A Treatise on the Law of Obligations or Contracts (2 Volumes Set)

Originally published: London: A. Strahan, 1806. Two volumes. [1], 578, [1]; iv, 715, [1] pp. Reprint of the uncommon Evans translation, the English second edition which followed the American edition of 1802 (translated by F.X. Martin), which is also available as a facsimile reprint published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. To Pothier’s work Evans added an Appendix on several topics of English law, organized as a treatise on the law of evidence. Pothier’s treatise on civil law was “… soon recognized as a major contribution to legal science, translated by Evans and frequently cited in British Courts.” Walker, Oxford Companion to Law 973.