A Catalogue of the Law School of the University at Cambridge for the Academical Year 1850-1851. Second Term

$75.00

This copy of A Catalogue of the Law School of the University at Cambridge for the Academical Year 1850-1851, Second Term was published in 1851 by the University of Cambridge and printed by Metcalf and Company, Printers to the University. The law school, sometimes called the Dane Law College, was associated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The catalogue, which measures approximately 4 ½ x 7 ½ inches, contains 28 pages bound in green paper covers. The contents of the catalogue are:

Pages 3 to 8 – A listing of “Officers of Government and Instruction” and of “Students of the Senior Class, Middle Class and Junior Class”

Pages 9 to 16 – An overall discussion of the law school, including its facilities, professorships, student tuition and other expenses, prize dissertations, and a complete list of courses, both required and optional, to obtain one’s degree.

Pages 17 to 24 – An Appendix titled “Rules and Statutes of the Professorships of Law in the University at Cambridge”.

Pages 25 to 28 – A description of a proposed “Story Association of Harvard University”, including the text of its Constitution, dated May, 1850, that has the objectives, among others, “of raising the standard of the legal profession”.

The pages of the catalogue are slightly tanned, with text that is clear and easily read. The covers have marks from folding and residual dirt stains. There is some chipping on the edge of the front cover and one page of the text. There are some detached pages in the body of the book. There are markings on the front cover and elsewhere indicating prior ownership by the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, OH. The overall condition of the book is good.

The illustrations accompanying this description show the front cover and the first pages of the list of Officers and Students (page 3), the Law School of the University At Cambridge (page 9), Rules and and Statutes of the Professorship of Law (page 17) and the Story Association of Harvard University (page 25).


Add To Cart

This copy of A Catalogue of the Law School of the University at Cambridge for the Academical Year 1850-1851, Second Term was published in 1851 by the University of Cambridge and printed by Metcalf and Company, Printers to the University. The law school, sometimes called the Dane Law College, was associated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The catalogue, which measures approximately 4 ½ x 7 ½ inches, contains 28 pages bound in green paper covers. The contents of the catalogue are:

Pages 3 to 8 – A listing of “Officers of Government and Instruction” and of “Students of the Senior Class, Middle Class and Junior Class”

Pages 9 to 16 – An overall discussion of the law school, including its facilities, professorships, student tuition and other expenses, prize dissertations, and a complete list of courses, both required and optional, to obtain one’s degree.

Pages 17 to 24 – An Appendix titled “Rules and Statutes of the Professorships of Law in the University at Cambridge”.

Pages 25 to 28 – A description of a proposed “Story Association of Harvard University”, including the text of its Constitution, dated May, 1850, that has the objectives, among others, “of raising the standard of the legal profession”.

The pages of the catalogue are slightly tanned, with text that is clear and easily read. The covers have marks from folding and residual dirt stains. There is some chipping on the edge of the front cover and one page of the text. There are some detached pages in the body of the book. There are markings on the front cover and elsewhere indicating prior ownership by the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, OH. The overall condition of the book is good.

The illustrations accompanying this description show the front cover and the first pages of the list of Officers and Students (page 3), the Law School of the University At Cambridge (page 9), Rules and and Statutes of the Professorship of Law (page 17) and the Story Association of Harvard University (page 25).


This copy of A Catalogue of the Law School of the University at Cambridge for the Academical Year 1850-1851, Second Term was published in 1851 by the University of Cambridge and printed by Metcalf and Company, Printers to the University. The law school, sometimes called the Dane Law College, was associated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The catalogue, which measures approximately 4 ½ x 7 ½ inches, contains 28 pages bound in green paper covers. The contents of the catalogue are:

Pages 3 to 8 – A listing of “Officers of Government and Instruction” and of “Students of the Senior Class, Middle Class and Junior Class”

Pages 9 to 16 – An overall discussion of the law school, including its facilities, professorships, student tuition and other expenses, prize dissertations, and a complete list of courses, both required and optional, to obtain one’s degree.

Pages 17 to 24 – An Appendix titled “Rules and Statutes of the Professorships of Law in the University at Cambridge”.

Pages 25 to 28 – A description of a proposed “Story Association of Harvard University”, including the text of its Constitution, dated May, 1850, that has the objectives, among others, “of raising the standard of the legal profession”.

The pages of the catalogue are slightly tanned, with text that is clear and easily read. The covers have marks from folding and residual dirt stains. There is some chipping on the edge of the front cover and one page of the text. There are some detached pages in the body of the book. There are markings on the front cover and elsewhere indicating prior ownership by the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, OH. The overall condition of the book is good.

The illustrations accompanying this description show the front cover and the first pages of the list of Officers and Students (page 3), the Law School of the University At Cambridge (page 9), Rules and and Statutes of the Professorship of Law (page 17) and the Story Association of Harvard University (page 25).