A Practical Treatise on Bills Of Exchange, Checks on Bankers, Promissory Notes, Bankers' Cash Notes, and Bank Notes

by Joseph Chitty

$350 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

Philadelphia: P. Byrne, 1803. First American edition, first printing. x , 290 pp. Bound in contemporary calf with morocco title label Chitty on Bills on spine. Good only, boards bowed, stained, and well-worn; hinges cracked but cords holding. Contents heavily foxed and toned with age. Stamp on top edge. The uncommon first American appearance of a standard early 19th century text by an English lawyer from an eminent legal

• Binding: Leather

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