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

[Joe Luttrell]

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1.  [FOX AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE].  Speech of the Right Hon.
Charles James Fox, on the Speech delivered to the House of Commons,
at the Opening of Parliament, Dec. 13, 1792, Commonly Called the
King's Speech.  Printed for J. Ridgway, York-Street, St.
James's-Square, London, 1792.  Sewn self wraps, neatly repaired, a
bit of pencilling; 19 pages. [64913 FBWL59L75E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=64913     $ 650.00

The rare first edition of Fox's impassioned speech seeking to
preserve the liberties of the English people in the face of the
King's (and Pitt's) efforts to enact legislation leading to the
infamous sedition trials; two copies in RLIN, none in the UK.

12.  H[OWELL], J[ames].  Cottoni Posthuma: Divers Choice Pieces of
that Renowned Antiquary, Sir Robert Cotton [etc.]. Edited by Edmund
Goldsmid. Four Volumes.  Privately Printed, Ediburgh, 1884.
Original vellum wraps, untrimmed; one of 75 large-paper sets.
[65076 L63L67E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65076     $ 125.00

The best sampler of the varied talents of Cotton, whose famed
library was later incorporated into the British Museum; with essays
on the legality of combats and duels and on sovereignty and the
respective rights and powers of Parliament and the King.

13.  HECTOR, L.C. and Michael J. Hager (eds.).  Year Books of
Richard II, 8-10 Richard II, 1385-1387.  The Ames Foundation,
Cambridge, 1987.  Original brown cloth, gilt, a very good copy.
[64446 FBWL60] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=64446      $ 95.00

14.  [JENKINS, David].  Jenkinsius Redivivus: Or the Works of . .
. Judge Jenkins whilst A Prisoner in the Tower, and Newgate . . .
Wherein is plainly set forth, the Just Power and Prerogative of the
King, the Priviledge of Parliament, the Liberty of the Subject
[etc.].  Printed for Jo. Hindmarsh at the Black Bull in Cornhill,
London, 1681.  Polished calf, joints rubbed, frontispiece mounted,
still pretty. [64105 L57] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=64105     $ 450.00

The principal collection of Jenkins' political and constitutional
theory, almost all written while he was imprisoned during the
Interregnum, ably defending the King in Parliament, and both
reflecting Coke and anticipating the Glorius Revolution.

15.  [LINCOLN'S INN].  William H. Spilsbury (comp.).  The Catalogue
of the Printed Books in the Library of the Hon. Society of
Lincoln's Inn.  Printed for the Society, London, 1859.  Original
pebbled cloth, rebacked, some foxing, but quite sound. [65297 L63]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65297
                                                         $ 650.00

The copy presented by Lincoln's Inn to Chetham's Library,
Manchester, with its pictorial bookplate recording the presentation
on the front pastedown and its discreet circular ownership stamp
elsewhere.

16.  [MARITIME LAW].  Extracts, From the Several Treaties
Subsisting between Great Britain and Other Kingdoms and States, of
Such Articles and Clauses, as relate to the Duty and Conduct of the
Commanders of His Majesty's Ships of War. The Third Edition.  N.p.,
London, 1758.  Contemporary speckled calf, a trifle rubbed, but a
very good copy. [64062 L57] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=64062     $ 650.00

The third of four editions compiling the maritime treaties between
Great Britain and just over a dozen other states going back some
three centuries and more, arranged by country and then
chronologically; with the engraved plate lacking in many copies.

17.  MAZZINGHI, Thomas John de.  Sanctuaries.  Halden & Son, 44,
Greengate Street, Stafford, 1887.  Brown embossed cloth, gilt,
somewhat rubbed and faded, but sound. [63852] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=63852     $ 250.00

An uncommon work on the peculiar institution of sanctuary under
English law, the principles of which extend to diplomatic immunity
as well as criminals; with a brief treatment of ambassadors and of
fugitive slaves.

18.  REEVE, Tapping.  The Law of Baron and Femme; of Parent and
Child; of Guardian and Ward; of Master and Servant; and of the
Powers of Courts of Chancery.  With an Essay on the terms, Heir,
Heirs, and Heirs of the Body.  Printed by Oliver Steele, New-Haven,
1816.  Modern 1/4 calf, some embrowning and inking to borders;
sound. [65319 XYL63L64EL] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65319   $ 1,250.00

First edition of the first American work devoted to the law of
women, written by Tapping Reeve, founder of the first American law
school, at Litchfield.

19.  [SEVEN BISHOPS CASE].  The Proceedings and Tryal in the Case
of . . . William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury [and the six other
bishops] In the Court of Kings-Bench at Westminster [etc.].
Printed for the Booksellers in Town and Country, London, 1739.
Contemporary calf, joints cracked, cover stained, else a good copy.
[65289 XYL63] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65289     $ 650.00

Last 18th century edition of one of the great cases of English
constitutional history, confirming the right of Parliament to
legislate without subsequent Royal derogation and strengthening the
power of the jury as the ultimate constitutional arbiter.

20.  SMITH, John Sidney.  A Treatise on the Practice of the Court
of Chancery. . .Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Two Volumes.
Saunders and Benning, London, 1837.  Original gray boards, paper
labels, somewhat chafed, but fresh. [64212] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=64212     $ 350.00

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