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Bero, Agostino; Marzari, Francesco.
Quaestiones Familiares: Pragmaticis Percommodae [Bound with] In...
Two Scarce Sixteenth-Century Italian Works on Roman and Canon Law Bero, Agostino [1474-1554]. Thomasius, Joannes, Editor. Quaestiones Familiares: Pragmaticis Percommodae. Venice: Apud Io. Antonium Bertanum, 1574. [lxxii], 445, [3] pp. [Bound with] Marzari, Francesco. In Materiam Fideicomissariam Epitome Francisci Marzarii Vicentini Iurisconsulti ac in Rot. Genuens. Bononiens. Florentina Quondam Auditoris..... More
Bluntschli, Johann Caspar
Entwicklung der Erbfolge Gegen den Letzten Willen nach Romischen...
An Important Study of Inheritance and Succession in Roman Law Bluntschli, Johann Caspar (Kaspar) [1808-1881]. Entwicklung der Erbfolge Gegen den Letzten Willen nach Romischen Recht mit bes. Rucksicht auf die Novelle 115. Bonn: Bei Adolph Marcus, 1829. x, 310 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Original marbled publisher boards, paper title..... More
Camarela, Francisco; Camarelli, Francesco
De Legatis et Singulis Rebus per Fideicommissum Relictis.
A Durable Concept in Roman Law Camarela, Francisco. De Legatis et Singulis Rebus per Fideicommissum Relictis. Libris Quindecim Exaratum in Foro, Et Scholis Professoribus Perutile, Ac Necessarium, Cum Indice Locupletissimo, Collegii Iudicium Vincentiae Cura, & Aere Editum. Venice: Apud Abundium Menafolium, 1681. [xl], 628, [68] pp. Main text in parallel..... More
Chalfant, Ella.
A Goodly Heritage. Earliest Wills on an American Frontier.
Chalfant, Ella. A Goodly Heritage. Earliest Wills on an American Frontier. University of Pittsburgh Press, [1955]. xii, 239 pp. Orig. red gilt lettered cloth in a worn dust jacket. Very good. $45. * A study of the wills of the men and women who first settled in Pittsburgh, "the Gateway..... More
Claro, Giulio
Tractatus de Testamentis, De Feudis, De Donationibus, De Iure...
Popular Sixteenth-Century Study of Topics in Roman Law Claro, Giulio [1525-1575]. Tractatus de Testamentis, De Feudis, De Donationibus, De Iure Emphiteotico: Nunc ab Omnibus Erroribus Maxima Diligentia Emendati: Cum Summariis, & Repertoriis Omnium Quaestionum, Ac Incidenter Dictorum. Venice: Apud Franciscum Laurentinum, 1566. 8, [32], 243 ff. Octavo (6" x 4")..... More
Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey
The Law of Devises, Last Wills, And Revocations, To Which is Added...
Gilbert on Wills (and Related Topics) Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey [1674-1726]. The Law of Devises, Last Wills, And Revocations. By the Late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert. To Which is Added, A Select Number of Wills, Drawn by Men Eminent in the Profession. Revised, Corrected, And Improved. London: Printed by W. Strahan..... More
The Law of Devises, Revocations, and Last Wills To Which is Added...
Gilbert on Wills (and Related Topics) Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey [1674-1726]. The Law of Devises, Revocations, and Last Wills To Which is Added, Choice Precedents of Wills. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1756. viii, [12], 254, [38] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, blind rules to..... More
Haggard, John
A Report of the Judgment in Dew v Clark and Clark...
The Case that Established the Concept of Partial Insanity in English Law Nicholl, Sir John [1759-1838]. Haggard, John [1794-1856], Editor. A Report of the Judgment of Dew v. Clark and Clark, Delivered by the Honourable Sir John Nicholl, In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Eastern Term, 1826. Edited, By Permission..... More
Jarman, Thomas. Jennings, Raymond, Editor
Treatise on Wills, 8th Ed. 3 Vols. Reprint of 1951 edition
Jarman, Thomas. Treatise on Wills Eighth Edition Edited by Raymond Jennings. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1951. Reprint. W.S. Hein, 2000. 3 Volumes. Hardcover with gilt spine lettering. New. $350. * "This is by far the most voluminous and complete treatise on the subject of wills extant.": Marvin, Legal Bibliography 420..... More
Manuscript; Wills; Mental Fitness; Lewis, Garrett
1854 Legal Interrogatory of a North Carolina Medical Doctor...
1854 Interrogatory Concerning the Mental Fitness of the Decedent in an Inheritance Case [Manuscript]. [Wills]. [Mental Fitness]. Lewis, Garrett. Skinner, Dr. W.C. [1854 Legal Interrogatory of a North Carolina Medical Doctor W.C. Skinner Concerning the Illness, Mental Fitness and Death of Garrett Lewis of Chester County, Pennsylvania]. [West Chester, Chester..... More
Marshall, George W
A Handbook to the Ancient Courts of Probate and Depositories of Wills.
Marshall, George W. [1839-1905]. A Handbook to the Ancient Courts of Probate and Depositories of Wills. London: H. Cox, 1895. vi, 75 pp. Original cloth, worn, stained, spine almost perished, text detached but complete, internally clean. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown. $45. * An attempt to form a calendar of..... More
Nelson, William
Lex Testamentaria, Or, A Compendious System of All the Laws of...
"The Difficulty is to Find Out What a Man Intended After He is Dead" Nelson, William [d. 1653]. Lex Testamentaria: Or, A Compendious System of All the Laws of England, As Well Before the Statute of Henry VIII. As Since, Concerning Last Wills and Testaments. In Which Are Collected, All..... More
Nicholl, Sir John; Annotated Haggard, John, Editor
A Report of the Judgment of Dew v Clark and Clark, Delivered by...
The Case that Established the Concept of Partial Insanity in English Law, A Copy Probably Annotated by the Editor Nicholl, Sir John [1759-1838]. Haggard, John [1794-1856], Editor. A Report of the Judgment of Dew v. Clark and Clark, Delivered by the Honourable Sir John Nicholl, In the Prerogative Court of..... More
Nichols, J.; Richard Gough
A Collection of all the Wills, Now Known to Be Extant, of the Kings...
[Nichols, John; Richard Gough]. A Collection of all the Wills, Now Known to Be Extant, of the Kings and Queens of England, Princes and Princesses of Wales, and every Branch of the Blood Royal, from the Reign of William the Conqueror, to that of Henry the Seventh Exclusive: With Explanatory..... More
Passaggeri, Rolandino de'; Unzola, Pietro da
Flos Testamentorum cum Additionibus Petri de Unzola.
C.1490 Venice Printing of a Renowned Guide to Drafting Wills and Contracts Passaggeri, Rolandino de' [d. 1300]. [Unzola, Pietro Da (d. 1312)], Additions. Flos Testamentorum cum Additionibus Petri de Unzola. [Venice: S.n., c.1490]. 46 ff. Collation: [*2], a-f8.4, g8. Quarto (8" x 6-3/4"; 20.3 x 17.2 cm). Later three-quarter sheep..... More
Pellegrini, Marcantonio; Peregrino, Antonio
De Fideicommissis Praesertim Universalibus, Tractatus Frequentissimus.
Classic Treatise on Fideicommissum Pellegrini, Marcantonio [1530-1616]. Lonigius, Gasparus, Editor. De Fideicommissis Praesertim Universalibus, Tractatus Frequentissimus, M. Antonii Peregrini Patavini. Omnibus tam in Scholis, Qiuam in Causarum Foro Versantibus Admodum Utilis, Ac Pernecessarius. Ab Eodem Ultima hac Post Germanicam Editione, Summa Diligentia Recognitus, & Compluribus Additamentis Recenter Adauctus & Illustratus..... More
Reese, William M
A Manual for Ordinaries, Executors, Administrators, And Guardians...
Antebellum Georgia Treatise: Includes Sections on Slaves and "Negroes" Reese, William M. [1818-1899]. A Manual for Ordinaries, Executors, Administrators, And Guardians, In the State of Georgia. Embracing the Constitutional and Statute Law of the State, Familiar Principles of the Common Law, Decisions of the Supreme Court, And a Great Variety..... More
Richardson, Robert
The Law of Testaments and Last Wills. Containing All that is...
Drafting Wills in Eighteenth-Century England [Richardson, Robert]. The Law of Testaments and Last Wills. Containing All That is Necessary to be Known and Practised by Testators and Their Executors, Administrators, &c. As Also, What Relates to the Distribution of the Estates of Intestates. In the Following Particulars. The Different Kinds..... More
Sadler, Walter Dendy, After; Dobie, James, Engrave
The New Will: "Everything to My Wife Absolutely"
"Everything to My Wife" Sadler, Walter Dendy, After. James Dobie, Engraver. The New Will: "Everything to My Wife Absolutely." London, Paris & New York: Rafael Tuck & Sons Ltd, [c. 1894]. Attractively glazed and double-matted 19" x 16" hand-colored etching in handsome 29" x 26" wooden frame, small brass plaque..... More
Surrogate's Office, Hudson, New York
Directions to Executors and Administrators on Taking Inventory.
Preparing to File with the Surrogate's Office Surrogate's Office, Hudson, New York. Directions to Executors and Administrators on Taking Inventory. Hudson: [Surrogate's Office], 1872. 13 pp. 12mo. (5-3/4" x 3-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and minor edgewear, early owner signature to front wrapper. Light browning to text..... More
Swinburne, Henry
A Briefe Treatise of Testaments and Last Willes, Very Profitable...
First Edition of the First Standard Treatise on Wills Swinburne, Henry [1560?-1623]. A Briefe Treatise of Testaments and Last Willes, Very Profitable to be Understoode of All the Subjects of This Realme of England, (Desirous to Know, Whether, Whereof, And How, They May Make Their Testaments: And by What Meanes..... More
Tayler, Thomas
Precedents of Wills, Drawn Conformably to Revised Statutes of New York
1843 Treatise on Wills "Drawn Conformably to the Revised Statutes of New York" Tayler, Thomas [fl. 1833-1843]. Precedents of Wills, Drawn Conformably to the Revised Statutes of the State of New York: With Practical Notes: Comprising the Duty of Executors, Administrators and Guardians. Dedicated, By Permission, To the Hon. James..... More
Vallette, Elie; Sparrow, Thomas, Engraver
The Deputy Commissary's Guide Within the Province of Maryland...
Copy of the First American Treatise on Wills that Belonged to an Important Early Illinois Statesman Vallette, Elie. [Sparrow, Thomas (1746?-1780?), Engraver]. The Deputy Commissary's Guide Within the Province of Maryland, Together with Plain and Sufficient Directions for Testators to Form, and Executors to Form Their Wills and Testaments, For..... More
Wieling, Hans Josef
Testamentsauslegung im Romischen Recht.
Wieling, Hans Josef. Testamentsauslegung im Romischen Recht. Munich: C.H. Beck, 1972. 286 pp. Softbound, light shelfwear, front hinge starting. Bookplate of A. Arthur Schiller to front pastedown, occasional annotations and underlining. $45. * A title in the series Munchener Beitrage zur Papyrusforschung und Antiken Rechtsgeschichte. Abraham Arthur Schiller [1902-1977] was..... More
Studies in Wills: Romance and Interest of An Old Story.
The "Romance" of Wills [Wills]. Studies in Wills: Romance and Interest of An Old Story. Baltimore: Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company, [1926]. [iv], 25 pp. Color frontispiece. Black-and white plates. Original cloth, light shelfwear and soiling, binding slightly cocked. Light foxing to endleaves, internally clean. $15. * A charming history..... More