RARE 1811-1816 Orleans LOUISIANA Territory Supreme Court New Orleans, Martin 1st

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RARE 1811-1816 Orleans LOUISIANA Territory Supreme Court New Orleans, Martin 1st:
$2500.00

Orleans term reports, or Cases argued and determined in the Superior court of the territory of Orleans. Three-Volume Set.

By Francois-Xavier Martin

Published:

Volume One: New Orleans : Printed by John Dacqueny, Bienville-street., 1811

Volume Two: New-Orleans : Printed by Roche, Bros., Royal street., 1813

Volume Three: New-Orleans : Printed by Roche, Bros., 1816.

Three Volume Set, bound in two. Volumes 1+2 bound together. Bound in full leather, boards detached, with crude tape repairs on the covers. Spine covers heavily chipped. Foxing throughout. A perfect candidate for a rebind! SCARCE early New Orleans imprint.

Francois-Xavier Martin was an important figure in the legal history of the south. A French-born lawyer, judge, author, translator, printer and historian, he began his career in North Carolina. He later moved to the Louisiana territory, where he played the leading role in the reorganization of its legal system. Appointed attorney-general when Louisiana became a state, he is considered the father of Louisiana jurisprudence

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