Bidspirit auction | STATE PAPERS AND PUBLICK DOCUMENTS

STATE PAPERS AND PUBLICK DOCUMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES - Rare 3 Volumes of the First Edition of STATE PAPERS AND PUBLICK DOCUMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1815 | Three original first edition volumes: Volume II [1797]; Volume III [1797-1801]; Volume IV [1809-11] - Published: Boston: Printed and published by T. B. Wait and Sons, 1815 | Ea. volume is complete with all pages: Volume II [1797]: 523 pages; Volume III [1797-1801]: 444 pages + Appendix to xxiv + Index xxv-xxxv; Volume IV [1809-11]: 536 pages + 4+ fold-outs at rear | Full Title: State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States from the accession of George Washington to the presidency, exhibiting a complete view of our foreign relations since that time | Ea. volume has been rebound in half leather and marbled boards, with original leather spines, spines intact with previous repairs, spine gilt lettering faded | Approx. Size: Ea. 8.75” H x 5.5” W | Interiors are complete and unmarked with minor toning, generally in very good antique condition.ProvenanceThe volumes appear to have been initially bought/sold by Butterworth's Law Library (Queen's Law Bookseller), London, England (1818). The volumes later made their way to the United States where they were likely donated to the University Club of Washington, D.C. (1904f)NotesEa. volume is blind stamped ”Butterworth's Law Library” on the copyrights page, as well as embossed on the title page with ”Library University Club - Washington, D.C.”Butterworths was founded in 1818 by Henry Butterworth (1786–1860). He was a pupil at King Henry VIII School, Coventry. After leaving Coventry he was apprenticed to and, for some time, worked for his uncle Joseph Butterworth, the great law bookseller of Fleet Street. In 1818, however, disagreement between them as to the terms of partnership made Henry set up on his own account at the corner of Middle Temple Gate (7 Fleet Street), where he became the well-known Queen's Law Bookseller. Butterworths was acquired and eventually became LexisNexis UK.The University Club of Washington, DC was founded in 1904 by sixty-six prominent university and college alumni. The first University Club president was President William Howard Taft (then Secretary of War), who was an active Club member. The Club maintains an onsite library - The Keefer Memorial Library - that is supported by member donations.