KIRBY, EPHRAIM. Reports of Cases adjudged in the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut.

KIRBY, EPHRAIM. Reports of Cases adjudged in the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut. viii, 456, [29] pages. 8vo, modern 1/4 calf; staining to the title and preliminaries, else scattered foxing and browning; early lawyer's inked stamp on the title. Litchfield: Collier & Adam, 1789

first edition of the first 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. Includes a list of subscriber's in the rear. Evans 21914.
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