A Collection of Law Tracts, Published in the Years 1825 & 1826.

Fascinating Anthology of Legal Essays [The Law Journal]. A Collection of Law Tracts, Published in the Years 1825 & 1826 in the Law Journal, Which is a Monthly Publication Sold to Annual Subscribers Only. Vol I. London: Published by J.W. Paget, [1827]. [iv], 328 pp. [Bound with] Law Tracts, Published in the Years 1828 & 1829, in The Law Journal, Which is a Monthly Publication Sold to Annual Subscribers Only. Vol. II. London: Published by J.W. Paget, 1830. viii, 206, [16] pp. Quarto (9" x 7"). Later three-quarter calf over cloth, lettering piece and gilt fillets and publication date to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, a few cracks to text block. Moderate toning to interior, light soiling and foxing in a few places, faint dampstaining to a few leaves. $450. * Complete as issued. Fascinating for their insight into the English bar of the early nineteenth century, these volumes are anthologies of articles from The Law Journal. Contents include "On the Claim of Executors to the Residue of Their Testator's Personal Estate," "Observations on the Title to Lands Derived Through Inclosure Acts," "Analysis of 'Preston's Essay on Estates'," "A Collection of Cases on the Question, Whether Trustees Take the Legal Estate, Or Not?," "A Practical Treatise on the Law Relative to Attornies, Solicitors and Their Agents" and "Suggestions as to the Course of Study to be Adopted, And the Selection of Books, By Parties Designed for Attornies and Solicitors." Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) I:1132.…