A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions... 4th ed

1861. Albany: William Gould, 1861.. Albany: William Gould, 1861. "A Legal Classic of the Highest Order"- From the library of the Hallowell, Maine historian, Charles Elventon Nash (1838-1904) Gould, James [1770-1838]. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleadings, in Civil Actions. With Notes Adapted to the New York Code of Procedure, by George Gould. Albany: William Gould, 1861. xii, 502 pp. Fourth edition. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Contemporary law sheep with red lettering piece to spine and blind frames to boards. Worn and scuffed. Previous owner's signature "E.D. Nash" and second previous owner's bookplate "Chas E. Nash" to front pastedown. Offsetting to edges of endleaves, interior otherwise clean. A good copy. $450. * Fourth edition. Gould was the preeminent law professor at Litchfield Law School, the nation's first law school. This treatise is taken from his Litchfield lectures and puts forth his system of principles of pleading in an orderly and scientific, reasonable manner. According to Marvin, "Gould's Pleading is a legal classic of the highest order, and has placed its author among the very best legal writers of the age." From the library of the historian, alderman, and former army officer Charles Elventon Nash (1838-1904) of Hallowell, Maine, who was also the publisher of several local periodicals in Maine, including the Kennebec Journal. Marvin, Legal Bibliography 346. Catalogue of the Library of the Law School of Harvard University (1909) I:775.