Commentaries on the Law of Bailments. First Edition, Boston, 1832

Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1832. Story on Bailments, First Edition Story, Joseph [1779-1845]. Commentaries on the Law of Bailments, With Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1832. xxxiv, 411 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Period-style calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine. Fading and a few very shallow scratches to exterior, moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing, brief early annotations, corrections and marginal marks to several leaves, owner signature of Seymour Van Santvoord dated 1879 to foot of p. 394. $950. * First edition. "Whatever was to be found in the English and American decisions, whatever Roman and Continental jurisprudence afforded on illustration of the law of bailments, Joseph Story collected and combined with surprising industry, and wonderful learning.Story's Bailments affords one of the best examples, in modern times, of the illustration which our laws are susceptible of, by the aid of foreign jurisprudence" (Marvin). Seymour Van Santvoord [1858-1938] chaired the New York Public Service Commission and served as dean of the Rensselaer County Bar Association in addition to his legal practice and work as a novelist. Marvin, Legal Bibliography 668-669. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 2451.…