The Law Relating to the Public Funds; And the Equitable and Legal..

1839. The First Legal Treatise on Government Securities Wilkinson, James John [d.1858]. The Law Relating to the Public Funds; And the Equitable and Legal Remedies with Respect to Funded Property; Including the Practice by Distringas, And Under the Statute 1 & 2 Vict. c. 110, With References to the Cases on the Foreign Funds and Public Companies, And an Appendix of Forms. London: Saunders & Benning, 1839. xix, [1], 411, [1] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4"). Recent quarter calf over marbled boards, blind rules to calf edges, blind fillets, lettering piece and gilt date to spine, endpapers renewed, edges untrimmed. Light fading to spine. Light toning to interior, occasional light soiling, light foxing in a few places, circular ink library stamp to title page and a few other pages, no loss to legibility. $850. * Only edition. The first legal treatise on government securities, this work includes an extensive overview of case law as well as a historical discussion of stockjobbing and speculation. Though it anticipated them in many ways, it also provides a snapshot of the system before the advent of modern hedge funds. Wilkinson, a barrister, special pleader and judge, was the author of several well-regarded works on commercial law and shipping. OCLC locates 4 copies in North American law libraries (Library of Congress, University of Georgia, University of Missouri, University of Cincinnati). Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature 31031.41. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:380.