Wilson, James. The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L.L.D., Late One of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Professor of Law in the College of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: at the Lorenzo Press, printed for Bronson and Chauncey, 1804. First edition. Volumes 1 and II (of 3). 8vo. xvi, 467 pp., frontispiece portrait in Vol. I. Contemporary full calf leather, red leather spine labels. Sabin104632. James Wilson was one of the six founding fathers who signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He assisted in drafting the Preamble and influenced the structure of the presidency, the electoral college, the judiciary, and the Three-Fifths Compromise as written in the Constitution. He was also one of the initial justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appointed by George Washington. This collection is mostly lectures delivered in 1790-1791 at the College of Philadelphia, covering common law, general principles of the law of nations and the law of nature, the U.S. Moderate rubbing. Minor dampstaining to Vol. front endleaves, frontis to viii. Foxing. Blindstamp to title page and frontis to both volumes of Henry Hice (1834 - 1905),