Pothier, R.J. Treatise on the Contract of Sale. Translated from the French by L.S. Cushing. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1839. xvi, 406 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-10260. ISBN 1-886363-82-X. Cloth. $70. * By the well-known French jurist Pothier [1699-1772], who followed his A Treatise of Obligations with a series of treatises on branches of the law based on Roman and French law. This particular treatise, on the importance of sale as a contract, is a reprint of the first American edition which was translated by Luther Stearns Cushing [1803-1856], who lectured on Roman law at Harvard.