Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery

London, 1768. Vol. 2 only, Folio. From the Law Library of Alexander Hamilton: A Multi-Generational Legal Dynasty Artifact Signed by the Founding Father and Two of His Sons Williams, William Peere (1664-1736)], Reporter. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, And of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench. London: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan for A. Millar; and sold by T. Cadell, 1768. Third edition. Volume II only (of three volumes). Folio (12" x 7-1/2"). [viii], 755, [75] pp. Folio (12" x 7-1/2"). Modern tan library cloth, red and black leather lettering pieces to spine. Endpapers renewed, cloth hinges. External soiling, spine labels chipped and worn. Very Good internal condition. Toning and occasional light foxing. A few partial cracks to the text block, though all leaves remain secure. Small clean tear to right margin of pp. 731-732 (not affecting text). Imprimatur leaf starting at head. Provenance & Signatures: Ex-Association of the Bar of the City of New York Library, with their discrete ink stamp on the title page and a library bar over the latter half of Hamilton's name (not obscuring the signature). Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804): Signed on the title page directly beneath the first line of the title. Following a frequent habit, Hamilton split his name across the printed text, writing "Alexander" to the left and "Hamilton" (with his characteristic paraph/flourish) to the right of the printed word "of". James Alexander Hamilton (1788-1878): Signed at the head of the title page. Philip Hamilton [II] (1802-1884): Signed at the head of page 58. Housed in a custom blue half-morocco clamshell case, spine gilt-lettered. $25,000. Historical and Legal Significance A Cornerstone of Early American Jurisprudence: William Peere Williams' Reports were among the most authoritative and highly regarded English legal repositories of the 18th century, considered by legal historian John William Wallace to be "one of the most perspicuous, useful, and interesting repositories of equity law to be found in the language." In the early Republic, American equity law (Chancery)-which governed complex commercial transactions, trusts.…