[MORRIS, LEWIS, Signer (New York)]. ALEYN, JOHN. Select Cases Reported. London: Printed for George Pawlet, 1688. Folio, contemporary calf, binding dried and worn, front cover detached; title laid down, lacks front endpapers, some browning and soiling.

細節

[MORRIS, LEWIS, Signer (New York)]. ALEYN, JOHN. Select Cases Reported. London: Printed for George Pawlet, 1688. Folio, contemporary calf, binding dried and worn, front cover detached; title laid down, lacks front endpapers, some browning and soiling.

來源

Lewis Morris' copy, with his bookplate and (his?) 2-line note on rear free endpaper.

拍品專文

Morris served as a New York delegate to the Continental Congress, 1775-76. He was absent from Philadelphia when the Declaration of Independence was finally adopted, but signed it for New York late in 1776.