A Succinct Digest of the Laws Relating to Bankrupts...
Copy of a Summary of Bankruptcy Law with Two Interesting Associations [Bankruptcy]. A Succinct Digest of the Laws Relating to Bankrupts: In Which All the Reported, And Several Manuscript Cases Upon this Important Subject, From the First Passing of the Bankrupt Laws, In the Time of Henry the Eighth, To the Commencement of Michaelmas Term in the Thirty-First Year of George the Third, Are Inserted, And the Respective Rights and Duties of the Commissioners, Creditors and Bankrupt Discussed and Explained: Together with the Several Modes of Proceeding, And Most Approved Precedents, From the Act of Bankruptcy and the Opening of the Commission, To the Last Examination and Allowance of the Certificate, And the Whole System of the Bankrupt Laws Rendered Easy and Intelligible to Every Capacity. Dublin: Printed by Brett Smith, 1791. [xvi], 192, lxxii, [26] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"; 20.3 x 12.7 cm). Contemporary calf, raised bands, and contrasting leather lettering piece to spine. The binding exhibits moderate rubbing and a few small scuffs, with typical wear to the spine ends and corners; corners slightly bumped. Front board is just beginning to separate at the hinge, though it remains attached; rear joint is cracked but stable. Interior displays moderate toning, light soiling to the endleaves, and occasional light foxing. An early owner's ink signature of Edward Pendleton appears on the front free endpaper. The signature of Samuel Chase, Jr. is present at the head of the title page, with his matching ink ownership stamp to the head of the following leaf. $500. * Dublin reissue of the first edition, published the same year as the London original. Produced during a period of rapidly expanding transatlantic commerce, this work was explicitly designed as a layman's guide. As noted in the preface, the author intentionally bypassed "professors of the law" to write directly for "merchants and traders." To that end, the legal complexities of insolvency are "divested, as much as it is possible, of technical expressions and profession idioms, and arranged in such order, that the several parts may become perspicuous and familiar to every capacity" (pp. [xiv]-[xvi]). It serves as an excellent snapshot of late 18th-century commercial law, tracing legal precedents back to the reign of Henry VIII. The ownership markings in this copy offer a compell.
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