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===by Sir Bartholomew Shower===
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Shower Sir Bartholomew Shower] (1658–1701) was admitted to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Temple Middle Temple] in 1676 and called to the bar in 1680. In 1688, he was named king's counsel, then later the same year, he was appointed to the bench.<ref>Robert J. Frankle, [http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/25471 "Shower, Sir Bartholomew (1658–1701)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 22 Sept 2013. Subsequent biographical information also derives from this article unless otherwise noted.</ref> In 1698, Shower was chosen as one of Exeter's members for Parliament and he shortly became a dominant tory voice in the Commons. A few years before his death, Shower anonymously published ''Cases in Parliament Resolved and Adjudged'', the first printed record of any of the judicial decisions of the House of Lords.<ref>W. S. Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1924), 6:572.</ref> Although the reports are "for the most part ... simply accounts of the arguments used on each side, and a bare statement of the result of the appeal"<ref>Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'', 6:573.</ref>, the House considered the publication to be an infringement upon its privileges, <ref> John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 400.</ref> and further printing ceased.<ref>Robert J. Frankle, "Shower, Sir Bartholomew."</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Ordered by Wythe from John Norton & Sons in a letter dated May 8, 1770. Records indicate the order was fulfilled.<ref>Frances Norton Mason, ed., ''John Norton & Sons, Merchants of London and Virginia: Being the Papers from their Counting House for the Years 1750 to 1795'' (Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Press, 1937), 133-134. The letter is endorsed "Virga. 7 May 1770 / George Wythe / Recd. 18 June pr Dixon / Goods Entr. pa. 220/ Ansd. the 28th July."</ref> Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Shower's ca. in parl." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. We do not know which edition Wythe owned. According to Soule, the first and third editions were folios.<ref> Charles C. Soule, ''The Lawyer's Reference Manual of Law Books and Citations'' (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1833), 73n1.</ref> Three of the Wythe Collection sources (Goodwin's pamphlet,<ref>Mary R. M. Goodwin, [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports\RR0216.xml ''The George Wythe House: Its Furniture and Furnishings''] (Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library, 1958), xlvi. Available at </ref> Brown's Bibliography,<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe "Member: George Wythe"], accessed on June 28, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing) list the 1740 (third) edition of this work. [[Dean Bibliography|Dean's Memo]],<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 8 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> the original source for the Wolf Law Library's collection, notes the 1698 (first) edition. The Wolf Law Library moved a copy of the first edition from another rare book collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]].

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Recently rebound in period style. Title page inscribed, "John R. Emery Newark presented by Jas. W. [ ] July 1879". Purchased through the generosity of Daniel W. Baran and Lena Stratton Baran, Class of 1936.<br />
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==External Links==
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