A System of the Law of Marine Insurances, with Three Chapters on Bottomry; on Insurances of Lives; and on Insurances against Fire

by James Allan Park

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First American Edition. xvi, 8 ,xliv,530, 46 pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, nicely rebacked. Rear marbled endpaper supplied, minor soiling. Evans 22048; ESTC W22416. Item #322702 First American edition of the first English work on insurance and the standard text on the subject until the mid-19th century. First published in London in 1787, at least six editions were published during the author's lifetime.

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