Laws of the State of Tennessee.

First edition of the first compilation of the laws of the state of Tennessee, which were only preceded by the individual acts in pamphlets, newspapers and broadsides. With the error in pagination repeating page numbers 9 and 10. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf. Presentation copy, inscribed by John K. Shields to Matthew M. Neil on the front pastedown, "M.M. Neil presented by John K. Shields Nov. 1912." Shields inscribed the book as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, a position he held from 1910 to 1913; he was the last Tennessean elected to the U.S. Senate by the Tennessee General Assembly prior to the 17th Amendment coming into effect. The recipient, Matthew M. Neil was an Associate Justice to the Tennessee Supreme Court at the time of the inscription. Additionally with the ownership signature of Nathan B. Markland to both the front free endpaper and title page, the former of which he has also dated 1807. Markland and Brice Martin were appointed to survey and adjust the boundary line between Tennessee and Virginia in 1802; their regulation was disputed by the state of Virginia and ultimately resolved by the United States Supreme Court in 1893 in favor of Tennessee (Allen, 13; Sabin, 94776). In good condition. Scarce and desirable. A remarkable association.