Name/Title
"REVISED LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA: CIVIL CODE," 1871Entry/Object ID
2004.210.1.1Description
"REVISED LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA: CIVIL CODE," 1871
Color: Brown; Green; Gold
"Revised Laws of the State of California: Civil Code," (Sacramento: D. W. Gelwicks, State Printer,) 1871. The 781-page hardcover book has a brown binding with green marbled boards pasted on the covers. On the spine, in gold lettering, is "CALIFORNIA / CODES . . . CIVIL" and the name of the original owner stamped at the bottom. There is also an original inscription to the owner on the front flysheet and other marks and inscriptions from recent years on the inside front cover. The work consists of an "Analysis of the Contents;" a first division concerning persons, divided into the parts of persons, personal rights, personal relations, and corporations; a second division on property, with parts on general property, real property, personal property, and the acquisition of property; a third division on obligations, embracing general obligations, contracts, legal obligations, and those arising from particular transactions; and a fourth division of general provisions, covering relief, debtors and creditors, nuisance, maxims of jurisprudence, and definitions and general provisions. There is also a lengthy index at the end. On the inside back cover are pasted newspaper articles about the revised civil code. In poor condition, the item has cover rubbing, acid burns on flysheets, brittleness, corrosion of the leather, creases, dented corners, soiling, browning of pages, fading of spine lettering, flaking of cover material and some page edges, foxing, a detached front cover and nearly so for the back, mustiness, stains on pages, and tears on the cover fabric and some pages.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Books, Civil law--California, Civil procedure--California, Law--California
