A Treatise on Maritime Law Author:Henry Flanders Flanders, Henry. A Treatise on Maritime Law. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1852. xvi, 444 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-886363-72-2. Cloth. $75. * One of the most admired admiralty lawyers in the country, Flanders [1824-1911] had been a member of the New Hampshire Bar who moved his practice to Philadelphia after th... more »e publication of this successful work. Dictionary of American Biography describes this and his later work A Treatise on the Law of Shipping (1853) as works that ""gave evidence of deep research and unusual ability. Distinguished for lucid exposition and attractive style, these works in a short time became acknowledged authorities upon the subject with which they dealt."" DAB III:454. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 266. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 1584. Sabin, A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 24673.« less