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- Author:
- Baker, Sir John (comp.)
- Title:
- The English Legal Manuscripts of Sir Thomas Phillipps
- Publisher:
- Selden Society, London, 2008.
- Description:
- The fruits of Dr. Baker's efforts begun in the 1970's, building on those of Dr. A.N.L. Munby, to describe, record, and locate the present whereabouts of "the largest . . . collection [of English legal manuscripts] ever formed by an individual"
- Condition:
- Original cloth, as new in the dustjacket; the Society's Supplementary Series, volume 16
- Book No.:
- W-75535
- Price:
- $ 80.00
- Category:
- Manuscripts
- Author:
- Hunter, Joseph (comp.)
- Title:
- Three Catalogues; Describing the Contents of the Red Book of the Exchequer, of the Dodsworth Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, and of the Manuscripts in the Library of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn
- Publisher:
- Pickering, Chancery Lane, London, 1838.
- Description:
- The separate, enlarged publication of the three catalogues originally prepared under the direction of the Record Commission, concluding with the portion devoted to the manuscripts of Lincoln's Inn, including those of Matthew Hale and Serjeant Maynard
- Condition:
- Modern blue cloth, gilt-lettered, light browning, else a very good copy; one of 150 copies printed, 100 intended for public sale
- Book No.:
- W-77065
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- libraries, Manuscripts
- Author:
- Title:
- Checklist Brit Legal Manuscrip
- Publisher:
- Description:
- Condition:
- Book No.:
- W-10954
- Price:
- $ 25.00
- Category:
- Manuscripts
- Author:
- Hargrave, Francis
- Title:
- A Collection of Tracts Relative to the Law of England, from Manuscripts, Now First Edited [etc.]. Volume 1 [all published] [without the errata]
- Publisher:
- Printed by T. Wright: And sold by E. Brooke [etc.], London, 1787.
- Description:
- Hargrave's editing of some of the choicest manuscripts from his personal library, including previously unpublished works by Blackstone and Hale, Holdsworth characterizing the effort as one of Hargrave's two "principal service[s] to legal history"
- Condition:
- Contemporary calf, quite worn, rebacked, ex-library, browning, occasional early and informed notations; a good usable copy
- Book No.:
- W-77563
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- English Law, Manuscripts
- Author:
- Croke, George
- Title:
- The Reports of Sir George Croke Knight; Late, One of the Justices of the Court of Kings-Bench; and Formerly, One of the Justices of the Court of Common Bench . . . Revised, and published in English, By Sir Harebotle Grimston [etc.]. Wing C7014. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed by J.S. and are to be sold by the Stationers of London, London, 1657.
- Description:
- One of two first printings of the part of Croke's Reports first to be published, covering all of the reign of Charles I, "approached . . . within the tradition of Plowden and Coke" and reflecting Croke's habits of study perfected over fifty years
- Condition:
- Contemporary blind-ruled unlettered calf, rubbed, the joints just cracking and the spine varnished, a usable copy; with the portrait
- Book No.:
- W-78065
- Price:
- $ 250.00
- Category:
- reports of cases, Manuscripts
- Author:
- Francis, Clinton and Sue Sheridan Walker (eds.)
- Title:
- Checklist of Research in British Legal Manuscripts Volume III
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, 1984.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Stapled wraps; 58 pages
- Book No.:
- W-41605
- Price:
- $ 12.50
- Category:
- equity, maxims, Manuscripts
- Author:
- Post, Margaret (intro.)
- Title:
- Royal Portraits from the Plea Rolls, Henry VIII to Charles II
- Publisher:
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office [for the Public Record Office], London, 1974.
- Description:
- A little known source of Royal portraiture, selected from the initial membrances of the plea rolls between 1460 and 1674, the first letter of which (the 'P' of Placita coram domino rege) was decorated, often with the sovereign's portrait; in color
- Condition:
- Printed stapled oblong wraps, somewhat worn; 16 pages
- Book No.:
- W-62574
- Price:
- $ 75.00
- Category:
- Legal Art, MEDIEVAL, Legal Art, Manuscripts
- Author:
- Title:
- Explicatio in Zoesy Digesta. Manuscript, closely but quite legibly written in one hand, approximately 650 pages, in Latin, commencing "Corpus Juris civilis Romani, quatuor habet partes principales"
- Publisher:
- No scribe or scholar stated, No place stated, 16??.
- Description:
- The manuscript seemingly summarizing the Roman law learning of Hendrik Zoesius, the Dutch legist who wrote and lectured on both the Institutes and the Digest, four books in fifty-two titles, with paragraphs keyed to numbered ?paragraphs in the margin
- Condition:
- Contemporary vellum, a bit rubbed, morocco label ("Explicat a Zoesy"), the spine hand lettered "Manuscript 17th Century", some staining; a good copy
- Book No.:
- W-75648
- Price:
- $ 2500.00
- Category:
- roman law, Manuscripts, Holland
- Author:
- Croke, George
- Title:
- The First Part {Though last Publish't} of the Reports of Sr George Croke Kt., Late one of the Justices of the Court of Kings-Bench, And formerly one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Bench . . . Revised and published in English [etc.]. Wing C7012. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed for A. Roper, T. Collins, F. Tyton [and three others], London, 1669.
- Description:
- First reissue of the first part of Croke's reports, devoted to some two decades of the reign of Elizabeth "approached . . . within the tradition of Plowden and Coke", concluding with a revised ediion of the earliest catalogue of law books to appear
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, very light browning, without the portrait, else well preserved with excellent margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-80317
- Price:
- $ 350.00
- Category:
- reports of cases, Manuscripts, Bibliography
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