The Miscellaneous Writings, Literary, Critical, Juridical, And...
Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. The Miscellaneous Writings, Literary, Critical, Juridical, And Political, Of Joseph Story, LL.D., Now First Collected. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1835. viii, 527, [1] pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Original paneled cloth, gilt title to spine. Some rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners, light toning and foxing to text. Early owner signature to head of title page, interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Shelf label to spine, bookplate to front pastedown. A nice copy. $50. * The first collection of Story's writings, it was produced in response to a request from the publisher James Munroe. The collection includes "Lecture on the Science of Government, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction, August, 1834," Memoir of the Hon. John Marshall, LL.D., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States" (1833), "Review of a Course of Legal Study Respectfully Addressed to the Students of Law in the United States, by David Hoffmann, Professor of Law in the University of Maryland" (1817), "Review of a General Abridgment and Digest of American Law, with Occasional Notes and Comments, by Nathan Dane, LL.D., Counsellor at Law" (1826) and "Charge Delivered to the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court of the United States, at Its First Session in Portland, for the Judicial District of Maine, May 8, 1820," one of his first statements on slavery. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 2288.
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