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- Author:
- Salmon, Thomas
- Title:
- A New Abridgement and Critical Review of the State Trials, and Impeachments for High-Treason . . . The Whole containing, I. The Substance of the Indictment or Charge. II. The Evidence. III. The Prisoner's Defence. IV. The several Points of Law [etc.] Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. and J. Hazard [and six others] [etc.], London, 1738.
- Description:
- A major abridgement of the first edition of the state trials, undertaken by the latter's editor, Thomas Salmon, and itself a substantial folio of over 900 pages reporting trials spanning more than three centuries and adding a critical apparatus
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over boards, unevenly faded, some browning and occasional foxing, yet a good copy
- Book No.:
- W-72149
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, trials
- Author:
- Brown, Josiah
- Title:
- A New Abridgment of Cases in Equity, and of Such Cases at Law, as relate to Equitable Subjects; from 1735, to the Present Time. Volume I [all published]. Cowley 286. Quarto
- Publisher:
- Printed (for the Author) by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall [etc.], London, 1793.
- Description:
- Only edition of a rare work, the penultimate attempt to abridge all matters equitable, to have been enormously extensive, cut short by Brown's death and extending only through the letter "A"; this copy with an index found in no copy located online
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, ex-Middle Temple Library, light foxing and browning, else well-preserved; two copies in ESTC, neither in the USA
- Book No.:
- W-76324
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- equity, Abridgements
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection of all the statutes, from the beginning of Magna Carta, vnto the yeare of our Lord (1557) which were before that yeare imprinted [to] the . . . fifth yeare of the raigne of oure Soueraine lady Queene Elizabeth [etc.]. STC 9308.5; Beale S61
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottelli, London, 1566.
- Description:
- The rare, third printing of one of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success" surpassing all previous efforts; five copies in ESTC, one imperfect
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind-panelled sheep, worn, spine chipped, minor worming, browning and staining, bookplate of Viscount Mersey; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78475
- Price:
- $ 5000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Wingate, Edmund
- Title:
- An Exact Abridgment of All Statutes in Force and Use, From the beginning of Magna Charta Until 1641 . . . And from thence continued down under their proper Titles Alphabetically to this present Year 1681. Wing E909; Cowley 174
- Publisher:
- Printed by the Assigns of J. Bill [and five others], London, 1681.
- Description:
- The sixth edition of the abridgment which "held the field" (in Cowley's words) for much of the 17th century, Wingate's best known legal work, with its alphabetical subject matter complemented by the statutes in force chronologically arranged
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, rubbed, front joint just cracking but firm, library bookplate, top margin cut close and some light marginal staining; a usable copy
- Book No.:
- W-79849
- Price:
- $ 450.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- The Greate abbrydgement of all y statutes of Englande vntyl the xxxiii yere of the reygne of . . . Henry the eyght [1542] [with] the abregementes of the statutes made in the xxxiii yere of . . . kyng Henry the viii. S.T.C. 9524 and 9544; Cowley 39 and 40
- Publisher:
- Imprynted . . . by me Wyllyam Myddylton [imprints vary], London, 1542.
- Description:
- The penultimate editions of the first abridgement in English of England's statutes, first edited and published by John Rastell in 1519, then expanded and improved upon by Rastell's son, William, in 1530/31, and here continued to 1542
- Condition:
- Modern blind ruled calf, the title repaired and backed, the last leaf repaired with small loss, else generally quite clean and bright; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79321
- Price:
- $ 6500.00
- Category:
- Abridgements
- Author:
- Ashe, Thomas
- Title:
- Vn General Table, a touts les seueral Liures de les Reports de le darreine tresreuerend Iudge, Sir Edward Coke . . . Ouesq[ue] deux Catalogues Alphabetical, Lun de les principal Cases, lauter de touts les general Titles . . . des dits Reports. S.T.C. 5526
- Publisher:
- Printed for the Societie of Statio[ners], London, 1618.
- Description:
- The much expanded second edition of the first abridgement of Coke's reports, now covering all eleven parts, undertaken by Thomas Ashe, the pioneer of this genre of legal literature and, in Holdsworth's words, "a great maker of indices and abstracts"
- Condition:
- Modern calf, gilt lettered, generally clean with good margins, ownership signature of Richard Levinge dated 1652 on the title; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79403
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, reports of cases
- Author:
- Dunlap, M.E.
- Title:
- Abridgment of Elementary Law [etc.]
- Publisher:
- F.H. Thomas Law Book Co., St. Louis, 1892.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Contemporary sheep, spine defective, a working copy; pocket-size
- Book No.:
- W-55876
- Price:
- $ 50.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, education
- Author:
- Salmon, Thomas
- Title:
- A New Abridgement and Critical Review of the State Trials, and Impeachments for High-Treason . . . The Whole containing, I. The Substance of the Indictment or Charge. II. The Evidence. III. The Prisoner's Defence. IV. The several Points of Law [etc.] Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. and J. Hazard [and six others] [etc.], London, 1738.
- Description:
- A major abridgement of the first edition of the state trials, undertaken by the latter's editor, Thomas Salmon, and itself a substantial folio of over 900 pages reporting trials spanning more than three centuries and adding a critical apparatus
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, rebacked, the original spine laid down, rubbed, definite browning and foxing, but a sound usable copy
- Book No.:
- W-76691
- Price:
- $ 275.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, trials
- Author:
- Fitzherbert, Anthony
- Title:
- La Graunde Abridgement, Collecte par le Iudge . . . Anthony Fitzherbert [with] La Secounde Part du Graund Abridgement [with] Tabula. Cy ensuit la Table pur trouer les titles [etc.]. S.T.C. 10957; Beale R466, R467, and R468. Three Volumes in One
- Publisher:
- In Aedibus Ricardi Tottell [etc.], London, 1577.
- Description:
- The final, early (of three) printing of "the decisive book--the book that 'made' the Common Law", containing over 13,000 abridged case-notes arranged alphabetically by subject in some 263 titles and digesting hundreds of years of medieval case law
- Condition:
- Early blind ruled calf, rebacked, the upper portion of the title strengthened, else well preserved with ample margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78463
- Price:
- $ 2500.00
- Category:
- Abridgements
- Author:
- Salmon, Thomas (ed.)
- Title:
- A New Abridgement and Critical Review of the State Trials. Wherein are inserted, Several Trials not in any other Collection . . . Likewise, Remarks are made on each Trial, shewing what the Law in Criminal Cases anciently was [etc.]. 2d Edition. Two Volumes
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Leathley, G. Ewing, W. Smith, and P. Crampton etc., Dublin, 1741.
- Description:
- A major abridgement of the first edition of the state trials, undertaken by the latter's editor, Thomas Salmon, reporting trials spanning more than three centuries; possibly a unique set, the first volume extending to p.482, the second to p.918
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, worn and somewhat stained, one gathering loose and the last index leaf frayed, else a good set, the volumes' division not as in ESTC
- Book No.:
- W-77689
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, trials
- Author:
- Bacon, Matthew
- Title:
- A New Abridgment of the Law. Five Volumes [complete]. Folio. Cowley 230
- Publisher:
- Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling [etc.] [imprints vary], London, 1736-66.
- Description:
- First edition of all five volumes of Bacon's pioneering abridgment, creating a "scientifically constructed treatise[] on all branches of the law" in Holdsworth's words, still thought to be based in part on both books and manuscripts of Baron Gilbert
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, quite worn, joints cracked but holding, one label lacking, occasional minor worming, yet a good clean set; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-77927
- Price:
- $ 2500.00
- Category:
- Abridgements
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Colleccion of all the Statutes (from the beginning of Magna Carta unto the yere of our Lorde, 1557) whiche were before that yere imprinted [to] the fyrst yere of the raigne of our souerayne Lady Quene Elizabeth [etc.]. S.T.C. 9307; Beale S59; Cowley 52
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottelli, London, 1559.
- Description:
- One of two variants of the second edition of one of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference", surpassing all previous efforts; two copies in ESTC in this country
- Condition:
- Modern blind ruled and decorated panelled calf, the spine gilt-lettered, minor marginal worming, else well-preserved; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78342
- Price:
- $ 5500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection of all the statutes, from the beginning of Magna charta, vnto this present yere of our Lorde God 1574. S.T.C. 9312; Beale S64
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottelli. An. 1574. vicesimo sexto Iulij, London, 1574.
- Description:
- An early edition of one of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success" (Sir John Baker) surpassing all previous efforts; with the statutes in their original languages
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind panelled calf, centered lozenges, quite rubbed but sound, lightish staining, manuscript additions before the title; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78787
- Price:
- $ 3000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography, Magna Carta
- Author:
- Fitzherbert, Anthony
- Title:
- La Graunde Abridgement. Three Volumes [complete] [with the ?Wyer setting of the title page of volume 3]. S.T.C. 10954; Cowley 6; Beale R456, R458, and R459. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed by John Rastell and Wynkyn de Worde, London, 1516.
- Description:
- The magisterial first edition of "the decisive book--the book that 'made' the Common Law", containing over 13,000 abridged case-notes in some 263 titles and digesting hundreds of years of medieval case law, including those cases otherwise lost
- Condition:
- Modern calf, the first title with the woodcut and text only, small loss on its verso, some dampstaining and strengthened margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-77990
- Price:
- $ 35000.00
- Category:
- Abridgements
- Author:
- Bellewe, Richard
- Title:
- Les Ans du Roy Richard le Second. Collect' Ensembl' hors les Abridgments de Statham, Fitzherbert et Brooke [etc.]. Beale R478; S.T.C. 1848
- Publisher:
- Imprinted by Robert Robinson dwelling in Fewter lane [etc.], London, 1585.
- Description:
- Original edition of the sole reports from the late fourteenth century reign of Richard II, culled from the the three major early English abridgments, termed "rare" by Winfield and "excessively rare" by Wallace, not to be reprinted until 1869
- Condition:
- Modern calf, gilt-lettered, quite browned, yet crisp and wide-margined; with the index before the text and without the colophon leaf; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-77020
- Price:
- $ 2750.00
- Category:
- reports of cases, Abridgements, 16TH CENTURY
- Author:
- Addington, William
- Title:
- An Abridgment of Penal Statutes, Which Exhibits at One View . . . The Offences, Punishments or Penalties . . . Number of Witnesses, What Justices, The Enacting Statutes [etc.]. Second Edition
- Publisher:
- Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall . . . For the Author [etc.], London, 1779].
- Description:
- A comprehensive work prepared by Addington while a Bow Street magistrate, this copy possessing a second Bow Street association, with the notation on the title "given to me by Sampson Wright Esq, one of the magistrates of Bow Street Westminster"
- Condition:
- Contemporary tree-calf, joints cracked, label lacking, sewing a bit fragile, else a very clean, even attractive copy, signed boldly by Addington
- Book No.:
- W-55516
- Price:
- $ 450.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, criminal law, justices of peace
- Author:
- Cotton, Robert
- Title:
- An Exact Abridgement of the Records in the Tower of London . . . of all the Parliaments holden in each Kings reign, and the several Acts in every Parliament [etc.]. Revised . . . by William Prynne
- Publisher:
- Printed for William Leake Stationer, at the Crown [etc.], London, 1657.
- Description:
- First edition of one of two valuable works singled out by Holdsworth as the fruits of Prynne's scholarship in seeing published the previously unprinted public records of the Kingdom, both leading to his appointment as their Keeper in the next decade
- Condition:
- Early tree calf, rebacked, some embrowning, but a good copy
- Book No.:
- W-60146
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, Acts
- Author:
- Pulton, Ferdinando
- Title:
- An Abstract of all the penall Statutes which be generall, in force and use . . . which doe threaten to the Offendours . . . Moreoeur the aucthoritie and duetie of all Justices of Peace, Shirifes, Coroners, Eschetors, Maiors, Baylifes [etc.]. S.T.C. 9526.7
- Publisher:
- Imprinted at London . . . by Richard Tottyl [etc.], London, 1577.
- Description:
- First edition of Pulton's first work in a lifetime devoted to the editing of the English statutes, the first work in English on the criminal law of England, and the first work to attempt to digest or abstract that subject; six copies in S.T.C.
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, centered blind lozenges, quite worn, ownership inscriptions and other notations on the title, else very clean; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79449
- Price:
- $ 6500.00
- Category:
- criminal law, Acts, Abridgements, justices of peace, coroners, sheriffs
- Author:
- Jacob, Giles
- Title:
- The New Law Dictionary . . . Carefully Abridged . . . And particularly Referring To all the Law-Reports, and Acts of Parliament . . . Whereto is added, A curious Catalogue or Register of the Year-Books and Reports, with the Times of their Publication
- Publisher:
- Printed by Henry Lintot . . . for R. Ware [and twelve others], London, 1743.
- Description:
- The uncommon (and sole) abridgment of Jacob's masterpiece, his original work far different from previous dictionaries, this abridgment undertaken by Jacob himself, with a special effort made to render it "easy, clear, and familiar"
- Condition:
- Contemporary polished calf, crimson morocco label, gilt, somewhat rubbed, else a very good clean copy; eight copies in ESTC, one in a law library
- Book No.:
- W-77706
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- legal dictionaries, Abridgements, reports of cases, Acts, Year Books
- Author:
- Meriton, George
- Title:
- An Exact Abridgment of all the Publick Printed Irish Statutes now in Force . . . Together with An Abridgment of such English Statutes . . . as have been Enacted and made since Sir Edward Poyning's Law, relating to the Kingdom of Ireland [etc.]
- Publisher:
- Printed by and for Andrew Crook [and two others], Dublin, 1700.
- Description:
- First edition of the first comprehensive abridgment of the Irish statutes and those of England applying to Ireland, compiled by the prolific English lawyer who had removed to Ireland and been granted a law degree from the University of Dublin
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, rubbed, front joint cracked but holding, a sound clean copy, with the imprimatur leaf; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78716
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- IRELAND, Abridgements
- Author:
- Young [Yonge], Walter
- Title:
- A Vade Mecum, Or, Table, Containing the Substance of such Statutes; Wherein Any one, or more Justices of the Peace are inabled to Act . . . Together With an Epitome of Mr. Stamford's Pleas of the Crown. The Seventh Edition [etc.]. Wing Y96; not in Cowley
- Publisher:
- Printed by John Streater, and are to be sold by H. Twyford [etc.], London, 1663.
- Description:
- Final edition of, so far as I can determine, the first and only early abridgment of an English criminal law treatise, Parliament having "ordered it to be printed for public use", its first part detailing in double columns both offences and penalties
- Condition:
- Modern blind panelled calf, quite clean and well preserved, contemporary manuscript jury foreman instructions on the second blank; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79714
- Price:
- $ 750.00
- Category:
- criminal law, Abridgements, justices of peace
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection in English, of the Statutes nowe in force, continued from the beginning of Magna Charta, made in the 9 yeere of the reigne of King H.3. vntill . . . the 23 yeere of the Reigne of our gracious Queene Elizabeth [etc.]. S.T.C. 9315; Cowley 77
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . by Christopher Barker . . . 1583 [colophon], London, 1583.
- Description:
- One of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success", arranging the statutes alphabetically and far surpassing all previous efforts
- Condition:
- Modern calf, the original covers mounted, margin of title repaired (no text affected), minor marginal worming, yet a very good copy (the Taussig copy)
- Book No.:
- W-77985
- Price:
- $ 4500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Trusler, John
- Title:
- A Summary of The Constitutional Laws of England, Being an Abridgement of Blackstone's Commentaries [with] "A List of Books Published By the Rev. Dr. Trusler". Not in Eller; compare Laeuchli 122 [not recording the eight page "List of Books" present here]
- Publisher:
- Printed for the Author, at the Literary-Press [etc.], London, 1788.
- Description:
- The rare first edition of the first abridgment of Blackstone, published within a decade of his death and the earliest of three to appear in the 18th century; six copies in ESTC (one in North America), none containing Trusler's "List of Books"
- Condition:
- Contemporary 1/4 calf over marbled boards, the spine chipped and the joints cracking, but quite firm, some lightish staining; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78781
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- Abridgements
- Author:
- Fitzherbert, Anthony and John Rastell (comps.)
- Title:
- La Table co[n]teynant en sommarie les choses notables en la graunde Abridgement, composee par le Iudge tresreuerend monsieur Anthony Fytzherbert, dernierment renue et corige: Au quell est nouelment adioustee les nombres des cases [etc.]. S.T.C. 10956.5
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottell decimo Nouembris [etc.], London, 1565.
- Description:
- The earliest of the indexes of the common law, begun by Fitzherbert and improved by John Rastell to accompany the first edition of Fitzherbert's famed abridgement, but not then completed and here finally remedied to accompany Tottel's 1565 edition
- Condition:
- Contemporary panelled calf, centered gilt lozenges, front joint cracking but firm, initials "T H" (?Thomas Harriott), Ehrman bookplate; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79380
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- Abridgements
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection of all the Statutes, from the beginning of Magna Charta vnto this present yeare of our Lord God 1579. newlye augmented, and diligentlie perused [etc.]. S.T.C. 9314; Beale S66; Cowley 75
- Publisher:
- Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, London, 1579.
- Description:
- One of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, and the first edition of his work to translate his selections into English; in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference", surpassing all previous efforts
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind panelled calf (Oldham 775), front joint cracked, else well preserved, with the Somerhill Library bookplate; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78746
- Price:
- $ 3500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Title:
- Law of Actions: Being An Exact, Brief and Methodical Collection of all adjudg'd Cases out of all the Reports of the Law to this Day; And likewise from Roll's Abridgment [with] the Reason that Rules it Render'd obvious to the meanest Capacity [etc.]
- Publisher:
- Printed by John Nutt . . . for John Hartley [etc.], London, 1710.
- Description:
- A rare work devoted almost entirely to action on the case, as it began "to produce the modern categories under which our substantive law is grouped", contrasting tort and contract, with much on slander, assumpsit and "doing, not doing, or misdoing"
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind-ruled calf, rubbed, the label largely lacking, a bit of browning and staining, yet generally well preserved; six copies in ESTC
- Book No.:
- W-74382
- Price:
- $ 1500.00
- Category:
- contracts, torts, Procedure, Abridgements, reports of cases, libel and slander
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection in English of the Statutes now in force, continued from the beginning of Magna Charta, made in the 9 yere of the Reigne of King H.3. untill . . . the 7 yere of the Raigne of our Soueraigne Lord King James [etc.]. S.T.C. 9324; Cowley 112. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed for the Societie of Stationers, London, 1611.
- Description:
- One of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success", arranging the statutes alphabetically and far surpassing all previous efforts
- Condition:
- Modern calf, gilt, light browning and a bit of marginal staining, else a very good, clean, tall copy; no copy in a law library in ESTC; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-77827
- Price:
- $ 2500.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography
- Author:
- Wingate, Edmund
- Title:
- Statuta Pacis: Or A perfect Table of all the Statutes (now in force) which any way concerne the Office of a Justice of Peace. Cleerly also setting down the severall duties of Sheriffes, Head-officers of Corporations . . .and other Officers &c. Wing W3023
- Publisher:
- Printed by M. Flesher and J. Young [etc.], London, 1644.
- Description:
- The uncommon, only edition of Wingate's first legal compilation, offering as its justification Sir Edward Coke's view of the importance to England of its unique system of subordinate government; three copies in ESTC in North America
- Condition:
- Contemporary unlettered sheep, lightly rubbed, rebacked, the original spine laid down, new endpapers, quite crisp with good margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79699
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- justices of peace, sheriffs, criminal law, Abridgements
- Author:
- Jacob, Giles
- Title:
- The Common Law Common-Plac'd: Containing, the Substance and Effect of All the Common Law Cases, dispersed in the Body of the Law . . . Wherein likewise The Terms of the Law . . . are concisely treated of [etc.]. The Second Edition. Cowley 225. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling [etc.], London, 1733.
- Description:
- The last, and much-expanded, edition of Jacob's abridgment, designed to complement his 'Statute Law Common-Placed' and likely his 'Student's Companion, or Reasons of the Law'; arranged by subject, alphabetically
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, rebacked, the boards somewhat worn and scraped, else a very good, tall, clean copy
- Book No.:
- W-77870
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- Abridgements
- Author:
- Manley, William]
- Title:
- A Collection Of The Laws of the Customs Now in Force, To prevent Frauds and Abuses in the Revenue . . . Being An Abridgement of several Acts of Parliament . . . Wherein are contained The Powers given by the Laws now in Force [etc.]. Goldsmiths 7924
- Publisher:
- Printed by Thomas Baskett . . . for Robert Vincent [etc.], London, 1742.
- Description:
- A rare work, seeking to provide "outdoor officers" with sufficient legal knowledge to stem fraud, digesting the laws from the 14th century onwards, providing opinions of counsel on doubtful points, and listing the legal wharfs; three copies in RLIN
- Condition:
- ?Later 1/2 calf, rubbed, title clipped, else a good untrimmed copy
- Book No.:
- W-69523
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- economics, Abridgements, justices of peace, Exchequer, international law
- Author:
- Brooke, Robert
- Title:
- La Graunde Abridgement, Collecte & escrie per le Iudge tresreuerend Syr Robert Brooke, Chiualier, nadgairs chiefe Iustice del common banke [with] La Secound part du Graunde Abridgement [etc.]. Two Volumes in one [complete]. S.T.C. 3828; Beale R471 & R472
- Publisher:
- In aedibus Richardi Tottell Duodecimo die Octobris. 1576, London, 1576.
- Description:
- Second edition of one of the two great early abridgments of English law, providing access to the centuries of Year Book cases and medieval legal sources otherwise virtually inaccessible; a massive work with over 20,000 entries arranged alphabetically
- Condition:
- Modern calf, light browning, occasional early annotations, bookplate "Earl of Ellenborough's Heirlooms" with the book numbered noted; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78289
- Price:
- $ 3000.00
- Category:
- Abridgements
- Author:
- Ashe, Thomas
- Title:
- Un Perfect Table a Touts les Severall Livers del Reportes de Sir Edward Coke . . . Ouesque un Catalogue de touts le cases in larguments de les principall cases [with an] Alphabeticall collection de touts . . . texts del Latine [etc.]. S.T.C. 5525
- Publisher:
- Printed for the Company of Stationers, London, 1606.
- Description:
- First edition of the first abridgement of Coke's reports, undertaken by Thomas Ashe, the master and pioneer of this genre of legal literature ("a great maker of indices and abstracts", in Holdsworth's words); arranged alphabetically by subject
- Condition:
- Contemporary vellum, soiled, some repairs, else fresh and well-preserved; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-49535
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, reports of cases
- Author:
- Bellewe, Richard
- Title:
- Les Ans du Roy Richard le Second. Collect' Ensembl' hors les Abridgments de Statham, Fitzherbert et Brooke [etc.]. Beale R478; S.T.C. 1848
- Publisher:
- Imprinted by Robert Robinson dwelling in Fewter lane [etc.], London, 1585.
- Description:
- Original edition of the sole reports from the late fourteenth century reign of Richard II, culled from the the three major early English abridgments, termed "rare" by Winfield and "excessively rare" by Wallace, not to be reprinted until 1869
- Condition:
- Contemporary vellum, unevenly darkened, variant with the Lincoln's Inn arms on the title's verso, without the colophon if called for; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79127
- Price:
- $ 2000.00
- Category:
- reports of cases, Abridgements, 16TH CENTURY
- Author:
- Dunlap, M.E.
- Title:
- Abridgment of Elementary Law Embodying the General Principles, Rules, and Definitions of Law Together with the Common Maxims and Rules of Equity Jurisprudence, Embracing the Subjects Contained in a Regular Law Course [etc.]. Third Edition
- Publisher:
- F.H. Thomas Law Book Co., St. Louis, 1905.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Quite worn, lacking the front free endpaper; a usable copy only
- Book No.:
- W-40313
- Price:
- $ 65.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, education
- Author:
- St. Germain, Christopher]
- Title:
- The Exact Abridgement of that Excellent Treatise called Doctor and Student
- Publisher:
- Printed by the Assignes of John More Esquire [etc.], London], 1630.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Contemporary sheep, rebacked in morocco; a good copy
- Book No.:
- W-55310
- Price:
- $ 750.00
- Category:
- equity, 16TH CENTURY, Abridgements
- Author:
- Title:
- A Table to all the Statutes made in the tyme of the most victorious Reigne of kynge Edward the sixte [with] Anno Secvndo et Tertio Edvardi Sexti. Actes [with] An Acte of the Kinges Maiesties Moste Free and generall pardon. S.T.C. 9545, 9424, and ?9430.5
- Publisher:
- (1) Thomas Berthelet (2) Richard Tottel (3) Richard Grafton, London, 1553 & 57.
- Description:
- The first separately printed index of English statute law, a rare form of legal literature prior to 1800, with the acts of Edward VI's second parliament and a later pardon, two of the three works the privately held copies recorded in STC
- Condition:
- Later buckram, light browning and minor worming, else clean and well-margined, with the bookplate of Edwin Freshfield; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78696
- Price:
- $ 2000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements
- Author:
- Title:
- The Justice's Case Law: Being A concise Abridgment of all the Cases of Crown Law, relative to Justices of Peace, and their Business and Proceedings . . . And likewise Of Use to Barristers at Law, Clerks of the Peace, Coroners, &c.
- Publisher:
- Printed by E. and R. Nutt . . . for James Lacy [etc.], London, 1731.
- Description:
- Only edition of a work represented as having been written by a Justice having served for many years as Chair of Quarter Sessions, arranged alphabetically by subject matter, liberally citing statutory authority, reports, and other legal treatises
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, ex-library, else a very good clean copy
- Book No.:
- W-79460
- Price:
- $ 450.00
- Category:
- criminal law, justices of peace, Abridgements, coroners
- Author:
- Fitzherbert, Anthony
- Title:
- La Graunde Abridgement Collect par le Judge . . . Anthony Fitzherbert [with] La Secounde Part du Graund Abridgement [with] La table conteynant en sommarie les choses notables en la graunde Abridgement [etc.]. S.T.C. 10956 & 10956.5. Three Volumes in Two
- Publisher:
- In Aedibus Ricardi Tottell [imprint varies], London, 1565.
- Description:
- The magisterial Tottel printing of "the decisive book--the book that 'made' the Common Law", containing over 13,000 abridged case-notes arranged alphabetically by subject in some 263 titles and digesting hundreds of years of medieval case law
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, quite worn, some repairs, the second volume rebacked, repair to its last leaf, else very clean with wide margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78092
- Price:
- $ 5500.00
- Category:
- Abridgements
- Author:
- Williams, T.W.
- Title:
- A Compendious Digest of The Statute Law, Comprising The Substance and Effect of All the Public Acts of Parliament . . . from Magna Charta in the Ninth Year of King Henry III to the Twenty-Seventh Year of . . . King George III Inclusive. Cowley 276
- Publisher:
- Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers, for G. Kearsley [etc.], London, 1787.
- Description:
- The rare first edition of the last attempt to digest Great Britain's statute law, arranged alphabetically by subject and undertaken by the Inner Temple barrister known for his writings and as editor of the 'Law Journal'; one copy in ESTC in the USA
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, light browning and some staining towards the volume's end, else a very good copy, with the half title and errata
- Book No.:
- W-77068
- Price:
- $ 750.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, Acts
- Author:
- Cotton, Robert
- Title:
- An Exact Abridgement of the Records in the Tower of London From the reign of King Edward the Second, unto King Richard the Third, of all the Parliaments holden in each Kings reign [etc.]. Revised . . . by William Prynne. Wing C6489. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed for William Leake Stationer, at the Crown [etc.], London, 1657.
- Description:
- First edition of one of two valuable works singled out by Holdsworth as the fruits of Prynne's scholarship in seeing published the previously unprinted public records of the Kingdom, both leading to his appointment as their Keeper in the next decade
- Condition:
- Contemporary speckled calf, lightly rubbed, else well-preserved, the Evelyn / Taussig copy, with (in addition) the Sir Frederick Evelyn bookplate
- Book No.:
- W-78344
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, Acts
- Author:
- Trusler, John
- Title:
- A Summary of the Constitutional Law of England, Being an Abridgement of the Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone, Knt, One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. Not in Eller; Laeuchli 123
- Publisher:
- W. Sleater, No. 28, and W. Colles, No. 17, Dame-street, Dublin, 1790.
- Description:
- The only Irish edition of the first abridgment of Blackstone, the earliest of three abridgments to appear in the 18th century, designed "to make Blackstone's Commentaries useful to all Classes of People"; uncommon, three copies in ESTC in the USA
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 leather over boards, somewhat rubbed and chafed, some browning, but sound, with the advertising leaf preceding the title; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78935
- Price:
- $ 950.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, English constitutional law
- Author:
- Title:
- The Land-Purchaser's Companion: And the Laws Relating to Tenants and Tenures. Containing I. The Years Purchase all sorts of Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions, &c are worth . . . To which are added. The Laws and Statutes relating to Tithes [etc.]
- Publisher:
- Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling [etc.], London, 1720.
- Description:
- A primer with an uncommon focus, directed at potential purchasers prior to the South Sea Bubble bursting, providing a guide to valuing land and to associated legal problems, though prudently (and prophetically) suggesting a quite different future
- Condition:
- Contemporary unlettered blind ruled and decorated calf, somewhat marked and stained, light browning, else quite well preserved; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79728
- Price:
- $ 1350.00
- Category:
- Real Property, landlord and tenant, Abridgements, Religion, economics
- Author:
- Ireland, Thomas
- Title:
- An Exact Abridgment In English of all the Reports of that Learned and Reverend Judge Sir James Dyer Knight, And sometimes Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas . . . Wherein is contained the very substance of all those Reports at large [etc.]. Wing D2925
- Publisher:
- Printed for Matthew Walbancke, and John Place [etc.], London, 1651.
- Description:
- Only edition of the only abridgment in English of Dyer's Reports (reports Dr. Baker includes as those "second to the Yearbooks as a source of authority"), Ireland's abridgment of Coke's Reports having appeared in 1650; with over 1100 cases digested
- Condition:
- Modern blind and gilt ruled and decorated calf, some browning (moreso to the title), the margins cut close but legibility preserved; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79744
- Price:
- $ 950.00
- Category:
- reports of cases, Abridgements, 16TH CENTURY
- Author:
- D'Anvers, Knightley
- Title:
- A General Abridgment of the Common Law, Alphabetically Digested under Proper Titles . . . With Three Tables: The First, Of the several Titles. The Second, Of the Names of the Cases. And the Third, Of the Matter under General Heads. Two Volumes. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed for . . . John Walthoe [etc.] [imprints vary], London, 1705-13.
- Description:
- First edition of D'Anvers' translation into English of the abridgment of Henry Rolle, "[i]ts scientific method . . . far in advance of anything that had preceded it", carried forward to the letter "E" and further supplemented but never completed
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, a trifle rubbed, occasional light foxing and browning, a very good set, compare Cowley 192; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-77796
- Price:
- $ 2500.00
- Category:
- Abridgements
- Author:
- Lilly, John
- Title:
- A Continuation of the Practical Register [of William Style], in Two Parts. Wherein are contained Many Rules of Court, and also Practical Cases [with] a Table of all the Acts of Parliament mentioned in both these Parts. Two Volumes [complete]. Cowley 198
- Publisher:
- Printed by John Nutt . . . for Charles Harper [etc.], London, 1710.
- Description:
- Lilly's continuation of Style's work, "a useful guide to modern practice decisions collected at a time when the law reports were somewhat thin or non-existent", in John Baker's words, anticipating Lilly's like titled work published as late as 1747
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, later paper labels, rubbed, some ink staining to the boards, light browning, yet a good usable set; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79056
- Price:
- $ 550.00
- Category:
- English Law, Abridgements
- Author:
- Rastell, William (comp.)
- Title:
- A Collection in English, of the Statutes now in force, continued from the beginning of Magna Charta, made in the 9 yeere of the reigne of King H.3. vntill . . . the 35 yeere of the Reigne of our gratious Queene Elizabeth [etc.]. S.T.C. 9319; Cowley 89
- Publisher:
- Imprinted . . . by the deputies of Christopher Barker [etc.], London, 1594.
- Description:
- One of Rastell's two significant contributions to legal literature, in John Baker's words "ambitious . . . a valuable reference [and of] enormous success", arranging the statutes alphabetically and far surpassing all previous efforts
- Condition:
- Modern calf, the original boards mounted, repairs to the lower margins of the title and next leaf (no text affected), else quite clean; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-78024
- Price:
- $ 3000.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, Bibliography, Bibliography, Magna Carta
- Author:
- Rolle, Henry
- Title:
- Un Abridgment des Plusieurs Cases et Resolutions del Common Ley: Alphabeticalment digest desouth severall Titles . . . Ovesque un Table Des general Titles contenus en ceo. Two Volumes in One [complete]. Wing R1872; Cowley 159. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed for A. Crooke [and twelve others], London, 1668.
- Description:
- Only edition of Rolle's universally respected abridgment, edited by Sir Matthew Hale (who also contributes the preface), "far in advance of anything that had preceded it", summarizing Parliamentary records and statutes as well as case law
- Condition:
- Contemporary speckled blind-ruled calf, rubbed, the original spine laid down, light browning, else a very good copy; with the frontispiece
- Book No.:
- W-77888
- Price:
- $ 1750.00
- Category:
- Abridgements
- Author:
- Clark, George
- Title:
- The Penal Statutes Abridged, and Alphabetically Arranged . . . To Which is Prefixed, A Collection of Maxims and Rules for the proper Exposition of Statutes . . . The Second Edition, with Great Additions . . . By George Wilson, Serjeant at Law. Not in Cowley
- Publisher:
- Printed for Fielding and Walker [and two others], London, 1777.
- Description:
- The rare, expanded edition, arranged alphabetically and prefaced by 58 maxims, specifying an offense's nature and penalties (for first and subsequent offenses) and the number of witnesses and magistrates needed for conviction; five copies in ESTC
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, the spine gilt ruled and blind decorated, with a crimson morocco label, gilt, clean and crisp; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79675
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- criminal law, Abridgements, maxims
- Author:
- Title:
- An Abstract of All the Acts Passed In the Fifth Session of the Seventh Parliament of Great Britain, and the Fifth Year of the Reign of our most Gracious Sovereign Lord King George the Second. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed by John Baskett [etc.], London, 1732.
- Description:
- A rare example of an annual, official publication abstracting the just enacted Parliamentary legislation, in this case, some thirty-three acts, including two affecting justices of the peace and several pertaining to colonies in this hemisphere
- Condition:
- Modern marbled wraps, some browning and foxing, else a sound copy, with the final leaf itemizing separately printed, available acts; four copies in ESTC
- Book No.:
- W-76939
- Price:
- $ 350.00
- Category:
- Acts, Abridgements, justices of peace, colonies
- Author:
- Hughes, William
- Title:
- An Exact Abridgment of All the Statutes In Force and Use, made in the 16th, 17th, & 18th years of the Reign of K. Charles the first, and in the 12th, 13th, and 14th years of the Reign of K. Charles the second [etc.]. Wing E902A; ESTC R176450; not in Cowley
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Starkey and T. Baset [etc.], London, 1663.
- Description:
- A rare legal abridgment (a type of legal literature in which the Grays Inn ancient Hughes specialized), comparing certain years of the reigns of the two Charles, building on Edmund Wingate's earlier abridgment; two copies in ESTC, neither in the UK
- Condition:
- Contemporary sheep, rebacked, a bit stained, slightly bowed, a pinhole worm, with the imprimatur and advertising leaves, the latter pasted down
- Book No.:
- W-80228
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- Abridgements
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