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ref. 206556Paris, Imprimerie de Knapen, 1773 in-4, titre, 28 pp., basane fauve marbrée, dos à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, pièce de titre, encadrement de triple filet à froid sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Frottis épars en coiffe supérieure et sur les plats.
ref. 170916Paris, 1833-1834 8 pièces en un vol. in-8, demi-basane fauve, dos lisse orné de filets à froid et dorés et de fleurons à froid, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque). Manque de cuir à un mors supérieur, rousseurs.
ref. 234586Versailles, s.d. (1873) ,
1889ref. 18721889 Edition Hachette, Paris, 1889-1890, 5 volumes demi-chagrin, couvertures conservées. (ix), 488; 502; 450; 455; 422 pages. 1) La Vendée. 2) L'Ouest et le Sud-Ouest. 3) Le Sud-Est, l'Est et la Région de Paris. 4) La Fontière du Nord et l'Alsace. 5) La Lorraine, le Nord et le Pas-de-Calais. Les Châtiments.
1793ref. 21415A Londres et se trouve à Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1793 ; in-8 (220 mm), broché (217 x 140 mm) ; [4], 210 pp., couverture bleue d’époque.
1772A Amsterdam, chez Michel Rhey, 1772 - 1778. 16 volumes In-12 reliés plein-veau blond, dos à nerfs très ornés, pièce de titre et de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, gardes de papier marbré. Chaque volume d'environ 475 pages. 4 volumes présentent des épidermures, quelques petits manques de cuir aux coiffes et en queues sans grande gravité. Corps des ouvrages en bon état. Tomes 1 à 16 inclus, tête de série de ces écrits intéressants sur des affaires criminelles, de sorcellerie ou judiciaires dont certaines célébres : Martin Guerre, Marquise de Brinvillier, La Cadière accusée de sorcellerie, La Pivardière, la Demoiselle Gardel, l'Abbé de Mauroy, Procès des Jésuites à l'occasion de leur commerce, Mariage du Duc de Guise, Histoire du Chevalier de Morsan etc...Très bon ensemble malgré les défauts signalés.
1772ref. 127445A Amsterdam, chez Michel A Amsterdam, chez Michel Rhey, 1772 - 1778. 16 volumes In-12 reliés plein-veau blond, dos à nerfs très ornés, pièce de titre et de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, gardes de papier marbré. Chaque volume d'environ 475 pages. 4 volumes présentent des épidermures, quelques petits manques de cuir aux coiffes et en queues sans grande gravité. Corps des ouvrages en bon état. Tomes 1 à 16 inclus, tête de série de ces écrits intéressants sur des affaires criminelles, de sorcellerie ou judiciaires dont certaines célébres : Martin Guerre, Marquise de Brinvillier, La Cadière accusée de sorcellerie, La Pivardière, la Demoiselle Gardel, l'Abbé de Mauroy, Procès des Jésuites à l'occasion de leur commerce, Mariage du Duc de Guise, Histoire du Chevalier de Morsan etc...Très bon ensemble malgré les défauts signalés.
ref. 22164'C. B. Fields i.e. Cold Bath Fields Prison London October 14th 1824'. See Fauntleroy's entry in the Oxford DNB. Although accounts of his depravity are exaggerated Fauntleroy led a dissolute life and appropriated securities worth around £360000. During his trial at the Old Bailey he called seventeen merchants and bankers to testify to his integrity but his defence was unsuccessful and he was hanged outside Newgate before a crowd of 100000. The present item is 1p 4to. Bifolium addressed on reverse of second leaf to 'Sir Cuthbert Sharp &c &c' with endorsement. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with slight damage to inner edge of second leaf caused by removal from mount. With several folds. Written in a clear hand with a good bold signature. Reads: 'My Dear Sir Cuthbert I have heard from you with every attention what you have proposed from the Assignees to me – I will give it every consideration & shall hope in a few days to communicate with you upon the subject I remain Most faithfully Yrs H Fauntleroy'. Sharp was presumably an assignee of an estate which had suffered as a result of Fauntleroy's forgeries. 'C. B. Fields [i.e. Cold Bath Fields Prison, London] October 14th 1824'. unknown
1873ref. 000097Somerset Fall River Massachusets. Good. 1873. On offer is the original handwritten diary of J. B. Slade of Somerset Fall River MA. The diary is dated 1871 but Mr. Slade has used this as 1873 making changes as he goes along. At first we thought the gentleman was a farmer given the numerous tasks of a rural nature but that's the pioneer life and Mr. Slade was very active growing hauling planting and picking. However as you will read from the snippets to follow that Mr. Slade was also a Judge and or a Justice of the Peace and an attorney too: ".attended church in the morning at the Baptist afternoon at the Methodist" "Walter went to the Village . errands." give an insight into the daily life of a Victorian Farmer. "Complaint Commonwealth vs C. Perry." ".very cold and at the nite 70 below." "Tried the case of Commonwealth vs. Perry at the town clerk's office." "Write deed for William Davis." "At night Mr. Furned called on business relative to the Methodist Society." "Mr. Bean & Sampson called on business being State constables." "Tried the case of Commonwealth vs. Burns for unlawfully keeping intoxicating liquers for sale!" "This was the day set aside for the execution of _____ for the murder of Putnam in New London and also another in Boston. per crime of murder." "Evening wrote contract for John B. Bowers and William Miller." "Mrs. W.L. Slade injured by the unhanging of the laundry." "A gentleman from Abbington called for multiple writs." The book is also filled with many many names of friends contacts business associates and religious persons of the area that should provide historians and genealogists with a great deal of work. The back of the book has an accounting of yearly expenditures. Research shows the Slade family were very early settlers of Fall River and big land and farming owners. A Slade's Ferry Bridge long gone from the north end of the city was named for them. The diary has had May 23rd to June 10th torn out and the flap with the 'tongue' is torn away but present and otherwise in good condition.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; FALL RIVER MASSACHUSETTS SLAE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Massachusetts Genealogy Justice DiaryTrials Legal Jurisprudence Attorney Courtroom . unknown
1982ref. 2090202122800132Mukuge-sha 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 Number of books: 2 Mukuge-sha paperback
1949ref. 027267Washington D.C.: U.S. Government 1949. 25 pages; inscribed by the author "Frida My best Joe" on the cover and with a hand-written note on The Dodge Hotel Washington D.C. letterhead paper referring to details of this landmark WWII case: ".Dear Frida: General Clay affirmed the confiscation about ten days ago but with some awfully strained wording last Sunday's Times. I am fighting it out by cable. Hope to be in next week. Cordially Joe." Joseph William Kaufman 1899 - 1981 lawyer and judge; ".made his most distinctive mark as a prosecutor in the Nuremberg war crime trials. He functioned as a deputy chief counsel overall and as chief prosecutor at the trial of Alfried Krupp and eleven other executives of the Krupp armaments industries. The Krupp trial held in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg lasted eleven months and resulted in the conviction of the defendants for the crimes of plunder and using slave labor. They were found not guilty of the charge of waging aggressive war. Kaufman was praised by contemporaries for his handling of the difficult and detailed case." Barry Ryan in the ANB The text of this "memorandum" defends the confiscation of the Krupp holdings refuting the arguments used by the defense against the decree point by point. ".For nearly 11 months the Krupp case unfolded in a sprawling dirty gray sandstone courthouse known as the Palace of Justice where the other major war crimes trials had been held. More than 200 witnesses were called and 4200 exhibits offered and the transcript of the proceedings ran to 13454 pages. Mr. Kaufman's presentation of the evidence was later praised by colleagues as detailed thorough and overwhelming. He told of atrocities and offenses that included murder torture enslavement imprisonment deportation and other abuses against Jews and other civilians as part of a conspiracy with Hitler to dominate the world." 1981 Robert D. McFadden NY Times obituary Also laid-in is a partial article by General Lucius Clay concerning the trial proceedings particularly that of the I.G. Farben corporation. The Memorandum printed at The Court Press N.Y.C. Approx. 8" x 10 1/2" size; light green stapled paper covers; corners chipped sunned; contents with light wear bottom corner chipped away no loss to text. In good condition. Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. U.S. Government paperback
1943ref. 42274Moscow Foreign Languages Pub. House 1943. Paperback. 1st English Language Edition. Original Wrappers. 8vo. 40 pages; 19 cm. Koppel Pinson's copy with gift bookplate. Contemporary account published in 1943 of the very first war crimes trial against Nazi defendants held following the Russians’ recapturing of Krasnodar From the Germans who had occupied it. SS-sonderkommando units massacred thousands of Russian citizens Jews and communists. The trials were held immediately in the summer of 1943 while the war against Hitler was ongoing. Includes transcript from the trial and gruesome photographs of the victims of the atrocities. SUBJECT S : War crimes -- Soviet Union. OCLC: 11136869. Small donation bookplate number on margin of final leaf otherwise Very Good condition excellent copy. Very important. B holo2-135-10-LWWEV-'mmacc. Moscow, Foreign Languages Pub. House paperback
1815ref. 848071815. Hanged after a Denied Clemency Petition Trial. Blackburn Joseph d.1815 Defendant. Report of the Trial of Mr. Joseph Blackburn Attorney at Law Leeds For Forgery At the Yorkshire Lent Assizes 1815. With an Appendix Containing Some Details Relative to the Attempts that were Made to Obtain for Him the Extension of the Royal Clemency; And Some Particulars Respecting His Execution &c. Carefully Transcribed from the Notes of the Short-Hand Writer. Leeds: Printed by Benjamin Dewhirst. Sold by Davies and Booth 1815. ii 46 pp. Octavo 8" x 5"; 20 x 12.7 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent marbled boards printed title label to spine. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and faint staining in a few places title page re-hinged. A very good copy. $650. Only edition. Blackburn a Leeds attorney was accused of committing revenue fraud by altering duty stamps on executed deeds and conveyances. Though he denied the accusations and a number of witnesses testified to his good character he was found guilty and sentenced to death. According to our report of his trial and execution "upwards of three thousand persons" signed a clemency petition. Petitions like these were common during the years of the so-called "Bloody Code." Many were successful; Blackburn's was not. He was hanged on April 8 1815. Our account notes that the execution was botched and it took him six or seven minutes to die. This is a scarce title. OCLC and Library Hub locate 6 copies York Minster University of York Leeds Public Libraries York University Law School University of Toronto Harvard Law School. No others added by Library Hub. unknown
1815ref. 848071815. Hanged after a Denied Clemency Petition Trial. Blackburn Joseph d.1815 Defendant. Report of the Trial of Mr. Joseph Blackburn Attorney at Law Leeds For Forgery At the Yorkshire Lent Assizes 1815. With an Appendix Containing Some Details Relative to the Attempts that were Made to Obtain for Him the Extension of the Royal Clemency; And Some Particulars Respecting His Execution &c. Carefully Transcribed from the Notes of the Short-Hand Writer. Leeds: Printed by Benjamin Dewhirst. Sold by Davies and Booth 1815. ii 46 pp. Octavo 8" x 5"; 20 x 12.7 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent marbled boards printed title label to spine. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and faint staining in a few places title page re-hinged. A very good copy. $650. Only edition. Blackburn a Leeds attorney was accused of committing revenue fraud by altering duty stamps on executed deeds and conveyances. Though he denied the accusations and a number of witnesses testified to his good character he was found guilty and sentenced to death. According to our report of his trial and execution "upwards of three thousand persons" signed a clemency petition. Petitions like these were common during the years of the so-called "Bloody Code." Many were successful; Blackburn's was not. He was hanged on April 8 1815. Our account notes that the execution was botched and it took him six or seven minutes to die. This is a scarce title. OCLC and Library Hub locate 6 copies York Minster University of York Leeds Public Libraries York University Law School University of Toronto Harvard Law School. No others added by Library Hub. unknown books
1828ref. 740281828. Ireland: s.n. 1828. Ireland: s.n. 1828. Blaming the Parish Priest Trial. Brady Thomas Defendant. Cavan Sessions Monday January 15 1828. Mary Reilly v. The Rev. Thomas Brady Of Cavan Caption Title. Ireland: s.n. 1828. 14 2 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet recently resewn in plain wrappers. Small fold line to lower corner of front wrapper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing soiling and edgewear small tears to gutter and final leaf neatly mended with tissue without loss to text. Rare. $650. Only edition. Mary Reilly alias Kilkenny alias Kenny sued Brady for the maintenance of her two illegitimate children whom she claimed were his. Brady was defended by Richard Lalor Sheil a notable Irish lawyer orator and politician. Our account of the trial includes Sheil's impassioned and successful speeches for the defense. OCLC locates 2 copies University of Illinois National Library of Ireland. unknown
1828ref. 740281828. Ireland: s.n. 1828. Ireland: s.n. 1828. Blaming the Parish Priest Trial. Brady Thomas Defendant. Cavan Sessions Monday January 15 1828. Mary Reilly v. The Rev. Thomas Brady Of Cavan Caption Title. Ireland: s.n. 1828. 14 2 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet recently resewn in plain wrappers. Small fold line to lower corner of front wrapper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing soiling and edgewear small tears to gutter and final leaf neatly mended with tissue without loss to text. Rare. $650. Only edition. Mary Reilly alias Kilkenny alias Kenny sued Brady for the maintenance of her two illegitimate children whom she claimed were his. Brady was defended by Richard Lalor Sheil a notable Irish lawyer orator and politician. Our account of the trial includes Sheil's impassioned and successful speeches for the defense. OCLC locates 2 copies University of Illinois National Library of Ireland. unknown books
1696ref. 728341696. London: for Brabazon Aylmer 1696. London: for Brabazon Aylmer 1696. Tried for Treason Without Benefit of Counsel Trial. Friend Sir John d.1696 Defendant. The Tryal and Condemnation of Sir John Friend Knight. For Conspiring to Raise Rebellion in These Kingdoms In Order to a French Invasion: Who Upon Full Evidence was Found Guilty of High-Treason At the Sessions-House in the Old Bayly March 23th 1695/6. London: Printed for Brabazon Aylmer 1696. 35 1 pp. Folio 12" x 7-1/4". Superb period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to text light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf. $650. Only edition. Friend was charged with high treason for his role in the 1696 Jacobite assassination plot one of a series of Jacobite plots to reverse the Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689. Friend's trial was the penultimate instance under English law in which a defendant was tried for treason without benefit of counsel. The Treason Act of 1695 which allowed counsel in cases of treason went into effect two days later. English Short-Title Catalogue R37160. unknown
1696ref. 728341696. London: for Brabazon Aylmer 1696. London: for Brabazon Aylmer 1696. Tried for Treason Without Benefit of Counsel Trial. Friend Sir John d.1696 Defendant. The Tryal and Condemnation of Sir John Friend Knight. For Conspiring to Raise Rebellion in These Kingdoms In Order to a French Invasion: Who Upon Full Evidence was Found Guilty of High-Treason At the Sessions-House in the Old Bayly March 23th 1695/6. London: Printed for Brabazon Aylmer 1696. 35 1 pp. Folio 12" x 7-1/4". Superb period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to text light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf. $650. Only edition. Friend was charged with high treason for his role in the 1696 Jacobite assassination plot one of a series of Jacobite plots to reverse the Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689. Friend's trial was the penultimate instance under English law in which a defendant was tried for treason without benefit of counsel. The Treason Act of 1695 which allowed counsel in cases of treason went into effect two days later. English Short-Title Catalogue R37160. unknown books
1682ref. 729351682. Two Titles Related to the Murder of Thomas Thynne Trial. Great Britain. Thynne Thomas 1648-1682. The Tryal and Condemnation of George Borosky Alias Boratzi Christopher Vratz and John Stern; For the Barbarous Murder of Thomas Thynn Esq; Together with the Tryal of Charles John Count Coningsmark As Accessary before the Fact to the Same Murder. Who was Acquitted of the Said Offence. At the Sessions in the Old Bailey Tuesday February 28. 1681. London: Printed for Thomas Basset 1682. vi 56 pp. Photostat of a c.1734 copperplate depiction of the murder bound after imprimatur leaf. Bound With Burnet Gilbert 1643-1715. Horneck Anthony 1641-1697. The Last Confession Prayers and Meditations of Lieuten. John Stern Delivered by Him on the Cart Immediately Before His Execution To Dr. Burnet. Together with the Last Confession of George Borosky Signed by Him in the Prison And Sealed Up in the Lieutenants Pacquet. With Which an Account is Given of their Deportment Both in the Prison and at the Place of their Execution Which was in the Pall-Mall On the Tenth of March In the Same Place in which they had Murthered Thomas Thynn Esquire The Twelfth of February before 1681/2. London: Printed for Richard Chiswell 1682. ii 12 15-28 pp. Complete. Folio 12" x 6-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlets bound into recent quarter cloth over marbled boards edges rouged. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing and soiling light spotting in a few places. Leaf of early ms. notes describing execution of defendants bound between titles. $650. Only editions. While riding in his coach on February 12 1862 Thomas Thynne was shot by three men George Borosky Christopher Vratz and John Stern. The three were suspected to have acted on the orders of Count Karl Johann von Konigsmark who had been pursuing an affair with Thynne's wife. All four were arrested and Konigsmark was charged as an accessory before the fact. The trial was apparently fraught with language barriers since the men were all foreign nationals but the three primary defendants were duly convicted and hanged on March 10 1682. Konigsmark escaped the noose himself to some controversy. The ESTC indicates a portrait frontispiece to the Tryal but we have found many copies catalogued without the plate and our copy lack. unknown
1682ref. 729351682. Two Titles Related to the Murder of Thomas Thynne Trial. Great Britain. Thynne Thomas 1648-1682. The Tryal and Condemnation of George Borosky Alias Boratzi Christopher Vratz and John Stern; For the Barbarous Murder of Thomas Thynn Esq; Together with the Tryal of Charles John Count Coningsmark As Accessary before the Fact to the Same Murder. Who was Acquitted of the Said Offence. At the Sessions in the Old Bailey Tuesday February 28. 1681. London: Printed for Thomas Basset 1682. vi 56 pp. Photostat of a c.1734 copperplate depiction of the murder bound after imprimatur leaf. Bound With Burnet Gilbert 1643-1715. Horneck Anthony 1641-1697. The Last Confession Prayers and Meditations of Lieuten. John Stern Delivered by Him on the Cart Immediately Before His Execution To Dr. Burnet. Together with the Last Confession of George Borosky Signed by Him in the Prison And Sealed Up in the Lieutenants Pacquet. With Which an Account is Given of their Deportment Both in the Prison and at the Place of their Execution Which was in the Pall-Mall On the Tenth of March In the Same Place in which they had Murthered Thomas Thynn Esquire The Twelfth of February before 1681/2. London: Printed for Richard Chiswell 1682. ii 12 15-28 pp. Complete. Folio 12" x 6-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlets bound into recent quarter cloth over marbled boards edges rouged. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing and soiling light spotting in a few places. Leaf of early ms. notes describing execution of defendants bound between titles. $650. Only editions. While riding in his coach on February 12 1862 Thomas Thynne was shot by three men George Borosky Christopher Vratz and John Stern. The three were suspected to have acted on the orders of Count Karl Johann von Konigsmark who had been pursuing an affair with Thynne's wife. All four were arrested and Konigsmark was charged as an accessory before the fact. The trial was apparently fraught with language barriers since the men were all foreign nationals but the three primary defendants were duly convicted and hanged on March 10 1682. Konigsmark escaped the noose himself to some controversy. The ESTC indicates a portrait frontispiece to the Tryal but we have found many copies catalogued without the plate and our copy lack. unknown books
1879ref. 668961879. New Haven 1879. Only edition. New Haven 1879. Only edition. "The Most Mysterious of All the Cases Which Have Baptized Connecticut in Blood": McDade 449 Trial. Hayden Herbert H. b.1850 Defendant. Stannard Mary 1856-1878. Poor Mary Stannard! A Full and Thrilling Story of the Circumstances Connected with Her Murder. History of the Monstrous Madison Crime. The Most Mysterious of All the Cases Which Have Baptized Connecticut in Blood. The Only True and Reliable Account. The Clairvoyant's Wonderful Story. New Haven: Stafford Printing Company 1879. 47 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2"; 23 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers with a woodcut portrait of Stannard. Faint fold lines some wear to spine ends a few small chips to edges small dampstain to upper corner of front wrapper some browning to text. A well-preserved copy. $650. Only edition. "In 1879 the body of Mary Stannard twenty-two once the servant of Reverend Herbert H. Hayden was found in one of Hayden's fields in Madison Conn. Her throat was cut her skull was fractured and there was arsenic in her stomach. Stannard had spoken to several people about her recent pregnancy by Hayden and explained that he was going to give her something to induce an abortion. She said also that she was planning to meet Hayden in the field to pick berries and discuss their future. Unable to account for himself during the time of the killing Hayden was arrested after it was discovered that he had purchased an ounce of arsenic "to kill rats" the day of his former servant's death. At the three-month trial a clairvoyant testified to the defendant's innocence the first such incident in an American courtroom. A hung jury resulted in Hayden's release" Nash. OCLC locates 12 copies 2 in law libraries University of Missouri Yale. Nash Encyclopedia of World Crime 1493. McDade The Annals of Murder 449. unknown
1879ref. 668961879. New Haven 1879. Only edition. New Haven 1879. Only edition. "The Most Mysterious of All the Cases Which Have Baptized Connecticut in Blood": McDade 449 Trial. Hayden Herbert H. b.1850 Defendant. Stannard Mary 1856-1878. Poor Mary Stannard! A Full and Thrilling Story of the Circumstances Connected with Her Murder. History of the Monstrous Madison Crime. The Most Mysterious of All the Cases Which Have Baptized Connecticut in Blood. The Only True and Reliable Account. The Clairvoyant's Wonderful Story. New Haven: Stafford Printing Company 1879. 47 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2"; 23 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers with a woodcut portrait of Stannard. Faint fold lines some wear to spine ends a few small chips to edges small dampstain to upper corner of front wrapper some browning to text. A well-preserved copy. $650. Only edition. "In 1879 the body of Mary Stannard twenty-two once the servant of Reverend Herbert H. Hayden was found in one of Hayden's fields in Madison Conn. Her throat was cut her skull was fractured and there was arsenic in her stomach. Stannard had spoken to several people about her recent pregnancy by Hayden and explained that he was going to give her something to induce an abortion. She said also that she was planning to meet Hayden in the field to pick berries and discuss their future. Unable to account for himself during the time of the killing Hayden was arrested after it was discovered that he had purchased an ounce of arsenic "to kill rats" the day of his former servant's death. At the three-month trial a clairvoyant testified to the defendant's innocence the first such incident in an American courtroom. A hung jury resulted in Hayden's release" Nash. OCLC locates 12 copies 2 in law libraries University of Missouri Yale. Nash Encyclopedia of World Crime 1493. McDade The Annals of Murder 449. unknown books
1776ref. 784871776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. The Colorful Duchess of Kingston Trial. Kingston Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey Duchess of 1720-1788 Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers In Westminster-Hall In Full-Parliament On Monday the 15th Tuesday the 16th Friday the 19th Saturday the 20th and Monday the 22d of April 1776; On the Last of Which Days the Said Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston was Found Guilty. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Charles Bathurst 1776. iv 176 pp. Title page preceded by imprimatur leaf. Folio 13-1/2" x 8-1/2". Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards rebacked retaining spine endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing light gatoring to spine small chip to head of spine corners bumped and somewhat worn small later bookseller ticket to front pastedown front hinge cracked another crack in text block between p. 176 which is lightly soiled and following leaf. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in a few places owner name Horace Witner "1906 or 7" to front endleaf 19th or 20th-century annotations in pencil to endleaves some leaves have marks to margins in same hand lower corner lacking from leaves I4 pp. 35-36 and Ss2 pp.159-160 with no loss to text. $650. Only edition. When she determined to marry the Duke of Kingston Elizabeth feared the scandal of divorce from her first husband Augustus Hervey later Earl of Bristol who wanted a divorce so she instituted a suit of jactitation against him. His negative response ignored she took an oath that she was unmarried and the court so declared her. She married the Duke of Kingston in 1769 and he died in 1770 and left her a substantial estate on the condition that she remain a widow. The duke's nephew Mr. Evelyn Meadow brought suit against her for bigamy shortly after the duke's death while she was traveling in Italy. She returned to England to stand trial. Found guilty she would have been "burned on the hand" but she claimed the privilege of her peerage which served to exempt her from corporal punishment. She continued a life of travel and adventure until her sudden death in Paris in 1788. Dictionary of National Biography IX:730. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1957. English Short-Title. unknown
1776ref. 784871776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. The Colorful Duchess of Kingston Trial. Kingston Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey Duchess of 1720-1788 Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers In Westminster-Hall In Full-Parliament On Monday the 15th Tuesday the 16th Friday the 19th Saturday the 20th and Monday the 22d of April 1776; On the Last of Which Days the Said Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston was Found Guilty. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Charles Bathurst 1776. iv 176 pp. Title page preceded by imprimatur leaf. Folio 13-1/2" x 8-1/2". Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards rebacked retaining spine endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing light gatoring to spine small chip to head of spine corners bumped and somewhat worn small later bookseller ticket to front pastedown front hinge cracked another crack in text block between p. 176 which is lightly soiled and following leaf. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in a few places owner name Horace Witner "1906 or 7" to front endleaf 19th or 20th-century annotations in pencil to endleaves some leaves have marks to margins in same hand lower corner lacking from leaves I4 pp. 35-36 and Ss2 pp.159-160 with no loss to text. $650. Only edition. When she determined to marry the Duke of Kingston Elizabeth feared the scandal of divorce from her first husband Augustus Hervey later Earl of Bristol who wanted a divorce so she instituted a suit of jactitation against him. His negative response ignored she took an oath that she was unmarried and the court so declared her. She married the Duke of Kingston in 1769 and he died in 1770 and left her a substantial estate on the condition that she remain a widow. The duke's nephew Mr. Evelyn Meadow brought suit against her for bigamy shortly after the duke's death while she was traveling in Italy. She returned to England to stand trial. Found guilty she would have been "burned on the hand" but she claimed the privilege of her peerage which served to exempt her from corporal punishment. She continued a life of travel and adventure until her sudden death in Paris in 1788. Dictionary of National Biography IX:730. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1957. English Short-Title. unknown books
1730ref. 727851730. Carrying on a Criminal Conversation" Trial. Liddell Richard Defendant c.1694-1746. An Account of the Tryal of Richard Lyddel Esq; At His Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas Before the Right Honourable Lord-Chief-Justice Eyre For Carrying on a Criminal Conversation with the Late Lady Abergavenny; On Monday the 16th of February 1729/30. London: Printed for A. Moore 1730. Folio 13" x 8-1/4". 8 pp. Pages 6 and 7 printed in reverse order. Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers untrimmed. Moderate toning single horizontal fold slight creasing to first signature at spine light wear to fore-edge of second and fourth leaves moderate soiling to verso of final leaf. $650. Early edition one of two from the same year under the same fictitious imprint. Liddell an Irish MP and something of a rake was caught in bed with Lady Abergavenny the wife of a close friend. When the two were found out Lady Abergavenny went into shock and died twenty-six days later. The sensational case drew a great deal of public attention. Despite Liddell's penitence the jury issued a harsh fine of 10000 which ruined him financially. OCLC locates 5 copies 2 in North America University of Illinois University of Minnesota. English Short-Title Catalogue T105385. unknown
