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[JAY, John (1745-1829), his copy]. JACOB, Giles (1786-1744). The Compleat Court Keeper; or, Land-Steward’s Assistant. London: John Nutt for Bernard Lintott and Thomas Ward, 1715. 8vo (191 x 114 mm). (Some marginal browning or spotting, small corner tear to margin on A-A4 including title-page, several leaves near end dampstained). Modern quarter morocco (spine gently sunned). Provenance: John Jay (his ownership signature on title-page dated 1790); Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) gifted to New York Law Institute (gift inscription on title-page, several Library stamps on title-page and preface). Second edition. FROM THE LIBRARY OF A FOUNDING FATHER AND THE FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES.