[NEW YORK LEGAL HISTORY]
BUTLER, WILLIAM ALLEN. The Revision of the Statutes of the State of New York and the Revisers ... An Address before the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. New York: Banks & Brothers, 1889. One of 25 copies, extra-illustrated with portraits and letters inserted from various Butler family members, most of whom have legal and political affiliations, the earliest from 1819. Half blue morocco gilt. 11 x 9 inches (28 x 23 cm). Bookplate of Adrian Hoffman Joline, cover and first leaves detached, stamp to verso of title.