[Rarebooks] FS: The FIRST PUBLISHED REPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, 1798-1806

[Charles Agvent]

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DALLAS, A[lexander] J[ames]. REPORTS OF CASES RULED AND  ADJUDGED
IN  THE  COURTS  OF  PENNSYLVANIA, BEFORE AND  SINCE  THE  REVOLUTION.
Philadelphia:  First  Edition. Four octavo volumes (5-1/4"  x  9-1/4")
bound  in much later legal tan buckram with contrasting  gilt-lettered
morocco  spine  labels; x, 492, i-26; [2], iv, 480, xix; [viii],  519,
[1],  xiii; [vi], 472, xxxiv, [xiv] pages. Complete with half title in
the  first  volume  which is the 1806 Second  Edition;  the  remaining
volumes  are  First Editions dated 1798, 1799, and 1807  respectively.
Evans   33598,  35374,  22445;  Shaw   &  Shoemaker  12384.  Of  great
importance  as  these volumes contain the FIRST PUBLISHED  REPORTS  OF
THE  UNITED  STATES SUPREME COURT, covering the cases  which  appeared
before  the  Court from its inception in 1790 through 1800.  Ownership
signature  of  William T. Dwight on the title pages of the  first  and
third  volumes.  Dwight  was  the sixth son  of  Dr.  Timothy  Dwight,
President  of Yale College 1795-1822, and a great-grandson of Jonathan
Edwards.  He  practiced law in Philadelphia for about ten years  after
graduating  from  Yale  in  1813  before  pursuing  a  career  in  the
Ministry.  Several  pages  bear  his ink notes.  Three  other  unknown
signatures  on  the other title pages. Several ink and blindstamps  of
the  Philadelphia  Court of Common Pleas. Light browning  and  foxing.
Very Good and scarce.                                         $2500.00

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