How History Unfolds on Paper: Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part IX
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[JAY, John (1745-1829), his copy]. JACOB, Giles (1786-1744)...
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[JAY, John (1745-1829), his copy]. JACOB, Giles (1786-1744). A Catalogue of all the Writs and Processes?Out of the Several Courts at Westminster? London: Eliz. Nutt for Thomas Ward, 1717. 8vo (187 x 114 mm). 1p. publisher?s advertisement facing title. Modern quarter morocco (spine gently sunned, small spot of rubbing). Provenance: John Chambers (1710-1764), a justice of the New York Supreme Court, gifted to John Jay; John Jay (his ownership signature on title-page with gift inscription from John Chambers, text block fore-edge titled); Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) gifted to New York Law Institute (gift inscription on title-page, several Library stamps on title-page and preface). FROM THE LIBRARY OF A FOUNDING FATHER AND THE FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES.
