The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. 57 Recent Acquisitions February 2014 Interesting Essay on Logic 1. [Bentham, Edward (1707-1776)]. Reflexions Upon Logick. Oxford: Printed at the Theatre for James Fletcher in the Turl, 1755. [iv], 6 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning to text, title page partially detached, internally clean. $75. * Second edition. The pamphlet ends with a three-page critical bibliography that recommends several books. According to the ESTC, this bibliography is followed by an appendix dated August 19, 1760. OCLC locates only 1 copy with this appendix, however as suggested by its date, this was probably a later issue. Spanish Bookseller Catalogue 2. [Bookseller Catalogue]. Victoriano Suarez. Catalogo de la Libreria General de Victoriano Suarez: Legislacion, Jurisprudencia, Economia y Ciences Sociales. Madrid: Victoriano Suarez, 1913. viii, 206, 187-198, 18 pp. Cloth, gilt-stamped titles to front board and spine. Some rubbing to spine, corners and spine ends bumped. Light browning to text, early owner stamp to a few leaves. $65. * Suarez was a leader Madrid bookseller. 1859 Catalogue of Cincinnati Law Book Dealer 3. [Bookseller Catalogue]. Western Law Book House. Western Law Book House, Established 1840. Robert Clarke & Co. (Successors to H.W. Derby & Co.) Publish the Following Valuable Law Books [Running Title]. Cincinnati, 1859. Single sheet folded once to form 8-1/2" x 5" pamphlet, text to three pages. Light toning and dampspotting, two horizontal fold lines, otherwise fine. $150. * As one would expect, this catalogue offers a variety of Ohio and Kentucky materials. It also includes several reporters from other states and a fairly wide selection of treatises and handbooks. Scarce Eighteenth-Century Treatise on Persons and the Conflict of Laws 4. Boullenois, Louis [1680-1762]. [Rodenburg, Christian (1618-1668)]. Traite de la Personnalite et de la Realite des Loix, Coutumes, Ou Statuts, Par Forme d'Observations; Auquel on a Ajouté l'Ouvrage Latin de Rodenburgh, Intitule, De Jure Quod Oritur e Statutorum Diversitate. Paris: Chez Guillaume Desprez, 1766. Two volumes. [vi], xxiv, XXXVII, [3], 896, [2]; [viii], 596, [4], 102, [2] pp. Volume I has copperplate portrait frontispiece. Quarto (10-1/4" x 7-1/2"). Recent buckram, gilt titles to spines, edges rouged, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to extremities with minor wear to corners. Moderate toning, light soiling to title pages, light foxing in a few places, internally clean. Ex-library. Location numbers to spines, faint stamps to title pages, annotations to versos, other stamps to rear pastedowns. A solid copy of a scarce title. $750. * Only edition. A remarkably accomplished treatise on persons and the conflict of laws in the legal systems of eighteenth-century France. Appended is Rodenburg's treatise (in Latin) on the conflict of laws and husband and wife in Roman and Roman-Dutch law. OCLC locates 13 copies in North American law libraries. 1 Historical and Critical Essay on Chilean Public Law 5. Briseno, Ramon [b. 1814]. Memoria Historico-Critica del Derecho Publico Chileno, Desde 1810 Hasta Nuestros Dias. Presentada a la Universidad de Chile en la Sesion Solemne del 14 de Octubre de 1849. Santiago: Imprenta de Julio Belin I Compania, 1849. [iv], 516 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Later cloth, red and black lettering pieces to spine, endpapers renewed. Light soiling, some wear to edges of lettering pieces, light toning to text. Ex-library. Location label to spine, stamps and annotations to title page. A solid copy of a scarce title. $300. * Only edition. A historical and critical essay on Chilean public law since 1810, "which is useful principally because it contains the texts and constitutions and drafts which were prepared in Chile [from 1810] up to 1849" (Borchard). OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries (George Washington, Harvard, Iowa, Library of Congress, UC-Berkeley, University of Michigan, Yale). Borchard, A Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Argentina, Brazil and Chile 387, 416. Includes Two Important Works on International Law 6. Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Opera Minora, Olim Separatim, Nunc Conjunctim Edita. Recensuit et Nonnulla Addidit Auctor. Indicem Operum Exhibet Pagina, Quae Generalem Praefationem Excipit. Leiden: Apud Joannem van der Linden, 1730. [xiv], 571, [23] pp. Includes two-page printer catalogue. Quarto (8" x 6"). Nineteenth-century three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed, speckled edges. Front board lacking, rear board detached, spine abraded. Title page printed in red and black, woodcut printer device and decorated initials. Moderate toning to text, faint dampspotting in places. Ex-library. Stamps to title page, annotation to verso. A binding copy. $200. * First edition. This collection contains Dissertation de Domino Maris (Dissertation on the Sovereignty of the Sea) one of his principal works, which introduced one of the most enduring concepts in international law: the "three-mile limit" rule, stating that a nation may claim sovereignty over territorial waters to a distance of three miles from shore. Also contained in this compilation is De Foro Legatorum, Tam in Causa Civili, Quam Criminali (On the Jurisdiction Over Ambassadors in Both Civil and Criminal Cases), along with five additional essays addressing aspects of Roman and Dutch law. Bynkershoek was a Dutch jurist who is best known for his works dealing with international law. Respected during his lifetime, they are still consulted today. Dekkers, Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica 15 (15). Cardozo at the Annual Meeting of the New York Bar Association 7. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [New York Bar Association]. [Ritchie, Albert C. (1876-1936)]. [8" x 10" Black-and-White Press Photograph of Cardozo at the Annual Meeting of the New York Bar Association]. [New York: Acme Newspictures, January 26, 1932]. Light rubbing to extremities, stamps, annotation and caption to verso. $75. * The caption reads: "Gov. Albert C. Ritchie attends fifty-fifth annual meeting of the New York Bar Association at Luncheon at the Astor Hotel. Left to right, Chief Judge Benjamin N. Cardozo, Gov. Ritchie, Judge Victor J. Dowling, standing in the rear is Attorney General John J. Bennett, Jr." Ritchie, an American lawyer and politician, was the governor of Maryland from 1920 to 1935. Venerable Collection of Maritime Laws 8. [Cleirac, Estienne (1583-1657)]. Les Us, et Coutumes de la Mer, Divese'es en Trois Parties. I. De la Navigation. II. Du Commerce Naval & Contrats Maritimes. III. De la Jurisdiction de la Marine. Avec un Traitte der Termes de Marine, Reglements de la Navigation des Fleuves & Rivieres; Et les Nouveaux Edits, Reglements, Arrests, & Iugements Rendus sur la Fait du Commerce de la Mer. Rouen: Chez Jean Bethelin, 1671. [vi], 581, 87, [3] pp. Quarto (8-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Recent period-style calf, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Some toning to text, light foxing and faint dampstaining to a few leaves. Early owner signature to title page, contemporary annotations to rear endleaves. Ex-library. Shelf label to spine, stamp to title page, annotations to verso. $1,500. 2 * Third edition, revised and augmented. This venerable collection of maritime law was first published in 1647 and soon translated into English and Dutch. It remained influential until the end of the eighteenth century. (Thomas Jefferson, who owned an edition from 1661, was one of many who respected its authority.) "Cleirac's book is not merely a compilation; it is enriched with copious and learned notes, which entitle him to be placed in the very first rank of maritime jurists. His writings are the source from which Lord Mansfield obtained some of the best principles of common law now prevailing in England" (Marvin). pp. [505]-570 is a treatise dated 1670 with a title page reading Explication des Termes de Marine Employez par les Edits, Ordonnances et Reglemens de l'Admiraute. It was originally published in 1634. Marvin, Legal Bibliography 200. Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson II:2121. Costa Rica's First Commercial Code 9. [Costa Rica]. Codigo de Comercio Espanol, Reformado por Comision del Supremo Gobierno de Costa-Rica, Para Servir al Comercio de la Republica. Paris: Libreria De Garnier Hermanos, 1850. 236 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt title and blind stamping to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to corners, some chipping to spine ends, partial crack between front free endpaper and title page, moderate toning and light foxing to text. Ex-library. Location label to spine, bookplate and penciled annotations to front pastedown, inkstamp to title page. $350. * Only edition. Written in 1850 and enacted in 1853, Costa Rica's first commercial code was a modified version of Spain's commercial code of 1829. OCLC locates 3 copies in North American law libraries (Harvard, LA County, University of Michigan). Costa Rica's First Commercial Code (Second Issue) 10. [Costa Rica]. Codigo de Comercio Espanol, Reformado por Comision del Supremo Gobierno de Costa-Rica, Para Servir al Comercio de la Republica. [Paris: Libreria De Garnier Hermanos, 1853]. 236 pp. Lacking title page. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Later cloth, red and black lettering pieces to spine, endpapers renewed. Some soiling, light wear to edges of lettering pieces. Moderate toning to text, early owner signature to head of p. 1. Ex-library. Location label to spine, stamps and annotations to head of p. 1. A scarce title. $250. * Only edition, second issue. Including both issues, OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries (Harvard, both issues, LA County, Library of Congress, University of Arizona, UC-Berkeley, University of Michigan). First Edition of an Important Costa Rican Code 11. [Costa Rica]. Ramirez, Rafael. Codigo General de la Republica de Costa-Rica, Emitido en 30 de Julio de 1841; Segunda Edicion Anotada, Adicionada, Revisada y Corregida Conforme a Las Leyes Vigentes Posteriores Hasta el 31 de Diciembre de 1857.