Lecciones de Práctica Forense Mejicana, escritas a beneficio de la Academia Nacional de Derecho Público y Privado de Méjico [3 volumes] de Peña y Peña, Manuel de la - 1835

Mexico: Imprenta a Cargo de Juan Ojeda, 1835. Hardcover. Very Good -. 3 volumes (of 4?) (xix, [1], 536, [2] p.; 612 p.; 419, [1] p.); 21 cm. Contemporary? calf with gilt-tooled spine titles and elaborate gilt-tooled decoration on spines and boards; gilt-tooled edges and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Beige silk endpapers. Vol. 1 was published in 1835, vol. 2 in 1836, and vol. 3 in 1839. Errata on one page following text in vol. 1. The author, José Manuel de la Peña y Peña (1789-1850), was a pivotal figure in the establishment of the Mexican legal system. He was named to a seat on the first Mexican Supreme Court in Dec. 1824, a position he held almost continuously until his death; he was a professor of law at Universidad Nacional de Mexico; he became a senator in 1845; and he served as interim president of Mexico from 26 Sept. 1847 to 13 Nov. 1847, and as president from 8 Jan. 1848 to 3 June 1848. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed, with minor loss at ends of spines; boards are scraped; paper labels removed from tail of spines, with minor scraping and shadow; one perforation from edge of vol. 2 back board through about half the pages along fore-edge, not impacting text; minimal foxing; clean and tight.