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==Bibliographic Information==
 
==Bibliographic Information==
'''Author:'''  
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'''Author:''' Translated by George Harris.
  
'''Title:''' D. Justiniani Institutionum Libri Quator, The Four Books of Justinian's Institutions
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'''Title:''' ''D. Justiniani Institutionum Libri Quator, The Four Books of Justinian's Institutions''.
  
'''Publication Info:''' Translated by George Harris. London: Printed by J. Purser for M. Withers, 1761.  
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'''Publication Info:''' London: Printed by J. Purser for M. Withers, 1761.  
  
'''Edition:'''
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'''Edition:''' Second edition; iv, 73, 121, 100, 92, [11], [4], pages.
  
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
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Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''[H]arris’s Justinian. 4to.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[James Dinsmore]]. 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Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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> suggests either the 1st edition (1756) or the 2nd edition (1761) while noting that Jefferson sold a copy of the latter to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ‘’Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson’’, 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:397 [no.2191].</ref> [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing notes "Precise edition unknown. Editions with similar imprints were published at London in 1756 and 1761" while also mentioning Jefferson's copy at the Library of Congress.
  
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
Signed on title page: J. Wickham 1789.
 
Signed on title page: J. Wickham 1789.
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View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/1983175 William & Mary's online catalog.]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 14:40, 23 September 2013

translated by George Harris

Bibliographic Information

Author: Translated by George Harris.

Title: D. Justiniani Institutionum Libri Quator, The Four Books of Justinian's Institutions.

Publication Info: London: Printed by J. Purser for M. Withers, 1761.

Edition: Second edition; iv, 73, 121, 100, 92, [11], [4], pages.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as [H]arris’s Justinian. 4to. and given by Thomas Jefferson to James Dinsmore. Brown's Bibliography[1] suggests either the 1st edition (1756) or the 2nd edition (1761) while noting that Jefferson sold a copy of the latter to the Library of Congress.[2] George Wythe's Library[3] on LibraryThing notes "Precise edition unknown. Editions with similar imprints were published at London in 1756 and 1761" while also mentioning Jefferson's copy at the Library of Congress.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Signed on title page: J. Wickham 1789.

View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

External Links

Google Books

References

  1. 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
  2. E. Millicent Sowerby, ‘’Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson’’, 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:397 [no.2191].
  3. LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe