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- The Trial of John Hart, Esq. Alderman of London; for Adultery and Cruelty . . . That, among Variety of Ingenious Refinements upon Cruelty, the Alderman extinguished Mrs. Hart's Fires in the coldest Weather . . . kicked and dragged her about [etc.]
- Publisher:
- Printed for G. Lister, No. 46, Old Bailey, London, 1780.
- Description:
- A rare account of a classic case of physical and mental cruelty (a genre not often reported), including forced seclusion, attempted strangulation, and physical blows of many different sorts, leading to the modern equivalent of a judicial separation
- Condition:
- Modern cloth-backed boards, quite fresh, with the three panel frontispiece graphically depicting several of Hart's cruelties towards his wife
- Book No.:
- W-80434
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- adultery, trials, women's law
- Author:
- Swinburne, Henry
- Title:
- A Treatise of Spousals, or Matrimonial Contracts: Wherein All the Questions relating to that Subject are ingeniously Debated and Resolved. Wing S6260. Quarto
- Publisher:
- Printed by S. Roycroft for Robert Clavell at the Peacock [etc.], London, 1686.
- Description:
- First edition of the first work on the English law of marriage, and one of Swinburne's two major works, written (in J.H. Baker's words) in "a felicitous informal style [contributing to] a reputation plac[ing] him in the ranks of the famous"
- Condition:
- Modern calf, morocco label gilt, very light browning, else quite attractive; Julius Rosenthal's copy with his ownership signature on the title page
- Book No.:
- W-80430
- Price:
- $ 2250.00
- Category:
- marriage, women's law
- Author:
- Title:
- Boston University School of Law. Catalogue and Circular for the Year 1879-80 [listing among its students Lelia Josephine Robinson, the school's first female graduate, successful in getting legislation enacted permitting the admission of women to the bar]
- Publisher:
- University Offices, 20 Beacon St, Printed by Rand, Avery, & Co., Boston, 1881.
- Description:
- The school's rare annual catalogue, appearing in the school's first decade, listing its officers, faculty, and lecturers, its students by year and then alphabetically (with hometowns), its courses and suggested readings, among much else
- Condition:
- Original printed self wraps, one vertical fold, altogether quite sound, wraps + 16 pages; with the ownership signature of F.W. Bliss; no copy in OCLC
- Book No.:
- W-80456
- Price:
- $ 250.00
- Category:
- education, Massachusetts, women's law
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