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Item #75307 A Dictionary of Law..., 1st edition, 1891, Black's Law Dictionary. Henry Campbell Black.
A Dictionary of Law..., 1st edition, 1891, Black's Law Dictionary
A Dictionary of Law..., 1st edition, 1891, Black's Law Dictionary
A Dictionary of Law..., 1st edition, 1891, Black's Law Dictionary
A Dictionary of Law..., 1st edition, 1891, Black's Law Dictionary
A Dictionary of Law..., 1st edition, 1891, Black's Law Dictionary

A Dictionary of Law..., 1st edition, 1891, Black's Law Dictionary

Notably Handsome Copy of a Landmark in American Legal Publishing Black, Henry Campbell [1860-1927]. A Dictionary of Law Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, and Commercial Law; With a Collection of Legal Maxims and Numerous Select Titles from The Civil Law and Other Foreign Systems. St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1891. x, 1253 pp. Thumb-tabbed. Small folio(10" x 6-1/2"). Original buckram, blind frames to boards, rebacked retaining existing spine with raised bands and recent period-style lettering piece, endpapers renewed. Light soiling to boards, corner bumped and lightly worn. Moderate toning to interior, small chips to fore-edges of pp. 623-654. An attractive copy. $3,500. * First edition of the standard American law dictionary, which is now in its eleventh edition. It contains definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern (including the principal terms of international, constitutional, and commercial law), a collection of legal maxims and a bibliography of the principal law dictionaries in English and other languages to 1891. Besides its status as a landmark in American legal publishing, the first edition of Black's dictionary is valuable because it offers important insights into the rapid development of American law at the turn of the century. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) I:182.

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