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Four (4) Presidential signed 17th/18th Century Books – two signed by Millard Fillmore, 13th President and 12th Vice President of the United States, and two signed by James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. 1st item: An [sic] Univer[s]al Hi[s]tory, From the Earlie[s]t Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illu[s]trated with Maps, Cuts, Notes &c. with A General Index to the Whole, Vol. X, 1747. Printed for T. Osborne, A. Millar, and K. Osborn, London. Octavo, 695 marbled edge pages, rebound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Signed and dated "Millard Fillmore Dec. 1. 1862" top of title page. 8 1/2" H x 5 5/8" W x 1 5/8" D. 2nd item: The Law and Practice of Distress and Replevin, Second Edition, by Lord Chief Baron Gilbert, 1780. Printed by his Majesty's Law Printers for Edward Brooke, London. Octavo, approximately 286 pages rebound in brown leather with original brown leather covers with decorative blindstamp borders and original brown leather spine with gilt lettering. Signed "James Buchanan" inside of front cover, with additional owner inscriptions to title page. 8 1/2" H x 5 1/2" W x 1 1/4" D. 3rd item: The Law Dictionary: Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the English Law, Vol. V, First American from the Second London Edition, originally compiled by Giles Jacob, corrected and greatly enlarged by T. E. Tomlins, 1811. Printed for, and published by I. Riley, New York, and P. Pyrne, Philadelphia. Octavo, 553 pages rebound in brown leather with original brown leather covers with decorative blindstamp borders and original brown leather spine with gilt lettering. Signed "James Buchanan" top right of title page. 9 1/4" H x 5 7/8" W x 1 3/4" D. 4th item: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Vol. I, Second Edition, by Ephraim Williams, Esq., 1816. Printed and published by Tileston and Weld, Boston. Octavo, 564 pages rebound in brown leather with original brown leather covers with decorative blindstamp borders and original brown leather spine with gilt lettering. Signed "James Buchanan" top right of title page. 9 3/4" H x 6" W x 1 5/8" D. CONDITION: Overall good condition with foxing spots, toning/acid burn, areas of damsptaining, pencil marks, etc. to be expected from age. Signatures in overall very good, visible condition condition. 4th item: Signature slightly affected by dampstaining.