1904
by Peck, Epaphroditus
1904. By a Respected Scholar of Family Law Peck, Epaphroditus [1860-1938]. The Property Rights of Husband and Wife Under the Law of Connecticut. Hartford: Dissell Publishing Co., 1904. xxii, 277 pp. Contemporary law calf, blind frames to boards, later paper labels replacing original lettering pieces. Moderate shelfwear, a few scuffs to boards, some rubbing to spine, Owner name lettered to front board, front joint starting near head, front hinge cracked but secure, partial split between pp. iv and v. Offsetting to margins to endleaves, interior otherwise clean. $50. * Only edition. Peck was an associate judge of the Hartford Court of Common Pleas and a lecturer on domestic relations at Yale Law School. His Law of Persons and of Domestic Relations (1913), which is based on his Connecticut treatise, was recommended by Pound and Vanderbilt. See Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 755. Not in the Harvard Law Catalogue (1909).
(Inventory #: 44968)