Commentaries on the Laws of England - Eleventh edition, with the last corrections of the author, additions by Richard Burn, and continued to the present time by John Williams. by Blackstone, William - 1791

London: The Liberal Publication Department, 1904. 1st Edition. Paperback. Here is the extremely rare 1904 leaflet publication of Churchill's letter in opposition to the Aliens Bill. Churchill's letter of 30 May 1904 was printed in the Manchester Guardian and published soon after by the Liberal Publication Department as this single-sheet, double-sided "Leaflet No. 2006". The fight against the Aliens Bill was an important one for Churchill - providing opportunity for his first speech from the Liberal Opposition benches, burnishing his Liberal credentials as a champion of the disenfranchised, and ultimately scoring a political victory against the Conservative Party he had so recently abandoned when the Aliens Bill was defeated. The Aliens Bill of 1904 was a thinly disguised effort at anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant electioneering by the Conservative British Government. "A series of pogroms in Tsarist Russia over the previous twenty-five years had brought to England a large and increasing number of… Read More

Cantabrigiae [Cambridge] : John White, 1622 A fair to good copy of the scarce 1st edition with map, in contemporary full leather binding. The binding has wear to spine joints, the top and bottom of the spine and edges, but is of good quality leather and would repair well. Page edges red. Internally there is an armorial bookplate of the Kinnaird family to the front pastedown and a signature of James West, clearly an early owner, on the fep.James has made some notes about the elections to Parliament for the County of Leicester in 1775. The fep has a tear at the top. With decorative title page (small repair to side margin); dedication 2pp; To the Reader 6pp; double page map; text pp 1-332; Catalogue 6pp; finis; table added in ms 3pp. The shields have been carefully coloured in (including one on the title page)- possibly by or for an early owner as there has been occasional offsetting from the colouring over time. There is also some scholarly annotation and an additional coat of arms has been added in the… Read More

1661 POLITICS 1ed Wilhelm Schutz German LAW Reflexiones Political Thomas More
Wilhelm Ignaz Schutz was a 17th-century German lawyer who wrote numerous books on law. One of Schutz's works was "Reflexiones politico-consolatoriae" which was his own considerations on the opportunities for men in politics, as well as commonly encountered misfortunes in law. Schutz includes satirical anecdotes intended for humor as well as a curious inclusion of a letter by Thomas More.
Item number: #15006
Price: $750
SCHUTZ, Wilhelm Ignatius
Reflexiones politico-consolatoriae, oder, Reiffliche Uberlegügen derjenigen Widerwertigkeiten und Unglück welchen ein Politicus und vornehmer Weltmann ... underworffen ist
Franckfurt am Mayn : Druckts und Verlags Balthas. Christ. Wusts, 1661. First, only edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [14], 444
o 9 engraved plates
· Language: Latin & German
· Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
· Size: ~7in X 4in (18cm x 10cm)
· Very… Read More

1808. Rare Trial Account With a Frontispiece by Isaac and George Cruikshank [Trial]. Paget, Sir Arthur [1771-1840], Defendant. Cruikshank, Isaac [1789-1856], Frontispiece. Cruikshank, George [1792-1878], Frontispiece. Crim. Con. ?10,000 Damages. Smeeton's Edition of the Trial Between the Right Hon. Lord Borringdon and Sir A. Paget, K.B. For Criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife. Which was Tried in the Sheriffs' Court, Before W. Burchall, Esq. And a Special Jury, July 19, 1808. Taken in Short Hand. London: Published by G. Smeeton, 18, James Street, Long Acre, [1808]. 16 pp. Etched copperplate frontispiece by Isaac Cruikshank, assisted by George Cruikshank. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into contemporary (or near-contemporary) flexible cloth, gilt title to front cover, frontispiece and several leaves re-hinged. Light rubbing to extremities, bookplate of Fernand Gabriel and Anne Renier to front pastedown, early owner inscription ("Walter Scott His Book/ July 29, 1808")… Read More

1556 LAW Justinian Institutes Theophilus Antecessor Byzantine Law Jacques Corte

"Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes, unless it is prohibited by law or by force."
― Justinian I
The 'Institutes of Justinian' is a portion of the full Corpus Juris Civilis, largely based on the Institutes of Gaius. Justinian sought to reform Roman law and education. This work was originally intended to be used by law students, but they were not solely used as a textbook, they carried legal weight …as law!
Numerous jurists throughout history have made commentary on Justinian and created their own perspectives on the famed 'Corpus Juris Civilis'. Sixth-century Byzantine jurist Theophilus Antecessor was one such mind who wrote a commentary on each portion of Justinian's 'Corpus Juris'. This 1556 edition of Theophilus was edited by Jacques de Corte.
Item number: #19755
Price: $950
JUSTINIAN
Institutionum iuris civilis libri IIII
Venetiis : Apud Hieronymum Scotum, 1556.

Details:
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London: The Liberal Publication Department, 1904. 1st Edition. Paperback. Here is the extremely rare 1904 leaflet publication of Churchill's letter in opposition to the Aliens Bill. Churchill's letter of 30 May 1904 was printed in the Manchester Guardian and published soon after by the Liberal Publication Department as this single-sheet, double-sided "Leaflet No. 2006". The fight against the Aliens Bill was an important one for Churchill - providing opportunity for his first speech from the Liberal Opposition benches, burnishing his Liberal credentials as a champion of the disenfranchised, and ultimately scoring a political victory against the Conservative Party he had so recently abandoned when the Aliens Bill was defeated. The Aliens Bill of 1904 was a thinly disguised effort at anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant electioneering by the Conservative British Government. "A series of pogroms in Tsarist Russia over the previous twenty-five years had brought to England a large and increasing number of… Read More

Cantabrigiae [Cambridge] : John White, 1622 A fair to good copy of the scarce 1st edition with map, in contemporary full leather binding. The binding has wear to spine joints, the top and bottom of the spine and edges, but is of good quality leather and would repair well. Page edges red. Internally there is an armorial bookplate of the Kinnaird family to the front pastedown and a signature of James West, clearly an early owner, on the fep.James has made some notes about the elections to Parliament for the County of Leicester in 1775. The fep has a tear at the top. With decorative title page (small repair to side margin); dedication 2pp; To the Reader 6pp; double page map; text pp 1-332; Catalogue 6pp; finis; table added in ms 3pp. The shields have been carefully coloured in (including one on the title page)- possibly by or for an early owner as there has been occasional offsetting from the colouring over time. There is also some scholarly annotation and an additional coat of arms has been added in the… Read More

1661 POLITICS 1ed Wilhelm Schutz German LAW Reflexiones Political Thomas More
Wilhelm Ignaz Schutz was a 17th-century German lawyer who wrote numerous books on law. One of Schutz's works was "Reflexiones politico-consolatoriae" which was his own considerations on the opportunities for men in politics, as well as commonly encountered misfortunes in law. Schutz includes satirical anecdotes intended for humor as well as a curious inclusion of a letter by Thomas More.
Item number: #15006
Price: $750
SCHUTZ, Wilhelm Ignatius
Reflexiones politico-consolatoriae, oder, Reiffliche Uberlegügen derjenigen Widerwertigkeiten und Unglück welchen ein Politicus und vornehmer Weltmann ... underworffen ist
Franckfurt am Mayn : Druckts und Verlags Balthas. Christ. Wusts, 1661. First, only edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [14], 444
o 9 engraved plates
· Language: Latin & German
· Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
· Size: ~7in X 4in (18cm x 10cm)
· Very… Read More

1808. Rare Trial Account With a Frontispiece by Isaac and George Cruikshank [Trial]. Paget, Sir Arthur [1771-1840], Defendant. Cruikshank, Isaac [1789-1856], Frontispiece. Cruikshank, George [1792-1878], Frontispiece. Crim. Con. ?10,000 Damages. Smeeton's Edition of the Trial Between the Right Hon. Lord Borringdon and Sir A. Paget, K.B. For Criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife. Which was Tried in the Sheriffs' Court, Before W. Burchall, Esq. And a Special Jury, July 19, 1808. Taken in Short Hand. London: Published by G. Smeeton, 18, James Street, Long Acre, [1808]. 16 pp. Etched copperplate frontispiece by Isaac Cruikshank, assisted by George Cruikshank. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into contemporary (or near-contemporary) flexible cloth, gilt title to front cover, frontispiece and several leaves re-hinged. Light rubbing to extremities, bookplate of Fernand Gabriel and Anne Renier to front pastedown, early owner inscription ("Walter Scott His Book/ July 29, 1808")… Read More

1556 LAW Justinian Institutes Theophilus Antecessor Byzantine Law Jacques Corte

"Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes, unless it is prohibited by law or by force."
― Justinian I
The 'Institutes of Justinian' is a portion of the full Corpus Juris Civilis, largely based on the Institutes of Gaius. Justinian sought to reform Roman law and education. This work was originally intended to be used by law students, but they were not solely used as a textbook, they carried legal weight …as law!
Numerous jurists throughout history have made commentary on Justinian and created their own perspectives on the famed 'Corpus Juris Civilis'. Sixth-century Byzantine jurist Theophilus Antecessor was one such mind who wrote a commentary on each portion of Justinian's 'Corpus Juris'. This 1556 edition of Theophilus was edited by Jacques de Corte.
Item number: #19755
Price: $950
JUSTINIAN
Institutionum iuris civilis libri IIII
Venetiis : Apud Hieronymum Scotum, 1556.

Details:
·… Read More