A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law. 9 Vols. reprint ed.
Dane, Nathan [1752-1835]. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law, with Occasional Notes and Comments. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard & Co., 1823-1829. Complete set, in 9 Volumes. Reprinted in Taiwan. [Buffalo: W.S. Hein, 1979]. Publisher's cadet blue cloth hardcover. Very good. $450. * Reprint of the monumental first comprehensive work to collect American rulings and precedents into a unified body of laws. Dane laboriously compiled this landmark abridgment over twenty-six years, creating an indispensable source book for early American attorneys. Profits from the original publication famously funded the Dane Professorship of Law at Harvard, first held by Joseph Story. It remains a landmark work in the history of American law.
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