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Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, legal bibliophile
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- by William E. Butler
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- Peter Stephen Du Ponceau : legal bibliophile
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- Catalogue of valuable law and miscellaneous books, from the library of the late Peter S. Du Ponceau, LL.D
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- English
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- Austin, Tex. : Jamail Center for Legal Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010
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- xii, 132 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780935630794, 0935630791
- OCLC
- ocn699723747
- "Bibliophile he was indeed, among many other accomplishments: jurist, philologist, linguist, translator, interpreter, anthropologist, attorney-at-law ... [etc.] ... [He] formed one of the outstanding private libraries of his generation in the United States. ... This essay concentrates upon his collection of legal materials, which collectively formed the largest single portion of his library"--P. 1.
- Pages 67-132 comprise facsimile reproduction of: Catalogue of valuable law and miscellaneous books, from the library of the late Peter S. Du Ponceau, LL.D. : to be sold by order of executors on Wednesday evening, Oct. 16, 1844, at 6 1/2 o'clock, at M. Thomas & Son's Auction Store, no. 93 Walnut Street. Philadelphia : E.G. Dorsey, Printer, Library St., 1844.
- Published in conjunction with the Tarlton Law Library Rare Book Lecture presented on Feb. 3, 2011.