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Hardcover. Zustand: fine. Two volumes bound in one. Octavo , (4) 590 (2) and 117 pp. Fine in fine modern black cloth rebind; private library bookplate front pastedown of the new endpapers. The 1889 1nd 1890 collected reprints of the annual conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church of New Jersey for the years 1785 though 1816. Bound with these are the historical sketches of the parishes represented in those conventions with short biographies of the lay delegates attending. These 1889-90 reprints ofm the eraly journals are made historically invaluable by the addition of a name and church index, and edited correspondence regarding the founding of the diocese, acceptance of the American Prayer Book and parish histories.

21 cm. [1], 461, [1] pp. Contemporary calf, leather label. Small piece torn from bottom of title leaf, affecting last three numerals of date of publication. Front joint opened, back starting. Unattractively written price on front free endpaper. Previous ownership signature of Ephraim Hinds, and a note from E. F. Hapgood saying Mr. Hinds was a lawyer married to Maria Hapgood, "my father's sister." Cohen 7960. Evans 21358.

Full leather binding, with black leather title label, gilt ruled on spine. 8vo. xvi, 539pp. Very good. COHEN 7959 EVANS 21359.

New York, John Patterson, 1788. (illustrator). New York, John Patterson, 1788. "Adapted to These United States" Parker, James [1714-1770], Compiler. Conductor Generalis: Or, the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, Jury-Men, And Overseers of the Poor. As Also the Office of Clerks of Assize, and of the Peace, &c. To Which Are Added, Several Choice Maxims in Law, &c. Compiled Chiefly from Burn's Justice, and the Several Other Books on Those Subjects. Adapted to These United States. The Whole Alphabetically Digested Under the Several Titles; With a Table Directing to the Ready Finding Out the Proper Matter Under Those Titles. New York: Printed by John Patterson, For Robert Hodge, 1788. xvi, 539 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, lettering piece and raised bands to spine. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, front joint just starting at head. Moderate toning and occasional faint spotting to interior, minor worming to upper inside corner of preliminaries, early owner signature (David M. Coggeshall) to head of title page. $350. * A popular American legal manual issued by different printers, the Conductor Generalis was based largely on Burn and other English sources. "Conductor Generalis" is a Latin phrase meaning "a general guide." The first by Parker was published in 1764. His 1788 edition, the fourth, is significant because it was the first published after the ratification of the Constitution and "adapted to these United States." Part II contains (with caption titles only): The Office and Duty of Sheriffs; The Office of a Gaoler, and Concerning Escapes; The Office and Duty of the Clerk of Assize and Clerk of the Peace; A Guide to Juries; Of Maxims and General Rules, from Jacob's Law Grammar; Of Actions and Remedies; Of Fictions, Intendments, and Presumptions. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 7959.

New York, John Patterson, 1788. (illustrator). First Edition. New York, John Patterson, 1788. A Popular Legal Manual Owned by a Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Justice of the Peace Parker, James [1714-1770], Compiler. Conductor Generalis: Or the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Goalers, Jury-Men, And Overseers of the Poor. As Also, The Office of Clerks of Assize and of the Peace, &c. To Which Are Added, Several Choice Maxims in Law, &c. Compiled Chiefly from Burn's Justice, and the Several Other Books on Those Subjects. Adapted to These United States. The Whole Alphabetically Digested Under the Several Titles; With a Table Directing to the Ready Finding Out the Proper Matter Under Those Titles. New York: Printed by John Patterson, For Robert Hodge, 1788. xvi, 539 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing and a few minor spots and stains to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners, joints partially split at ends, early owner signature (William Betz/ Reading PA/ 1835) to front pastedown, another struck-through signature (A. Hopkins) to front free endpaper, which is detached, other front endleaf lacking. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing and faint dampstaining in a few places, offsetting to margins of endleaves, early owner signatures (William Betz and, struck through, John Roberts) to head of title page. $650. * The Conductor Generalis was issued by different colonial American printers and based largely on Burn and other English sources. The first edition by Parker was published in 1764. This 1788 edition, the fourth, is significant because it was the first published after the ratification of the Constitution and "adapted to these United States." Our copy was owned by a Pennsylvanian attorney and justice of the peace, William Betz [1812-1860], "a magistrate of decided ability" (Montgomery). Montgomery, History of Berks County in Pennsylvania 1:565. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 7959.