A Practical Treatise on the Law of Legacies, Only Edition, 1824
Treatise on Legacies Praised by Kent, Few Printed Copies of This Edition Exist Today Preston, William Scott. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Legacies. London: Printed for J. & W.T. Clarke, Law Booksellers and Publishers, Portugal-Street, Lincoln's Inn, 1824. lx, 387, [1] pp. Publisher advertisement to final page. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Original paper-covered publisher boards with contrasting paper spine and printed paper title label, untrimmed edges. Light soiling and a few minor stains and scuffs to boards, spine mostly perished, boards beginning to separate, text block secure, rubbing to extremities, corners and spine ends bumped. Moderate toning and light foxing to interior, creases to final three leaves, chip to lower outside corner of final leaf. $750. * Only edition. In Commentaries on American Law, James Kent says "the law of legacies has been well digested by Mr. Roper, but with more force, precision and accuracy by Mr. Preston." A reprint edition, star-paged to the London edition, was published in New York in 1827. There are several microform and digital copies of the 1824 London edition, but few printed examples. OCLC locates 2 (National Library of Scotland, University of St. Andrews). LibraryHub adds 5 more (British Library, Cambridge University, Middle Temple, University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh). Kent cited in Marvin, Legal Bibliography 588. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:290.
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