Commentaries on the Law of Promissory Notes, and Guaranties of.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1859. 5th ed. Fifth Edition of Story's Final Treatise Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Law of Promissory Notes, And Guaranties of Notes, And Checks on Banks and Bankers. With Occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations of Continental Europe. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1859. xxxvi, 703 pp. Text prefaced by 8-pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"; 23.6 x 14.8 cm). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, red and black lettering pieces and small paper label to spine. Light rubbing and some shallow scuffs to boards, spine significantly darkened and gatored, joints starting at ends. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places. $350. * Fifth edition. According to Cohen, "Joseph Story's work on promissory notes was the last of his great treatises. (.) Unlike many of his predecessors, Story treated each aspect of commercial law separately in a series of works which included his treatises on agency (1839), partnership (1841), bills of exchange (1843) and finally the one on promissory notes. The inclusion of comparative sources from the commercial law of other countries reflects Story's view, expressed in his opinion for the Supreme Court in Swift v. Tyson (1842) that commercial law was international, not the 'law of a single country only, but of the commercial world.'" It was written while he was still serving both as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and professor of law at Harvard. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 2565.…