A TREATISE OF THE LAW OF PARTNERSHIP. BY WILLIAM WATSON, OF LINCOLN'S INN, ESQ
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- Albany: Printed by Charles R. and George Webster, 1795
Albany: Printed by Charles R. and George Webster, 1795. xvi, (17)-368pp. Original sheep [rubbed, front hinge starting, rear board detached but present]. Lacks endpapers, small gum label on blank portion of title page. Some spotting, Good+.
Including an eight-page list of subscribers, mostly from New York State and Western Massachusetts. The first edition was printed in London in the previous year. The Introduction recognizes the utility of the Partnership form "in the progress and advancement of Commerce in Great Britain," and that the device has been "conducive to the mutual benefit of persons, whose separate capitals, or individual labor and industry, would have been too limited for many objects easily obtainable by their united operation." Hence the significance of this book. The subscribers' list includes many New York State and Massachusetts individuals, as well as some printers.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 29839. BEAL 9327. Not in Sabin, Jenkins, Kress. Marvin 721 cites only the London 1807.
Including an eight-page list of subscribers, mostly from New York State and Western Massachusetts. The first edition was printed in London in the previous year. The Introduction recognizes the utility of the Partnership form "in the progress and advancement of Commerce in Great Britain," and that the device has been "conducive to the mutual benefit of persons, whose separate capitals, or individual labor and industry, would have been too limited for many objects easily obtainable by their united operation." Hence the significance of this book. The subscribers' list includes many New York State and Massachusetts individuals, as well as some printers.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 29839. BEAL 9327. Not in Sabin, Jenkins, Kress. Marvin 721 cites only the London 1807.
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Title
A TREATISE OF THE LAW OF PARTNERSHIP. BY WILLIAM WATSON, OF LINCOLN'S INN, ESQ
Author
Watson, William
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Publisher
Printed by Charles R. and George Webster: Albany
Date
1795