The Trial Of Col Aaron Burr On An Indictment For Treason Before The Circuit Court Of The United

by Aaron Burr Thomas Carpenter Court Reporter Fl 1790s 1810s

$6,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First edition

Contemporary full sheep, expertly rebacked spines in six gilt-ruled compartments with red morocco lettering-pieces in second compartments and volume numbers in fourth First edition of all three volumes of the rarest and best account of the trial, Eberstadt which made US legal history in its interpretations of treason and executive sovereignty. This elusive set, almost always found without the third volume, is Burr's own report and is crucial to understanding early democracy

• Binding: Leather

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