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}}These reports "have always been esteemed as among the best of the older books both for value of decision and essential accuracy of report." <ref> Wallace, ''The Reporters'' 211. Sweet & Maxwell, ''A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth'' 1:310 (134). </ref> | }}These reports "have always been esteemed as among the best of the older books both for value of decision and essential accuracy of report." <ref> Wallace, ''The Reporters'' 211. Sweet & Maxwell, ''A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth'' 1:310 (134). </ref> | ||
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
Both [[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), 15 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> and the [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown 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 Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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> suggest Wythe owned this title based on notes in John Marshall's commonplace book.<ref>''The Papers of John Marshall,'' eds. Herbert A. Johnson, Charles T. Cullen, and Nancy G. Harris (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, in association with the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1974), 1:45.</ref> | |||
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ||
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View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/2855755 William & Mary's online catalog.] | View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/2855755 William & Mary's online catalog.] | ||
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=E-oDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books] | |||
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Revision as of 18:42, 22 February 2014
by Siry Henry Yelverton
| The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton | |
 Title page from The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | Sir Henry Yelverton |
| Published | London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for W. Feales |
| Date | 1735 |
| Edition | Third |
| Language | Greek |
| Volumes | 3 volume set |
| Desc. | Folio (32 cm.) |
These reports "have always been esteemed as among the best of the older books both for value of decision and essential accuracy of report." [1]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Both Dean's Memo[2] and the Brown Bibliography[3] suggest Wythe owned this title based on notes in John Marshall's commonplace book.[4]
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards with renewed endpapers. Early owner signature on head of title page. Purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
References
- ↑ Wallace, The Reporters 211. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:310 (134).
- ↑ Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 15 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).
- ↑ 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
- ↑ The Papers of John Marshall, eds. Herbert A. Johnson, Charles T. Cullen, and Nancy G. Harris (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, in association with the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1974), 1:45.