hamilton alexander copy (1 Ergebnisse)

London, 1768. Vol. 2 only, Folio. (illustrator). London, 1768. Vol. 2 only, Folio. An Extraordinarily Rare Volume from Alexander Hamilton's Law Library, Signed by Him and Two of His Sons [Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804), Former Owner]. [Hamilton, James Alexander (1788-1878), Former Owner]. [Hamilton, Philip (II) (1802-1884), Former Owner]. Williams, William Peere [1164-1736], Reporter. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, And of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench. London: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan for A. Millar; and sold by T. Cadell, 1768. Volume 2 (of 3) ONLY. [viii], 755, [75] pp. Folio (12" x 7-1/2"). Modern library cloth, red and black lettering pieces to spine, endpapers renewed, cloth hinges. Some soiling to exterior, lettering pieces worn. Toning and occasional light foxing to interior, a few partial cracks to text block, all leaves secure, small clean tear to right margin of pp. 731-732 not affecting text, ink library stamp to title page, imprimatur leaf starting at head. "Alexander Hamilton" with his characteristic flourishing last line on his last name, on the title page just below the words of the title (with the bar library over the last half of Hamilton's name, but not obscuring it in any way. And with the title page signature of Hamilton's son, James Alexander Hamilton and at the head of page 58, Philip Hamilton II. An extraordinary copy. $25,000. * Third edition. Wallace says that these reports were popular and highly regarded, considered "one of the most perspicuous, useful, and interesting repositories of equity law to be found in the language." Hamilton agreed, citing the work repeatedly in his legal papers (Goebel). Like other books from Hamilton's library, it was passed on to his sons, both of whom would have found it useful in their legal careers. James Hamilton practiced law for several years, served in the New York State Militia during the War of 1812 and went on to a political career as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Philip Hamilton, named for his deceased older brother, practiced law in New York for many years. He served under James as an assistant U.S. Attorney and specialized in admiralty cases in private practice. There have only been a few volumes from Alexander Hamilton's library that have come to market, including the sale of the Barbara and Ira Lipman Collection (Sotheby's April.