Ancient Law, Its Connection with the Early History of Society...
First American Edition of Ancient Law Maine, Henry Sumner [1822-1888]. Dwight, Theodore W. [1822-1892], Introduction. Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society, And its Relation to Modern Ideas. New York: Charles Scribner, 1864. lxix, 400 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-3/4"). Three-quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, raised bands and gilt title, gilt owner name, "R. Ross Perry", to foot of spine, edges rouged, patterned endpapers. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, hinges cracked. Moderate toning to interior, Perry signature and inscription, "Nov. 8th 1886/ Washington D.C.," to front endleaf, small stain and Perry signature, mostly trimmed away, to title page. $650. * First American edition, from the second London edition (1863). "Maine indicates the place in the development of a legal system of such agencies as legal fictions and equity. He explains the history of the concept of a law of nature; and in his account of the contrast between primitive and modern society--between the place which the law of persons occupies in primitive and modern law--he comes to the famous conclusion that the government of progressive societies has been from status to contract" (Holdsworth). R. Ross Perry [1846-1914] was a Washington, DC, lawyer, Georgetown Law School professor and the author of a notable treatise, Common-Law Pleading: Its History and Principles (Boston, 1897). Holdsworth, A History of English Law XV:363-364.
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