(LAW) Kirby Ephraim; editor Reports of Cases Adjudged in the

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(LAW.) Kirby, Ephraim; editor. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut. 8vo, later sheep, minor wear; hinges split, moderate foxing, small chip on title page; early owner's signature on front pastedown. Litchfield, CT, 1789

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first edition of the first substantial judicial reports in the u.s. "Kirby made a permanent place for his name in the annals of American law by publishing, in Litchfield, his Reports . . . It was the first fully developed volume of law reports published in the United States"--DAB. Among the five judges on this court were Richard Law, Eliphalet Dyer, and Roger Sherman (all veterans of the Continental Congress) and Oliver Ellsworth, who later served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Includes a list of subscribers in the rear. Evans 21914.