Law Relating to Principal and Factor: Address Delivered by Mr....
Scarce 1823 Address on Principal and Factor Freshfield, James William [1774-1864]. Gurney, W[illiam] B[rodie], Transcriber. Law Relating to Principal and Factor. Address Delivered by Mr. Freshfield to the Select Committee of the House of Commons, To Whom the Petition of the Merchants, Bankers, And Others. London: Marchant, Printer, 1823. [iii]-xv, 148 pp. Half-title lacking. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Recent quarter calf over marbled boards, blind rules to calf edges, gilt fillets, lettering piece and date to spine, edges speckled, endleaves renewed. Light toning to interior, light soiling in a few places, ink library stamps to title page, which is lightly foxed, and a few other pages, legibility not affected. An appealing copy of a scarce title. $250. * First edition, one of two published the same year. Freshfield was an English lawyer and MP appointed joint solicitor to the Bank of England in 1819. This address on principal and factor deals with the law relating to agency, auctions and brokers. OCLC locates 4 copies (British Library, University College London, University of London, University of Michigan Law School). The copy at the University of Michigan lacks the last four pages and may be a different edition or issue. Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature 23806.
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