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1.         Bacon's Maximes of the Common Law, 1636
Bacon, Sir Francis [1561-1626]. The Elements of the Common Lawes of
England, Branched into a Double Tract: The One Containing A Collection
of Some Principall Rules and Maximes of the Common Law, With Their
Latitude and Extent. Explicated for the More Facile Introduction of
Such as are Studiously Addicted to That Noble Profession.
[With]
The Use of the Common Law, for the Preservation of our Persons, Goods,
and Good Names. According to the Lawes and Customes of this Land.
London: Printed by the Assignes of J. More, 1636. [xx], 94 [i.e. 90],
[8], 72 pp. Quarto (5-3/8" x 7-1/4"). Early nineteenth century diced
Russia, rebacked in period style with gilt-edged raised bands and
lettering piece. Some rubbing with minor wear to corners, tiny
inkstain to front board. Later armorial bookplate to front pastedown,
attractive woodcut head-pieces and decorated initials. Light foxing to
margins of a few leaves, clean tear to a leaf expertly repaired, minor
worming to foot of text block, interior otherwise fresh. An appealing
copy. $1,500.
* Second edition. Bacon, one of the great intellectuals of the age,
held the posts of Solicitor General, Attorney General and Lord
Chancellor during the reign of James I. The Elements of the Common
Laws of England is the general title for a work that is comprised of
two different treatises: A Collection of Some Principall Rules and
Maximes of the Common Lawes of England and The Use of the Law,
Provided for the Preservation of Our Persons, Goods and Good Names.
The first contains twenty-five maxims, or regulae. They are remarkable
for their stylistic vigor, intellectual rigor, meticulousness and
clarity. It was the first part of De Regulis Juris, a codification of
English law that Bacon never completed. This is quite unfortunate,
observes Holdsworth, because "he alone had the philosophical capacity,
the historical knowledge and the literary taste needed to select the
subject matter and shape the form of the books. (...) [Had he
completed the book] there would be many who would question whether, as
a lawyer, he was not Coke's superior." The second treatise is a review
of the history and practical application of criminal law, estate law,
personal property law and the law of slander. Holdsworth, A History of
English Law V:498-499. Pollard and Redgrave, A Short-Title Catalogue
of Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland 1136.
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2.                Handsome Set of Campbell's Lives
Campbell, John, Lord [1779-1861]. [Cockcroft, James, Editor]. The
Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till
the Death of Lord Tenterden. New and Revised Edition, With
Illustrations and Numerous Annotations. Northport: Edward Thompson,
1894-1899. Five volumes in slipcases. Original red and white cloth in
red gilt-stamped cloth dust jackets, top edges gilt. Light scuffing,
wear and spotting to dust jacket spines, slipcases worn, fabric
lacking from spines. Attractive color frontispieces, title pages
printed in red and black, text tight and clean. A handsome set.
$1,200.
* An invaluable source of biographical information unavailable
elsewhere. "[H]is works form an indispensable part of every lawyer's
library, and...they are read because they are eminently readable. They
form the greatest existing storehouse, however the contents have been
acquired, of legal anecdote and biography. If his jocosity is not
always seasonable, or in taste, it seldom fails to amuse.": Atlay, The
Victorian Chancellors II:181-183 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the
Law Collection at New York University (1953) 151.
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3.                  Connecticut Acts and Laws, 1784
[Connecticut]. [Sherman, Roger (1721-1793) and Law, Richard (1733-
1806), Editors (Attributed)]. Acts and Laws of the State of
Connecticut, In America. New London: Printed by Timothy Green, Printer
to the Governor and State of Connecticut. 1784. 8, 6, [2], 265 pp.
Small folio (7" x 11-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, raised bands. Wear to
edges, tips and rear joint. Chipping to foot of spine, front joint
starting. Faint early annotation to front board, hinges cracked but
secure, minor worming to pastedown and fore-edges of some leaves.
Woodcut Connecticut state seal to title page. Front free endpaper
partially detached, rear endleaf lacking, clean tears to a few leaves.
What appears to be an early tax assessment of an unspecified village
neatly lettered to front endleaves. Faint dampstaining and spotting,
interior otherwise clean. A solid copy. $1,500.
* With a catalogue of acts and the texts of the colonial charter and
the Articles of Confederation. This fascinating collection addresses a
variety of topics, such as adultery, bail, burglary, cattle, children,
counterfeiting, debtors, divorce, dogs, dowry, dueling, drunkenness,
election, equity, executions, felonies, fornication, frauds and
perjuries, fraudulent conveyances, gaming, horse racing, Indians,
insolvent estates, jurors, lotteries, marriage, maritime affairs,
murder, oaths, poor laws, rape, rogues, rum, the Sabbath, sheep,
slaves, taverns, tobacco, treason, usury and vice. According to Bates
and Evans, the Connecticut seal on the title page indicates that this
is the second issue of this work. Bates, Connecticut Statute Laws 250.
Benedict, Acts and Laws of the Original Thirteen Colonies and States
50. Evans, American Bibliography 18410. Tower, The Charlemagne Tower
Collection of American Colonial Laws 84.
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4.          1671 Edition of Dugdale's Origines Judiciales
Dugdale, William [1605-1686]. Origines Juridiciales, or Historical
Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryal,
Punishments in Cases Criminal, Law-Writers, Law-Books, Grants and
Settlements of Estates, Degree of Serjeant, Innes of Court and
Chancery. Also a Chronologie of the Lord Chancelors and Keepers of the
Great Seal, Lord Treasurers, Justices Itinerant, Justices of the Kings
Bench and Common Pleas, Barons of the Exchequer, Masters of the Rolls,
Kings Attorneys and Sollicitors, and Serjeants at Law. [London]:
Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry
Herringman, 1671. [vii], 336, [4], 117, [1] pp. Plates, those
depicting Coke, Clenche and Heath lacking. Folio (8-3/4" x 13-3/4").
Recent period-style quarter-calf over cloth, raised bands, lettering
piece. Title page printed in red and black. Woodcut head-pieces.
Occasional light foxing, minor worming to the latter half of text near
top-edge, closed tear to one leaf. Interior otherwise fresh. Handsome.
$1,250.
* Second edition, with additions. Dugdale's Origines provides a wealth
of information about the sources of both English law and English legal
institutions, including the Inns of Court for which it is a chief
authority. Copies of the manuscripts are located, and, in many
instances, the sources of the information for the printed book entries
are given. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British
Commonwealth of Nations I:22(13). Catalogue of the Library of
the Law School of Harvard University (1909) I:579. Marvin, Legal
Bibliography (1847) 279. Wing, Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed
in England, 1641-1700 D2489.
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5.   Last and Best Edition of the First English Law Dictionary
[Rastell, John (d. 1536)]. Les Termes de la Ley: Or, Certain Difficult
and Obscure Words and Terms of the Common and Statute Laws of This
Realm, Now in Use, Expounded and Explained. Corrected and Enlarged,
With the Addition of Many Other Words; Particularly of Those
Introduced into the Statute Law of Great Britain, Never Printed in Any
Other Impression. [London]: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling,
1721. [iv], 592 pp. Octavo (5" x 8"). Contemporary calf, later
lettering piece, blind-stamped frame to boards, blind-stamped fillets
along joints. Corners bumped, joints starting, chipping to spine ends,
faint early owner signature to rear board, hinges cracked.
Dampstaining to margins of first few leaves, a few splits to text
block, minor worming to about 30 leaves. Early owner signatures to
endleaves and title page, text notably clean and bright. A solid copy.
$500.
* Last and best edition. Corrected and greatly enlarged with Law
French and an English translation in Parallel columns. This edition
was translated by his son, William Rastell [1508?-1565]. First
published in 1527, originally composed in French, with a Latin title
page, Expositiones Terminorum Legum Anglorumae. The first English law
dictionary, it "reflects the common law at the close of the year-book
period with much fidelity.": Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 599.
Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953)
1203. Cowley, A Bibliography of Abridgments, Digests, Dictionaries and
Indexes to the Year 1800 208.
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6.        Only Translation of Savigny's Treatise on Possession
Savigny, [Friedrich Carl von (1779-1861)]. Von Savigny's Treatise on
Possession; or the Jus Possessionis of the Civil Law. Sixth Edition.
Translated from the German by Sir Erskine Perry. London: R. Sweet,
1848. xvi, 432 pp. Octavo (6" x 9"). Three-quarter calf over cloth,
rebacked in period style with gilt-edged raised bands and lettering
piece. Light rubbing to boards, some wear to corners, hinges
reinforced. Two early owner signatures to front pastedown, occasional
light foxing, mostly to endleaves, interior otherwise clean. A
handsome copy. $750.
* Only English translation. Treatise on the nature of the legal
concept of possession by the significant German jurist, scholar of
Roman law and principal founder of the historical school of
jurisprudence, which opposed the doctrines of natural law. Originally
published in German in 1803, it established Savigny as a jurist of the
first order. Walker, Oxford Companion to Law 1103. Sweet & Maxwell, A
Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations I: 316.
Catalogue of the Library of the Law School of Harvard University
(1909) I:386.
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