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Item #74287 Elements of the Law Relating to Insurances, Edinburgh, 1787. John Millar.
Elements of the Law Relating to Insurances, Edinburgh, 1787.

Elements of the Law Relating to Insurances, Edinburgh, 1787.

Scarce Treatise on Insurance Praised For Its "Uncommon Judgment and Freedom of Inquiry" Millar, John [1760-1796]. Elements of the Law Relating to Insurances. Edinburgh: Printed for J. Bell, 1787. xi, 560, [6] pp. With errata leaf and cancel errata slip. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, blind tooling to board edges, edges rouged. Light rubbing and a few scuffs and nicks to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, hinges starting, armorial bookplate (of James Brodie) to front pastedown. Light toning to interior, minor light foxing to a few leaves. A handsome copy of a scarce title. $1,500. * Only edition. "This work furnished, when it first appeared, a good exposition of the then existing Law of Insurance. The author collected what was to be found in Scotch Decisions, relevant to his subject, and examined and commented upon the English authorities with considerable acuteness. 'He appears to have been equally familiar with the Continental Civilians, and to have discussed the principles of Insurance with uncommon judgment and freedom of inquiry.' The volume, however, never obtained a great share of public favor, and is now rarely consulted" (Marvin). Millar was the son of the jurist John Millar [1735-1801]. OCLC locates 8 copies in law libraries. Marvin, Legal Bibliography 513 (citing 20 North American Review 71). English Short-Title Catalogue T112830.

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