May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 127

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
AUSTIN, JOHN. The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. [iii]-xx, 391, [1], lxxvi pages; lacks half-title * Lectures on Jurisprudence; being, The Sequel to The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. 5 folding tables. [4], 408; [4], viii, 486 pages. 2 volumes. Together, 3 volumes. 8vo, first work in modern 1/4 mottled calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, second in contemporary 1/2 black morocco with extremities worn and covers detached or starting; contents clean. 19th-century stamp of the Oxford & Cambridge University Club on titles. London: John Murray, 1832; 1863

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first editions. "Austin's . . . work on the philosophy of law constituted by far his greatest accomplishment . . . His method of meticulously analyzing basic legal concepts--'analytical jurisprudence'--was particularly influential" (ODNB).