Hand judge learned (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Bound in patterned blue boards with a chipped glassine wrapper. From the collection of American books by Norman J. Sondheim, with his bookplate affixed.

Presented to Judge Learned Hand by the author. Presentation Copy from the Author to Learned Hand Bechtel, Edwin De Turck [1880-1957]. Freedom of the Press and L'Association Mensuelle: Philipon versus Louis-Philippe. New York: Grolier Club, 1952. Edition limited to 750 copies, oblong octavo, [3], 40; [51] pp. reproducing 24 lithographs, with descriptive comments. Publisher's cloth bound hardcover with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Moderate shelfwear, internally clean. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper "To Judge Learned Hand/ Edwin DeT. Bechtel/ February 26, 1952." $500. * A collection of political caricatures, originally published from August 1832 to August 1834, by such artists as J.-J. Grandville and Honore Daumier. Bechtel, a partner in the prominent New York law firm Carter, Ledyard and Milburn, was an important collector of the works of Callot and Daumier and an avid gardener who was a leading expert on roses. He wrote prolifically about art, roses and related subjects. One of the most significant American jurists of the twentieth century, Hand was a judge of the U.S. Southern District of New York from 1904-1924 and a judge of the Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, from 1924 to 1956. His judgments were renowned for their lucidity and elegance. Presented to Judge Learned Hand by the author (ilustrador). …