Hoffman david 1784 1854 (1 Ergebnisse)

First edition. A very good full leather binding. 8vo.7.7" x 4.7 x 1.0". pp.355/pp.10 ("Works By The Same Author"). Polished brown calf with gilt border and central gilt decoration (lightly rubbed). Hinges and corners rubbed and bumped. Spine with four raised bands gilt decorated compartments and gilt title: "Viator" (lightly rubbed). All page edges gilt. Inner gilt fillet. Original pale blue endpapers. Clean text throughout. "Epistle dedicatory" and "Address to my readers" signed: David Hoffman. VG. ** David Hoffman (December 24, 1784 November 11, 1854) was an American legal scholar. He taught law at the University of Maryland from 1814 to 1843. Hoffman wrote Hoffman's Course of Legal Study, an influential early legal textbook.…