(Hamilton, Alexander) | Alexander Hamilton's copy, signed five times by him

(Hamilton, Alexander)

Digest of Adjudged Cases in the Court of King's Bench from the Revolution to the Present Period ... by a Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall for G. Kearsly and G. Robinson, 1775

Folio (349 x 222 mm). Title-page remargined, repairs to margins and corners of preliminaries (pi2–b2), moderate foxing and browning, scattered staining in quire 7H, a few short marginal tears. Tan buckram, dark brown calf, spine lettered gilt. 

Alexander Hamilton's copy, signed five times by him. He has also annotated "Writs" at 10C1v ("Alias") and in the margin of 10D1v, he has written "Process before cause of action." There are also thirty markings for entries in the text such as "Bills of Exchange," "Condition," "Damages," "Executors & Administrators," "Trial." The markings in "Maritime Affairs" are the most frequent and carry more emphasis than elsewhere in the text. 

See lot 228.

PROVENANCE

Alexander Hamilton (signature on title-page, E2v, Ee2r, 4D1r, 6B1r) — Library of the New York Law Institute (stamps on title-page, pi2r, a1r, i2r, and B1r) — Sotheby's New York, 11 December 2009, lot 151

REFERENCE

Goebel, LPAH 1:6–7, 851