[Rarebooks] FS: The first published reports of the United States Supreme Court

[Charles Agvent]

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. 	 
$2,500.00

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