A System of the Law of Marine Insurances: With Three Chapters On.

Park, James Allan

Erscheinungsdatum: 1787

Beschreibung

London, 1787. 1st edition. First Edition of the First English Treatise on Insurance Park, James Allan [1763-1838]. A System of the Law of Marine Insurances, With Three Chapters on Bottomry; On Insurances on Lives; And on Insurances Against Fire. London: Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers. For T. Whieldon, 1787. xvi, [8], xliv, 530, [50] pp. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary reversed calf, blind fillets to boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine. A few minor nicks and scuffs to boards, faint stains and minor wear to spine ends, a few tiny chips to edges of lettering piece, front joint starting at head, corners bumped and somewhat worn, hinges starting, early owner bookplate (William Eaton) to front pastedown, early owner signature (Thomas Bennis) in pencil to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior, minor worming to front hinge, and margins of preliminaries and a few other places, text not affected. An attractive copy. $850. * First edition. Printed in December 1786 with a 1787 imprint date, Park's System of Marine Insurances was the first legal work on insurance written by an English lawyer. Holdsworth has called it "the best text-book upon the law of insurance." A work of great authority, it went through numerous English and American editions and remained a standard text until the middle of the nineteenth century. Holdsworth, History of English Law XII:390. English Short-Title Catalogue T112941. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 74293

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Titel: A System of the Law of Marine Insurances: ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1787

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: London, 1787. 1st edition

Auflage: 1. Auflage