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1883. [Quebec]. Statutes of the Province of Quebec Passed in the Forty-Sixth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; And in the Second Session of the Fifth Parliament. Quebec: Printed by Charles Francois Langlois, 1883. 537 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2"). Quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing, front joint cracked but secure, fading to edges of front board, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, small stamp to title page. $45. * Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 3:96.

1885. [Quebec]. Statutes of the Province of Quebec Passed in the Forty-Eighth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; And in the Fourth Session of the Fifth Parliament. Quebec: Printed by Charles Francois Langlois, 1885. 264 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2"). Quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing, front joint cracked but secure, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, small stamp to title page. $45. * Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 3:96.

1880. [Quebec]. Statutes of the Province of Quebec Passed in the Forty-Third and Forty-Fourth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; And in the Third Session of the Fourth Parliament. Quebec: Printed by Charles Francois Langlois, 1880. 460 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2"). Quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing, front joint cracked but secure, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, small stamp to title page. $45. * Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 3:96.

1875. [Quebec]. Statuts de la Province de Quebec, Passes dans la Trente-Neuvieme Annee du Regne de sa Majeste la Reine Victoria; Et dans la Premiere Session du Troisieme Parlement. Quebec: Imprimes par Charles- Francois Langlois, 1875. 314 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2"). Quarter calf over marbled boards, backstrip lacking, some wear to board edges, internally clean. Ex-library. Small stamp to title page. $40. * Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 3:96.

1872. [Quebec]. Statutes of the Province of Quebec Passed in the Session Held in the Thirty-Sixth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Being the Second Session of the Second Parliament. Quebec: Printed by Charles Francois Langlois, 1872. 387 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2"). Quarter calf over marbled boards, backstrip lacking, binding secure. Moderate rubbing, front joint starting. Light foxing to preliminaries, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, small stamp to title page. $50. * Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 3:96.

1878. [Quebec]. Statutes of the Province of Quebec Passed in the Forty-First Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; And in the Third Session of the Third Parliament. Quebec: Printed by Charles Francois Langlois, 1878. 218 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2"). Quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing, fading to edges of front board, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, small stamp to title page. $50. * Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 3:96.

1881. [Quebec]. Statutes of the Province of Quebec Passed in the Forty-Fourth and Forty-Fifth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; And in the Fourth Session of the Fourth Parliament. Quebec: Printed by Charles Francois Langlois, 1881. 348 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2"). Quarter buckram over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Some shelfwear and soiling, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine, small stamp to title page. $50. * Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 3:96.

1887. Handsome, Extra-Illustrated Copy [Quin, James (1693-1766)]. The Life of Mr. James Quin, Comedian, With the History of the Stage from His Commencing Actor to His Retreat to Bath. Illustrated with Many Curious and Interesting Anecdotes of Several Persons of Distinction, Literature, And Gallantry. To Which is Added a Supplement of Original Facts and Anecdotes, Arranged from Authentic Sources. Together with His Trial for the Murder of Mr. Bowen. London: [s.n.], 1887. [ii], 101 pp. With a copperplate portrait frontispiece and an additional 55 plates. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary morocco, raised bands and gilt title to spine, gilt rules to board edges, gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, top-edge gilt, silk ribbon bookmark. Light rubbing to extremities, hinges just starting at ends, faint offsetting to endpapers. General title page printed in red and black. Moderate toning to interior, very light foxing to general title page and a few plates, faint offsetting from plates, a few small… Read More

1828. Poverty, Vice, Crime and the Law in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts Quincy, Josiah, [1772-1864]. Remarks on Some of the Provisions of the Laws of Massachusetts, Affecting Poverty, Vice, and Crime: Being the General Topics of a Charge to the Grand Jury of the County of Suffolk, in March Term, 1822. Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, by Hilliard & Metcalf, 1822. 28 pp. Octavo (9-3/4" x 6"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent quarter calf over marbled boards. Light rubbing to extremities, moderate toning to pamphlet, light foxing to a few leaves, author presentation inscription to Samuel D. Parker to head of title page. $150. * Only edition. "Here, as judge of the Boston Municipal Court, Quincy speaks on the relationship of poverty to crime and urges reforms in the city's jail system" (Cohen). Josiah Quincy was a judge, member of the United States House of representatives, mayor of Boston and president of Harvard. Samuel D. Parker [1781-1873] was the district attorney of… Read More

1770. Rostock and Leipzig: In der Koppischen, 1770.. Rostock and Leipzig: In der Koppischen, 1770. Enlightened Penology in Eighteenth-Century Germany Quistorp, Johann Christian von [1737-1795]. Grundsatze des Teutschen Peinlichen Rechts. Rostock and Leipzig: In der Koppischen Buchhandlung, 1770. [xvi], 1087 pp. [Bound with] Risi, Paolo. Abhandlungen Uber Einige Gegenstande des Peinlichen Rechts. Jelgawa and Leipzig: Bey Steideln und Compagnie, 1771. [xvi], [17]-136 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary marbled boards, hand lettered title label to spine, edges rouged. Light soiling, notable rubbing with wear to board edges and spine ends, a few creases to spine, scuff to title label, corners bumped. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places near front and rear of text block, marks and brief annotations to a few leaves in each title. $1,500. * Grundsatze: first edition; Abhandlung: only German edition. This volume contains two works that illustrate the early reception of Enlightenment… Read More