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1791Best.-Nr. 623701791. London 1791. London 1791. A Cautionary Tale for "Young Gentlemen" Trial. Cork Edmund Boyle Earl of 1767-1856 Defendant. The Trial of Lord Dungarvan At the Old Bailey On Monday the 17th of January 1790 Before Mr. Baron Thompson. Taken Accurately in Short Hand by a Gentleman of the Middle Temple. Counsel for the Prosecution Mr. Knowles and Mr. Const. For his Lordship Mr. Shepherd Mr. Garrow and Mr. Cullen. London: Printed for Mr. Lewis 1791. 6 ii 3-38 2 pp. Includes two-page publisher catalogue. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Quarto 10" x 8". Recent three-quarter morocco over cloth gilt rules to boards gilt title to spine untrimmed edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities some toning to text light soiling to half-title which has an owner signature of William Owen Trinity College dated 1794 repairs to corners and fore-edge of frontispiece. Ex-library. Stamps to boards and free endpapers bookplate to front pastedown. A solid copy of a rare title. $1250. Only edition. The frontispiece depicts Elizabeth Weldon the prostitute who initiated the suit. In an attempt to extort money she threatened Boyle also known as Viscount Dungarvan due to his Irish properties with a bogus lawsuit. She said she would claim he took money from her clothing after he purchased her services. However Cork called her bluff and eventually prevailed in court. Clearly a salacious case it is presented here as a cautionary tale for "young gentlemen whose levity may bring them into a familiar situation." The reporter warns that it "may not always be in the power even of a man of fashion to refute the plausible tale of an artful woman although a prostitute. It may not always happen that an innocent defendant shall have the same circumstances to protect his honour as my Lord Dungarvan" ii. OCLC locates 2 copies both in law libraries Columbia Harvard. English Short-Title Catalogue N013878. unknown books
1864Best.-Nr. 712931864. Boston: James Redpath 1864. Boston: James Redpath 1864. The Definitive First Edition of an Exceptionally Rare Anti-Capital Punishment Pamphlet Regarding the First Recorded Bank Robbery in American History Trial. Green Edward W. d.1866 Defendant. A Citizen of Malden. Shall We Suffocate Ed. Green. Boston: James Redpath 1864. 61 3 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-1/2"; 23.5 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling staining and edgewear to wrappers and corners of text block spine abraded wrappers partially detached but secure. Moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining to a few leaves early owner inscription "Chas W. Raisbeck/ Malden/ Mass" to head of front wrapper. $1250. Only edition. Edward W. Green the seemingly respectable postmaster of Malden Massachusetts earned a dark place in American history as the nation's first bank robber. Secretly struggling with alcoholism and a shortfall in his post office accounts Green targeted the Malden Bank on December 15 1863. Finding the institution manned solely by Frank Converse the 17-year-old son of the bank's president Green retrieved a gun shot the youth twice in the head and escaped with $5000. The crime was swiftly solved; Green confessed led authorities to the stolen funds and was sentenced to hang. Published during the height of the public furor surrounding Green's trial this highly charged polemic fiercely condemns the bloodlust of the public. The anonymous author writing as "A Citizen of Malden" argues that those demanding Green's execution are betraying the core teachings of Christ. The pamphlet was issued by James Redpath 1833-1891 the prominent journalist radical abolitionist and progressive publisher known for championing social reform and human rights causes. This title is of exceptional rarity. While Thomas M. McDade's definitive bibliography The Annals of Murder records two other contemporary accounts of the Green case items 381 and 382 this specific pamphlet is unrecorded by McDade. Charles William Raisbeck 1829-1872 the former owner of this copy was a bookkeeper and genealogist who split his time between Boston and Malden. Only edition. Green the postmaster of Malden Massachusetts is. unknown
1864Best.-Nr. 712931864. Boston: James Redpath 1864. Boston: James Redpath 1864. The Definitive First Edition of an Exceptionally Rare Anti-Capital Punishment Pamphlet Regarding the First Recorded Bank Robbery in American History Trial. Green Edward W. d.1866 Defendant. A Citizen of Malden. Shall We Suffocate Ed. Green. Boston: James Redpath 1864. 61 3 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-1/2"; 23.5 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling staining and edgewear to wrappers and corners of text block spine abraded wrappers partially detached but secure. Moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining to a few leaves early owner inscription "Chas W. Raisbeck/ Malden/ Mass" to head of front wrapper. $1250. Only edition. Edward W. Green the seemingly respectable postmaster of Malden Massachusetts earned a dark place in American history as the nation's first bank robber. Secretly struggling with alcoholism and a shortfall in his post office accounts Green targeted the Malden Bank on December 15 1863. Finding the institution manned solely by Frank Converse the 17-year-old son of the bank's president Green retrieved a gun shot the youth twice in the head and escaped with $5000. The crime was swiftly solved; Green confessed led authorities to the stolen funds and was sentenced to hang. Published during the height of the public furor surrounding Green's trial this highly charged polemic fiercely condemns the bloodlust of the public. The anonymous author writing as "A Citizen of Malden" argues that those demanding Green's execution are betraying the core teachings of Christ. The pamphlet was issued by James Redpath 1833-1891 the prominent journalist radical abolitionist and progressive publisher known for championing social reform and human rights causes. This title is of exceptional rarity. While Thomas M. McDade's definitive bibliography The Annals of Murder records two other contemporary accounts of the Green case items 381 and 382 this specific pamphlet is unrecorded by McDade. Charles William Raisbeck 1829-1872 the former owner of this copy was a bookkeeper and genealogist who split his time between Boston and Malden. Only edition. Green the postmaster of Malden Massachusetts is. unknown books
1849Best.-Nr. 774161849. London: W.M. Clark 1849. London: W.M. Clark 1849. Thomas McDade's Copy Trial. Manning Frederick George 1820-1849 Defendant. Manning Maria 1821-1849 Defendant. The Bermondsey Murder. A Full Report of the Trial of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning For the Murder of Patrick O'Connor At Minver-Place Bermondsey On the 9th of August 1849. Including Memoirs of Patrick O'Connor Frederick George Manning And Maria Manning. With their Portraits And Several Other Engravings. At head of title: Clark's Edition. London: Printed and Published by W.M. Clark 1849. 64 pp. Illustrated. Bound with The Only Correct Account of the Confession and Execution of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning For the Murder of Patrick O'Connor. At head of title: Appendix to Clark's Edition. London: Printed and Published by William Mark Clark 1849. 16 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlets bound in later three-quarter sheep over marbled boards gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine edges rouged marbled endpapers later bookplate of Thomas M. McDade to front pastedown. Light rubbing to extremities front joint and hinges starting brief annotation to verso of front free endpaper. Blank leaves added before and after text block 48 pp. of contemporary newspaper clippings about the trial one with brief annotations pasted onto blank leaves at rear. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing soiling and faint staining to top-edge of rear blank leaves small tears to bottom-edge of leaf D5 pp. 57-58 of Trial. $1250. Only stated editions each one of two 1849 issues. O'Connor a wealthy gauger customs official and moneylender was the former lover of Marie De Roux later Manning. He was murdered by Marie and her husband Frederick George Manning. The motivation was greed. The case attracted a good deal of public attention and became known as the "Bermondsey Horror." Eventually apprehended the husband and wife were hanged on November 13 1849. This execution was the first time a husband and wife had been executed together in England since 1700. Dickens witnessed the execution and wrote an account of it that was published in the Times. The behavior of the crowd repulsed him and he became a leading advocate for ending public executions. The campaign was eventually successful in 1868. unknown
1849Best.-Nr. 739211849. A Murder Trial that Inspired Dickens Trial. Manning Frederick George 1820-1849 Defendant. Manning Maria 1821-1849 Defendant. The Bermondsey Murder. A Full Report of the Trial of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning For the Murder of Patrick O'Connor At Minver-Place Bermondsey On the 9th of August 1849. Including Memoirs of Patrick O'Connor Frederick George Manning And Maria Manning. With their Portraits And Several Other Engravings. At head of title: Clark's Edition. London: Printed and Published by W.M. Clark 1849. 64 pp. Illustrated. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent plain wrappers edges rouged housed in plain folder with printed label to front. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and soiling to a few leaves a few slight cracks to text block all leaves secure very faint offsetting from illustrations in places. With Manning Frederick George. Manning Maria. The Only Correct Account of the Confession and Execution of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning For the Murder of Patrick O'Connor. London: Now Publishing By W.M. Clark 1849. 16 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent plain wrappers printed label to front wrapper endleaves added. Moderate toning to interior negligible light foxing and soiling in places. Together two items. $1250. Only stated editions; Trial: one of two 1849 issues. O'Connor a wealthy gauger customs official and moneylender was the former lover of Marie De Roux later Manning. He was murdered by Marie and her husband Frederick George Manning. The motivation was greed. The case attracted a good deal of public attention and became known as the "Bermondsey Horror." Eventually apprehended the husband and wife were hanged on November 13 1849. This execution was the first time a husband and wife had been executed together in England since 1700. Dickens witnessed the execution and wrote an account of it that was published in the Times. The behavior of the crowd repulsed him and he became a leading advocate for ending public executions. The campaign was eventually successful in 1868. He later based a character on Marie Manning: Mademoiselle Hortense Lady Dedlock's maid in Bleak House. Our account of the trial had two 1849 issues with different pag. unknown
1849Best.-Nr. 739211849. A Murder Trial that Inspired Dickens Trial. Manning Frederick George 1820-1849 Defendant. Manning Maria 1821-1849 Defendant. The Bermondsey Murder. A Full Report of the Trial of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning For the Murder of Patrick O'Connor At Minver-Place Bermondsey On the 9th of August 1849. Including Memoirs of Patrick O'Connor Frederick George Manning And Maria Manning. With their Portraits And Several Other Engravings. At head of title: Clark's Edition. London: Printed and Published by W.M. Clark 1849. 64 pp. Illustrated. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent plain wrappers edges rouged housed in plain folder with printed label to front. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and soiling to a few leaves a few slight cracks to text block all leaves secure very faint offsetting from illustrations in places. With Manning Frederick George. Manning Maria. The Only Correct Account of the Confession and Execution of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning For the Murder of Patrick O'Connor. London: Now Publishing By W.M. Clark 1849. 16 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent plain wrappers printed label to front wrapper endleaves added. Moderate toning to interior negligible light foxing and soiling in places. Together two items. $1250. Only stated editions; Trial: one of two 1849 issues. O'Connor a wealthy gauger customs official and moneylender was the former lover of Marie De Roux later Manning. He was murdered by Marie and her husband Frederick George Manning. The motivation was greed. The case attracted a good deal of public attention and became known as the "Bermondsey Horror." Eventually apprehended the husband and wife were hanged on November 13 1849. This execution was the first time a husband and wife had been executed together in England since 1700. Dickens witnessed the execution and wrote an account of it that was published in the Times. The behavior of the crowd repulsed him and he became a leading advocate for ending public executions. The campaign was eventually successful in 1868. He later based a character on Marie Manning: Mademoiselle Hortense Lady Dedlock's maid in Bleak House. Our account of the trial had two 1849 issues with different pag. unknown books
1849Best.-Nr. 774161849. London: W.M. Clark 1849. London: W.M. Clark 1849. Thomas McDade's Copy Trial. Manning Frederick George 1820-1849 Defendant. Manning Maria 1821-1849 Defendant. The Bermondsey Murder. A Full Report of the Trial of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning For the Murder of Patrick O'Connor At Minver-Place Bermondsey On the 9th of August 1849. Including Memoirs of Patrick O'Connor Frederick George Manning And Maria Manning. With their Portraits And Several Other Engravings. At head of title: Clark's Edition. London: Printed and Published by W.M. Clark 1849. 64 pp. Illustrated. Bound with The Only Correct Account of the Confession and Execution of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning For the Murder of Patrick O'Connor. At head of title: Appendix to Clark's Edition. London: Printed and Published by William Mark Clark 1849. 16 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlets bound in later three-quarter sheep over marbled boards gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine edges rouged marbled endpapers later bookplate of Thomas M. McDade to front pastedown. Light rubbing to extremities front joint and hinges starting brief annotation to verso of front free endpaper. Blank leaves added before and after text block 48 pp. of contemporary newspaper clippings about the trial one with brief annotations pasted onto blank leaves at rear. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing soiling and faint staining to top-edge of rear blank leaves small tears to bottom-edge of leaf D5 pp. 57-58 of Trial. $1250. Only stated editions each one of two 1849 issues. O'Connor a wealthy gauger customs official and moneylender was the former lover of Marie De Roux later Manning. He was murdered by Marie and her husband Frederick George Manning. The motivation was greed. The case attracted a good deal of public attention and became known as the "Bermondsey Horror." Eventually apprehended the husband and wife were hanged on November 13 1849. This execution was the first time a husband and wife had been executed together in England since 1700. Dickens witnessed the execution and wrote an account of it that was published in the Times. The behavior of the crowd repulsed him and he became a leading advocate for ending public executions. The campaign was eventually successful in 1868. unknown books
1825Best.-Nr. 745381825. New York 1825. 16 pp. McDade 1020. Cohen 13136. New York 1825. 16 pp. McDade 1020. Cohen 13136. He Shot Her in the Back: : OCLC Locates 3 Copies in Law Libraries Trial. Van Patten John F. 1801-1825 Defendant. The Trial and Life and Confessions of John F. Van Patten Who was Indicted Tried And Convicted of the Murder of Mrs. Maria Schermerhorn On the 4th of October Last And Sentenced to be Executed on the 25th February 1825. New York: S.n. 1825. 16 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4"; 21.6 x 13.3 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in self wrappers woodcut execution vignette to front wrapper untrimmed edges. Moderate toning and dampspotting faint dampstaining to margins of a few leaves lower outside corner lacking from leaf containing pp. 5-6 text not affected ink smudge to p. 11 legibility not affected. A very good copy. $1250. Only edition. A chilling early American true crime narrative. The conflict began when Mrs. Maria Schermerhorn cautioned a local young woman against marrying John F. Van Patten prompting the girl's parents to forbid the courtship. Seeking revenge Van Patten borrowed a shotgun from a neighbor and visited Mrs. Schermerhorn at her home in Rotterdam New York. Under the pretense of needing wadding for his gun he waited until her back was turned as she ascended the stairs to fetch it and shot her dead McDade. This pamphlet is one of only three contemporary accounts published on the Van Patten case all of which are exceptionally scarce. OCLC locates 3 copies of our imprint in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 1020. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13136. unknown
1825Best.-Nr. 745381825. New York 1825. 16 pp. McDade 1020. Cohen 13136. New York 1825. 16 pp. McDade 1020. Cohen 13136. He Shot Her in the Back: : OCLC Locates 3 Copies in Law Libraries Trial. Van Patten John F. 1801-1825 Defendant. The Trial and Life and Confessions of John F. Van Patten Who was Indicted Tried And Convicted of the Murder of Mrs. Maria Schermerhorn On the 4th of October Last And Sentenced to be Executed on the 25th February 1825. New York: S.n. 1825. 16 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4"; 21.6 x 13.3 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in self wrappers woodcut execution vignette to front wrapper untrimmed edges. Moderate toning and dampspotting faint dampstaining to margins of a few leaves lower outside corner lacking from leaf containing pp. 5-6 text not affected ink smudge to p. 11 legibility not affected. A very good copy. $1250. Only edition. A chilling early American true crime narrative. The conflict began when Mrs. Maria Schermerhorn cautioned a local young woman against marrying John F. Van Patten prompting the girl's parents to forbid the courtship. Seeking revenge Van Patten borrowed a shotgun from a neighbor and visited Mrs. Schermerhorn at her home in Rotterdam New York. Under the pretense of needing wadding for his gun he waited until her back was turned as she ascended the stairs to fetch it and shot her dead McDade. This pamphlet is one of only three contemporary accounts published on the Van Patten case all of which are exceptionally scarce. OCLC locates 3 copies of our imprint in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 1020. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13136. unknown books
1796Best.-Nr. 730951796. London: T. Hepinstall J. Parsons & C. Wood 1796. London: T. Hepinstall J. Parsons & C. Wood 1796. "Assault Rout and Riot" Trial. Warren John 1730-1800 Defendant. The Trial of the Bishop of Bangor and Others Before Mr. Justice Heath At the Assises at Shrewsbury On Tuesday July 16 1796. For an Assault Rout And Riot: With the Pleadings at Large of Counsellors Adam and Erskine; Also the Charge to the Jury by Mr. Justice Heath. London: Sold by T. Hepinstall J. Parsons And C. Wood 1796. 47 1 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 4-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later quarter cloth over plain boards gilt fillets and title to spine. Light toning to boards small scuff to front board light fading to edges of rear board small later ink annotations to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Light toning to interior light foxing and soiling in a few places contemporary notes in ink to half-title and title page with underlining and marks to a few other pages ownership signature of Peter Bailey Williams dated 1794 to verso of final leaf. $1250. First edition. Warren the bishop of Bangor in northwest Wales had appointed his nephew as registrar of the diocese. Since the nephew was underage Samuel Grindley was appointed deputy registrar but when the nephew attempted to replace him he refused to leave his office. A fight broke out between Grindley and Warren with others joining the bishop's side. At one point Grindley threatened Warren with a pistol and the fight did not conclude until the bishop's wife intervened and dragged him away. Erskine was engaged for the defense and secured an acquittal despite the judge's summing-up in favor of conviction. The notes to the half-title and title page remark somewhat disparagingly on the case describing Grindley as "a man of no principle." Williams 1763-1836 was a Welsh Anglican rector in Caernarfonshire. OCLC locates 11 copies of this title 4 in North America Library of Congress Newberry Library Huntington Library Redwood Library and Athenaeum. English Short-Title Catalogue T191335. unknown
1796Best.-Nr. 730951796. London: T. Hepinstall J. Parsons & C. Wood 1796. London: T. Hepinstall J. Parsons & C. Wood 1796. "Assault Rout and Riot" Trial. Warren John 1730-1800 Defendant. The Trial of the Bishop of Bangor and Others Before Mr. Justice Heath At the Assises at Shrewsbury On Tuesday July 16 1796. For an Assault Rout And Riot: With the Pleadings at Large of Counsellors Adam and Erskine; Also the Charge to the Jury by Mr. Justice Heath. London: Sold by T. Hepinstall J. Parsons And C. Wood 1796. 47 1 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 4-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later quarter cloth over plain boards gilt fillets and title to spine. Light toning to boards small scuff to front board light fading to edges of rear board small later ink annotations to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Light toning to interior light foxing and soiling in a few places contemporary notes in ink to half-title and title page with underlining and marks to a few other pages ownership signature of Peter Bailey Williams dated 1794 to verso of final leaf. $1250. First edition. Warren the bishop of Bangor in northwest Wales had appointed his nephew as registrar of the diocese. Since the nephew was underage Samuel Grindley was appointed deputy registrar but when the nephew attempted to replace him he refused to leave his office. A fight broke out between Grindley and Warren with others joining the bishop's side. At one point Grindley threatened Warren with a pistol and the fight did not conclude until the bishop's wife intervened and dragged him away. Erskine was engaged for the defense and secured an acquittal despite the judge's summing-up in favor of conviction. The notes to the half-title and title page remark somewhat disparagingly on the case describing Grindley as "a man of no principle." Williams 1763-1836 was a Welsh Anglican rector in Caernarfonshire. OCLC locates 11 copies of this title 4 in North America Library of Congress Newberry Library Huntington Library Redwood Library and Athenaeum. English Short-Title Catalogue T191335. unknown books
1792Best.-Nr. YRG-226In-8, 7 volumes en trois tomes. 401 + 400 + 414 + 406 + 407 + 414 + 416 pp., reliures demi-veau brun d'époque, dos lisses ornés, tranches peintes en jaune. Traces d'usages, manques aux coins et à la coiffe du tome 2,, petit trou de bêtes dans les mors des tome 2, 1 et 3, quelques rousseurs éparses. Voir photos. Recueil célèbre de tous les discours prononcés au procès de Louis XVI et imprimés à chaud : rapports des séances, opinions des députés, interrogatoires, rapport de l'exécution et testament de Louis Capet. Jolie collection en reliure de l'époque. Important ouvrage sur la Révolution Française. Bon état générale des trois tomes.
First edition, folio (295 x 190 mm), 4pp., drop-head title, a well margined copy with just slight signs of a water stain, sewn in recent marbled wrappers, preserved in a custom-made folding cloth case, leather spine label lettered in gilt. Sexual abuse of a nine year old girl by an Irish priest. The second part of the pamphlet contains "a very foul case" of sexual abuse of a nine year girl by an Irish Catholic priest of the name of Dowdel. The girl, named Bishop, swore in court that the previous August she used to visit Dowdel, then a prisoner in the Gate-house where she had first made his acquaintance when her mother was also a prisoner there. According to her testimony: "he used to kiss her, to take her upon his knee, and to give her sugared beer, some time put his tongue into her mouth, and his hands up her coats; that he hurt her once with his finger, which made her cry; and then to please her, gave her two groats: and that a week after he took her in like manner upon his knee, and after he had kissed her a while, he threw her upon his bed (having made his Door fast with a stick) fell upon her, pull'd up her Coats, and hurt her with something..." When the matter came out the girl's father, being drunk, told Dowdel that for forty pounds he could see to it that everything would be hushed up. Dowdel thought forty pounds too much and offered ten. At his trial Dowdel shamelessly confessed his misdemeanour with a frankness which later earned some leniency from the court. He speaks in what appears to be the writer's attempt to imitate his Irish accent. "Being asked if he would challenge any of the jury, he answered like an Irish St. Omer, Me like dem well, they be all honest men. Being asked, if he used to kiss the Girl and set her upon his knee ; he answered Yes my Lor the chile be so pretty and do twenty pretty tings make me laugh a hundred times. Being asked if he ever gave her money, he said, My Lord that be my Charitee, when her Mother bee in Prison, I tooke her to eat half my dinner, and I say this bee pretty Shile, I had love for the Shile and gave her any ting I had : she used to come often for my Charitee. But amongst the rest of his discourse he owned the matter in effect in these words, which happened about entering her body, he said, Me enter her dis far, pointing his finger to the Court." Wing, F 2337.
1731Best.-Nr. 5499A La Haye, Chez Swart, 1731. 8 tomes en 4 vol. in-12 de (4)-30-(4)-172-16-36-38-(2)-8 pp. ; (4)-144-147 pp. ; (4)-191-131 pp. ; (4)-144-28-128 pp. ; (4)-168-51-108 pp. ; (4)-160-92-15-55 pp. ; (4)-203-104 pp. ; (4)-133-106-132-33-11-36 pp., vélin dur à petits rabats, tranches jaspées, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
1731Best.-Nr. 14798A La Haye, Chez Swart, 1731. 8 tomes en 8 vol. in-12, veau brun, dos ornés à nerfs, tranches rouges, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
1884Best.-Nr. 10790, , 1884. 4 pp. in-4 manuscrites.
1757pl. veau fauve, tit. et tom. sur pc. de maroquin bordeaux sur dos à 5 nerfs ornés de très fins motifs floraux, dentelles et filets encadrants dorés, tr. rouges, roulette dorée sur les coupes, ex-libris manuscrit en garde, (fortes épidermures, 2 coiffes de tête et 2 de queue accidentées, 4 pc. de tom. manquantes, coupes et coins émoussés avec mq. aux coins, tranche latérale du t. II tachée, mors fendillés aux t. II et III, en marge inf. tache de cire à la p. 45 du t. IV), intérieur assez frais excepté pour le t. II avec piqûres et mouillures claires marginales Ouvrage de premier ordre constitué des minutes du procès de Damiens, qui marque, par la précision des descriptions et l’horreur de la situation, un tournant décisif pour le droit pénal et l’application des peines. Il s’agit du dernier écartelé de France. Ouvrage de référence bien complet de la table publiée séparément et placée en tête du premier volume pour cette édition strictement conforme à l’édition au format in-4° de la même année.
1668Best.-Nr. 44691Doregnal, Dierick Braessem, 1668. Petit -n-12 de 210-(3) pp.BURLUGUAY (Jean). Toillette de M. l'Archevêque de Sens ou Réponse au Factum des Filles Sainte-Catherine lès Provins, contre les Pères Cordeliers. Sans lieu, 1669. petit in-12 de 83 pp. (mal chiffrées 403).2 pièces en 1 vol. petit in-12, maroquin rouge, dos à nerfs, double filet doré d'encadrement des plats, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
1731Best.-Nr. 276501731 Aix : impr. de D. David, 1731; etc- 1 fort vol. in-folio, précédées d'un feuillet de titre général et d'un feuillet de table, veau brun trés abimé, dos orné à nerfs en partie manquant,plats trés usés ; tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). contenant 28 des pièces en premier tirage (liste sur demande). total = 881 pp.,paginations separées - titre identique à l'exemplaire de la BNF du premier factum seul (58p.).- + copie manuscrite époque in fine: les lettres au Chancelier: magistrat à M. le président de Maliverny, la réponse de ce juge, et celles des autres messieurs qui ont été de son opinion (11 octobre-23 novembre 1732). 22 pp.; bon état,reglé - Sorcellerie et possession à Aix en Provence; Ollioules ; la Cadière.- Trés rare, rèstaurable.-
Best.-Nr. 38812Ensemble de 7 pièces reliées en un volume in-8 (214 x 134 mm), demi-veau marbré, dos à cinq nerfs filetés or richement orné de compartiments fleuronnés et cloisonnés, palettes en tête et pied, pièce de titre de maroquin bordeaux (reliure moderne signée Laurenchet, dans le goût de l'époque).
1632Best.-Nr. 112343s.n.l. 1632 6 fascicules en 1 volume. In-12 19,5 x 14,5 cm. Reliure fin XVIIe, début XVIIIe s., plein veau havane, dos lisse ornés de fers dorés, pièce de titre maroquin grenat, 24-62-83-67-[4]-78-34 pp. Coiffes arrachées, mors fragilisés, coins émoussés et frottés, restaurations marginales. Ensemble de documents d’une relative rareté.
1810Best.-Nr. 3720Early Maine Murder Trial Gone Awry An account of a murder trial in Malta now Windsor in the District of Maine. Paul Chadwick was a surveyor on what was then the northern frontier of Maine and in an area where disputed land titles were common. Chadwick was shot while conducting a survey by a group of landowners disguised as Indians. Despite fairly overwhelming evidence of the guilt of the accused the jury found all not guilty. Previous owner's Rice Dudley book label on front pastedown. Another early owner's name Moody Kent in ink in several places. References: Shaw & Shoemaker: 21516 3 locations. Sabin: 47985. Williamson: 5651. Noyes: 505. Skillin: 10-32. McDade: 641. Condition: 186 2 pp. Original blue/gray paper-covered boards with chipping. Paper spine cracked and eroded. Original paper spine label with vertical separation. Occasional foxing and staining mostly very light. A solid example of a scarce early Maine imprint. Ezekiel Goodale
1807Best.-Nr. 708151807. I Am Inclined to Give Credit to Her Assertions": An Irish Magistrate's Defense of an 1807 Rape Victim Manuscript. Trial. Ireland. Account of a Rape. County Carlow Ireland June 25 1807. 11" x 7" 27.9 x 17.8 cm leaf docketed on verso. Single leaf manuscript on paper measuring 11" x 7" 27.9 x 17.8 cm. Unbound as issued with contemporary legal docketing and extensive manuscript annotations by the presiding magistrate to the lower margin of the recto and across sections of the verso. Light horizontal folds from period mailing/filing mild uniform browning and light wear along the edges otherwise remarkably fresh and completely legible throughout. $1500. A powerful and hauntingly detailed original sworn manuscript record detailing an account of sexual violence in rural County Carlow paired with a rare candid commentary by the presiding local magistrate regarding the legal competence and credibility of the female victim. Taken before Gilbert Fitzgerald a prominent local Magistrate of the Peace this manuscript records the direct testimony of Margaret Janson regarding an assault by Myles Barin. The body of the information vividly captures the victim's contemporaneous narrative: "Myles Barin opened his small cloths informant asked him what he was going to do to her he answered he would ride her then extending her legs and endeavouring to force something into her body and struggled with her near an hour." In 19th-century Irish and British common law victims of sexual crime faced formidable legal obstacles often compounding the trauma of the assault itself. Female testimony was frequently met with deep skepticism stringent requirements for physical corroboration and strict adherence to oaths that marginalized uneducated or illiterate witnesses. What elevates this document from a routine legal record to a remarkable artifact of historical criminal justice is Magistrate Fitzgerald's handwritten commentary appended directly to the foot of the document: "I did not swear Informant to this Information as she appeared to be entirely ignorant of the nature of an Oath but the facts are strongly corroborated by other evidence and I am inclined to give credit to her assertions." Fitzgerald's willingness to bypass strict procedural religious swearing while explicitly validating Janson's truthfulness. unknown
1807Best.-Nr. 708151807. I Am Inclined to Give Credit to Her Assertions": An Irish Magistrate's Defense of an 1807 Rape Victim Manuscript. Trial. Ireland. Account of a Rape. County Carlow Ireland June 25 1807. 11" x 7" 27.9 x 17.8 cm leaf docketed on verso. Single leaf manuscript on paper measuring 11" x 7" 27.9 x 17.8 cm. Unbound as issued with contemporary legal docketing and extensive manuscript annotations by the presiding magistrate to the lower margin of the recto and across sections of the verso. Light horizontal folds from period mailing/filing mild uniform browning and light wear along the edges otherwise remarkably fresh and completely legible throughout. $1500. A powerful and hauntingly detailed original sworn manuscript record detailing an account of sexual violence in rural County Carlow paired with a rare candid commentary by the presiding local magistrate regarding the legal competence and credibility of the female victim. Taken before Gilbert Fitzgerald a prominent local Magistrate of the Peace this manuscript records the direct testimony of Margaret Janson regarding an assault by Myles Barin. The body of the information vividly captures the victim's contemporaneous narrative: "Myles Barin opened his small cloths informant asked him what he was going to do to her he answered he would ride her then extending her legs and endeavouring to force something into her body and struggled with her near an hour." In 19th-century Irish and British common law victims of sexual crime faced formidable legal obstacles often compounding the trauma of the assault itself. Female testimony was frequently met with deep skepticism stringent requirements for physical corroboration and strict adherence to oaths that marginalized uneducated or illiterate witnesses. What elevates this document from a routine legal record to a remarkable artifact of historical criminal justice is Magistrate Fitzgerald's handwritten commentary appended directly to the foot of the document: "I did not swear Informant to this Information as she appeared to be entirely ignorant of the nature of an Oath but the facts are strongly corroborated by other evidence and I am inclined to give credit to her assertions." Fitzgerald's willingness to bypass strict procedural religious swearing while explicitly validating Janson's truthfulness. unknown books
1849Best.-Nr. 717751849. Petersburg VA: J.M.H. Brunet 1849. Petersburg VA: J.M.H. Brunet 1849. An 1849 Murder in Petersburg VA: OCLC Locates 7 Copies in Law Libraries Trial. Epes William Dandridge 1806-1848 Defendant. Brunet James Monroe Hamilton 1817-1856 Reporter. Trial of William Dandridge Epes For the Murder of Francis Adolphus Muir Dinwiddie County Virginia: Including the Testimony Submitted in the Case The Speeches of Counsel &c. To Which are Added the Confessions of the Prisoner An Account of His Execution &c. &c. Petersburg VA: J.M.H. Brunet Reporter 1849. 76 pp. Woodcut portrait of Epes on p. 3. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2"; 22.6 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later three-quarter calf over cloth recently rebacked gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to board edges some wear to corners. Moderate toning to text light foxing in a few places light soiling and edgewear to title page the following leaf and final leaf. A very good copy. $1500. Only edition of a rare and detailed contemporary account of a mid-19th-century Virginia murder trial. The conflict arose when Francis Adolphus Muir threatened to foreclose on a farm property he had previously sold to William Dandridge Epes. In response Epes shot his creditor and concealed the body on the property. To cover his tracks Epes forged a series of letters to explain Muir's sudden disappearance. However his plot unraveled after he pawned the victim's distinctive pocket watch leaving a paper trail that led law enforcement straight to his door. OCLC locates 7 copies in law libraries Harvard Jenkins Library of Congress University of Missouri University of Virginia US Supreme Court William & Mary. McDade The Annals of Murder 286. Brown "Accounts of Trials" in Virginia Law Books: Essays and Bibliographies Bryson ed. 149. unknown
