A Treatise on the Law of Shipping and the Law and Practice Admiralty.
A Leading Authority on Commercial and Maritime Law Parsons, Theophilus [1797-1882]. A Treatise on the Law of Shipping and the Law and Practice of Admiralty. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1869. Two volumes. lxv, [1], 647; xii, 931 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Later cloth, raised bands, gilt titles, publication date and library insignia (Middle Temple) to spines, endpapers renewed. Negligible light rubbing to boards and extremities, library stamps to top and bottom edges of text block, pastedowns and title page. Light browning to interiors, minor inkstains to a few leaves in Volume I. $250. * Only edition. Dane Professor of Law at Harvard from 1848 to 1870, Parsons was a leading authority on commercial and maritime law. His treatises were standard works in law schools and standard references in law offices. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:303.
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