[Rarebooks] FS: FIRST PUBLISHED REPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, 1798-1807

[Charles Agvent]

DALLAS, A[lexander] J[ames]. REPORTS OF CASES RULED AND ADJUDGED IN THE 
COURTS OF PENNSYLVANIA, BEFORE AND SINCE THE REVOLUTION. Philadelphia, 
1806; 1798; 1799; 1807. 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. The first edition of Volume I was published in 1790. 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. (#013649) $1,500.00

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