, Christian
Gottfried [1692-1735], Compiler and Editor. De Claris Legum
Interpretibus Libri Quatuor. Accessere: Joannis Fichardi, Francofurt,
Vitae Recentiorum. Marci Mantuae, Patavini, Epitome Virorum Illustr.
Joan. Baptistae de Gazalupis Historia Interpretum et Glossatorum
Juris. Catellani Cottae Recensio Brevis Insignium Juris Interpretum et
Doctorum. Matth. Gribaldi Mophae Catalogus Interpretum Juris Civilis.
Albericus Gentilis de Juris Interpretibus Dialogi Sex. Quibus tum
Vitae Ictorum Clarissimorum Exponuntur, Tum et Fata Restituti Juris
Rom. ac Jurisprudentiae Noviossimae Origo, Varia Item Academiarum
Historiam Illustrantia Recensentur. Leipzig: Apud Jo. Frid.
Gleditschii B. Filium, 1721. [xxxii], 660, [18] pp. Quarto (6-1/4" x
7-3/4"). Contemporary vellum, gilt title to spine, edges rouged.
Staining to boards, some wear to board edges, head of spine bumped,
partial crack between front free endpaper and title page. Handsome
woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. Early owner
signature to front pastedown, brief early annotations in fine hand to
title page and a few leaves. Light browning and occasional light
foxing. A nice copy. $750.
* First edition. Hoffmann's interesting volume contains an essay on
the interpretation and construction of Roman and canon law by
Pancirolli and six related treatises, such as Dialogi Sex de Veteribus
Iuris Interpretibus (1582) by Alberico Gentili [1552-1608]. Each of
these is paired with a lengthy author biography. British Museum
Catalogue (Compact Edition) 19:300.
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9.                     Essence of the Fourth Amendment
[Warrants]. Considerations on the Legality of General Warrants, and
the Propriety of a Parliamentary Regulation of the Same. To Which is
Added, a Postscript on a Late Pamphlet Concerning Juries, Libels, &c.
With Additions. London: Printed for W. Nicoll, 1765. 50 pp. Octavo (4-
3/4" x 7-3/4"). Pamphlet bound into recent period-style calf with
blind-ruled boards, raised bands and lettering piece. Blind decoration
to board edges, endpapers renewed. Some soiling to title page and
final leaf, interior otherwise fresh. A well-preserved copy in a
superb binding. $850.
* Second edition. This pamphlet is part of the literature that
attacked the use of general warrants, which granted unlimited powers
of search and seizure to the courts. Its argument that warrants should
be issued only when probable cause exists was incorporated in the
Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights. British Museum Catalogue
(Compact Edition) 6:123.
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