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RECENTLY ACQUIRED BOOKS, CATALOGUE 84 MANUSCRIPTS & EPHEMERA CATALOGUE 84 Clark, New Jersey 2016 33 Terminal Avenue Clark, New Jersey 07066-1321 Telephone: (732) 382-1800 or (800) 422-6686 Fax: (732) 382-1887 E-mail: [email protected] www.lawbookexchange.com Exterior Front Cover: Items 8, 10, 18, 48, 87, 90, 108, 154, 155 and 158. Exterior Rear Cover: Item 198. Interior Front Cover: Item 189. Interior Rear Cover: Item 48. Title Page: Detail from Item 90. Digital images of all items in this catalogue can be found on our website. Additional images of any item can be supplied upon request. Item depictions in this catalogue are not to scale. On-Line Catalogues: Our latest catalogues, some featuring specifi c subjects and special offers, can be viewed on our website. E-Lists: In addition to our e-catalogues we offer brief e-lists of recently acquired items and special offers. Please send us a note if you would like to receive these lists. 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Domestic orders will be shipped via either Federal Express Ground Service or United Parcel Service, unless we receive other instructions. All overseas orders will be shipped via Federal Express, or USPS Air Service. All books are packed with requisite care. Warranty & Returns: We offer an unconditional guarantee of every item’s authenticity and completeness as described. We collate all of our books and note any defects in our published descriptions. Any item may be returned within fourteen (14) days of receipt for any reason; prior notifi cation is necessary and returned items must be carefully packed and arrive safely. We observe the professional and ethical standards of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America) and the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers). No 173 { 4 { CATALOGUE 84 Detail from No2 No 1 PUBLISHED UNDER ADAMS’S SUPERVISION We have seen several copies without one. Also, Cohen’s collation does not call for one, though he notes a frontispiece in the London 1 ADAMS, JOHN [1735–1826]. edition of 1794. Close inspection of our copy gives no indication of a now-lost frontispiece, such as offsetting on the adjacent leaf. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the (There is a semi-circular mark above the title page of Volume I; it United States of America, Against the Attack of M. Turgot is an impression from a circular object visible in the following few in His Letter to Dr. Price, Dated the Twenty-Second Day pages.) These reasons lead us to conclude that our copy is complete as issued. Howes 60. Cohen 2736. of March, 1778. COLLECTED WORKS OF D’AGUESSEAU, Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for William Corbett, A SET FROM THE ROYAL LIBRARY AT VERSAILLES 1797. Three volumes. 6, xxxiii, [2], 4–392; [iv], 451; [ii] 528, [36] pp. Volume I has six-page subscriber list; copperplate portrait 2 AGUESSEAU, HENRI FRANCOIS D’ [1668–1751]. frontispiece not present (see note at end of annotation below). PARDESSUS, JEAN-MARIE [1772–1853], EDITOR. Volume II has half-title, it lacks the blank front endleaf. Final two leaves of Volume III bound in reverse order. Octavo (8” x 5”). Oeuvres Completes du Chancelier d’Aguesseau. Nouvelle Edition, Augmentee de Pieces Echappees aux Premiers Contemporary tree sheep, carefully rebacked retaining spines with lettering pieces and gilt fi llets, hinges mended. Light rubbing Editeurs, Et d’un Discours Preliminaire. and a few shallow scuffs and nicks to boards, moderate rubbing to spines and extremities with some wear to corners and spine ends. Paris: Fantin et Compagnie, 1819. Sixteen volumes. Complete set. Light toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, light foxing to Octavo (8” x 5”). some leaves. A notably handsome copy. $4,500. Contemporary calf, gilt spine, gilt insignia of the Royal Library THIRD, FINAL AND BEST EDITION, the last one of Versailles to front boards, marbled edges and endpapers. published under Adams’s supervision. He wrote this fundamental Worn, several boards and backstrips detached, a few backstrips contribution to American political theory when he was the and a board lacking, text blocks intact. Moderate toning to text, American ambassador at the Court of St. James. First published in occasional light foxing, internally clean. Ex-library. Location labels London, the Defence was a profound infl uence on the delegates to to spines, stamps to title pages, annotations to versos. A reback- the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the framers of several worthy set with an interesting provenance. $500. post-Revolutionary state constitutions. It also did much to familiarize Europeans with the novel political events taking place in America. ONLY EDITION. d’Aguesseau was an important magistrate, Adams intended the Defence to be a one-volume work. He added parliamentarian and judge during the time of Louis XIV and XV. A two more volumes in 1787 and 1788 to offer more examples and pupil of Jean Domat, he served two terms as chancellor of France address issues raised by critics. The fi rst volume, reprinted from the in 1717–1722 and 1727–1750. Edited by Pardessus, this sixteen- London edition, was reprinted in New York and Philadelphia in 1787 volume critical edition collects most of his work. The contents of and Boston in 1788. An abridged two-volume French translation this set deal mostly with legal matters, but several pieces relate to was published in Paris in 1792. The third edition, a corrected reprint politics and diplomacy. This copy belonged to the “Pages du Roi, of the second and fi nal London edition, 1794, was the only complete Versailles,” a library in the Versailles Palace at the time of King Louis three-volume text published in the United States. Many copies have XVIII [1755–1824]. a copperplate portrait frontispiece of Adams in Volume I. But not all. THE LAWBOOK EXCHANGE, LTD. { { RECENTLY ACQUIRED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & EPHEMERA 5 Details from No 4 RARE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY HANDBOOK OF LAWS CONCERNING AMBASSADORS 3 [AMBASSADORS]. No 3 Quaestio Vetus, Et Nova: An Legatum Adversus Principem, London: Printed for H. Twyford, John Place, And T. Basset, 1673. Vel Rempublicam ad Quam Missus Est, Delinquentem [viii], 144, 177–332, 369–520, [16] pp. Text continuous despite Salvo Juregentium Capere, Retinere, Ac Punire Liceat? pagination. Nunc Primum in Germania Typis Edita. [BOUND WITH] Strassburg: Sumptibus Lazari Zetzneri, 1606. 62 pp. 12mo (5-1/4” S[MALL], W[ILLIAM]. x 3-1/4”). An Exact Collection of Choice Declarations, With Pleas, Near-contemporary plain paper wrappers, gilded edges. Light Replications, Rejoynders, Demurrers, Assignement of rubbing to exterior, moderate toning to interior, light foxing to a Errours: And the Entries of Judgments Thereupon Affi rmed. few leaves, a few small dampspots and light soiling to title page. Collected by W.S. One of the Clerks of the Upper Bench Brief early annotations to a few leaves, interior otherwise clean. Offi ce: In the Reignes of Queene Elizabeth, King James, And $750. the Late King Charles. Diligently Perused, And Translated SECOND EDITION, published the same year as the fi rst. into English, For the Benefi t and Helpe of Young Clerkes. Originally published in Paris, this anonymous handbook outlines With an Exact Table, Wherein May be Found the Principall the legal privileges of ambassadors and others involved in Matters Contained in the Whole Book. diplomatic work. As one would expect, it is grounded in principles derived from Roman law. Another edition was published in London: Printed by T.W. and T.R. for John Place, 1653. [iv], 52, 56, Strassburg in 1616. All three are scarce. OCLC locates 2 copies 65–112, 107, [13] pp. Text continuous despite pagination. of the 1606 Strassburg imprint in North America (Harvard Law School, Newberry Library). VD17 23:279488H. Quarto (8-1/4 x 6-1/4”). Recent period-style quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece to PLEADING DURING THE COMMONWEALTH AND RESTORATION spine. Negligible light rubbing to extremities, corners lightly bumped. Moderate toning to text, occasional faint dampspotting. Woodcut 4 A[STON], R[OBERT]. head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. Two nice copies in a handsome binding. $1,250. Placita Latinè Rediviva: A Book of Entries; Containing Perfect and Approved Precedents of Counts, Declarations, ASTON: SECOND AND FINAL EDITION; Small: only edition. The collections by Aston and Small are fi ne examples of Barrs, Avowries, Replications, Pleas in Abatement, Issues, seventeenth-century pleading manuals. Sometimes attributed Judgments, As Well in Actions Real as Personal, And incorrectly to William Sheppard, Small’s manual refl ects changes Sundry Other Entries; Useful for All Clerks, Attorneys, And introduced during the Commonwealth. As suggested by its Practisers in the Courts at Westminster, And Inferiour title, Aston’s, fi rst issued at the beginning of the Restoration in Courts.