Observations on Military Law, and the Constitution and Practice of...
Civil War-Era Printing of an Important American Treatise on Military Law De Hart, William C. [1800-1848]. Observations on Military Law, And the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial, With a Summary of the Law of Evidence, As Applicable to Military Trials; Adapted to the Laws, Regulations and Customs of the Army and Navy of the United States. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1863. viii, 433, [7] pp. Includes 6-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Later library cloth, red and black calf lettering pieces and fragments of paper shelf label to spine. Light soiling and a few minor stains, a few minor chips to lettering pieces, corners bumped, front free endpaper just beginning to detach. Moderate toning to text, early pencil marks to a few leaves, embossed library stamp to title page, library marking to verso, another embossed stamp to following leaf. $250. * First published in 1846, this was the first American treatise on military law published since the Revolutionary War. (Macomb's 1809 A Treatise on Martial Law deals exclusively with courts martial.) Reprinted six times between 1859 and 1869, it was the standard work on the subject. De Hart was a graduate of West Point and a captain in an artillery regiment. He served as Acting Judge Advocate of the Army during the Mexican War. Our 1863 printing not in the Harvard Law Catalogue (1909) or Sabin.
Price: $250.00
Book number 68754