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]. LILLY, John. A Continuat...
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[JAY, John (1745-1829), his copy]. LILLY, John. A Continuation of the Practical Register. London: John Nutt for Charles Harper, 1710. 2 volumes, 8vo (194 x 117 mm). (Vol. I title reinserted on stub, Vol. II title corner reinforced, browning and offsetting throughout, some dampstains). Modern quarter calf (spines sunned). Provenance: John Jay (his ownership signature on both title-pages dated 1771, a few notations in the margins; Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), signature on title of the eldest son of John Jay; Gifted from Peter Jay to the New York Law Institute (notation on title and Library stamp). FROM THE LIBRARY OF A FOUNDING FATHER AND THE FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES.
