(LAW) Swift Zephaniah A System of the Laws of the State of C

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THE FIRST AMERICAN LAW TEXT (LAW.) Swift, Zephaniah. A System of the Laws of the State of Connecticut. Folding table. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked with original labels laid down; foxing, minor dampstaining; Volume I has library bookplates and discard stamp on endpapers, perforated stamp on title page and first page, and early inscriptions. Windham, CT, 1795-96

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first edition. "Swift's influence was brought to the nation's frontiers by pioneer lawyers carrying . . . the first treatise on American law"--Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law, page 533. Among the subscribers are listed George Washington, John Adams, and James Madison. Evans 29600, 31260.