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A practical treatise on bills of exchange, promissory notes, and bankers' checks; containing forms of affidavits of debt in actions thereon; and of declarations and pleas in such actions, adapted to the new rules of pleading. From the improved London ed. of 1834. To which are added the American cases of former present time. By Erastus Smith.
by CHITTY, Joseph, jun. (d. 1838), and Erastus SMITH
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RARE AND EARLY AMERICAN LAW BOOK, UNRECORDED VARIANT
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, this variant not in NUC. 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 155 [i.e. 291], [1], lacking front flyleaf. Several repetitions and errors in the pagination. Early ink autograph on upper pastedown, a few pencil annotations. Browned and foxed throughout due to poor-quality paper, some light abrasion to the binding and small flaws at headcap and corners. Full cream leather with blind-tooled borders on covers, gilt lettering over red morocco label to spine. A good copy.
This scarce work is based on the improved London edition of 1834 by the author's father, English lawyer Joseph Chitty. However, as stated in the advertisement, "the English edition, from which this is printed, having been entirely re-written, and the matter very differently arranged, the Notes to the former American editions, by Judge Story and others, having been transposed, and a few which were deemed unimportant left out. Many additional references have been added". Furthermore, the book includes "the American cases of former editions, and many additional references to the present time" by Erastus Smith.
Jenni Parrish records only a variant with this pagination: xv, 155 (i.e., 301). George and Charles Merriam, following in the tradition of their father, a printer in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, established a press at Springfield in 1832.
Jenni Parrish, Law Books and Legal Publishing in America, 1760-1840, 72 Law Libr. J. 355 (1979). , p. 388, no. 115; NUC 107:500.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, this variant not in NUC. 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 155 [i.e. 291], [1], lacking front flyleaf. Several repetitions and errors in the pagination. Early ink autograph on upper pastedown, a few pencil annotations. Browned and foxed throughout due to poor-quality paper, some light abrasion to the binding and small flaws at headcap and corners. Full cream leather with blind-tooled borders on covers, gilt lettering over red morocco label to spine. A good copy.
This scarce work is based on the improved London edition of 1834 by the author's father, English lawyer Joseph Chitty. However, as stated in the advertisement, "the English edition, from which this is printed, having been entirely re-written, and the matter very differently arranged, the Notes to the former American editions, by Judge Story and others, having been transposed, and a few which were deemed unimportant left out. Many additional references have been added". Furthermore, the book includes "the American cases of former editions, and many additional references to the present time" by Erastus Smith.
Jenni Parrish records only a variant with this pagination: xv, 155 (i.e., 301). George and Charles Merriam, following in the tradition of their father, a printer in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, established a press at Springfield in 1832.
Jenni Parrish, Law Books and Legal Publishing in America, 1760-1840, 72 Law Libr. J. 355 (1979). , p. 388, no. 115; NUC 107:500.
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- A practical treatise on bills of exchange, promissory notes, and bankers' checks; containing forms of affidavits of debt in actions thereon; and of declarations and pleas in such actions, adapted to the new rules of pleading. From the improved London ed. of 1834. To which are added the American cases of former present time. By Erastus Smith.
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- CHITTY, Joseph, jun. (d. 1838), and Erastus SMITH
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- Published by G. & C. Merriam
- Place of Publication
- Springfield
- Date Published
- 1834
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