PRACTICAL FORMS OF WRITS, PROCESSES, &C. SELECTED FROM THE MOST APPROVED PRECEDENTS AND ADAPTED TO THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS NOW IN FORCE; AND WITH LITTLE VARIATION, WILL APPLY TO THOSE OF THE NEIGHBORING STATES AND TERRITORIES, WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REFERENCES, INTENDED FOR THE USE OF JUDGES OF PROBATE, CLERKS OF COURTS, SHERIFFS, CORONERS, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AND WHICH WILL BE ESSENTIALLY USEFUL TO GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR AND PRIVATE CITIZENS: TOGETHER WITH A VARIETY OF USEFUL PRECEDENTS IN CONVEYANCING. THE MINING REGULATIONS; WITH FORMS OF PROCEEDINGS IN CASES OF NATURALIZATION, MILITARY PENSIONS, FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, &C

Jones, James

Published by Printed and Published by the Author, Galena, 1830

About this Item

164, [1 blank], [1 errata], 52 [appendix], 10 [Index] pp [as issued]. Light to moderate foxing, light wear. Bound in original half sheep [rubbed], rebacked. Good+. With contemporary ownership signatures of George Taylor and Robert Williams. This popular law book was one of Galena's first imprints and probably its first non-periodical publication. Neither Byrd, Tanner, nor OCLC records an earlier Galena book. "Galena was the seventh town in Illinois to attract a printing press. It was the first 'boom' town in the state and, for a brief period during the 'lead rush' was the state's most populous area. James Jones, the first printer there, had many reasons to expect a bright future" [Byrd]. Tanner, augmenting Byrd's entry, states that the page of errata "was printed some months after the book itself." Byrd concludes that Jones, who probably arrived in Galena in 1827, issued the town's first imprint with the first number of his 'Miner's Journal' in 1828. The section on mining regulations has particular relevance for Galena's Lead Boom. 'Galena' in Latin means 'lead sulfite.' FIRST EDITION. Byrd 104. Tanner, Some Corrections and Emendations 104. Graff 2239. Cohen 8033. Seller Inventory # 32511

Bibliographic Details

Title: PRACTICAL FORMS OF WRITS, PROCESSES, &C. ...

Publisher: Printed and Published by the Author, Galena

Publication Date: 1830

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition