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Commentaries On The Constitution Of The United States With A Preliminary Review Of The Constitutional History Of The Colonies And States Before The Adoption Of The Constitution
1833TB32375Boston and Cambridge: Hilliard Gray And Company and Brown Shattuck And Co. 1833. First Edition. All three volumes of this complete set are in near fine condition in recent 1/2 calf leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with red and black gilt stamped title blocks in two compartments and with gilt bands and gilt banding at the edges of the leather on the boards. All three are octavos of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with new end sheets. The blank leaves prior to the title pages and at the end of each text block show spots of mild foxing some of which have migrated to the title page and last printed page; otherwise the contents are remarkably clean and bright. Volume I contains 494 pages; volume II contains 555 pages; and volume III contains 776 which includes and index for all three volumes. Story was a noted and accomplished attorney a member of Congress for one term and was appointed an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1811. His greatest contribution was this title which is still considered "the standard treatise on the subject" of the Constitution. Wikipedia Howes S-1047; Sabin 92291; DABIX p102-108 A particularly handsome set whose importance to the study of the Constitution is as important as The Federalist. Hilliard, Gray, And Company and Brown, Shattuck, And Co. hardcover
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