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1490. Strasbourg: Johann Pruss, 25 February 1490. Strasbourg: Johann Pruss, 25 February 1490. The Last Incunable Imprint of Cipolla's "Legal Cautions" Concerning Servitudes and Real Property Cipolla, Bartolomeo [1420-1475]. Cautelae Iuris. [Strasbourg: Johann Pruss, 25 February 1490]. [i], 85 ff. Collation: [a8, b-c6,d8], e-f6, g8, h-m6, n8. Complete. Quarto (9-1/4" x 6-1/2"; 23 x 16.5 cm). Contemporary quarter pigskin with elaborate blind tooling over oak wood boards, clasp (at center of boards) lacking, buckle present, early hand-lettered author name and "X" to spine. Binding slightly cocked, soiling to spine, some wear to corners, second work removed from rear of text block, early owner signature of Philipp von Flersheim to front pastedown, later library stamp of Heidelberg Capuchin Library to front free endpaper, early manuscript index and a few other annotations to rear pastedown. 44-line text in single column, comprising 325 numbered sections, text begins with 12-line multi-color illuminated… Read More

1494. Cologne, Johann Koehoff, the Younger, 1494. Cologne, Johann Koehoff, the Younger, 1494. 1494 Edition of a Distinguished Commentary on Four Parts of the Corpus Juris Canonici Koelner de Vanckel, Johannes. Summarium Textuale et Conclusiones Super Sextum et Clementinas [et Decretales Extravagantes Johannis XXII]. [(Cologne): Johann Koelhoff, the Younger, 1494]. [290] ff. Two parts, each with title page. Part I dated 1 February 1494, Part II dated 24 March 1494. Collation: a8, b-z6, [et]6, [con]6, aa-ff6, gg8, (i-iiii2); A-N6, O4, P6. Complete. Folio (11" x 8"; 28 x 20 cm). Contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, later brass clasps and central and corner bosses to boards, raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing, joints cracked through hinges, boards secure, spine worn with loss at ends, cords exposed, vellum pastedowns derived from contemporary manuscript leaf. Woodcut arms of Holy Roman Empire to title pages, the first colored partly in red. 46-line text in parallel columns, initials… Read More

2023. Vol. 577 is the last bound vol issued by the GPO. Vol. 577 is the last bound vol issued by the GPO. United States Reports. Official edition. United States Supreme Court. Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court... opinions and decisions. New York and Washington: Banks Law Publishing and U.S. Government Printing Office. Vols. 1 to 577 (1789-2016), complete set of all hardcover volumes published to date. 577 bound volumes. Volume 577 covers decisions through March 28, 2016, and was released from the Government Publishing Office May 2023. Publisher's tan cloth bindings with upper red and lower black spine lettering pieces. Moderate shelfwear, ex-library with property stamps on outer edges, inside and rear covers. Many stamped on outside lower front cover. All volumes internally clean and bright. Reprint Publisher's Price USD 34,750. Special $12,500. * As of July 2023, final bound volumes for the U.S. Supreme Court's United States Reports have been published through volume 577. Newer cases from… Read More

1482. Venice: F. Renner, de Heilbroonn, 1482.. Venice: F. Renner, de Heilbroonn, 1482. 1482 Printing of an Important Digest of Canon Law with a Tract on Jewish Moneylenders, A Copy with Notably Fine Penwork De Ausmo (Osimo), Nicolaus [d. 1453]. [Bartholomew of San Concordio (1262-1347)]. Astesanus of Asti (Astesano) [d.c.1330]. De Nevo (Nievo), Alexander [d. 1484]. [Supplementum Summae Pisanellae; Canones Poenitentiales; Consilia Contra Judaeos Foenerates.]. [Venice: Franciscus Renner, de Heilbroonn, 1482]. [555] ff. Lacking initial blank. Collation: a2-12, b-y12, 1-1812, 198, 2010. 21-2212, A-B12, C10. Quarto (7" x 5"; 18 x 13 cm). Recent period-style blind-tooled calf with clasps, bosses to boards, endpapers renewed. 38-line gothic type in parallel columns, decorated initials, rubricated throughout with red, blue and green penwork extending into margins. Light toning to text, occasional faint dampstaining and minor worming to head of text block above text. A handsome volume with exceptional… Read More

1632. One of 4 early books on the English Law of Women. One of 4 early books on the English Law of Women. The Earliest Work in English About Laws Relating to Women E[dgar], T[homas] (fl. 1615-1649), Attributed]. The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: Or, The Lawes Provision for Woemen. A Methodicall Collection of Such Statutes and Customes, With the Cases, Opinions, Arguments and Points of Learning in the Law, As Doe Properly Concerne Women. Together with a Compendious Table, Whereby the Chiefe Matters in This Booke Contained, May Be the More Readily Found. London: Printed for the Assignes of John More Esq., 1632. [xiv], 404 pp. First leaf in collation, a blank, lacking. Quarto (7-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked in period style, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, gilt tooling to board edges, corners mended, endpapers renewed, speckled edges. Light rubbing to boards, tiny nick to lettering piece. Light toning to text, light foxing to a few leaves. Housed in a custom… Read More

1500. A Landmark in the History of Economic Theory Summenhart, Konrad [1465-1511]. Septipertitu[m] Opus de Contractibus Pro Foro C[on]scientie Atq[ue] Theologico P[er] Conradu[m] Su[m]menhart de Calwartiu[m] ac Sacre Theologie P[ro]fessorem in Alma Universitate Tubingensi Ordinarie Legentem Co[m]pilatu[m] et per Centum Questiones Digestum ac per Eundem Quo ad Pregnantium Questionum At[que] Difficultatem Habentium Uberiores Articulos Ibidem Disputatum. Haguenau: Heinrich Gran for Johannes Rynman, 13 October 1500. 433 ff. Lacking final leaf, a blank. Collation: AA-BB8, CC6, DD-EE8, a-b8, c-d6, e8, f6, g8, h-i6, k-l8, m6, n-r8, s10, t6, v8, x-z6, aa-bb6, cc4, dd-ff6, gg8, hh-ll6, A-C6, D-H8, I10, K8, L12, M8, N-P6, Q8, R6, S-V8, X-Y6. Text in parallel columns. Folio (11" x 8"; 28 x 20 cm). Eighteenth-century speckled sheep, raised bands, gilt ornaments, lettering piece and small early paper shelf label to spine, speckled edges, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and some minor nicks and shallow scuffing… Read More

1473. Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein, c.1473. Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein, c.1473. One of the Earliest Printings of the Liber Sextus Decretalium Bonifacius VIII, Pope [c.1235-1303] D'Andrea, Giovanni [c.1270-1348], Glossator. [Liber Sextus Decretalium]. [Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein, c.1473]. 199 ff. Lacking h6 and final leaf, both blanks. Collation: [a-d10, e13, f-g10, h5, i10, k-l8, m-p10, q4, r-v10, x11]. Folio (16-1/2" x 12"; 41 x 30.5 cm). Contemporary reversed calf (on thick wooden boards), brass catches to fore-edges, straps lacking, raised bands and fragment of later paper title label to spine, residue of title label to front board. Moderate rubbing and scuffing to boards, heavier rubbing to extremities with wear to spine and corners, boards beginning to separate but secure, minor worming to pastedowns, upper corner lacking from front free endpaper, which, along with following two leaves, is lightly soiled and edgeworn. Text in parallel columns, 44-line main text with Andrea's 59-line… Read More

1481. Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1481.. Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1481. 1481 Printing of an Important Commentary on Gratian with Handsome Penwork [Baysio, Guido de (d. 1313)]. [Moneliensis, Franciscus, Editor]. [Rosarium Decretorum]. [Venice: Johannes Herbort de Seligenstadt for Johannes de Colonia, Nicolaus Jenson, Et Socie, 3 April 1481]. [415] ff. Lacking final leaf, a blank. Collation: a10, b8, c-d10, d-l8, m-n6, o-tuvx8, y10, z8, ?8, ?10, ?-aa8, bb-cc10, dd-dd8, ee-gg10, ggg-hh8, hhh8, ii10, kk-mm8, nn-qq10, rr8, ss6. Folio (40 x 28cm; 10-3/4" x 15-1/2"). Eighteenth-century calf, raised bands, "A L" in small type blind-stamped to foot of front board, blind ornaments and lettering piece to spine, edges speckled, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and some minor nicks and scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, chipping to head of spine, corners bumped and somewhat worn, joints and hinges just starting at head, crack in text block between fol. a1 and a2 (fols. 1-2). 66-line text in parallel… Read More

1658. 1658-1797. 10 vols. Complete set. 1658-1797. 10 vols. Complete set. A Rare Complete Set of an Important Compilation of Dutch Sources, Some of them About the Americas Cau, Cornelis [1601-1683], Primary Compiler. Groot Placaet-Boeck, Vervattende de Placaten, Ordonnantien Ende Edicten Vande Doorluchtige, Hoogh Mog. Heeren Staten Generael der Vereenighde Nederlanden: Ende Vande Ed: Groot-Mog: Heeren Staten van Hollandt en West-Vrieslandt; Mitsgaders Vande Ed: Mog: Heeren Staten van Zeelandt. Waer by noch Ghevoeght Zijn Eenige Placaten Vande Voorgaende Graven ende Princen der Selver Landen, Voor soo Veel de Selve als noch in Gebruyck Zijn. The Hague: By de Weduwe, Ende Erfgenamen van Wylen Hillebrandt Iacobsz van Wouw [and Other Printers], 1658-1797. Main text in parallel columns. Each volume includes an engraved copperplate added pictorial title page and an alphabetical and chronological register. The final volume, a general index, has a title beginning Repertorium of Generaal Register Over de… Read More

1497. Basel: Michael Furter, 1497. Chained binding. Basel: Michael Furter, 1497. Chained binding. A Quirky Collection of Illustrated Lenten Sermons [Meder, Johannes]. [Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521)]. Quadragesimale Novum Editum ac Predicatum a Quoda[m] Fratre Minore de Observantia in Inclita Civitate Basilien[si]. De Filio Prodigo et de Angelo Ipsius Ammonitione Saliburi Per Sermones Divisum. Basel: Michael Furter, 1497. [232] ff. With an index and 18 full-page woodcuts. Collation: a-z8, A-F8. Octavo (6" x 4"; 15.5 x 10.5 cm). Contemporary calf over wooden boards, blind rules and stamping to boards, later paper label to front board and brass catches to fore-edge, straps mostly perished, evidence of a former chain binding to rear board, raised bands, blind fillets, later shelf number and fragment of paper label to spine, manuscript-waste pastedowns. Light rubbing and a few small scuffs and wormholes to boards, small nick to rear board from removed chain binding, moderate rubbing to extremities, a few… Read More

1474. Nuremberg: Friedrich Creussner, c.1474. 10 ff.. Nuremberg: Friedrich Creussner, c.1474. 10 ff. No Copies Located in North America Andrea, Giovanni d' [1275-1348]. [Super Arboribus Consanguinitatis, Affinitatis et Cognationis Spiritualis]. [Nuremberg: Friedrich Creussner, c.1474-1477]. [10] ff. Collation: [a10]. 2 full-page woodcut tables of descents to leaves [a4]v and [a8]r, additional contemporary full-page manuscript table of spiritual relationships bound after text. Folio (11-1/2" x 8"; 29 x 20.5 cm). Later nineteenth-century paneled morocco signed binding by Riviere & Son, gilt frames and corner fleurons to boards, discreetly rebacked retaining existing spine with raised bands, gilt and blind fillets and gilt ornaments, title and date, gilt edges, gilt rules to inner board edges, marbled endpapers, endpapers added. Light rubbing and a few minor scratches to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners lightly bumped, hinges cracked, faint offsetting to edges of free endpapers, four… Read More

1802. New York: George F. Hopkins, 1802. 2nd ed.. New York: George F. Hopkins, 1802. 2nd ed. Attractive Set of the Last Edition of The Federalist Published in Hamilton's Lifetime with Provenance [Hamilton, Alexander (1755 or 1757-1804)]. [Madison, James (1751-1836)]. [Jay, John (1745-1829)]. The Federalist, On the New Constitution. By Publius. Written in 1788. To Which is Added, Pacificus, On the Proclamation of Neutrality. Written in 1793. Likewise, The Federal Constitution, With All the Amendments. Revised and Corrected. New York: Printed and Sold by George F. Hopkins, 1802. Two volumes. viii, 317, [1]; v, [3], 351 pp. Volume I has two pages numbered 167 and two pages numbered 168, as noted on the errata sheet and with page numbering 263-270 repeated. 1 pp. publisher advertisement at rear of Volume II. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary tree calf, lettering pieces, gilt fillets, ornaments and volume numbers to spines, repair to foot of Volume II, its front and rear boards neatly reattached,… Read More

1486. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 15 March 1486. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 15 March 1486. 1486 Koberger Imprint of the Clementinae Clement V [1305-1314], Pope. d'Andrea, Giovanni, [c.1270-1348], Glosses. [Constitutiones]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 15 March 1486]. [60] ff. Double-column text with linear gloss. Final leaf blank. Collation: a/A10, BC8, D6, E8, F6, G8, H6. Folio (13-1/4" x 9"; 34 x 23 cm). Contemporary paneled calf with later rebacking, extensive blind-stamped decoration (including images of flowers and gryphons), "Sexti et decretum" (?) blind-stamped to head of front board, brass bosses to centers of boards and fore-corners, buckles from clasps to fore-edge of front board, blind rules and black paper title labels to spine, front hinge reinforced, endpapers added. Moderate rubbing, a few minor scuffs and several tiny worm-holes to boards, early repair to lower fore-corner of front board, moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends, front joint partially cracked. Printed in… Read More

1493. Leipzig: Gregor B"ttiger, 5 October 1493.. Leipzig: Gregor B"ttiger, 5 October 1493. 1493 Collection of Treatises from a Renowned Legal Scholar and Commentator Bartolo of Sassoferrato [1313-1357]. Infrascripti Utiles et Solaciosi Tractatuli Bartoli Legu[m] Doctoris Famosissimi hic Continent. Repeticio l. i. C. De Dignita li. xii. De Nobilitate cum Pulchris Addicionibus. De Insigniis et Armis. De Falcone. De Regimine Reipublice Civitatis. Et hii Tractatuli Omnes Ethiee. i. Morali Philosophie Subponuntur. Horum Omnium Utile Registrum. [Leipzig: Gregor Bottiger, 5 October 1493]. [52] ff. Collation: a8, b-g6, h8. Complete. Quarto (7" x 5-1/4"). Later binding from a 14th or early 15th-century manuscript, endleaves renewed, early vellum front pastedown with early ink annotations (dated 1543). Soiling, minor tears and small holes to exterior manuscript leaf, light rubbing to extremities, light wear to spine ends and corners, which are bumped, hinges cracked, minor worming to rear free endpaper.… Read More

1498. Handsome 1498 Printing of an Important Commentary on Feudal Law Alvarotus, Jacobus [1385-1453]. [Corbinellus, Matthaeus de, Additions]. [Mascarellus, Montorius, Additions]. [Baptista de Sancto Blasio, Johannes]. [Super Feudis (and) Consilia (and, by Baptista de Sancto Blasio,) Rubrica de Differentiis Inter Decisiones Feudales et Decisiones Civilis. Consilium ad Materiam l.i (sec) Praeterea Ducatus]. [Pavia: Johannes Andreas de Boscho [and Michael de Garaldis], 23 August 1498]. 146, [28] ff. Collation: a8, b-zz6, [et]6, AB6, CD8. Folio (15-1/4:" x 10-1/2"; 39 x 27 cm). Limp vellum, most likely sixteenth century, large calligraphic title to spine, pastedowns renewed, edges rouged. Light rubbing, a few minor spots and stains, small chip to fore-edge of front cover, some darkening to spine. 72-line gothic type in double columns. Moderate toning to interior, faint stains to a few leaves, faint owner inscription dated 1749 to a1, marks and annotations in early hands in a few places, a few annotations… Read More