(BURR AARON) The Trial of Col Aaron Burr on an Indictment fo

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(BURR, AARON.) The Trial of Col. Aaron Burr, on an Indictment for Treason. Volume I (of 3). 147, [1], 135 pages. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf, minor wear; inscription trimmed from top margin of title page, lacking blank leaf after title page and final colophon leaf, minor foxing and dampstaining; inked owner's stamp on flyleaf. Washington, 1807

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A transcript of Burr's trial, "taken in shorthand by T. Carpenter." "The most exciting trial held in this country during the first half of the nineteenth century"--Graff 506. Usually found incomplete, as the other volumes were issued separately the following year; no complete sets found at auction since 1942. Howes B1013; Sabin 9433; Tompkins, Burr 18.