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1553. Edward VI's Protestant Reforms [Great Britain]. Edward VI [1537-1553], King of England. A Table to All the Statutes Made in the Tyme of the Most Victorious Reigne of Kynge Edward the Sixte. London: In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti aeno verbi incarnati, 1553. [8] pp. [Bound with] Edward VI, King of England. Anno Secundo et Tertio Eduardi Sexti. Actes Made in the Session of this Present Parlament, Holden Upon Prorogation at Westminster, The Fourthe Day of November, In the Seconde Yere of Our Most Drad Sovereigne Lorde, Edward the .VI. By the Grace of God, Kyng of England, Fraunce, And Irelande, Defendour of the Faythe, And of the Church of Englande, And Also of Irelande, In Earth the Supreme Head: And There Continued and Kept to the .xiiii. Day of Marche, In the .III. Yere of Our Said Sovereigne Lorde, As Foloweth. [[London]: Richardus Graftonus [i.e. Richard Tottell?], Typographus Regius excudebat, 1552 [i.e. 1557?]]. lxvi [i.e. lxviii] ff. [And] Edward VI, King of England. Anno. III & IIII. Edwardi… Read More

1552. Edward VI's Protestant Reforms [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. Edward VI [1537-1553], King of England. Anno Secundo, & Tertio, Edouardi Sexti. Actes Made in the Session of this Present Parliament, Holden Upon Prorogation at Westminster, The Fourth Day of November, In the Second Yeare of Our Most Dread Soveraign Lord Edward the VI. By the Grace of God, King of England, Fraunce and Ireland, Defendor of the Fayth, And of the Church of England, And Also of Irelande, In Earth the Supreme Heade: And There Continued and Kept to the XIIIJ Day of Marche, in the III. Yeare of Our Sayde SoVeraygne Lorde, As Foloweth. [London]: Richardus Graftonus [i.e. Richard Tottell?] Typographus Regius Excudebat, 1552 [i.e. 1557?]]. lxviij ff. Folio (10-3/4" x 7-1/4"). Recent quarter calf over marbled boards, blind fillets and gilt title to spine, endpapers renewed. Light toning to interior, minor worming to text block and lower gutter, no loss to legibility, occasional faint dampstaining, light soiling in a few places, a… Read More

1556. 13 Year Books of Henry VI, Years 21-39 [Year Books]. Henry VI [1421-1471], King of England. De Termino Michaelis Anno XXI. Regni Regis Henrici Sexti. [London: Imprynted...In fletestrete within Temple Barre at the signe of the hand [and] starre, by Richard Tottill, 1567]. lviii ff. [Bound with] [12 Year Books of Henry VI, Years 22-39]. [London: Richard Tottell, 1556-1567]. Folio (11" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary blind paneled calf, central blind arabesques with monogram "TW", holes for ties or catches at fore-edges, initials "CT" blind-stamped to front board, raised bands and blind fillets to spine, manuscript waste front pastedown. Light rubbing, shallow scuffing and minor worming to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, spine ends and corners mended with calf, light creasing to spine, small hole to front joint near foot, rear joint starting at head, corners bumped, hinges cracked, pastedowns starting to loosen but secure, minor worming to rear pastedown, faint offsetting and light edgewear to… Read More

1556. 13 Year Books of Henry VI, Years 1-20 [Year Books]. Henry VI [1421-1471], King of England. De Termino Michaelis Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti Primo. [London: Imprynted...In Fletestrete within Temple barre at the signe of the Hand and starre, by Rychard Tottyl, Anno. 1570]. viii ff. [Bound with] [12 Year Books of Henry VI, Years 2-20]. [London: Richard Tottell, 1567-1574]. Collates complete. Contemporary paneled calf, central blind arabesques, holes for ties or catches at fore-edges, rebacked and recornered in period style with raised bands, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing, scuffing, faint dampstaining and a few small holes to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners bumped and lightly worn, (illegible) ink annotation to fore-edge of text block, hinges cracked, faint offsetting to endpapers, later owner name (William Humfrys) and ink and pencil "4" to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, annotations and underlining in ink in a… Read More

1575. London: Richard Tottell, 1575. 60 ff.. London: Richard Tottell, 1575. 60 ff. Year 22, Michaelmas Term, Of Henry VI, Beale R23 [Year Book]. Henry VI [Reigned 1422-1461, 1470-1471]. De Termino Michaelis Anno XXII. Henrici Sexti [Drop Head Title]. London: Imprinted...in Fletestrete Within Temple Barre, At the Signe of the Hande and Starre, By Rychard Tottell the 18. Day of October in the Yere of Our Lord, 1585. 60 ff. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"). Recent quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine, endpapers renewed. Negligible light rubbing to extremities, faint scratch to front board. Light toning to interior, worm hole through first six leaves with negligible loss to text. A handsome copy. $1,000. * It is difficult to overestimate the importance of the Year Books. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings in Norman England they are of crucial primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. They also provide a richly detailed portrait of contemporary English life,… Read More

2020. Text and Translation into English. Legal Classics.. Text and Translation into English. Legal Classics. Valla, Lorenzo, (1407-1457). Coleman, Christopher B. (1875-1944); editor and translator. The Treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine. Text and Translation into English. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1922. 183 pp. frontispiece (facsimile). Text in both Latin and English on facing pages. Reprinted The Legal Classics Library, 2020. Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $95. * The Donation of Constantine is the most famous forgery in European history. Written in the eighth century, it was allegedly a fourth-century document by which the Emperor Constatine the Great gave extensive privileges and property to Pope Sylvester I. This document was accepted as genuine for seven centuries and was cited by at least ten popes in contentions for the recognition of papal control. Lorenzo Valla's 1440 treatise,… Read More

1898. Vallet, G. Tableaux Synoptiques Contenant L'Histoire du Droit Romain: et les Concordances Avec L'Histoire Politique des Origines a Justinien Conformes a L'Esprit des Nouveaux Programmes. Paris: Librairie de la Societe du Recueil General des Lois et des Arrets; L. Larose et Forcel, 1889. 27 pp. Original printed wrappers, light shelfwear, internally clean, uncut signatures. Ex-library. Rubber stamps on front cover, half title page, title page, and once in text. Very good. $25.

1774. Annapolis: Printed by Ann Catherine Green, 1774. Annapolis: Printed by Ann Catherine Green, 1774. Copy of the First American Treatise on Wills that Belonged to an Important Early Illinois Statesman Vallette, Elie. [Sparrow, Thomas (1746?-1780?), Engraver]. The Deputy Commissary's Guide Within the Province of Maryland, Together with Plain and Sufficient Directions for Testators to Form, and Executors to Form Their Wills and Testaments, For Administrators to Compleat Their Administrations, And for Every Person Any Way Concerned in Deceased Person's Estates, To Proceed Therein with Safety to Themselves and Others. Annapolis: Printed by Ann Catherine Green and Son, 1774. [ii], iv, 248, [12] pp. Copperplate title page and table of descents. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Contemporary sheep, re-backed in calf, retaining original lettering piece, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards, corners bumped and lightly worn. Moderate toning to text, somewhat darker in places, occasional dampstaining, mostly to… Read More

1987. Van Caenegem, R.C. Judges, Legislators, and Professors: Chapters in European Legal History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1987]. x, 205 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $25.

1963. Van der Hoeven, J. Enkele Hoofdzaken Van Het Canonieke Recht. Utrecht: Evangelische Maatschappij, 1963. 57 pp. Printed wrappers, signature in ink to title page. Very good. $45.

1672. Leiden, 1672.. Leiden, 1672. Two Great Jurists Analyze Excerpts from the Corpus Juris Civilis Van Leeuwen, Simon [1626-1682]. Vinnius, Arnoldus [1588-1657]. De Origine & Progressu Juris Civilis Romani, Authores & Fragmenta Veterum Jurisconsultorum, Cum Notis Arn. Vinnii, & Variorum. Que Hisce Continentur Sequens Docebit Pagina. Leiden: Apud Arnoldum Doude, 1672. [xvi], 850, [10] pp. Main title page preceded by copperplate pictorial title page. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary vellum, early hand-lettered title to spine, large gilt arms of Arnhem to boards. Light soiling, chip to head of spine, upper corners bumped and somewhat worn, front endleaves lacking. Light toning to text, internally clean. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown, stamps to top edge, bottom edge and rear endleaves. A nice copy. $350. * Second edition. Two of the greatest Dutch jurists of their day, Van Leeuwen and Vinnius were perhaps the most widely read Dutch jurists during the late-seventeenth and eighteenth… Read More

1952. van Oven, J.C. Herdenking van Jean Charles Naber. (11 Maart 1858-11 Februari 1950). Netherlands: Akademie van Wetenschappen, 1952. Original printed wrappers. 12 pp. Very good. $10.

1845. 1845 Indiana JP Manual Van Santvoord, George [1819-1863]. The Indiana Justice, A Treatise on the Jurisdiction, Authority, And Duty of Justices of the Peace, In the State of Indiana, In Civil and Criminal Cases: Containing a Summary of the Law of Personal Actions, And of Evidence, With a Full Collection of Forms in Civil and Criminal Proceedings; And Also, Under the Various Miscellaneous Actions of the State. Lafayette: Fry & Jackson, 1845. viii, [2], [9]-548 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece, early owner label and blind fillets to spine. Rubbing to boards, spine and extremities, corners bumped, hinges cracked, front free endpaper lacking. Some toning to text, occasional light foxing. Early owner signatures to front pastedown, interior otherwise clean. $200. * Only edition. Van Santvoord a lawyer from Kinderhook, N.Y., published this manual when he lived in Indiana. He returned to New York, served in the New York State Assembly and was later… Read More

1788. New York: Hugh Gaine, 1788. New York: Hugh Gaine, 1788. Conductor Generalis Printed by Hugh Gaine, 1788 [Van Schaack, Peter (1747-1832), Editor]. Parker, James [1714-1770]. The Conductor Generalis: Or, the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, Jury-Men, and Overseers of the Poor. As Also the Office of Clerks of Assize, and of the Peace, &c. Compiled Chiefly from Burn's Justice, and the Several Other Books on Those Subjects, by James Parker, Late One of the Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County, in New-Jersey; and Now Revised and Adapted to the United States of America. By a Gentleman of the Law. The Whole Alphabetically Digested Under the Several Titles; With a Table Directing to the Ready Finding Out the Proper Matter Under Those Titles. To Which are Added, (Above What is in Any Other Edition of the Work,) the Act Called the Ten Pound Act, And the Militia Law of the State of New-York. New York: Printed by Hugh… Read More

1946. van Welie, F.A.M. Hoofdstukken van Canoniek Huwelijksrecht. Algemeene Begrippen Omtrent het Huwelijk de Toestemming in het Huwelijk de Scheidin van de Echtgenooten. Utrecht: Dekker & Van de Vegt N.V. Nijmegen, 1946. xii, 172 pp. Printed wrappers, slightly sunned. $10.

1902. Van Zile, Philip T. Elements of the Law of Bailments and Carriers, Including Pledge and Pawn and Innkeepers. Chicago: Callaghan and Company, 1902. lvii, 785 pp. Library buckram, red and black lettering pieces to spine, light shelfwear, library markings to binding, endleaves and title page. $50.

1976. Vanderbilt, Arthur T. Changing Law: a Biography of Arthur T. Vanderbilt. New Brunswick, [N.J.]: Rutgers University Press, [1976]. xiv, 271 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. $20.

1977. Vanneman, Peter. The Supreme Soviet: Politics and the Legislative Process in the Soviet Political System. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1977. xii, 256 pp. Hardcover in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. $25.

1803. Granada, 1803. Granada, 1803. Remarks by the Recently Appointed President of the Supreme Court of Grenada Vasco del Campo, Don Rafael. Discurso Pronunciado en la Real Chancilleria de Granada el Dia 2 de Enero de 1802, por El Exmo. Sr. Don Rafael Vasco, Caballero del Orden de Santiago, y de las Reales Maestranzas de Ronda y Granada; Regidor Perpetuo del Aquel Ilustre Ayuntamiento; Teniente General de los Reales Exercitos; Gobernador y Capitan General del Exercito, Costa y Reino de Granada, y Presidios Menores de Africa; Presidente de Esta Real Chancilleria, De la Junta de Reales Obras de la Plaza de Malaga, De la Mayor de Caminos de Este Reyno, Los de Cordoba y Jaen; Superintendente de los del Obispado de Malaga, Y de las de Sanidad Establecidas en el y su Costa; Inspector de las Companias de Invalidos, Las de Infanteria Fixa y Torreros del Distrito, Etc. Etc. Granada: En la Imprenta de Moreno, [1803]. [iv], xix pp. Quarto (8" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary mottled sheep, gilt frames to boards. Light… Read More

1888. Owned by a Female Business Student in 1891 Vassault, F.I. A Text Book of Commercial Law as Existing in California, Designed for Use in Commercial Schools and by Business Men. San Francisco: Published by Heald's Business College, 1888. 166 pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Original publisher's cloth, gilt title to front board and publisher's name to rear board, patterned endpapers. Light rubbing and soiling to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners bumped and lightly worn. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing, brief underlining and marks to margins of a few pages, (illegible) erased annotation to p. 35, ownership signatures of Maggie Lyons dated 1891 to endleaves. $65. * Published for students at California's Heald Business College, this introductory textbook of commercial and business law was written for the "business man" but owned by prospective business woman Maggie Lyons, apparently a student at the college in 1891. Early editions… Read More