Sep 28, 2023 - Sale 2646

Sale 2646 - Lot 296

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(WISCONSIN.) Rules of the Supreme and District Courts of the Territory of Wisconsin. 15 pages. Small 8vo, contemporary plain wrappers, moderate wear and staining, captioned in manuscript "Rules of Court, 1840, until next term"; minor wear and foxing to contents, hole punched in upper inside corner. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Enquirer Office, 1840

Additional Details

The Wisconsin Enquirer newspaper operated the first printing press in Madison, which began operation in November 1838. McMurtrie, Wisconsin 55. None traced at auction; OCLC lists copies only at Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Law Library.