Bidspirit auction | 1835 Supplement to Petersdorff's Abridgment

1835 Supplement to Petersdorff's Abridgment of English Common Law Cases, Vol II, Edited by Elisha Hammond - This 1835 legal reference work is titled Supplement to Petersdorff's Abridgment of English Common Law Cases, Volume II. The title page identifies the author as Elisha Hammond, Esq., Counselor at Law, and the publishers as Treadway & Atwood of New York. The volume contains a practical abridgment of cases argued and determined in the courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer, and at Nisi Prius from Michaelmas Term, 4 Geo. IV to Hilary Term, 3 Will. IV. The book is bound in full tan leather with two applied spine labels. A red leather label is printed in gilt with SUPPLEMENT TO PETERSDORFF and a black leather label is printed in gilt with BY HAMMOND VOL. 2. The front cover bears a faint, illegible pencil inscription in the upper right corner. The text block is printed on paper and includes topical sections such as Forcible Entry or Detainer, Landlord and Tenant, Master and Servant, and Principal and Agent. The exterior leather binding shows significant wear including heavy rubbing, surface loss, and chipping along the spine and at the corners (photo 1, 2). The spine labels are chipped and the gilt lettering is partially worn (photo 2). The leather is cracked along the front hinge (photo 4). Internally, the pages exhibit extensive foxing, spotting, and brown damp staining throughout (photo 5, 6, 8, 10). The paper is darkened at the edges (photo 7, 9).