The Law of Executors and Administrators, 1st Dublin Edition.
Rare Dublin Edition that Belonged to Two Attorneys General of North Carolina Toller, Sir Samuel [1764-1821]. The Law of Executors and Administrators. Dublin: Printed by John Exshaw, 98, Grafton-Street, 1800. xvi, 444 [i.e. 414] pp. Plate (a table of descents). Octavo (8" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets and fragment of lettering piece to spine. Moderate scuffing to boards, which are slightly bowed, front board detached, rear board beginning to separate, moderate rubbing to extremities, early armorial bookplate, William Drew (born circa 1770, died 1827), to front pastedown, free endpapers partially detached, later owner signature, "J[ohn] R[eeves] J[ones] Daniel" to front free endpaper and title page. Moderate toning and light foxing to interior, faint dampstaining in places, minor water damage to a few leaves. $500. * Only Dublin edition, published the same year as the first edition (London: A. Strahan, for J. Butterworth). The successor to Wentworth's The Office and Dutie of Executors (1641), Toller's treatise was a standard work into the early 1900s. Its final edition, by Francis Whitmarsh, was published in London in 1922. Daniel [1802-1868] was Attorney General of North Carolina from 1834 to 1841 and a U.S. Congressman from 1841 to 1853. William Drew bookplate is the second provenance marking, of someone who held the post of Attorney General in the same state: this is the plate of William Drew (born circa 1770, died 1827), who was Attorney General of North Carolina from 1816 to 1825. This is a signed bookplate, and its creator was a famous American artist, Samuel Hill (born circa 1765, died circa 1809). This is a rare edition. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries (Georgetown, Harvard, Library of Congress, Middlesex, MA, Trial Court Library, Notre Dame, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota). English Short-Title Catalogue N12123.
Price: $500.00
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