A Compendium of Mercantile Law. A New Edition. New York, 1850

1850. New York: Appleton & Co., 1850, 1st Am. edition. New York: Appleton & Co., 1850, 1st Am. edition. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Treatise on Mercantile Law Smith, John William [1809-1845] Holcombe, James P. [1820-1873], Editor. Gholson, William Y. [1807-1870], Editor. A Compendium of Mercantile Law. A New Edition. Greatly Enlarged and Revised Throughout from the Last English Edition. New York: D. Appleton & Company/Philadelphia: Geo. S. Appleton, 1850. [ii], 719 pp. Main text preceded by 2-pp. publisher advertisement. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary law calf, blind fillets to boards, raised bands and red and black lettering pieces to spine. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks and scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, early owner name, "Dennis," to head of spine, corners bumped and moderately worn, hinges cracked, early owner inscription, "G.E. Dennis/ University/ of Va./ Sep' 1853-4-5/ E.S. No. 30," to front pastedown. Light toning and moderate foxing to interior, offsetting to margins of endleaves. $450. * Second American edition, based (it appears) on the second London edition (1838), to which it is star-paged. This notable treatise was first published in London in 1834 and went through several English and American editions and issues. According to records accessed through Ancestry.com, this book probably belonged to George E. Dennis [1830-1894], a lawyer who lived and practiced in Rocky Mount, Virginia. He served as a cavalry officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 2447. (Inventory #: 81037)