Lot 286

[MORRIS, Lewis (1726-1798), his copy]. The Fifth and Last P...

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[MORRIS, Lewis (1726-1798), his copy]. The Fifth and Last Part of Modern Reports: Being a Continuation of Several Special Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Queen?s Bench, at Westminster? Savoy: John Nutt, 1711. Folio (319 x 197 mm). Late light brown cloth, spine stamped in black, burgundy, gilt (spine toned and mildly worn, light wear, soiling to boards, text toned, soiled, foxed, library inkstamp on title-page). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNER LEWIS MORRIS ON THE TITLE-PAGE (?Lewis Morris cost ? 1=8=0 sterling?). Additionally, this copy is signed by Morris? uncle, Robert Hunter Morris (1700-1764), Governor of Philadelphia, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, on p. 1.