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===by Charles de Secondant, Marquis de Montesquieu===<br />
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}}[[File:MontesquieuOeuvresdeMonsieurdeMontesquieu1767Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|300px|<center>Frontispiece portrait of Montesquieu.</center>]]''Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu'' is the collected work of the Enlightenment-era French jurist, satirist, and political and social philosopher, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montesquieu Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède and de Montesquieu] (1689-1755). Born at La Brède, Montesquieu received a progressive education at the Oratorian Collège de Juilly and an education in law at University of Bordeaux in 1708.<ref>''World of Sociology'', Gale, s.v. "[http://www.credoreference.com/entry/worldsocs/montesquieu_baron_de_1689_1755 Montesquieu Baron de (1689 - 1755)]," accessed September 26, 2013.</ref> After completing his education, he inherited the barony of Montesquieu in 1716, and the office of Président à Mortier at the Parliament of Guyenne at Bordeaux from his uncle.<ref>''The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy'', s.v. "[http://www.credoreference.com/entry/cupdphil/montesquieu Montesquieu]," accessed September 26, 2013.</ref> In 1721, Montesquieu rose to national and international fame when he published his first work, ''Lettres Persanes'' (''The Persian Letters''), a critical commentary of European civilization, customs, and institutions from the point of view of three Persians traveling in Europe.<br />
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Montesquieu continued to write until his death. His most influential work was, ''L’Esprit des Lois'' (''The Spirit of the Laws''), where he argued that “only a constitutional government that separates its executive, legislative, and judicial powers preserves political liberty, taken as the power to do what one ought to will. A constitutional monarchy with separation of powers is the best form of government.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> Montesquieu's idea of separation of powers influenced the authors of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution United States Constitution] and the political philosophers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke Edmund Burke] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau].<ref>''The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy'', "Montesquieu."</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
While studying law under Wythe at the College of William & Mary, Thomas Lee Shippen wrote to his father describing his course of study, "From breakfast to dinner, I read Blackstone, Hume, or Montesquieu."<ref>Letter from Thomas Lee Shippen to Dr. William Shippen, Jr. N. P. (Williamsburg) February 19, 1784.</ref>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> suggests Wythe owned ''Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu'' based on Shippen's reference and the 1767 edition [[Thomas Jefferson]] sold to the Library of Congress in 1815.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 3:2 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648117;view=1up;seq=14 [no.2325]].</ref> [[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), 13 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> lists "Montesquieu" under the section of titles Wythe assigned to his students citing a reference in William Clarkin's biography of Wythe.<ref>William Clarkin, Serene Patriot: a Life of George Wythe'' (Albany: Alan Publications, 1970), 156.</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased the 1767 edition of ''Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu''.<br />
[[File:MontesquieuOeuvresdeMonsieurdeMontesquieu1767v2Headpiece.jpg|center|thumb|450px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text, volume two.</center>]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full marbled calf. Spines feature five raised bands with gilt decorative compartments and red morocco spine labels. Purchased from Studio Bibliografico Benacense.<br />
Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637697678774 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://catalog.libraries.wm.edu/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21574196820003196 William & Mary's online catalog].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read volume one of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=fmITAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books.]<br />
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===by Charles de Secondant, Marquis de Montesquieu===<br />
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}}[[File:MontesquieuOeuvresdeMonsieurdeMontesquieu1767Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|300px|<center>Frontispiece portrait of Montesquieu.</center>]]''Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu'' is the collected work of the Enlightenment-era French jurist, satirist, and political and social philosopher, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montesquieu Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède and de Montesquieu] (1689-1755). Born at La Brède, Montesquieu received a progressive education at the Oratorian Collège de Juilly and an education in law at University of Bordeaux in 1708.<ref>''World of Sociology'', Gale, s.v. "[http://www.credoreference.com/entry/worldsocs/montesquieu_baron_de_1689_1755 Montesquieu Baron de (1689 - 1755)]," accessed September 26, 2013.</ref> After completing his education, he inherited the barony of Montesquieu in 1716, and the office of Président à Mortier at the Parliament of Guyenne at Bordeaux from his uncle.<ref>''The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy'', s.v. "[http://www.credoreference.com/entry/cupdphil/montesquieu Montesquieu]," accessed September 26, 2013.</ref> In 1721, Montesquieu rose to national and international fame when he published his first work, ''Lettres Persanes'' (''The Persian Letters''), a critical commentary of European civilization, customs, and institutions from the point of view of three Persians traveling in Europe.<br />
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Montesquieu continued to write until his death. His most influential work was, ''L’Esprit des Lois'' (''The Spirit of the Laws''), where he argued that “only a constitutional government that separates its executive, legislative, and judicial powers preserves political liberty, taken as the power to do what one ought to will. A constitutional monarchy with separation of powers is the best form of government.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> Montesquieu's idea of separation of powers influenced the authors of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution United States Constitution] and the political philosophers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke Edmund Burke] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau].<ref>''The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy'', "Montesquieu."</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
While studying law under Wythe at the College of William & Mary, Thomas Lee Shippen wrote to his father describing his course of study, "From breakfast to dinner, I read Blackstone, Hume, or Montesquieu."<ref>Letter from Thomas Lee Shippen to Dr. William Shippen, Jr. N. P. (Williamsburg) February 19, 1784.</ref>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> suggests Wythe owned ''Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu'' based on Shippen's reference and the 1767 edition [[Thomas Jefferson]] sold to the Library of Congress in 1815.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 3:2 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648117;view=1up;seq=14 [no.2325]].</ref> [[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), 13 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> lists "Montesquieu" under the section of titles Wythe assigned to his students citing a reference in William Clarkin's biography of Wythe.<ref>William Clarkin, Serene Patriot: a Life of George Wythe'' (Albany: Alan Publications, 1970), 156.</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased the 1767 edition of ''Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu''.<br />
[[File:MontesquieuOeuvresdeMonsieurdeMontesquieu1767v2Headpiece.jpg|center|thumb|450px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text, volume two.</center>]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full marbled calf. Spines feature five raised bands with gilt decorative compartments and red morocco spine labels. Purchased from Studio Bibliografico Benacense.<br />
Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637697678774 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21574196820003196 William & Mary's online catalog].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read volume one of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=fmITAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books.]<br />
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Œuvres Complettes de Démosthene et d'Eschine''}}<br />
===by Demosthenes and Aeschines===<br />
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|vol=volume one<br />
|trans=Abbé Athanese Auger<br />
|author=Demosthenes and Aeschines<br />
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}}[[File:OeuvresComplettesDeDemostheneEtDEschine1777v1Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosthenes Demosthenes] (384-322 BCE) was a prominent statesman and orator in Ancient Greece. Demosthenes was the son of a wealthy swordsmith, but was orphaned at the age of seven.<ref>Ian Worthington, ''Demosthenes: Statesman and Orator'' (London: Routledge, 2000), 162.</ref> His father left him with a substantial inheritance, but his guardians mishandled it and left him with only a fraction of the initial estate.<ref>Ibid., 186.</ref> At the age of twenty Demosthenes sued his guardians for misappropriating his estate, and won.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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Demosthenes developed his skills as an orator by studying speeches given by earlier great orators.<ref>Ibid., 240.</ref> He transferred his talents as an orator and writer into a successful professional speech-writing career.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s.v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/157438/Demosthenes Demosthenes]," accessed October 24, 2013.</ref> During his time as a speech-writer Demosthenes developed an interest in politics; he went on to devote most of his career to opposing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_%28ancient_kingdom%29 Macedon]’s expansion.<ref>Ibid.</ref> He spoke out against both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon Philip II of Macedon] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great Alexander the Great].<ref>Ibid.</ref> Demosthenes played a leading role in his city’s uprising against Alexander. The revolt was met with harsh reprisals and Demosthenes took his own life to prevent being arrested.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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Demosthenes’ oratory works were highly influential during the Middle Ages and Renaissance,<ref>Ibid.</ref> and inspired the authors of the ''Federalist Papers'' and the major orators of the French Revolution.<ref>Konstantinos Tsatsos, "XV" in ''Demosthenes'' (Athens: Estia, 1975), 352.</ref><br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschines Aeschines] (389-314 BCE) was a Greek statesman, orator, and bitter political opponent of Demosthenes. He was raised in humble circumstances and worked as an actor before becoming a member of the embassies to Philip II.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s.v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/7407/Aeschines Aeschines]," accessed November 14, 2013.</ref> He eventually provoked Philip II to establish Macedonian control over central Greece.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Unlike Demosthenes, Aeschines was a proponent of Macedonian expansion. The two orators collided when Aeschines brought suit against a certain Ctesiphon for proposing the award of a crown to Demosthenes in recognition of his services to Athens.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Aeschines suffered a resounding defeat in the trial and subsequently left Athens for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes Rhodes] where he taught rhetoric.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== <br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Oeuvres de Demosthene & do Eschine par Auger. Fr. 5.v. 8vo." and kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Later sold by Jefferson to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 5:24 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648133;view=1up;seq=36 [no.4664]].</ref> Jefferson's copy of the 1777 edition of ''Œuvres Complettes de Démosthene et d'Eschine'' is still at the Library of Congress, but it has no definitive Wythe markings. Nevertheless, both 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.</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 April 28, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing list this copy as the one which once belonged to George Wythe. Accordingly, the Wolf Law Library moved a copy of the same work into the [[George Wythe Collection]].<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in quarter green calf. Spines have gilt bands and lettering. Two parts of volume two bound together. Library is missing volumes three and four.<br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637446450665 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21546831340003196 William & Mary's online catalog].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[Dēmosthenous Logoi Eklektoi|Dēmosthenous Logoi Eklektoi = Demosthenis Selectæ Orationes]]''<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read volume one of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=MEcTAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br /><br />
Read volume two of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=9yAXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br /><br />
Read volume three of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=BoBgeEXj52YC&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br /><br />
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===by Isocrates===<br />
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|author=Isocrates<br />
|trans=M. l'abbé Auger<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isocrates Isocrates] (436-338 BCE) was an ancient Greek rhetorician who made significant contributions to the field of rhetorical persuasion through his teachings and writings. He was born into a wealthy family and received an elite education.<ref>Thomas W. Benson and Michael H. Prosser, "Isocrates," in ''Readings in Classical Rhetoric'' (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1969), 43.</ref> However, following the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian_War Peloponnesian War], his family lost their wealth and Isocrates was forced to find a way to support himself.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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Isocrates began his career as a courtroom speech writer, and around 392 BCE he decided to set up his own rhetoric school.<ref>Ibid.</ref> During that time, Athens had no set curriculum for higher education. Isocrates spoke out against the predominant [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophism Sophist] method of education and was able to establish himself as an influential teacher.<ref>Ibid.</ref> His school did not focus on the political debate techniques that were central to the Sophist approach to education; instead, the school focused on oratory studies, composition, history, citizenship, culture, and morality.<ref>Patricia P. Matsen, "Isocrates Against the SophistsTranslated by George Norlin" in ''Readings From Classical Rhetoric'' (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990), 43.</ref> It was Isocrates' approach to education that formed the basis for the modern conception of Liberal Arts.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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Isocrates educated hundreds of pupils over his lifetime. The most notable were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timotheus_%28general%29 Timotheus,] the Athenian general, prominent in Athens’ history between 378 and 355 BCE; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicocles_%28Salamis%29 Nicocles,] the ruler of Salamis in Cyprus; and the two greatest Greek historians of the 4th century, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephorus Ephorus]&mdash;who wrote a universal history&mdash;and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theopompus Theopompus]&mdash;who wrote the history of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon Philip II of Macedon].<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s.v. [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/296237/Isocrates Isocrates]," accessed October 31, 2013.</ref> Isocrates’ influence was embodied in his student’s achievements, and his legacy as an educator survived long after his death. <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Isocrate d'Auger. 3.v. 8vo." and kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Later sold by Jefferson to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 5:25 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648133;view=1up;seq=37 [no.4668]].</ref> A copy of the 1781 edition at the Library of Congress, associated with Jefferson and the 1815 library, has no definitive Wythe markings. However, both 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.</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 April 28, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing suggest that this copy once belonged to George Wythe. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full leather, gilt-decorated, with red and green spine labels and gilt dentelle. Contains silk marker ribbons. Purchased from Poor Man's Books.<br /><br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637446535945 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21532065050003196 William & Mary's online catalog].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*''[[Isocratis Opera Omnia Graecè et Latinè]]''<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read volume one of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=1VThWSwZqN8C&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br /><br />
Read volume three of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=OszU7nyrVvsC&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br />
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|author=Thucydides<br />
|editor=Henricus Stephanus<br />
|lang=Ancient Greek<br />
|publoc=Amstelædami<br />
|publisher=Apud R. & J. Wetstenios & Gul. Smith.<br />
|year=1731<br />
|pages=[38], 728, 48, 123, [1] <br />
|desc=Folio (40 cm.)<br />
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}}[[File:ThucydidesThoukydidouPeriTouPeloponnesiakou1731Illustration.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Illustration.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides Thucydides] (c. 460 BCE–c. 395 BCE) has gone down in history as one of the great ancient historians, despite the fact that (possibly because) he wrote only one book: ''History of the Peloponnesian War''.<ref>John Roberts, ed., "[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-2194 Thucydidēs]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).</ref> The ''History'' consists of eight books, roughly divided into five parts or themes that cover [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian_War the war between Athens and Sparta] (431-404 BCE) until the winter of 411/410 BCE. Continuations by other historians to complete Thucydides’ history of the war are now lost, and the original portions of the eight books are also not complete.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br/><br />
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Thucydides intended his history to be used as instructive and accurate record of what he viewed as the most important war in Greek history. In 424 BCE, as a general or ''strategos'', Thucydides failed to save the valuable Athenian colony of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphipolis Amphipolis] from Spartan attack. As a result, he was exiled and did not return to Athens until 404 BCE. His absence for most of the Peloponnesian War inspired him “to gain first-hand information from both sides and to have a clearer perspective.”<ref>M.C. Howatson, ed., "[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-2939 Thūcy'didēs] in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> Though Thucydides strived for “exactness,” he also used a great many speeches in his history, and admitted that it was near impossible to have fully accurate speeches. In these situations, Thucydides allowed himself to trust his “historical imagination” in order to dramatically demonstrate “the workings of men’s minds and the impact of circumstance.” <ref>Roberts, "Thucydidēs."</ref> His focus on accuracy is seen through the lack of divine explanations for any events, but his impartiality has been questioned, especially in reference to his favorable view of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericles Pericles] and unjustifiably negative depiction of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleon Cleon]. Overall, the serious nature of the writing illuminates Thucydides’ focus on historical fact and analysis.<ref>Howatson, "Thūcy'didēs.”</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''[Th]ucydides Gr. Lat. notis variorum. Dukeri fol.'' This was one of the titles kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and later sold to the Library of Congress in 1815. Both [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 November 19, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing 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> list the 1731 edition published in Amsterdam. This is also the edition Millicent Sowerby's included in ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'',<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 1:8 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648091;view=1up;seq=38 [no.15]].</ref> but, Jefferson's copy no longer exists. The Wolf Law Library chose to add the edition suggested by Sowerby, Brown, and LibraryThing.<br />
[[File:ThucydidesThoukydidouPeriTouPeloponnesiakou1731Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Inscriptions, front free endpaper.</center>]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary blind-stamped Dutch vellum with spine lettered in ink. Includes signature of "John D. Spicer, 1958" and the inscription "James Reed ex bono E.C.(?) Woodcock, 1789." Purchased from Blackwell's Rare Books. <br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*''[[History of the Peloponnesian War|The History of the Peloponnesian War]]''<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Appianou Alexandreōs Rōmaika = Appiani Alexandrini Romanarum Historiarum pars Prior[-Altera]''}}<br />
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|author=Appianus of Alexandria<br />
|lang=Greek<br />
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|publisher=Ex officinâ Joh. Janssonii à Waesbergen, et Johannis à Someren<br />
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}}[[File:AppianusAlexandriniRomanarum1670v1Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Half-title, volume one.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appian Appian] (c. AD 95–c. AD 165) was a Greek historian from Alexandria. He became a Roman citizen and moved to Rome after the Jewish uprising in Alexandria of 116-117CE. After working as an advocate (somewhat like a modern-day attorney), Appian’s friendships and connections helped him work his way up to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procurator_%28Roman%29 procurator] position under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoninus_Pius Emperor Antoninus Pius.] This high-ranking position gave him the financial resources and freedom to work on his Roman History. <ref>"[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-180 Appian]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).</ref><br /><br />
<br />As a history of Rome, Appian’s work covers a significant span of centuries prior to his birth. Consequently, he had to use other sources in order to get appropriate material. It is argued by some scholars that Appian used general knowledge, memory and notes, and direct sources in order to compile his history. At points, it seems to be an unusual mixture of valid data (likely taken from previous authors) and errors (Appian’s attempts to analyze historical events and significance). Despite these difficulties, it is very significant for covering the period of the Roman Civil Wars (133-35 BCE). None of the original sources about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Roman_Republic Roman Civil Wars], which Appian used for this portion of his ''History'', survive fully to this date, so his recounting is crucial.<ref>Gregory S. Bucher, “The Origins, Program, and Composition of Appian’s Roman History,” ''Transactions of the American Philological Association'' 130 (2000): 412.</ref> <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Appianus. variorum. 2.v. 8vo." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. 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> lists the 1670 edition published in Amsterdam based on copies owned by Jefferson (he sold one of these to the Library of Congress<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 1:36 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648091;view=1up;seq=66 [no.78]].</ref>; his grandson, Francis Eppes sold the other in 1873). [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 April 21, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown." The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's recommendation and purchased the 1670 Amsterdam edition.<br />
[[File:AppianusAlexandriniRomanarum1670v2Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Half-title, volume two.</center>]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full contemporary vellum with raised bands and lozenges on covers. Purchased from Richard Smith.<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Voyage Littéraire De La Grèce: Ou, Lettres sur les Grecs, Anciens et Modernes, Avec un Parallèle de Leurs Moeurs''}}<br />
===by M. Guys===<br />
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|shorttitle=Voyage Littéraire de la Grèce<br />
|vol=volume one<br />
|author=Pierre-Augustin Guys<br />
|edition=Third edition, revised, corrected<br />
|lang=French<br />
|publoc=Paris<br />
|publisher=Veuve Duchesne <br />
|year=1783<br />
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}}[[File:GuysVoyageLitteraireGrece1783FrontispieceV1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]]This is a compilation of letters penned by Pierre-Augustin Guys (1721-1799). Although originally written in French, the book has also been translated to English. It was one of the first writings to show a favorable image of the Greeks; Guys believed they had been scorned only because people were not taking the time to study them sufficiently.<ref>Olga Augustinos, ''French Odysseys: Greece in French Travel Literature from the Renaissance to the Romantic Era'' (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994), 156.</ref> Guys believed that the best way to understand Ancient Greece was to study the Modern Greeks.<ref>Konstantinos Andriotis, “Early Travellers to Greece and their Modern Counterparts” (paper presented at the Tourist Experiences: Meanings, Motivations, Behaviours, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK, April 1-4, 2009).</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Voyages de la Grece 4.v. 8vo. de Guys'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Guy's Letters on Greece' (4 vols., $2.50 value)." Both [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 November 13, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing 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, 2009, rev. May, 2014.) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> identify this entry as the 1783 (third) edition. Barbara Dean listed this edition in her [[Dean Bibliography|bibliography]]<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 4 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> and Jefferson sold the same edition to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:134-135, [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=151 [no.3914]].</ref> Based on the evidence of these sources, the Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the third edition.<br />
[[File:GuysVoyageLitteraireGrece1783IllustrationV1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>"La Madrague ou Peche du Thon" from volume one.</center>]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full calf marble with richly adorned spine. Title page and volume number in red and green morocco. Purchased from Librairie Herodote.<br /><br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157637876811066/ available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21545456130003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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===by C.F. Volney===<br />
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|shorttitle=Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte<br />
|vol=volume one<br />
|author=C.F. Volney<br />
|edition=First<br />
|lang=French<br />
|publoc=Paris<br />
|publisher=Volland [et] Desenne<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin-Fran%C3%A7ois_Chasseb%C5%93uf Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf, count de Volney] (1757-1820) was a French historian and philosopher who epitomized the rationalist historical and political thought of the eighteenth century.<ref>"[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/632357/Constantin-Francois-de-Chasseboeuf-comte-de-Volney Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf, count de Volney]" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', accessed November 1, 2013.</ref> Volney traveled throughout Egypt and Syria, and upon his return to France wrote ''Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte'' (''Travels through Egypt and Syria'') in 1787.<ref>Ibid.</ref> The book chronicles the cultures, history, and languages of the areas Volney visited. ''Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte'' “made him famous throughout Europe and [[Thomas Jefferson]] purchased it in its second edition soon after publication.”<ref>"[http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-27-02-0357 To Thomas Jefferson from Volney, 16 November 1793]" in ''Founders Online'' (National Archives), accessed November 1, 2013.</ref> Volney met Jefferson, who appreciated Volney’s views on enlightenment principles, while the latter lived in Paris as minister to France. They corresponded when Jefferson returned to America, and continued to write each other on topics such as politics and science.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Egypte de Volney. 2.v. 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Jefferson sent a copy of the first edition, published in 1787, to Wythe while serving as Minister to France.<ref>See [[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 16 September 1787]].</ref> A copy of the first edition at the University of Virginia includes the signature "T. M. Randolph/ Monticello" on the front boards of both volumes, and "G. W. Randolph" on the verso of the front blank leaf. The only markings possibly linking it to Wythe are the initials "G. W." on the verso of the front blank leaf in volume one. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWytheMember: George Wythe]," accessed on November 13, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing lists the title, while 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> suggests the University of Virginia copy was owned by Wythe. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition. <br />
[[File:VolneyVoyageEnSyrie1787MapV1.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Map of Syria, volume one.]]<br />
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in quarter calf and marbled paper over boards with spines gilt, contrasting labels of red and green in the second and third compartments. Includes the bookplate of Theophilus Mitchell with the Latin motto "Deo Favente" (With God's favor) on the front pastedown of each volume. Purchased from Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers. <br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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===by Valerius Maximus===<br />
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}}Historians know very little about the life of early first century writer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Maximus Valerius Maximus] (active during the Reign of Emperor Tiberius 14 C.E. – 37 C.E.) except that he was the friend of Sextus Pompeius and may have accompanied Pompeius on his governorship to Asia.<ref>''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', s. v. "[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-3052 Valē'rius Maximus]" (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), accessed October 10, 2014.</ref> <br />
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Valerius published ''Dictorum Factorumque Memorabilium Libri IX'' (Nine Books of Memorable Deeds and Sayings) around 31 C.E. This compilation of contemporary conventional wisdom is divided as follows: Book I, religion, omens, prophecies; Book II, social customs; Books III-VI, virtuous conduct; Books VII–VIII, a varied group including good fortune, military strategy, law suits, eloquence, and others; Book IX, evil conduct. <br />
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Valerius dedicated ''Dictorum Factorumque Memorabilium Libri IX'' to the reigning emperor, Tiberius, and consistently flatters him throughout. He drew upon other writers, including Cicero, Livy, and Varro to create a "turgid and bombastic style."<ref>''Who’s Who in the Roman World'', s.v. "[http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/routwwromwor/valerius_maximus_1st_century_ad/0 Valerius Maximus (1st Century Ad)]" (London: Routledge, 2001), accessed October 10, 2014.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
[[File:DictorumFactorumqueMemorabilium1690Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|300px|<center>Inscription, front pastedown.</center>]]<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Valerius Maximus. 12mo." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. 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, rev. May, 2014) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> suggests either the 1673 London edition, a 24mo. edition, or the 1602 edition published in Geneva. [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 February 3, 2015.</ref> on LibraryThing simply states "Precise edition unknown." Since the edition Wythe owned cannot be determined, the Wolf Law Library purchased an available copy of a 1690 edition published in Amsterdam.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary calf with three raised bands, gilt filigree compartments, and black morocco label. Front pastedown inscribed "Roelandi a Bentham1699." <br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157659594450965 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21531823910003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Ancient History]]<br />
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]<br />
[[Category:Thomas Jefferson Randolph's Books]]<br />
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]<br />
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''Un Abridgment des Plusieurs Cases et Resolutions del Common Ley: Alphabeticalment Digest Desouth Severall Titles''}}<br />
===by Henry Rolle===<br />
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|author=Henry Rolle<br />
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}}[[File:Rolle'sAbridgement1668Frontispiecev1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rolle#Publications Henry Rolle] (1589/90-1656) served as both a politician in the British Parliament and as a judge, primarily on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_King%27s_Bench_%28England%29 King's Bench]. His legal interests encompassed mainly trade and financial matters as well as the rights of subjects, including habeus corpus, impressment, and martial law. ''Un Abridgment des Plusieurs Cases et Resolutions del Common Ley'' is a treatise on common law, edited by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hale_%28jurist%29 Matthew Hale], which Rolle had compiled for his students.<ref>Stuart Handley, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24021 Rolle, Henry (1589/90–1656)]" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed May 30, 2013.</ref><br />
<blockquote> "The historical importance of this Abridgement is the fact that it marks a new departure in the literature of Abridgements. The older abridgments had simply digested Year Book cases under alphabetical headings. Their great defect was the heterogeneous character of the entries collected under each alphabetical head. ... Rolle's Abridgment to some extent remedied this defect&mdash;each topic was divided ... into separate headings. But what distinguishes it even more markedly from the abridgments of the older type is the fact that it is more than a mere digest of case law. It contains summaries both of Parliamentary records and of statutes; and therefore it comes nearer than the old abridgments came to being a digest of the whole law.<ref>W. S. Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1924), 5:376.</ref></blockquote><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
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), 13 (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 the first edition of this title based on notes in John Marshall's commonplace book.<ref>Herbert A. Johnson, Charles T. Cullen, and Nancy G. Harris, eds., ''The Papers of John Marshall'' (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, in association with the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1974), 1:44.</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed their suggestions and purchased the 1668 edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Rebound in period-style full calf with red morocco gilt labels. Volume two missing title page and front matter.<br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157658051057611 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21580174160003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
[[File:RollesAbridgementv2HeadpieceP1.jpg|center|thumb|350px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text, volume two.</center>]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Abridgments]]<br />
[[Category:Case Reports]]<br />
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]<br />
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]<br />
[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Homerou_Iliados&diff=52964Homerou Iliados2016-09-09T18:48:05Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Των του Ομηρου Σεσωμενων Απαντων ΤομοιΤεσσαρες''}}<br />
===by Homer===<br />
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|shorttitle=Tēs tou Homērou Iliados<br />
|author=Homer<br />
|editor=James Moor and George Muirhead<br />
|publoc=Glasguae: <br />
|publisher=In aedibus Academicis, Excudebant R. et A. Foulis<br />
|year=1756<br />
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}}Little is known about the life of Homer, the poet responsible for the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey''. Herodotus claimed Homer lived around 850 BCE, while modern scholars usually date his poems to the second half of the eighth century BCE.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-1550 "Homer”] in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> The Trojan War is estimated to have occurred at the end of the Mycenaean Age in Greece, around 1200 BCE, meaning that Homer was looking back four centuries to a heroic world much greater in his esteem, than the contemporary world. Homer relied on oral history to compose his poems; this provides some of the basis for the "separatist" view that the two epic poems were not written by the same person, but possibly by a combination of poets. The mixed dialect of Ionian Greek in which each poem was originally written indicates that both poems were written in the east Aegean. This is supported by contextual clues in the poems themselves. The two most plausible locations for the birth of Homer are Smyrna and Chios, but ancient Greeks viewed the poet as a blind minstrel wandering while he composed the poems, which were sung or chanted, accompanied by a lyre.<br/><br />
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Homer’s ''Iliad'' is an epic poem of a heroic or tragic nature, consisting of 24 books, all of which are original except for Book Ten, which was likely added later.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-1070 "Homer"] in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).</ref> It tells the tale of the wrath of Achilles during the last year of the ten-year Trojan War. The war began when Agamemnon led a unified force of Greek warriors across the Aegean Sea to attack Troy under the pretense of rescuing his sister-in-law, Helen (wife of Menelaus), from the Trojan prince Paris. Homer begins his narration in the tenth year of the war, covering several weeks during the war and focusing on the anger of Achilles at not being appropriately respected by Menelaus. Significantly described in the ''Iliad'' are the death of Patroclus (Achilles’ foster brother and alleged lover) and the subsequent vengeance killing of Hector (the oldest son of King Priam of Troy). The respect and compassion between supposed enemies Achilles and Priam when the former returns Hector’s body from the Danaan camp is an example of the humanity Greeks expected to be shown to one another even during war. The story ends with the funeral of Hector. Homer does not address the death of Achilles, the Trojan Horse or the fall of Troy. All of those stories come to us from the Latin poet Virgil’s epic, ''The Aeneid''.<br />
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}}==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Homeri Ilias. Gr. 2.v. fol. Foulis" and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. Both 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> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 27, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing include the 1756 Greek version of the ''Iliad'' published by the Foulis Press. The Wolf Law Library purchased the same edition. <br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
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}}Bound in contemporary full diced brown calf with wide gilt tooled borders and five gilt stamped raised bands. Spines feature gilt lettered and elaborately gilt decorated and ornamented compartments. The edges are gilt-rolled. Includes the bookplates of William Danby, Lytton Strachey, and Roger Senhouse on the front pastedown. Signature "W Danby, Chris. Coll. 1772" on front flyleaf. Part of combined set with [[Homerou Odysseias|Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias]]. Purchased from David Brass.<br />
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[[File:DanbySignaturefromHomer.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<center>Inscription, front flyleaf.</center>]]<br />
==See also==<br />
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*''[[Homeri Ilias]]''<br />
*''[[Homērou Ilias kai Odysseia kai eis Autas Scholia, ē Exēgēsis, tōn Palaiōn|Homērou Ilias kai Odysseia kai eis Autas Scholia, ē Exēgēsis, tōn Palaiōn = Homeri Ilias & Odyssea, et in Easdem Scholia, sive Interpretatio, Veterum]]''<br />
*''[[Homērou Odysseia]]''<br />
*''[[Homerou Odysseias|Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias]]''<br />
*''[[Iliad of Homer|The Iliad of Homer]]''<br />
*''[[Ilias kai eis Auten Scholia ton Palaion|Ilias kai eis Auten Scholia ton Palaion = Homeri Ilias et Veterum in eam Scholia, quae Vulgo Appellantur Didymi]]''<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Odyssey of Homer|The Odyssey of Homer]]''<br />
*''[[Incerti Scriptoris Graeci Fabulae Aliquot Homericae de Ulixis Erroribus|Incerti Scriptoris Graeci Fabulae Aliquot Homericae de Ulixis Erroribus, Ethice Explicatae]]''<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]<br />
[[Category:Greek Literature]]<br />
[[Category:John Wayles Eppes' Books]]<br />
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Travels_of_Anacharsis_the_Younger_in_Greece&diff=52958Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece2016-09-09T18:47:01Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece''}}<br />
===by J.J. Barthélemy===<br />
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|shorttitle=Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece<br />
|vol=volume three<br />
|author=J.J. Barthélemy<br />
|trans=William Beaumont<br />
|publoc=London<br />
|publisher=G.G. and J. Robinson<br />
|year=1796<br />
|lang=English<br />
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}}[[File:BarthelemyTravelOfAnacharsisV5Map.jpg|left|thumb|300px|<center>Map of Phocis and Doris, volume five.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Jacques_Barthelemy Jean-Jacques Barthélemy] (1716-1795) was a French writer who was especially interested in the classics and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatics numismatics]<ref>Louis Delamarre, "[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02312d.htm Jean-Jacques Barthélemy]" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907), accessed October 18, 2013.</ref>&mdash;the study or collection of coins, paper money, and currency in general.<ref>August Loehr, "[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11152a.htm Numismatics]" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907), accessed October 18, 2013.</ref> Barthélemy worked as the Keeper of the Royal Collection of Metals, and continued his post during the French Revolution.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s.v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/54312/Jean-Jacques-Barthelemy Jean-Jacques Barthélemy]," accessed October 18, 2013.</ref> Barthelemy's most famous work is ''Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, dans le Milieu du Quatrième Siècle avant l’ère Vulgaire'' (''Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece''), first published in 1788. The four volumes tell the story of a young Scythian man, a descendant of the philosopher in the title, who tours Greece and writes about the customs and idiosyncrasies of each place he visits.<ref>Ibid.</ref> It is considered a cultural view of Greek civilization, rather than a strict recitation of facts.<ref>Ibid.</ref> "Recent archaeological discoveries have shown some of the statements to be erroneous, but on the whole the book remains a very successful attempt to diffuse a correct knowledge of Greek manners and customs."<ref>Louis Delamarre, "Jean-Jacques Barthélemy."</ref> Barthélemy's signature work was reprinted multiple times, and in several English translations beginning in 1790.<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Anacharsis. Eng. 5.v. 8vo. Eng." [[Thomas Jefferson]] gave Wythe's copy to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. English, octavo editions were published in London in 1796 and Dublin in 1795. [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 April 21, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates the London edition as the "[p]robable edition." 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> lists the 1795 Dublin edition based on the existence of a copy of that edition at the University of Virginia with the inscription "T. J. Randolph, Monticello, June 3<sup>d</sup> 1809, Friday 3<sup>d</sup>, Edgehill" on the front fly-leaf. This copy also has Thomas Mann Randolph's signature on the front boards of volumes one and two. It has no bookplate or signature definitively linking it to Wythe. Because we do not know the precise edition Wythe owned, the Wolf Law Library purchased an available copy of the 1796 London edition.<br />
[[File:BarthelemyTravelsOfAnacharsis1796v1Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|180px|<center>Latin inscription, front flyleaf, volume one.</center>]] <br />
[[File:BarthelemyTravelOfAnacharsis1796V5Illustration.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<center>Illustration with the plan of the Temple of Thesues and views of the Parthenon.</center>]]<br />
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary, full speckled calf with raised bands and gilt rules to spine. Features gilt lettering on red morocco title labels and black volume labels. Includes a Latin inscription to Daniel Keith on the front flyleaf of volume one. Purchased from Antiquariat Galerie Joy.<br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157659477531756 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21545454990003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
<div style="overflow: hidden;"><br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Ancient History]]<br />
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]<br />
[[Category:Thomas Jefferson Randolph's Books]]<br />
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]<br />
[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Travels_in_North-America&diff=52954Travels in North-America2016-09-09T18:46:06Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782''}}<br />
===by François Jean, marquis de Chastellux===<br />
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|commontitle=Travels in North-America<br />
|vol=volume one<br />
|author=François Jean, marquis de Chastellux<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Donatien_de_Vimeur,_comte_de_Rochambeau François Jean, marquis de Chastellux Francois Jean, Marquis de Chastellux] (c.1734-1788), served as one of the three major French generals sent with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Donatien_de_Vimeur,_comte_de_Rochambeau General Rochambeau] to assist the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Chastellux served during the war as the chief liaison between Rochambeau and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington George Washington].<ref>“Marquis de Chastellux,” National Parks Service website, accessed September 30, 2013, www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/.../chastelx.html.</ref><br /><br />
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Travels in North America is a compilation of Chastellux’s journal entries and reflections on his time in America. Although he spent these years officially as a military officer, the work primarily focuses on the political and social condition of the colonies and their prospective future as a nation. The travelogue was translated into English and printed in London in 1787.<ref>Caroline Robbins, review of ''Travels in North America, in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782'', by Francois Jean, Marquis de Chastellux, ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography'' 88, no. 2 (April 1964): 231-233.</ref><br />
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[[File:ChastelluxTravelsNorthAmerica1787BookplateV1.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Bookplate from front pastedown, volume.</center>]]<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
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> includes the first English edition (1787) of Chastellux's ''Travels in North-America'' based on a few pieces of circumstantial evidence. Chastellux met [[George Wythe|Wythe]] and described the College of William & Mary in his work, "I shall therefore state that the College of William and Mary&mdash;the name alone denotes its founders&mdash;is a magnificent establishment which adorns Williamsburg and does honor to Virginia. The beauty of the building is surpassed by the richness of the library, and the worth of this library by several of the distinguished professors, such as Doctors Madison, Wythe, Bellini, etc. etc., who may be looked upon as living books, in which both precepts and examples are to be found."<ref>François Jean, marquis de Chastellux, ''Travels in North-America in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782'' (London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787), 2:443.</ref> Brown also cites a March 21, 1787 [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib002603 letter] from Richard Cary to Thomas Jefferson<ref>[http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib002603 Richard Cary to Thomas Jefferson], March 21, 1787, ''The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1. General Correspondence. 1651-1827'' (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1974), images 51-52.</ref> and a second [http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-11-02-0245 letter] from the Rev. James Madison to Thomas Jefferson the same month.<ref>[http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-11-02-0245 To Thomas Jefferson from the Rev. James Madison], [ca. 28 March 1787], ''Founders Online'' (Washington DC: The National Archives), accessed March 11, 2014.</ref> Both mention Chastellux's gift of copies of ''Travels in North-America'' to Reverend Madison and Professor Bellini. Brown suggests that Chastellux would have also sent a copy to Professor Wythe. The Wolf Law Library agreed with Brown's reasoning and purchased a copy of the 1787 edition of Chastellux's work.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary half calf, ruled in gilt, over marbled boards. Spines ruled in gilt and blind in compartments, with burgundy and green morocco gilt lettering labels and with the previous owner's name in gilt at the foot. Edges sprinkled. Contains small ink stamp on title page and small armorial bookplate of H. Cood on front pastedown of each volume. Purchased from J. Remington Books. <br /><br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637877200504 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21565420930003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read volume one of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=XWcFAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br /><br />
Read volume two of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=tPT0MGiYPn4C&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br />
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Regni Angliae: Tempore Regis Henrici Secundi Compositus, Iusticie Gubernacula Tenente Illustri Viro Ranulpho de Glanvilla Iuris Regni & Antiquarum Consuetudinu[M] eo Tempore Peritissimo. et Illas Solu[M] Leges Continet & Consuetudines Secundum Quas Placitatur In Curia Regis Ad Scaccarium & Coram Iusticiis Ubicunque Fuerint. Huic Adiectae Sunt A Quodam Legum Studioso Adnotationes Aliquot Marginales Non Inutiles''}}<br />
===by Ranulf de Glanville===<br />
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|editor=Sir William Staunford<br />
|author=Ranulf de Glanville<br />
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}}[[File:GlanvilleTractatus1554InitialCapital.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Initial capital, first page of text.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulf_de_Glanvill Ranulf de Glanville] (1120s?–1190) was born in Stratford in Suffolk, the son of Sir Hervey de Glanville, Chamberlain to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen,_King_of_England King Stephen]. After serving as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Yorkshire sheriff of Yorkshire] from 1163 to 1170, he was appointed keeper of the honour of Richmond in 1171 and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Lancashire sheriff of Lancashire] in 1174.<ref>John Hudson, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10795 Glanville, Ranulf de (1120s?–1190)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed November 21, 2013.</ref> Other offices followed, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justiciar justiciar] of England in 1180. With this position, Glanville effectively became [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England Henry II]'s chief minister during the later part of Henry's reign. Glanville died at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Acre_%281189%E2%80%9391%29 Acre] in 1190 while on crusade with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England King Richard].<br /><br />
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According to tradition, Glanville wrote ''Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Regni Angliae'' (''Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England''), the “earliest treatise on the common law,” <ref>William Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1936), 2:189.</ref> "a manual concerning royal judicial procedures."<ref>Hudson, "Glanville, Ranulf de."</ref> The treatise was composed sometime after 1187, and many writers suggest that the attribution to Glanville is incorrect, proposing instead E. de Narbrough, Henry II,<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'' (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 336.</ref> or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Walter Hubert Walter].<ref>Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law,'' 189.</ref> Regardless of the authorship, the volume "will not cease to be regarded as a venerable historical monument, the first collected rays of the old Common Law."<ref>Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography'', 337.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Wythe ordered "Glanville" from John Norton & Sons in a letter dated May 29, 1772. 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), 242-243. The letter is endorsed "Virga. 29 May 1772 / George Wythe / Recd. 21 September / Goods Entr. pa. 163/ Ans. the March 1773."</ref> "Glanvil. 12mo." is also listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]]. This was one of the titles kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]], who sold copies of both the first (1554) and second (1673) editions of ''Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Regni Anglie'' to the Library of Congress. Both volumes still exist today, but neither has definitive markings linking it to Wythe.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:211-212 [[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648109;view=1up;seq=226 no.1769-1770]].</ref> 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> includes both editions at the Library of Congress. [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 March 5, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing and 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), XLVIII.</ref> both list the second (1673) edition. Because we do not know which edition Wythe owned, and because the Wolf Law Library prefers first editions when the edition is unknown, the library moved a copy of the 1554 from another rare book collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]]. <br />
[[File:GlanvilleTractatus1554ManuscriptNotes.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Manuscript notes from the Wolf Law Library's copy of ''Tractatus''.]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Contemporary binding with blind tooling; fragment of early illuminated vellum manuscript used as spine lining (1/2 inch tabs visible). Includes marginalia and annotations in brown ink throughout and inscription "Ex lib: Guli: Acton 1724" at the head of the title page. Purchased through the generosity of Daniel W. Baran and Lena Stratton Baran, Class of 1936. <br /><br />
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}}[[File:PetroniusTitiPetroniiArbitriEquitis1669Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|300px|<center>Frontispiece.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronius Petronius] (27-66 CE) was a Latin satirical writer.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-2329 "Petrō'nius A'rbiter”] in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> Though he did write several lyric and elegiac poems, Petronius is best known for writing the ''Satyricon'' “Tales of satyrs” or ''Satyrica''.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-1679 “Petrōnius"] in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).</ref> Extant are only fragments of books 14, 15, and 16.<ref>“Petrōnius" in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World''.</ref> It cannot be proven that the author is the same Petronius who was a politician and ''arbiter elegantiae'' from Nero’s court, but the ''Satyrica''’s style and detail, combined with Tacitus’ description of Nero’s courtier, indicate the likelihood that they are the same.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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With strong imagery, Petronius’s work closely resembles a Greek Hellenistic novel.<ref>"Petrō'nius A'rbiter” in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature''.</ref> However, it also contains many familiar Roman satirical themes, including legacy-hunting and the comic meal.<ref>“Petrōnius" in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World''.</ref> The almost-complete Book 15 contains the well-known comic meal "Trimalchio’s Feast," which parodies Plato’s ''Symposium''. Trimalchio is a vulgar and ignorant freedmen ostentatiously displaying his wealth at a dinner party,<ref>Ibid.</ref> to which he welcomes random adventurers.<ref>"Petrō'nius A'rbiter” in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature''.</ref> The evening is characterized by over-the-top decorations, extravagant courses, ridiculous conversation, and inappropriate dinner incidents such as a dog-fight and a drunken brawl. Alhough not good examples of Roman moral character, Trimalchio and his guests are somewhat likable even as their behavior becomes more and more raucous. Their explicit, colloquial Latin helps modern scholars understand how common Romans spoke at the time.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Petronius. notis varior. 8vo." This was one of the books kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. He later sold two copies of Petronius to the Library of Congress in 1815, but the likely match for George Wythe's copy no longer exists to verify the edition or Wythe's prior ownership.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'' (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:511-512 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=532 (no.4489-4490)].</ref> [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe "Member: George Wythe"], accessed February 27, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates that the 1669 edition published in Amsterdam is the "probable edition." 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> agrees, noting "the 1669 edition ... more closely corresponds to the [Wythe] copy recorded" by Jefferson. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.<br />
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Rebacked with contemporary leather boards. Spine features red morocco label with gilt lettering and designs. Includes the armorial bookplate of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_College,_Berkshire Wellington College], Master's Library (Berkshire, England) on the front pastedown.<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucretius Titus Lucretius Carus] (c.99-c.55 BCE), known simply as Lucretius, was a Roman poet who believed in Epicurean philosophy:<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-1847 "Lucrē'tius”] in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> a “strictly mechanistic account of all phenoma” that atoms make up everything in the world, from physical objects to the mind to the soul.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-1173 "Epicū'rus”] in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> Little is known about Lucretius, although various contemporary authors have written about his life.<ref>"Lucrē'tius” in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature''.</ref><br/><br />
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''De Rerum Natura'', or ''On the Nature of Things'', the only known work of Lucretius, is a poem in six books. "The purpose of the poem is to free men from a sense of guilt and the fear of death by demonstrating that fear of the intervention of gods in this world and of punishment of the soul after death are groundless: the world and everything in it are material and governed by the mechanical laws of nature, and the soul is mortal and perishes with the body."<ref>Ibid.</ref> Lucretius wrote with a clear and organizational purpose; even "[the] division of the text corresponds to the Epicurean stress on the intelligibility of phenomena: everything has a systematic explanation, the world can be analysed and understood."<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-1313 "Lucrētius"] in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).</ref> Each book has a prologue and a conclusion. The prologue in Book 1 "opens with a famous invocation of Venus, goddess of creative life, to grant to the poet inspiration and to Rome peace."<ref>"Lucrē'tius” in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature''.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Lucretius. 12mo. Foul." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. [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 February 28, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates this, adding "Probably one of the two octavo editions of Lucretius published by Foulis, in 1749 and 1759. No Foulis duodecimo edition is documented." 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> lists the 1749 edition. Because we do not know exactly which edition Wythe owned, the Wolf Law Library purchased the 1759 edition when a copy became available.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary full brown calf. Spine features red morocco label, gilt lettering and decoration. Gilt rolls to board edges.<br />
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*''[[De Rerum Natura Libri Sex|De Rerum Natura Libri Sex ad Optimorum Exemplarium Fidem Recensiti]]''<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Of the Nature of Things]]''<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livy Titus Livius] (59 BCE–17 CE) was a Roman historian from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padua Patavium], the wealthiest town in northern Italy. His original work ''Books from the Foundation of the City'' covered Roman history from the founding to 9 BCE in 142 books. Only 35 of those books still survive today, yet they show that Livy wrote as an orator rather than a historian. He had an embellished style and made few references besides those to literary sources.<ref>John Roberts, ed. "[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-1297 Livy]," in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).</ref> His embellishments and additions create an atmosphere which makes the reader a part of the specific topic’s experience. “His aim was to chronicle the rise of Rome to mastery first of Italy, then of the rest of the Mediterranean world, and to highlight the virtues which produced this result and enabled Rome to defeat Hannibal.”<ref>Ibid.</ref><br/><br />
[[File:TitiLiviiHistoriarumQuodExtat1678Headpiece.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text.</center>]]''Titi Livii Historiarum Quod Extat'' contains, in the original Latin, the still existing portions of Livy's historical work. <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Livius. p. f.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. [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 April 21, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates as much and suggests no specific edition. 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> lists the 1678 Amsterdam edition based on a copy of this edition owned by Jefferson (but not sold to the Library of Congress). The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased the 1678 Elzevir edition edited by J.F. Gronovius.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in dark green Jansenist morocco with gilt edges. Purchased from Hundersdorff Rare Books.<br />
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===by Tibullus and Propertius===<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibullus Tibullus] was born between 55 and 48 BCE and died in 19 BCE.<ref>"[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-2948 Tibu'llus, A'lbius]" in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> He was an equestrian who socialized with the poetical circle around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Valerius_Messalla_Corvinus Messalla], with whom he traveled to the East sometime around 30 BCE. Their trip was cut short due to illness, after which Tibullus may have served under Messala in Gaul. There are three extant books of love-poems connected to Tibullus, though only the first two are actually his work – the third being the works of other poets in Messala’s circle.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propertius Propertius] was born in Assissi around 50 BCE and died between 16 and 2 BCE.<ref>"[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-2529 Prope'rtius, Sextus]" in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> He received a Roman education in law, but instead pursued poetry, with four extant books of elegies. Propertius belonged to a small group of poets that included Ovid, and his first book’s success allowed him entrance into the larger group of Maecenas. Propertius is best known as a love-poet, though his books do contain a variety of themes and subjects. His works are difficult to interpret due to corruptions of the original text, compounded by his “intense visual imagination” which forces readers to understand the implications of a poem’s setting before being able to decipher Propertius’s passionate train of thought.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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Both Tibullus and Propertius believed that love is the true goal and occupation of life.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-2199 "Tibullus, Albius"] in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).</ref> Similarly, they both represented themselves as enslaved by their lovers, though Tibullus is more specific regarding his “enslavement” than Propertius. One key difference between the two poets is that Tibullus rarely uses mythology, while Propertius makes heavy use of it.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Also, one of Tibullus’ favorite themes concerns the pleasure of country life, as opposed to Propertius’ urban settings.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
[[File:TibulliEtPropertiiOpera1753Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|300px|<center>Inscription, front free endpaper.</center>]]<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Tibullus et Propertius. 12mo. Foul.'' This was one of the titles kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. The Foulis Press printed one version of the works of Tibullus and Propertius, ''Tibulli Et Propertii Opera'', in 1753.<ref>Philip Gaskell, ''A Bibliography of The Foulis Press'', 2nd ed. (Winchester, Hampshire, England : St Paul's Bibliographies, 1986), 187.</ref> Jefferson sold a copy of the same edition to the Library of Congress in 1815.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:476 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=496 [no.4401]].</ref> Both [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 November 11, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing 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> list the Library of Congress copy as Wythe's volume. Jefferson's copy no longer exists to conclusively verify Wythe's prior ownership. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the Foulis 1753 edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary calf with raised bands, gilt compartments, and red morocco label with gilt lettering. Includes the inscription "E Libris Sandwich, 1827" on the front free endpaper. Purchased from G.W. Stuart, Jr.<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Thesaurus Linguæ Romanæ & Britannicæ: tam Accurate Congestus, vt Nihil Penè in Eo Desyderari Possit, Quod Vel Latinè Complectatur Amplissimus Stephani Thesaurus, Vel Anglicè, Toties Aucta Eliotæ Bibliotheca''}}<br />
===by Thomas Cooper===<br />
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}}[[wikipedia:Thomas Cooper (bishop)|Thomas Cooper]] (c.1517 &ndash; 1594), theologian and bishop of Winchester,<ref>Margaret Bowker, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6229 Cooper, Thomas (c.1517–1594)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed October 7, 2013]</ref> was master of Magdalen College at Oxford University from 1549 to 1568.<ref>DeWitt T. Starnes, "Thomas Cooper's ''Thesaurus'': A Chapter in Renaissance Lexicography," ''The University of Texas Studies in English'' 28 (1949): 15.</ref> In 1546, he was convinced to continue, and “assume authorship” of, the recently deceased [[wikipedia:Thomas Elyot|Thomas Elyot's]] Latin dictionary and thesaurus.<ref>D. T. Starnes, "Thomas Cooper and the ''Bibliotheca Eliotae''," ''The University of Texas Studies in English'' 30 (1951): 40.</ref> Upon publication, Cooper's ''Thesaurus'' bore a tribute to the initial author. Cooper published three revised versions of Elyot's work through 1559, and then published his own ''Thesaurus Linguæ Romanæ & Britannicæ'' in 1565, which he revised in four versions through 1587.<ref>Starnes, "Thomas Cooper's ''Thesaurus'': A Chapter in Renaissance Lexicography," 16.</ref><br />
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In a note to the reader in early editions (written in Latin), Cooper expressed reservations about being skilled or knowledgeable enough with languages to be qualified to write this thesaurus, alluding to the criticism Elyot received on mistakes in his original book.<ref>Starnes, "Thomas Cooper and the ''Bibliotheca Eliotae''," 40.</ref> Cooper’s 1565 publication initially enjoyed a superior reaction, perhaps due to his speedy rise in authority in the Church of England from dean of Christ Church in 1567 all the way to [[wikipedia:Bishop of Winchester|Bishop of Winchester]] in 1584.<ref>Starnes, "Thomas Cooper's 'Thesaurus': A Chapter in Renaissance Lexicography," 16.</ref> His reputation would not remain unscathed though, with accusations from multiple authors and scholars that Cooper copied either large sections of other Latin dictionaries and thesauri or paraphrased (perhaps even simply transcribed) entire works.<ref>Ibid., 17.</ref> This controversy continued for over four centuries, yet the “instances of borrowing” do not negate the improvements Cooper made on Elyot's initial work.<ref>Starnes, “Thomas Cooper and the ''Bibliotheca Eliotae,''" 40-43.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Thesaurus linguae Latinae Cowper. fol." This was one of the titles kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Jefferson sold a copy of the same title to the Library of Congress in 1815, but the volume no longer exists to verify the edition or Wythe's prior ownership.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 5:86 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648133;view=1up;seq=99 [no.4794]].</ref> Both [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 February 24, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing 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> include the 1573 London edition of ''Thesavrvs Lingvæ Romanæ & Britannicæ'' by Thomas Cooper based on E. Millicent Sowerby's entry in ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson''. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy advertised as the 1573 edition&mdash;"Amstelodami 1573" is handwritten on the title page&mdash;but comparison of our title page with online versions of the title pages from the 1565 Amsterdam edition and the 1573 London edition conclusively prove that our edition is the 1565 Amsterdam edition. We chose to keep the first edition in part because we do not know definitively that Wythe did not own the 1565 edition.<br />
[[File:CooperThesaurusLinguaeRomanae1565Initials.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Manuscript initials, front free endpaper.</center>]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary full calf with blind rules and remnants of brass hinges on covers. Back relaid and leather reconditioned by Michael Pyron. Manuscript initials on front free endpaper. Armorial bookplate of "John Ward of Capesthorne Com. Cestr and of the Inner Temple Esq. 1704" on title page verso. Title page includes manuscript notes and earlier repairs&mdash;missing printed place and date of publication. Instead includes manuscript "Amstelodami, 1573."<br />
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===by Theophilus===<br />
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This is the Latin version of Justinian's ''Institutes'' with Theophilus' "rather longer" Greek paraphrase.<ref>''Justinian’s Institutes'', trans. with intro. by Peter Birks and Grant McLeod (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987), 12.</ref> One of the works in ''Corpus Juris Civilis'', the ''Institutes'' was part of the Emperor Justinian's "revised system of legal education."<ref>Ibid.</ref> It was intended as a "book for beginners" that organizes and summarizes the entries in the ''Digest''&mdash;another part of ''Corpus Juris Civilis'' that preserved the writings of classical jurists.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Two law professors and members of the commission that created the ''Digest'', Theophilus of Constantinople and Dorotheus from Beirut, were chosen to edit and compile the four books of the ''Institutes'' with Justinian’s chancellor, Tribonian, acting as final editor.<ref>''The Institutiones'', trans. George Harris (Harvard University: W. Green and T. Chaplin, 1814), xii.</ref> Although all ancient law was utilized, most of the content came from "the commentaries, institutions, and other writings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_%28jurist%29 Gaius]."<ref>Ibid.</ref> "Tribonian and the two professors also drew on ''Institutes'' written by Marcian, Florentinus, Ulpian, and Paul."<ref>''Justinian’s Institutes'', 12.</ref> Dividing the work, Tribonian apparently assigned the first half to Dorotheus, the second to Theophilus. Unlike the ''Digest'' which was composed of "a patchwork of extracts"<ref>Ibid.</ref>, the ''Institutes'' is dominated by essays that "achieve a bird's eye view of the law."<ref>Ibid., 13.</ref> <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Wythe ordered "the Works of Theophilus in greek and latin, two volumes in quarto, published at the Hague in 1751, by Gul. Otto Reitz." from London merchant John Norton in a [[Wythe to John Norton, 29 May 1772|letter]] dated May 29, 1772. 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), 242-243. The letter is endorsed "Virga. 29 May 1772 / George Wythe / Recd. 21 September / Goods Entr. pa. 163/ Ans. the March 1773."</ref> All four of the [[George Wythe Collection|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), LIII.</ref>, [[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>, 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 March 20, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing) list the 1751 edition of ''Theophilou Antikēnsōros ta Heuriskomena''. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.<br />
[[File:TheophilousTheophiliAntecessorisParaphrasisGraeca1751Illustration.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>Illustration opposite page 571.</center>]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary Dutch gilt prize vellum with stamped decorations to spine and covers. <br />
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===by John Ward===<br />
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Little is known about the personal life of John Ward (active 1698-1709) and some disagreement originally existed over which Ward &mdash; John or Seth (the astronomer, 1617–1689) &mdash; contributed to the study and teaching of algebra by writing ''The Young Mathematician's Guide''.<ref>Florian Cajori, [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=NfLwZmghZQ8C&printsec=frontcover ''The Teaching and History of Mathematics in the United States''] (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1890), 25.</ref> This title was used as a textbook at Harvard as early as 1726. During the colonial era, it also served as a basic mathematic text at Yale, Brown, and Dartmouth, as well as a reference work at the University of Pennsylvania. <ref>Ibid.</ref> The book has been described as "very deficient according to modern notions" yet with a "presentation of this subject ... superior to that in Dilworth's ''School-master's Assistant''. It is less obscure. Like all books of that time, it contains rules, but no reasoning. What seems strange to us is the fact that subjects of no value to the beginner, such as arithmetical and geometrical proportion ... etc., are given almost as much space and attention as common and decimal fractions."<ref>Ibid, 25-26.</ref> Nevertheless, the book was popular enough to be published in at least twelve editions in the author's lifetime.<ref>Ibid, 27.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Ward’s Mathematics. 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. [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 November 13, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates this, adding "Numerous octavo editions were published, the first in 1707." 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> lists the London 3rd edition published in 1719. The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased the third edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary panelled calf, unlettered, red sprinkled edges. Contains portrait of Ward aged 58 in 1706, the year of first publication, engraved by M. Van de Guch with numerous woodcut diagrams in the text. Purchased from Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers.<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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===by John Tillotson===<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tillotson Dr. John Tillotson] (1630-1694) was born in Yorkshire and educated at the University of Cambridge.<ref>Isabel Rivers, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/27449 Tillotson, John (1630–1694)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed October 3, 2013.</ref> Brought up in a Puritan household, Tillotson abandoned the Calvinism of his father fairly early in adulthood. He was a devout Protestant who opposed Catholicism but regarded non-conformist Protestants sympathetically.<ref>''Who's Who in Christianity'', s.v. "[http://www.credoreference.com/entry/routwwchr/tillotson_john_1630_1694 Tillotson, John (1630 - 1694)]," accessed October 3, 2013.</ref> During his career he served in multiple positions, including chaplain to Charles II, dean of Canterbury, canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, and finally [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury Archbishop of Canterbury].<ref>''The Hutchinson Encyclopedia'', s.v. "[http://www.credoreference.com/entry/heliconhe/tillotson_john_robert Tillotson, John Robert]," accessed October 3, 2013.</ref><br /><br />
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''The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson]'' (1630-1694) contains two hundred of his sermons, discourses, and prayers.<ref>Isabel Rivers, "Tillotson, John."</ref>Tillotson was very influential amongst his colleagues; sermons by Laurence Sterne, James Woodforde, and others borrowed heavily from his works.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Some clergyman went so far as to directly present Tillotson's sermons in lieu of their own.<ref>''The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English'', s.v. "[http://www.credoreference.com/entry/cupliteng/tillotson_john_1630_1694 Tillotson, John (1630 - 1694)]," accessed October 3, 2013.</ref> He was even cited in dictionaries, with one particular lexicographer citing his works over one thousand times.<ref>Isabel Rivers, "Tillotson, John."</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Tillotson’s works. 2.v. fol." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Tillotson's discourses' (6[?] vols., $6.00 value)." We do not have enough information to conclusively identify which edition Wythe owned. [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 November 18, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates this, adding "Two-volume folio editions were published at London in 1712, 1717, and 1722." 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> lists the first (1712) edition published in London. Because we do not know which edition Wythe owned, and because not all editions were available for purchase, the Wolf Law Library acquired a copy of the third (1722) edition.<br />
[[File:TillotsonWorks1722V1Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Inscription, front flyleaf.</center>]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full tan leather with five raised bands, decoration and gilt lettering to spines. Each volume contains an unnamed armorial bookplate with the motto "Favente Deo" (with God's favor) on the front pastedown. Volume one includes the inscription "E libris Sam<sup>l</sup>. Horner, e Coll. Eton(?) Oxon, Sept<sup>r</sup>. 3<sup>d</sup> 1756, ex bono, Susanna Clarke" on the front flyleaf. Purchased from Ely Books.<br />
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*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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===by Richard Hooker===<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hooker Richard Hooker] (1554 &ndash; 1600) began his education at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi_College,_Oxford Corpus Christi College, Oxford,] in 1569,<ref>A. S. McGrade “[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13696 Hooker, Richard (1554–1600)],” in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed October 3, 2013.</ref> at a time when the Anglican Church was steeped in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism Calvinist thought.]<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s. v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/271324/Richard-Hooker Richard Hooker]," accessed October 3, 2013.</ref> Hooker received an interdisciplinary education, including classical philosophy and artistic disciplines alongside his primary studies in theology,<ref>A. S. McGrade, "Hooker, Richard (1554–1600)".</ref> which would bear heavily upon his most significant scholarly endeavor—''The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity''.<ref>James E. Kiefer, "[http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/64.html Biographical Sketches of Memorable Christians of the Past: Richard Hooker, Doctor of the Church]," Society of Archbishop Justus, accessed October 3, 2013.</ref> Writing this eight-volume opus necessitated resignation from his post as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Temple#Master_of_the_Temple Master of the Temple Church] in London in 1591.<ref>A. S. McGrade, "Hooker, Richard (1554–1600)".</ref> The first five books were published during Hooker's lifetime. The last three, published posthumously, were not fully completed, and there is debate as to whether he was the sole author of these volumes.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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[[File:HookerWorks1723Illustration.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>Frontispiece portrait of Richard Hooker.</center>]]<br />
''The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity'' was Hooker’s response to a rift within Protestantism&mdash;between Hooker’s Anglicanism and English Puritans agitating for a reform of church government toward the Calvinist model,<ref>Kiefer, "Biographical Sketches of Memorable Christians of the Past."</ref> characterized by an exclusive fidelity to scripture<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s. v. "Richard Hooker."</ref>&mdash;and also to what he saw as the Catholic Church’s theological error of elevating "tradition" to the same importance as scripture.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Hooker articulated a three-fold theory of ecclesiastical government that emphasized deference to scripture, followed by church tradition. Where those were inadequate, answers were to be sought in human reason.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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''The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity'' has been lauded as the Enlightenment’s "...first glimmering...dawn,"<ref>A. S. McGrade, "Hooker, Richard (1554–1600)".</ref> and profoundly influential upon “...(both directly and through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke Locke]), American political philosophy in the late 1700’s."<ref>Kiefer, "Biographical Sketches of Memorable Christians of the Past."</ref> <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Hooker’s Ecclesiastical polity. fol.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. We do not have enough information to conclusively identify which edition Wythe owned. [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 November 13, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates this without naming a specific edition. 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> lists the 1723 edition from London based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'' (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 3:14-15 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648117;view=1up;seq=27 [no.2334]].</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased the London 1723 edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary Cambridge-style panelled calf, newly rebacked. Signed "F.H. Thornton, Oct. 1912" on the front free endpaper and includes the bookplate of Edward Thornton on the front pastedown. Purchased from Cobnar Books.<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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}}Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 BCE) was a Roman poet born in Cisalpine, Gaul, on the side of the Alps closest to Rome. His family was well-off, enabling his studies at Cremona and Milan, as well as Rome and Naples, the latter under the Epicurean philosopher Siro.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-3090 "Virgil”] in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> When land was confiscated following the battle of Phillippi in 42 BCE for the army veterans of Antony and Octavian, Virgil’s family lost land. They were likely compensated, however, with property near Naples.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Virgil’s ''Eclogues'', his first collection of poems, were likely written around that time, perhaps as late as 38 BCE, as the confiscations were a central topic of two of the poems.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-2329 "Virgil "] in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)</ref> At some later point, Virgil became part of the poetic circle around Maecenas, putting him in close contact with Octavian, the future emperor Augustus.<br />
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Virgil published his ''Georgics'' in 29 BCE. Throughout the 20s BCE, both of Virgil’s books of poetry were widely read and distributed.<ref>Ibid.</ref> His poems illustrate the greatness of the Roman Empire through “the technical perfection of his verse” and imagery.<ref>"Virgil” in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature''.</ref><br />
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This volume contains the three most important of Virgil’s works: the ''Pastorals'' (“Bucolics” or “Eclogues”), the ''Georgics'', and the ''Aeneid''. The ''Pastorals'' muse on the idyllic life of shepherds in northern Italy.<ref>Virgil, ''Georgics'', trans. Peter Fallon, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), xiv.</ref> The ''Georgics'' are, similarly, meditations on the nature of agriculture. The name “Georgics” refers to the Greek phrase for "working the land" and the word for "farmer."<ref>Ibid.</ref> Where Virgil's pastoral poems were largely imitative, the focus and depth of his Georgics were unprecedented.<ref>Ibid., xiii.</ref> The ''Aeneid'' is Virgil's great epic, following the tradition of Homer.<ref>Virgil, ''Aeneid'', ed. Clyde Pharr, (Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci, 2007), 1–4.</ref> The work follows the story of Aeneis, who leaves behind his conquered homeland of Troy and goes on to found the culture that will eventually become Rome. Virgil himself captured the scope of these three works with the inscription on his tombstone, “cecini pascua rura duces” (I sang of farms, fields, and heroes).<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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John Dryden’s translation of the ''Georgics'' led to a surge in its popularity among English speakers in the eighteenth century, inspiring many romantic ideas about rural life and agriculture.<ref>L. P. Wilkinson, ''The Georgics of Virgil: A Critical Survey'', (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 299–304.</ref> <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
[[Thomas Jefferson]] listed ''Dryden's Virgil. 3.v. 12mo.'' in his [[Jefferson Inventory|inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] in the section of titles he kept for himself. 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> includes the 1748 edition published in London based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'',(Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:421-422 [[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=442 no.4282]].</ref> This volume does not survive. [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 indicates "Precise edition unknown. Several three-volume editions were published at London, the first in 1721." The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased a copy of the 1748 edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full gilt-ruled calfskin with gilt-ruled spine compartments, elaborate gilt-tooled motifs, and gilt-tooled raised bands with morocco labels. Each volume includes the armorial bookplate of "Gambier with the Latin motto "Fide non armis" (By faith, not arms). Purchased from Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd.<br />
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[[File:WorksOfVirgil1748v2HeadpieceAeneis.jpg|center|thumb|400px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text of the ''Aeneid'', volume two.</center>]]<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica P. Rami Eloquentiae et Philosophiae|P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica P. Rami Eloquentiae & Philosophiae]]''<br />
*''[[P. Virgilii Maronis Opera]]''<br />
*''[[Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_Sir_William_Temple&diff=52922Works of Sir William Temple2016-09-09T18:30:19Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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===by Sir William Temple===<br />
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}}[[File:WorksOfSirWilliamTemple1720v1Headpiece.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text, volume one.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Temple,_1st_Baronet Sir William Temple], 1st Baronet (1628-1699) was an English statesman and diplomat. He attended Cambridge University but did not graduate, choosing instead to travel throughout Continental Europe from 1648-1654.<ref>J. D. Davies, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27122 Temple, Sir William, baronet (1628–1699)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed October 9, 2013.</ref> Following his marriage to Dorothy Osborne, Temple became a diplomat and was awarded a baronetcy in 1666.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1668, he became Ambassador to the Netherlands, where he helped negotiate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Alliance_%281668%29 Triple Alliance] between England, the Netherlands, and Sweden. He would later help negotiate the end to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Dutch_War Dutch War], and the marriage of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_II_of_England Princess Mary] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England William of Orange].<ref>''Encyclopedia Britannica Online'', s.v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/586878/Sir-William-Temple-Baronet Sir William Temple, Baronet]," accessed October 8, 2013.</ref> Temple also wrote extensively. His most famous work is ''Observations upon the United Provinces'', a history of the Netherlands.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Temple also wrote many shorter essays on a wide range of subjects, including trade in Ireland, "popular discontents", "health and long life" and "ancient and modern learning".<ref>Sir William Temple, ''The Works of Sir WIlliam Temple, Bart.'' (London: Printed for A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, B. Tooke, 1720), preface.</ref> "In both his political and literary careers, he showed himself a keen and perceptive student of human nature, and this, perhaps, shaped both his strengths and his weaknesses: as a statesman he was a capable and reliable subordinate for the likes of Arlington and Danby, rather than an independent power broker; as a writer he was readable, intelligent, and stylish, rather than deeply profound."<ref>Davies, "Temple, Sir William."</ref><br />
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Temple's works. 2.v. fol.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. 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> lists the 1750 edition based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 1:155 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648091;view=1up;seq=185 [no.366]].</ref> [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 October 9, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. Two-volume editions were published at London in 1720, 1731, 1740, 1745, and 1750." Because we don't know the exact edition Wythe owned, the Wolf Law Library chose to purchase a copy of the first two-volume edition (1720).<br />
[[File:WorksOfSirWilliamTemple1720v2Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Inscription, title page, volume two.</center>]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary leather with design pressed on front boards. Modern leather spine with title and column number gilt embossed. Signed "D. Anderson, S<sup>t</sup> Germains" on the title page of volume one and "David Anderson, S<sup>t</sup> Germains" on the title page of volume two. Purchased from Sequitur Books.<br /> <br />
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*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_Shakespeare&diff=52920Works of Shakespeare2016-09-09T18:28:48Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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===by William Shakespeare===<br />
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}}[[File:ShakespeareWorks1740v1Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_shakespeare William Shakespeare] (1564-1616) is widely considered the foremost writer in the English language.<ref>Peter Holland, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25200 “Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)”], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004), accessed October 7, 2013. Unless otherwise noted, all biographical details are from this source.</ref> Shakespeare was an actor who begun to write plays sometime between 1585 and 1592.<ref>Holland, “Shakespeare, William."</ref> He began his career as a playwright with English histories such as ''Henry VI'', comedies such as ''The Taming of the Shrew'', and tragedies such as ''Titus Andronicus''.<ref> S. Schoenbaum, “William Shakespeare, Gentleman,” ''The Wilson Quarterly'', 3, No. 1 (1979), p. 184.</ref> His first published work was the poem ''Venus and Adonis'' (1593).<br/><br />
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In the mid-1590s, he wrote ''Love’s Labour’s Lost'', ''Richard II'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', and ''A Midsummer Night’s Dream''. He continued to write prolifically during the late 1590s and early 1600s. In 1606 Shakespeare wrote ''King Lear'' and ''Macbeth'', which were both influenced by contemporary politics. By 1609, about half of Shakespeare’s plays had been printed. Shakespeare continued to write plays until 1613, three years before his death.<br/><br />
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Shakespeare is known for his exploration of human nature. As Samuel Johnson states in his famous [http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/Editors/JohnsonPreface.htm “Preface to the Works of Shakespeare”], "His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. . . .Shakespeare has no heroes; his scenes are occupied only by men, who act and speak as the reader thinks that he himself should have spoken and acted on the same occasion."<ref>Samuel Johnson, “Preface,” ''The Plays of William Shakespeare'', accessed through Shakespeare’s Editors (Palomar 2009), vii and xii.</ref><br /><br />
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''The Works of Shakespeare: In Eight Volumes'' was published in 1740 during a time when Shakespeare was enormously popular in England. In addition to his plays, it includes multiple elegies written about Shakespeare, his will, and biographical documents that provide a background of his life.<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Shakespeare by Theobald. the first 6.v. 12mo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his granddaughters, [[Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead|Ann]] and [[Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge|Ellen Randolph]]. The precise edition of the incomplete set inherited by Jefferson is unknown. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on November 18, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing indicates as much, adding "Duodecimo editions were published in seven volumes at Dublin in 1739; in eight volumes at London in 1740, 1752, 1757, 1762, 1767, and 1773; and in twelve volumes at London in 1772." 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> lists the first edition, seven volume set published in London in 1733. The Wolf Law Library found a copy of the London second edition (1740) eight volume set and purchased it for the [[George Wythe Collection]].<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Eight volumes bound in contemporary full calf with raised bands, red title labels and gilt decoration to spines. Purchased from Wadard Books. <br />
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[[File:ShakespeareWorks1740Illustration.jpg|center|thumb|450px|<center>Headpiece from ''The Tempest'', volume one.</center>]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Plays of William Shakespeare|The Plays of William Shakespeare]]''<br />
*''[[Shakespeare's Works|Works]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_Laurence_Sterne&diff=52918Works of Laurence Sterne2016-09-09T18:27:55Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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===by Laurence Sterne===<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Sterne Laurence Sterne (1713-1768)] was a writer and clergyman of the Church of England.<ref>Melvyn New, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26412 "Sterne, Laurence (1713–1768)" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed Oct. 9, 2013.</ref> Sterne was the author of numerous works and sermons, including those found in this collection. Sterne spent nineteen years between 1740 and 1759 as a rural clergyman before beginning his best-known work, ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman''. After releasing the initial volumes of ''Tristram Shandy'', Sterne was “heralded as a second Rabelais, Cervantes, or Swift and was condemned, especially when his clerical profession was disclosed, as an immoral hypocrite.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> Despite this condemnation, the work was immensely popular during the eighteenth century. James Boswell, a contemporary of Sterne’s, wrote the following "Poetical Epistle":<br />
::::::::Who has not Tristram Shandy read?<br /><br />
:::Is any mortal so ill bred?<ref>''Sterne: the Critical Heritage'', ed. Alan B. Howes (London: Routledge and K. Paul, 1974), 82.</ref><br />
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Sterne’s work, particularly ''Tristram Shandy'', has had an enduring influence into the twenty-first century. “[E]ven in Sterne's own day&mdash;and in the following century, which responded to him, for the most part, negatively&mdash;Sterne could attract the best minds of each generation.<ref>”New, "Sterne, Laurence".</ref> ''The Works of Laurence Sterne'' includes ''Tristam Shandy'', ''A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy'', sermons (including ''The Sermons of Mr. Yorick''), letters, ''A Fragment, in the Manner of Rabelais'', and ''The History of a Watch-Coat''.<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Wythe cited ''The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy'' in his case report for [[Aylett v. Aylett]], "In Brookes abridgment, title administer, n. 47, in Swinburnes treatise of testaments, part 7, sect. 8 and in the life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman, vol. 4, p. 195, we meet with the case stated in the note."<ref>George Wythe, ''Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery'' ed. B. B. Minor, 2nd ed. (Richmond: J.W. Randolph, 1852), 229.</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> lists the 1782 edition of ''Tristam Shandy'', while noting that [[Thomas Jefferson]] owned, and sold to the Library of Congress, the ten-volume, 1780 edition of ''The Works of Laurence Sterne'' as well as other Sterne works.<ref>See E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:445-447 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=467 [no.4335-4336]].</ref> The ''Works'' set includes ''Tristam Shandy''. We do not have enough information to determine if Wythe owned either ''Tristam Shandy'' or ''The Works of Laurence Sterne'', nor do we have any edition information to pinpoint the work or the year of publication. The Wolf Law Library chose to purchase the 1780 edition of ''The Works of Laurence Sterne'' based on Jefferson's set and on Wythe's seeming preference for sets of authors' works (such as [[Works of Alexander Pope|''The Works of Alexander Pope'']], [[Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift|''The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift]], and [[Works of Shakespeare|''The Works of Shakespeare'']]).<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Features gilt tooling to the spines. Each volume includes the bookplate of Buchanan Washbourn with the Latin motto "Purificatus non consumptus" (Purified, not consumed) on the front pastedown. Some volumes mislabeled: volume 2 labeled volume 8, volume 5 labeled volume 6, volumes 6-8 labeled volume 9, volume 2 and volume 7, respectively, volume 9 labeled volume 5. Purchased from Raptis Rare Books.<br /><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read volume one of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=vDUJAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br /><br />
Read volume five of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=6UaDk0_AGvAC&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_John_Locke&diff=52916Works of John Locke2016-09-09T18:26:16Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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===by John Locke===<br />
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}}[[File:LockeWorksOfJohnLocke1714v1Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece portrait of John Locke.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke John Locke] (1632-1704) was an English philosopher born into low English gentry. He attended the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_School Westminster School] with other luminaries of his time, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wren Christopher Wren], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dryden John Dryden], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hooke Robert Hooke].<ref>J. R. Milton, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16885 "Locke, John (1632–1704)"] in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed 4 Oct 2013.</ref> Locke followed this with a studentship (a fellowship of sorts) at Christ Church, Oxford, obtaining a BA in 1656 and an MA in 1568. His studies continued until 1675 when he obtained a medical degree. Locke seems to have investigated law (he was admitted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray%27s_Inn Gray's Inn] in 1656) and the church as potential careers, but turned instead to the study and practice of medicine and natural philosophy.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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Locke is best known, however, as "an epistemologist and political philosopher. One of the most crucial aspects of Locke's thought was his challenge to traditional political and religious authority." Locke’s political ideas, with their "emphasis upon consent and toleration ... provide[] the model for modern democracy and, it has been argued, even suppl[y] the blueprint for the American Constitution."<ref>''Great Thinkers A-Z'', s.v. "John Locke", accessed Oct. 9, 2013, http://www.credoreference.com/entry/contgt/john_locke.</ref> His philosophy was “immensely influential in the eighteenth century, not least in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, where it soon replaced the scholastic doctrines in which Locke had been educated.”<ref>Milton, "Locke, John."</ref> Locke’s ideas about the purpose and limits of government continue to exert enormous influence on political thought, and “his conclusions were so powerful as to become entwined in the warp and weft of western thinking.”<ref>''Great Thinkers A-Z'', s.v. "John Locke"</ref><br /><br />
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Locke’s works were first published as a collection in 1714, and were regularly reprinted until 1824. The set includes [[Essay Concerning Humane Understanding|''An Essay Concerning Human Understanding'']] and its defenses against Stillingfleet, the papers on money, and ''Several Thoughts Concerning Education.'' "In addition, [it] also included several works which Locke had only acknowledged in his will and which therefore appeared for the first time under his name&mdash;''Two Treatises of Government'', the letters on toleration, ''The Reasonableness of Christianity'' and its vindications. Finally there were the posthumous pieces&mdash;''Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul'', ''Posthomous works'' and ''Some familiar letters''."<ref>John C. Attig, ''The Works of John Locke: a Comprehensive Bibliography from the Seventeenth Century to the Present'' (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985), 137.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed on the [[Jefferson Inventory]] as ''Locke’s works. 3.v. fol.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Locke's Works' (2 vols., $10.00 value)." We cannot determine the precise edition Wythe owned from the information available. Three-volume folio editions were published in 1714, 1722, 1727, 1740, 1751, and 1759. 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> lists the fifth (1751) edition based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 5:168-169 [[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648133;view=1up;seq=181 no.4918]].</ref> [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWytheMember: George Wythe]," accessed on June 28, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing includes no specific edition. Preferring the first edition when the precise edition of Wythe's copy is unknown, the Wolf Law Library purchase a copy of the 1714 edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
[[File:LockeWorksOfJohnLocke1714v3Inscription.jpg|right|thumb|350px|<center>Inscription, front free endpaper.</center>]]<br />
Bound in the original panelled calf with rules and ornaments; rebacked in period style with raised panels and gilt lettering. Volumes one and two have the signature of an early owner, ''Thos. Parker Tubs Nile.'' and the bookplate of an eighteenth century literary society on the front pastedown. Volume three has owner's name, ''Genl. Whitmore'', on the front free endpaper. Purchased from the George S. MacManus Company.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[Essay Concerning Humane Understanding|An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding]]''<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read volume one of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=fGRZAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_Francis_Rabelais&diff=52914Works of Francis Rabelais2016-09-09T18:25:30Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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===by François Rabelais===<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Rabelais François Rabelais] (c. 1495-1553) was a physician, priest, and notable writer<ref>“Francois Rabelais, M.D.,” ''The British Medical Journal'', 1, No. 4814 (1953), 831.</ref> who was well studied in the classics.<ref> [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/487941/Francois-Rabelais “François Rabelais,”] ''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'' (Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2013- ), accessed October 28, 2013.</ref> Around 1521, Rabelais became a priest, but broke his vows in 1530 to study medicine.<ref> Ibid.</ref> He was one of the first, if not the first, physicians to dissect the human body.<ref> “Francois Rabelais, M.D.,” ''The British Medical Journal''.</ref> In 1532 he became head physician at a hospital in Lyons, and he began to write.<ref> Ibid.</ref><br/><br />
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Rabelais’ works are famous for their bawdy, satirical nature.<ref>“François Rabelais,” ''Encyclopædia Britannica Online''.</ref> His style is so distinct, the Oxford English Dictionary includes the adjective “Rabelaisian” to describe writings with “earthy humour, [a] parody of medieval learning and literature, and [an] affirmation of humanist values.”<ref>[http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/157008#eid27221738 “Rabelaisian, adj.,”] ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (OED Third Edition, June 2008), accessed October 28, 2013.</ref><br/><br />
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Rabelais' most famous works are the Gargantua-Pantagruel series, four books published from 1532 to 1535.<ref> “François Rabelais,” ''Encyclopædia Britannica Online''.</ref> Framed as chivalric romances, they use the theatrical language of vaudeville to satirize heroic works, traditional pedagogy, and humanist ideals.<ref> Ibid.</ref> He grotesquely caricatured people in a playful way, in a style extensively imitated by seventeenth and eighteenth century French writers.<ref>Dorothy S. Packer, “François Rabelais, Vaudevilliste,” ''The Musical Quarterly'', 57, No. 1 (1971), 127.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Rabelais. 5.v. 12mo. 2d. wanting'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Rabellais Works' (4 vols., $2.12 1/2 value)." We do not have enough information to conclusively identify which edition Wythe owned. [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 November 13, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates this, adding "English translations in five volumes were published at London in 1737, 1738, and 1750." 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> lists the 1750 edition based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:444 [[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=464 no. 4333]].</ref> The Wolf Law Library purchased the 1750 edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary full calf bindings, blind tooled and gold ruled. Purchased from Book Den East.<br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157660354472120 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21568570090003196 William & Mary's online catalog].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_Francis_Bacon&diff=52912Works of Francis Bacon2016-09-09T18:24:36Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ... With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in any Edition of His Works''}}<br />
===by Francis Bacon===<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_bacon Francis Bacon], Viscount St Alban (1561–1626) was a scientist, politician, and philosopher.<ref>Markku Peltonen, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/990 Bacon, Francis, Viscount St Alban (1561–1626)]," in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004-), accessed Sept. 26, 2013.</ref> Though his writings are voluminous, he is best known for his works on natural philosophy, ''The Advancement of Learning'', and ''Novum Organum Scientiarum'', which helped to usher in the enlightenment. These works laid the foundation for what became known as the scientific method.<ref>Jürgen Klein "[http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2012/entries/francis-bacon Francis Bacon]," in ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (Stanford University, 1997-), article revised Dec. 7, 2012.</ref><br/><br />
<br/>Born to a noble family on January 22, 1561, Bacon was educated at home until 1573.<ref>"[http://www.biography.com/people/francis-bacon-9194632 Francis Bacon]," ''The Biography Channel'' website, accessed Sep 23, 2013.</ref> He continued his education at Trinity College in Cambridge and Gray’s Inn until the death of his father in 1579.<ref>Peltonen, "Bacon, Francis."</ref> During these years, he was influenced by the Renaissance humanism with its concern for public virtue.<ref>Ibid.</ref> This led him to enter politics and he became member of Parliament in 1581. However, it was not until the ascension of James I that his political career advanced.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1618, Bacon became Lord Chancellor and was created Baron of Verulam. Just three years later, he was created Viscount of St. Alban.<ref>Klein, "Francis Bacon."</ref> In 1621 Bacon confessed to a charge of corruption and was barred from ever holding political office again.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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Bacon wrote many works throughout and after his political career. 1597 marks the date of his first published works, a collection of political essays that was later expanded.<ref>"Francis Bacon," ''The Biography Channel'' website.</ref> During the years of 1603-1613 he published ''The Advancement of Learning'' as well as numerous other works.<ref>Peltonen, "Bacon, Francis."</ref> During his last five years of life he wrote a variety of works, but focused on his never completed natural philosophy treatise, ''Novum Organum Scientiarum''.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Bacon died April 9, 1626. <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Bacon’s works. 4.v. fol." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Bacon's Works' (4 vols., $10.00 value)." Both [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 November 13, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing 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> list the 1740 London edition and this was the edition purchased by the Wolf Law Library.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full contemporary calf covered boards, spine recently re-backed in calf, in seven compartments with decorative gilt stamps and raised bands. Has maroon label with gold title stamp and black and red printed title pages with a unique engraved frontispiece in volumes one two and three. Edges of text block tinted red. Each volume includes the armorial bookplate of H<sup>s</sup>. and M<sup>n</sup>. Berens. Bookplate iconography includes: Argent a bear passant [Berens]. Impaling azure two bends or, in base a swan [Riou]. Crest, a demi bear. <br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Of the Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning|Of the Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning, or, The Partitions of Sciences]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read volume three of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=aq4zAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_Flavius_Josephus&diff=52908Works of Flavius Josephus2016-09-09T18:23:31Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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|shorttitle=The Works of Flavius Josephus<br />
|author=Flavius Josephus<br />
|trans=Sir Roger L'Estrange<br />
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}}[[File:WorksofFlaviusJosephus1702Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavius_Josephus Flavius Josephus], born Joseph ben Matityahu in Jerusalem, lived from 37 to c. 100 C.E. and wrote his histories and autobiography in Greek, quite possibly to reach the upper social classes and lessen their prejudices against the Jewish people. He began writing around 66 C.E., with his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jewish_War book] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Jewish%E2%80%93Roman_War Jewish War], and finished around 90 C.E., with his autobiography.<ref>K. Hoeber, "[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08522a.htm Flavius Josephus]," in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910), accessed October 3, 2013.</ref> Perhaps the most famous of Josephus’ works is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews ''Jewish Antiquities'''], which contains his account of Jewish history, beginning with the creation story and ultimately discussing Jesus and the Christians who were the contemporaries of Josephus.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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''The Works of Flavius Josephus'' is a collection of manuscripts that detail ancient Jewish history and culture.<ref>James Carleton Paget, "Some Observations on Josephus and Christianity," ''Journal of Theological Studies'' 52, no. 2 (October 2001): 539.</ref> The rise in Protestant Christianity during the eighteenth century would have made such a collection very significant.<ref>Erin E Kelly. "Jewish History, Catholic Argument: Thomas Lodge's Workes of Josephus as a Catholic Text," ''Sixteenth Century Journal'' 34, no. 4 (Winter 2003): 993.</ref> Christians valued the works of Josephus because of the historical information about Christ and the apostles.<ref>Lillian Armstrong, "A Renaissance Flavius Josephus," ''The Yale University Library Gazette'' 58, No. 3/4 (April 1984), 122.</ref> Many felt that they provided proof of Christian doctrines.<ref>Eva Matthews Sanford, "Propaganda and Censorship in the Transmission of Josephus," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association'' 66 (1935): 127-145.</ref> <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Josephus. by Lestrange. fol." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as ''L'Estranges Josephus' ($2.00 value)''. We do not have enough information to conclusively identify which edition Wythe owned. [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 November 13, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates this, adding "Numerous editions of this translation in folio were published, the first in 1702." 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> lists the 1724 edition published in London. The Wolf Law Library purchased the London 1702 edition because we located a copy and because we prefer to purchase the first edition, in this case the first folio edition, when the actual edition owned by Wythe is unknown.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Contemporary panelled calf rebacked with original spine laid down. Purchased from Barnaby Rudge Booksellers.<br /><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_Dr._Jonathan_Swift&diff=52906Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift2016-09-09T18:22:06Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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===by Jonathan Swift===<br />
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|author=Jonathan Swift<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift Jonathan Swift] (1667-1745) rose out of a disadvantaged upbringing in Ireland to a position of intellectual superiority.<ref> Harry T. Baker, “Jonathan Swift,” ''The Sewanee Review'', 34:1 (1926), pp. 1-11.</ref> In 1696 he published his first book, ''A Tale of the Tub'', under the patronage of Sir William Temple.<ref> L.M. Harris, “Jonathan Swift,” ''The Sewanee Review'', 3:2 (1895), pp. 231-248.</ref> Swift continued to write poetry and critical essays, and rose in both Irish and English intellectual circles until his defense of the Oxford–Bolingbroke ministry caused his exile from England and permanent return to Ireland in 1714.<ref> Clive Probyn, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26833 “Swift, Jonathan (1667–1745)”], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004), accessed October 10, 2013. All biographical information is from this source unless otherwise noted.</ref><br />
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After his return to Ireland, Swift rebelled against colonialism and began to write about politics and social injustice. During this time he wrote numerous essays about the abysmal conditions of the overpopulating poor and ''A Modest Proposal'', which criticizes abusive church practices. In this famous satire, Swift suggested the wealthy should eat the children of the poor to solve social problems.<br />
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Swift is best known for his satire ''Gulliver’s Travels'' (1726), where he displays his liberal attitude, idealism, and belief in social reform governed by reason and justice. Instead of commenting on individuals or contemporary social movements, Swift imaginatively discusses the flaws of human nature and general concepts of morality.<ref> Baker, pp. 3-4.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Swift’s works. 13.v. 12mo." This was one of the titles kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Jefferson sold a set of Swift's works to the Library of Congress in 1815, but the volumes soon went missing or were never received. Nothing indicates an edition or Wythe's prior ownership.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 4:522 [no number].</ref> Both [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 February 24, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing 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> include the 1768 London edition of ''The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift''. LibraryThing adds "A reissue of this work was published in 1774, but Wythe's copy was almost certainly an original issue." The Wolf Law Library followed the recommendations of Brown and LibraryThing and purchased a copy of the 1768 edition for the [[George Wythe Collection]].<br />
[[File:SwiftTheWorksofJSwift1768V4Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Prior owner's signature, front pastedown, volume four.</center>]]<br />
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary full brown calf, spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments in a floral design, dark brown gilt morocco lettering labels and five raised bands (all ruled in gilt). Includes signature of "K. W. Greathead" and the bookplate of William Thirlwall Bayne with the motto "Fiducia" (Trust) on the front pastedown of each volume except volume two. Purchased from Dragon Books. <br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157660458608445 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21527250630003196 William & Mary's online catalog].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:English Literature]]<br />
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_Abraham_Cowley&diff=52904Works of Abraham Cowley2016-09-09T18:20:57Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Works of Abraham Cowley''}}<br />
===by Abraham Cowley===<br />
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|shorttitle=The Works of Abraham Cowley<br />
|author=Abraham Cowley<br />
|edition=Fifth<br />
|lang=English<br />
|publoc=London<br />
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}}[[File:CowleyWorksOfAbrahamCowley1678Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Cowley Abraham Cowley] (1618-1667) was a poet who began to publish when he was only twelve.<ref> William Cullen Bryant, “Abraham Cowley,” ''The North American Review'', 124, No. 256 (University of Northern Iowa, 1877), p. 369.</ref> He was a strong royalist, and one of his most famous and controversial works is an epic poem on the history of the English Civil War written from a decidedly royalist slant.<ref> Alexander Lindsay, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6499 “Cowley, Abraham (1618–1667)”], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004), accessed September 19, 2013. Unless otherwise noted, all biographical details are from this source.</ref> Cowley wrote poetry on love, virtue, and to praise contemporaries after they died.<ref>Bryant, pp. 375-80.</ref><br />
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''The Works of Abraham Cowley'' was the first folio compilation of Cowley’s work to be published under the supervision of the executor of his literary works in 1668. The poems and essays in this edition greatly impacted seventeenth century poetry, with fourteen printings of the folio between 1668 and 1721.<ref>Lindsay.</ref> Cowley was highly praised because of his inclusion of classical formal elements in his poetry that influenced the style of Romantic poets.<ref> Arthur H. Nethercot, “The Reputation of Abraham Cowley (1660-1800),” ''PMLA'', 38, No. 3 (Modern Language Association, 1923), p. 592.</ref><br/><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Cowley's works. fol.'' This was one of the titles kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and may have been sold to the Library of Congress in 1815. Jefferson did sell a copy of Cowley's works to the Library of Congress, but the volume no longer exists to verify its edition or Wythe's prior ownership. [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 November 11, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. Several folio editions were published." 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> includes the fifth edition (1678) based on Millicent Sowerby's use of that edition in ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson''.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:483 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=503 [no.4421]].</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's recommendation and purchased a copy of the fifth edition for the [[George Wythe Collection]].<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full leather with raised bands and gold and black impressing. Includes prior owner signature on title page. Purchased from Attic Books.<br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637876185223 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21536940700003196 William & Mary's online catalog].<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Universal_Dictionary_of_Trade_and_Commerce&diff=52902Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce2016-09-09T18:13:57Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce''}}<br />
===by Malachy Postlethwayt===<br />
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|author=Malachy Postlethwayt<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachy_Postlethwayt Malachy Postlethwayt] (1707-1767) was a British economic writer and author. Beginning in the 1730’s he was employed by Prime Minister [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walpole Robert Walpole] as a government publicist.<ref>Peter Groenewegen, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22599 Postlethwayt, Malachy (1707–1767)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed September 26, 2013.</ref> Postlethwayt was elected as a fellow to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London Society of Antiquaries] in March of 1735.<ref>Robert Bennett, "Malachy Postlethwayt 1707-67: Genealogy and Influence of an Early Economist and 'Spin-Doctor'," ''Genealogists’ Magazine'' 1 (2006): 1-8.</ref> In 1743 he began his employment with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Africa_Company Royal Africa Company], and was elected a member of the company’s court of assistants in 1745.<ref>Groenewegen, "Postlethwayt, Malachy."</ref> During the 1740’s and early 1750’s Postlethwayt prepared his most critically acclaimed work, ''The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce'', which was released as two installments between 1751 and 1755.<ref>Bennett, "Malachy Postlethwayt."</ref><br /><br />
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Postlethwayt's ''Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce'', as compared to other popular economic writings at the time, illustrated his interest in political problems, economic nationalism, and a belief in the economic usefulness of experimental philosophy.<ref>E. A. Johnson, "Postlethwayt, the Publicist," in ''Predecessors of Adam Smith: The Growth of British Economic Thought'' (New York: Prentice Hall, 1937), 402.</ref> ''The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce'' contained many practical articles on inventions and improvements, as well as on commercial practices such as banking, commercial bills, and customs house business.<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Postlethwayt’s Dictionary. 1. of the vols only. fol." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Dictionary of Trade & Commerce' ($2.00 value)." We do not have enough information to conclusively identify which edition Wythe owned. [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 November 13, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates this, adding "Several folio editions were published, the first in 1751-55." 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> lists the third edition published in London in 1766 based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress in 1815.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:359 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648109;view=1up;seq=377 [no.2102]].</ref> This was the edition purchased by the Wolf Law Library.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary speckled calf with spines in seven compartments with raised bands. Tooled in gilt on either side of each band. Dark red and dark green morocco lettering-pieces in the second and third compartments, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt with marbled endpapers. Purchased from Donald a. Heald Rare Books. <br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157658963517145 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21527252410003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Tragedies_of_Euripides&diff=52900Tragedies of Euripides2016-09-09T18:12:45Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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===by Euripides===<br />
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}}[[File:EuripidesTragediesOfEuripides1781v2Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|300px|<center>Frontispiece, volume two.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euripides Euripides] was an Athenian tragic poet/playwright who lived from c. 485 to 406 BCE. He was the youngest of the three great Athenian tragedians, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-1242 "Euri'pidēs"] in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> Little is known about Euripides' life, though we do know that he was interested in the human mind. He associated with sophists such as Anaxagoras, Socrates and Protagoras, and disregarded the temptation of using his fame to become a prominent political player in Athens.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Euripides won just four victories at the famous Dionysia theater competition, ranking him much lower than Aeschylus and Sophocles, with 13 and 18 victories respectively.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-853 "Euripidēs"] in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).</ref> However, more than twice the number of Euripides’ plays have survived to modern times than those of Aeschylus or Sophocles.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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Euripides allegedly wrote 92 plays, 80 for which titles are known, and 19 of which are extant.<ref>"Euri'pidēs” in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature''.</ref> Extreme emotions and unorthodox events are prevalent in Euripides’ writing, often shown through the use of the Chorus. His characters battle societal pressures, torturous situations, and inner conflicts, highlighting "his awareness that personality is inherently a fragmented thing, different aspects being displayed at different times."<ref>Ibid.</ref> Toward the end of his life, Euripides' plays became less tragic, and the importance of the Chorus and the prevalence of songs decreased.<ref>"Euripidēs" in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World''.</ref><br />
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This collection of Euripides’ tragic plays is in two volumes containing all of his eighteen extant tragedies. The first volume includes ''The Bacchae'', ''Ion'', ''Alcestis'', ''Medea'', ''The Phoenician Virgins'', ''Hippolytus'', ''The Suppliants'', ''Hercules'', and ''The Heraclidae''. The second includes ''Iphigenia in Aulis'', ''Rhesus'', ''The Trojan Dames'' (''The Trojan Women''), ''Hecuba'', ''Helena'', ''Electra'', ''Orestes'', ''Iphigenia in Tauris'', and ''Andromache''. The only extant work excluded is ''Cyclops'', a satyr play.<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Potter's Euripides. 2.v. 4to." This was one of the sets kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. He later sold a copy of "Euripides, Eng. by Potter" to the Library of Congress in 1815, but it no longer exists to verify Wythe's prior ownership.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'' (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:532 [[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=552 no.4530]].</ref> Both 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> 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 February 27, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing include the London 1781-1783 edition based on E. Millicent Sowerby's inclusion of that edition in ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson''. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary speckled calf with flat spines with red morocco lettering pieces. Purchased from Blackwell Rare Books. <br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157660704961986 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21566901920003196 William & Mary's online catalog].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[Euripidis Tragœdiæ Medea et Phœnissæ]]''<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Illustrations of Euripides on the Alcestis]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read volume two of this book at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn6lrk;view=1up;seq=10 Hathi Books.]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Second_Part_of_the_Institutes_of_the_Laws_of_England&diff=52898Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England2016-09-09T18:09:35Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Containing the Exposition of Many Ancient and Other Statutes''}}<br />
===by Sir Edward Coke===<br />
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|shorttitle=The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England<br />
|author=Sir Edward Coke<br />
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}}[[File:CokeSecondInstitute1681Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece.</center>]]Born on February 1, 1552 at Mileham, Norfolk, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Coke Sir Edward Coke] (1552-1634) was arguably the most prominent lawyer, legal writer, and politician during the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, and a defender of the common law over the use of the Stuarts' royal prerogative.<ref>''Encyclopaedia Britannica Online'', s.v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/124844/Sir-Edward-Coke Sir Edward Coke]," accessed October 3, 2013.</ref><br /><br />
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Coke began his studies in 1567 at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge Trinity College, Cambridge] during the years of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestiarian_controversy Vestiarian controversy]&mdash;puritan protests against the Church of England. In 1572 he moved on to study at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Temple Inner Temple], where he was admitted to the bar on April 20, 1578. Coke quickly rose to prominence through his successful execution of several noteworthy cases, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_in_Shelley%27s_Case ''Shelley’s'' case]. Coke's analytical efforts helped to refine the legal doctrines of English law, and his reputation won him a seat in Parliament. He would later become the Speaker of the House of Commons and eventually attorney general.<ref>Allen D. Boyer, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/5826 Coke, Sir Edward (1552–1634)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed September 18, 2013.</ref> In 1606, after being created [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serjeant-at-law serjeant-at-law], Coke was appointed chief justice of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Common_Pleas_%28England%29 Court of Common Pleas]. He was transferred, against his will, to chief justice of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_King%27s_Bench_%28England%29 Court of King's Bench] in 1613. He also became a member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom privy council].<ref>Boyer, "Coke, Sir Edward."</ref><br /><br />
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After several political and judicial skirmishes with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I James I] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon Francis Bacon], Coke was suspended from the privy council and removed from the bench in 1616.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s.v. "Sir Edward Coke."</ref> Although he never returned to the bench, Coke did return to Parliament and was elected to that body four times from 1620 to 1629. During this time he took a lead in creating and composing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petition_of_Right Petition of Right]. "This document cited the Magna Carta and reminded Charles I that the law gave Englishmen their rights, not the king ... Coke’s petition focused on ... due process, protection from unjust seizure of property or imprisonment, the right to trial by jury of fellow Englishmen, and protection from unjust punishments or excessive fines."<ref>''Bill of Rights Institute'' website, s.v. "[http://29866.bbnc.bbcust.com/page.aspx?pid=920 Petition of Right (1628)]," accessed October 3, 2013.</ref> After this triumph, Coke spent his remaining years at his home, Stoke Poges, working on ''The Institutes of the Laws of England'', another endeavor for which he is rightly famous.<ref>Boyer, "Coke, Sir Edward."</ref><br /><br />
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''The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England'' includes mainly public law and statutory changes to the common law as previously described in Coke's ''First Institute''.<ref>W. S. Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1924), 5:468.</ref> "As usual the commentaries are both discursive and learned."<ref>Ibid., 469.</ref> Coke's explantion of the more modern statutes give valuable historical insight into the reasons for passage and the immediate effects of their implementation.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed with the other parts of Coke's ''Institutes'' in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Coke’s Institutes. 3.v. fol.'' This was one of the sets kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. He may have sold the volumes to the Library of Congress in 1815. Jefferson did sell two editions of ''The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England'' to the Library, copies of the fourth edition (1662) and sixth edition (1681)<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:218 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648109;view=1up;seq=232 [no. 1782-1783]].</ref> Both volumes still exist, but neither includes any Wythe-related markings or signatures. Mary Goodwin lists both volumes in her pamphlet on the George Wythe House.<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.</ref> [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 March 27, 2015.</ref> suggests the 1662 second edition, noting "contains manuscript notes note by Jefferson." 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, rev. 2014) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> includes the 1681 sixth edition instead. [[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), 10 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> lists the first (1642) edition of ''The Second Part'' citing Nathan Schachner's biography of Jefferson.<ref>Nathan Schachner, ''Thomas Jefferson'' (New York: T. Yoseloff, 1957), 36.</ref> The Wolf Law Library moved a copy of the sixth edition from an existing rare book collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]].<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary calf with blind rules and tooling to boards. Spine features red morocco label with gilt lettering and decorative border. Purchased through the generosity of Daniel W. Baran and Lena Stratton Baran, Class of 1936.<br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157659691978748 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21555830730003196 William & Mary's online catalog].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[Book of Entries|A Book of Entries]]''<br />
*''[[First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England|The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, or, A Commentary upon Littleton]]''<br />
*''[[Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England|The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning the Jurisdiction of the Courts]]''<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Reports of Sir Edward Coke|The Reports of Sir Edward Coke]]''<br />
*''[[Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England|The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning High Treason, and Other Pleas of the Crown, and Criminall Causes]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Rights_of_War_and_Peace&diff=52896Rights of War and Peace2016-09-09T18:07:59Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Rights of War and Peace, in Three Books: Wherein are Explained, the Law of Nature and Nations, and the Principal Points Relating to Government''}}<br />
===by Hugo Grotius===<br />
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|shorttitle=The Rights of War and Peace<br />
|author=Hugo Grotius<br />
|trans=Jean Barbeyrac<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_grotius Hugo Grotius] (1583-1645) is often touted as the "Father of International Law."<ref>Sean Murphy, ''Principles of International Law'', (Minnesota: Thompson West, 2006), chap. 3.</ref> Grotius influenced thinkers like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_locke John Locke] with his ideas of international law as natural law, or principles derived inherently from the human nature or human reason.<ref>Jeremy Waldron, ''God, Locke, and Equality: Christian Foundations in Locke's Political Thought'', (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 189.</ref> Grotius also wrote extensively on maritime law and the law of war.<br /><br />
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In his three-book set ''De Jure Belli ac Pacis'' (''The Rights of War and Peace''), first published in 1625, Grotius maintains that natural law principles are universally binding on all people. The first book defines war and outlines circumstances when it is justifiable.<ref>Miller, Jon, "[http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2011/entries/grotius/ Hugo Grotius]," ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta, ed.</ref> The second classifies just causes for war, including self-defense, reparation of injury, and punishment.<ref>Ibid.</ref> The concluding book questions the rules of war and how they are universally binding.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Together, Grotius' books present a theory of just war, delineating between jus ad bello and jus in bello, or just causes of going to war and justice in war respectively. <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Grotius'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[James Dinsmore]]. While the precise title and work are unknown, it is highly likely that Jefferson's notation refers to a copy of ''The Rights of War and Peace''. 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 both include the 1738 English title based on a copy sold at auction in 1881 which contained [[George Wythe's bookplate]].<ref>''Catalogue of the Choice and Extensive Law and Miscellaneous Library of the late Hon. William Green, LL.D., … to be sold by Auction, January 18th, 1881, at Richmond, VA.'' (Richmond: John E. Laughton, Jr., 1881), 65 "645. Grotius (H.). The Rights of War and Peace, with notes of J. Barbeyrac. Folio. London: 1738. Armorial book plate of George Wythe."</ref> The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards with raised bands and a lettering piece on the spine. The endpapers have been renewed. Purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. <br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157637697652274 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21585524410003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[De Veritate Religionis Christianae]]''<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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[[Category:International Law]]<br />
[[Category:James Dinsmore's Books]]<br />
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Reports_of_that_Learned_Sir_Henry_Hobart_Knight&diff=52894Reports of that Learned Sir Henry Hobart Knight2016-09-09T18:05:32Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''The Reports of that Learned Sir Henry Hobart Knight, Late Lord Chiefe Justice of His Maiesties Court of Common Pleas at Westminster''}}<br />
===by Sir Henry Hobart===<br />
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|shorttitle=The Reports of that Learned Sir Henry Hobart Knight<br />
|commontitle=Hobart's Reports<br />
|author=Sir Henry Hobart<br />
|publoc=London<br />
|publisher=Printed by the assignes of Iohn More<br />
|year=1641<br />
|lang=English<br />
|pages=489 (i.e. 463), [6] <br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Henry_Hobart,_1st_Baronet Henry Hobart] (1554-1625) was born in Norfolk to Thomas and Audrey Hobart.<ref>Stuart Handley, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13391?docPos=1 Hobart, Sir Henry (c. 1554, d. 1625)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed February 28, 2013.</ref> In 1570, he was admitted to Peterhouse, Cambridge.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Later, he studied at Furnival’s Inn, and entered Lincoln’s Inn on July 30, 1575.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Hobart was called to bar in 1584 and returned to Parliament for the Cornish Borough of St. Ives in 1589.<ref>Ibid.</ref> The following year, he married Dorothy Bell, with whom he eventually had twelve children.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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Hobart quickly rose to prominence.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1603, he had the twin distinctions of becoming a serjeant-at-law and being made a knight, in 1606 was appointed attorney general and in 1611 was made a baronet by King James I, one of the first to receive the distinction after the King’s revival of the practice.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1613, Hobart was appointed the chief justice of the court of common pleas.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In addition to the aforementioned honors, Hobart served in numerous other roles during his lifetime, including serving as a member of the Virginia, North West Passage, and East India Companies.<ref>Ibid.</ref> He also served as chancellor to Charles, prince of Wales.<ref>Ibid.</ref> During his life, Hobart amassed great wealth, leaving behind houses at Highgate and St. Bartholomew’s in London and Chapel in the Fields, Norwich.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Hobart died in 1625.<ref>Ibid.</ref> <br />
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Hobart's reports were carelessly edited and published posthumously.<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 220.</ref> They became more valuable after Lord Nottingham revised them and added an index.<ref>Ibid., 220-21</ref> One scholar remarked, ‘’we have only to turn to the Reports of Hobart themselves, fragmentary as they are, to see the evidences of his genius and lofty dignity and morals.”<ref>Ibid., 222</ref> The reports reveal his “pure love of justice triumphant over the subtleties of chicanery.”<ref>Ibid., 223</ref> Hobart, as a serjeant-at-law, had great affection for the art of pleading, writing in his reports that it is, “the principle art of law, for pleading is not talking. Therefore it is required that pleading be true; that is the goodness and virtue of pleading. And that it be certain and single; that is the beauty and grace of pleading.” <ref>Ibid., 227</ref><br />
[[File:HobartReportsOfHenryHobart1641InitialCapital.jpg|left|thumb|150px|<center>Initial capital, first page of text.</center>]]<br />
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Hobart's [reports]" and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. Multiple editions were published from 1641 to 1724.<ref>''Sweet & Maxwell's Complete Law Book Catalogue'', comp. W. Harold Maxwell, vol. 1, ''A Bibliography of English Law to 1650, Including Books Dealing with that Period, Printed from 1480 to 1925'' (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1925), 199.</ref> We do not have enough information to identify the precise edition owned by Wythe. Barbara Dean lists the 5th edition<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 12 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> based on notes in John Marshall's commonplace book. 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> includes the 3rd edition (1671) based on the edition sold by Thomas Jefferson to the Library of Congress. [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) notes "Precise edition unknown." Because we do not know which edition Wythe owned and because the library prefers first editions, the Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the first (1641) edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in simply ruled early dark calf, recently rebacked, with raised bands and title label on spine. Includes the eighteenth or nineteenth century armorial bookplate of "Clark, Knedlington, Yorks." with the motto "The time will come." on the front pastedown. The front flyleaf features an inscription from 1693. <br />
[[File:HobartReportsOfHenryHobart1641Inscription.jpg|right|thumb|350px|<center>Inscription, front flyleaf.</center>]]<br />
Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157658452189072 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21571861100003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Reports_of_that_Late_Reverend_and_Learned_Judge,_Thomas_Owen&diff=52892Reports of that Late Reverend and Learned Judge, Thomas Owen2016-09-09T18:04:07Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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===by Thomas Owen===<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Owen_%28died_1598%29 Thomas Owen] (d.1598) was admitted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%27s_inn Lincoln's Inn] in 1562, called to the bar in 1570, and made a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bencher bencher] in 1579.<ref>David Ibbetson, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21032 Owen, Thomas (d. 1598)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed September 18, 2013.</ref> He had a reputation "above all [as] a man of very sound and reliable judgement."<ref>Ibid.</ref> His ''Reports'' are occasionally cited, but the book "enjoys no particular reputation one way or the other."<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 153.</ref> The volume most likely derives mainly from a French manuscript by Owen and held by Lincoln's Inn, although some of the cases occurred after Owen's death.<ref>Wallace, ''The Reporters'', 153-4.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Owen's [reports]" and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. Only one edition was published.<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'' (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 551.</ref> Three of the [[George Wythe Collection|Wythe Collection]] sources ([[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), 13 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</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) include Owen's ''Reports''. A copy at the University of Virginia may be Wythe's actual copy. It includes an inscription "Given by Thos. Jefferson to D. Carr 1806." It also has the signature on the title page: "Wm. Nelson, Gent."<ref>Brown, ""The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond."</ref> The Wolf Law Library moved a copy from another rare book collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]]. <br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Recently rebound in period style. Spine features four bands with gilt rules and green label. Purchased through the generosity of Daniel W. Baran and Lena Stratton Baran, Class of 1936. <br /><br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157658591829806 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21583551000003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Case Reports]]<br />
[[Category:Common Pleas Reports]]<br />
[[Category:Dabney Carr's Books]]<br />
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]<br />
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[[Category:Probable Surviving Wythe Volumes]]<br />
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[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Reports_of_Sir_Peyton_Ventris&diff=52890Reports of Sir Peyton Ventris2016-09-09T18:02:51Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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===by Sir Peyton Ventris===<br />
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|author=Sir Peyton Ventris<br />
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|publisher=Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for D. Browne<br />
|year=1726<br />
|edition=Fourth impression, carefully corrected<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton_Ventris Sir Peyton Ventris] (1645-1691) entered the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Temple Middle Temple] in 1664 and was called to the bar in 1671.<ref>Paul D. Halliday, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28197 Ventris, Sir Peyton (1645–1691)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed June 5, 2013.</ref> He rose to prominence after the Revolution of 1688, becoming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serjeant-at-law serjeant-at-law], justice of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Common_Pleas_%28England%29 Court of Common Pleas], and rising to a knighthood in 1689.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Ventris' compilation of reports, covering cases from 1668-1691, has "generally been considered to be of good authority"<ref>W. S. Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1924), 6:561.</ref> with "but few of the cases censured."<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 345.</ref> They "endure as among the most important written during the Restoration."<ref>Halliday, "Ventris, Sir Peyton."</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== <br />
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 the 1726 edition of 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> The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary calf and rebacked in period style with raised bands and lettering piece to the spine and renewed endpapers. Purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.<br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157658246041120 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21590382850003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Exchequer Reports]]<br />
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[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Reports_of_Sir_Henry_Yelverton&diff=52888Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton2016-09-09T17:59:43Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton ... of Divers Special Cases in the Court of King's Bench, as Well in the Latter Rnd of the Reign of Q. Elizabeth, as in the First Ten Years of K. James''}}<br />
===by Sir Henry Yelverton===<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Yelverton_(attorney-general) Sir Henry Yelverton] (1566-1630), judge and politician, was the eldest son of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Christopher_Yelverton Sir Christopher Yelverton], the noted judge and speaker of the House of Commons.<ref>S. R. Gardiner, rev. Louis A. Knafla, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30214?docPos=528317 Yelverton, Sir Henry (b. 1566, d. 1630)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed February 24, 2014.</ref><br />
According to one scholar, “genius, education, and public honor appear, indeed, to have been heirlooms in his family.”<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 212.</ref> Yelverton’s quick rise to prominence may be attributed to the public favor he received on account of his father’s good name.<ref>Ibid., 214</ref> In 1581, he matriculated from Christ’s College, Cambridge and graduated from Peterhouse in 1584.<ref>"Yelverton, Sir Henry," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.</ref> Yelverton’s puritan leanings were informed by his time at Cambridge.<ref>Ibid.</ref> After gaining admittance to Gray’s Inn in 1580, he was called to bar in 1593.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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Yelverton’s political activities began in 1597 when he was elected MP for Northhampton and sat on several committees.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Although not returned in 1601, he was in 1604 for the first parliament of James I.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In Parliament, he became known as an “independent man who spoke his mind.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> It was Yelverton’s outspokenness about the rights of parliament which tended to get him in trouble with the king, even though he supported the royal prerogative.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Despite the troublesome independence of his views, Yelverton regained the trust of King James I by gaining audience and explaining his views.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Ultimately this reconciliation enabled him to serve the King in various capacities.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1613, Yelverton was made solicitor-general and knighted, and he became attorney general after the king appointed Sir Francis Bacon Lord Keeper.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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Despite his advancement to these positions of power, Yelverton’s puritan independence caused him trouble.<ref>Ibid.</ref> The Duke of Buckingham, with whom Yelverton had an adversarial relationship, accused Yelverton of abusing his position as commissioner of patents.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Their animosity came to a head when Yelverton accused Buckingham of standing “still att the Kinges elbowe ready to hew me down.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> For this, Yelverton was found guilty of slandering Buckingham, in addition to the underlying crime of impugning the king through his actions as commissioner of patents.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1621, Yelverton returned to the King’s Bench, Chancery, Star Chamber, and Assize circuits.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1625 he was made serjeant-at-law and became judge of the Court of Common Pleas, five years before he died.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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Scholars hold Yelverton’s ''Reports'' in high regard. Although they were never intended for publication, they are considered “among the best of the older books both for value of decision and essential accuracy of report.” <ref>Wallace, ''The Reporters'', 211.</ref> <br />
[[File:YelvertonReportsofSirHenryYelverton1735Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Previous owner's signature, front flyleaf.</center>]]<br />
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
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 the third (1735) edition of Yelverton's ''Reports'' based on notes in John Marshall's commonplace book.<ref>Herbert A. Johnson, Charles T. Cullen, and Nancy G. Harris, eds., ''The Papers of John Marshall'' (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, in association with the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1974), 1:45.</ref> The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards with renewed endpapers. Includes early owner signature of "Miers Fischer" the front flyleaf and title page. Purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. <br />
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View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21553504310003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=E-oDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br />
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[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Reports_of_Sir_Edward_Coke&diff=52886Reports of Sir Edward Coke2016-09-09T17:57:10Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Kt. in English, in Thirteen Parts Compleat (with References to All the Ancient and Modern Books of the Law) ''}}<br />
===by Sir Edward Coke===<br />
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|author=Sir Edward Coke<br />
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}}Born on February 1, 1552 at Mileham, Norfolk, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Coke Sir Edward Coke] (1552-1634) was arguably the most prominent lawyer, legal writer, and politician during the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, and a defender of the common law over the use of the Stuarts' royal prerogative.<ref>''Encyclopaedia Britannica Online'', s.v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/124844/Sir-Edward-Coke Sir Edward Coke]," accessed October 3, 2013.</ref><br /><br />
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Coke began his studies in 1567 at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge Trinity College, Cambridge] during the years of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestiarian_controversy Vestiarian controversy]&mdash;puritan protests against the Church of England. In 1572 he moved on to study at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Temple Inner Temple], where he was admitted to the bar on April 20, 1578. Coke quickly rose to prominence through his successful execution of several noteworthy cases, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_in_Shelley%27s_Case ''Shelley’s'' case]. Coke's analytical efforts helped to refine the legal doctrines of English law, and his reputation won him a seat in Parliament. He would later become the Speaker of the House of Commons and eventually attorney general.<ref>Allen D. Boyer, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/5826 Coke, Sir Edward (1552–1634)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed September 18, 2013.</ref> In 1606, after being created [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serjeant-at-law serjeant-at-law], Coke was appointed chief justice of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Common_Pleas_%28England%29 Court of Common Pleas]. He was transferred, against his will, to chief justice of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_King%27s_Bench_%28England%29 Court of King's Bench] in 1613; he also became a member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom privy council].<ref>Boyer, "Coke, Sir Edward."</ref><br /><br />
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}}After several political and judicial skirmishes with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I James I] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon Francis Bacon], Coke was suspended from the privy council and removed from the bench in 1616.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s.v. "Sir Edward Coke."</ref> Although he never returned to the bench, Coke did return to Parliament and was elected to that body four times from 1620 to 1629. During this time he took a lead in creating and composing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petition_of_Right Petition of Right]. "This document cited the Magna Carta and reminded Charles I that the law gave Englishmen their rights, not the king ... Coke’s petition focused on ... due process, protection from unjust seizure of property or imprisonment, the right to trial by jury of fellow Englishmen, and protection from unjust punishments or excessive fines."<ref>''Bill of Rights Institute'', s.v. [http://billofrightsinstitute.org/resources/educator-resources/americapedia/americapedia-documents/petition-of-right/ "Petition of Right (1628)]," accessed October 3, 2013.</ref> After this triumph, Coke spent his remaining years at his home, Stoke Poges, working on ''The Institutes of the Laws of England'', another endeavor for which he is rightly famous.<ref>Boyer, "Coke, Sir Edward."</ref><br /><br />
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<blockquote>"Coke's first well-known work was a manuscript report of Shelley's case, circulated soon after the decision in 1581. In 1600, afraid that unauthorized versions of his case reports might be printed—and probably following the example of Edmund Plowden, with whom he had worked and whom he revered—Coke issued the First Part of his Reports. He put out eleven volumes by 1615. Making available more than 467 cases, carrying the imprimatur and the authority of the lord chief justice, these case reports provided a critical mass of material for the rapidly developing modern common law. Reversing medieval jurisprudence, which had often relied on general learning and reason, Coke preferred to amass precedents. ‘The reporting of particular cases or examples’, he asserted, was ‘the most perspicuous course of teaching the right rule and reason of the law’ (E. Coke, Reports, 1600–1659, 4, preface).<br />
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Coke began by printing great cases. With the Fourth Part and Fifth Part (1604–5) he shifted to shorter cases, grouped by topics. The Fifth Part featured Cawdrey's case, with Coke's treatise on the crown's ecclesiastical supremacy. Beginning with the Sixth Part (1607), Coke emphasized recent decisions. For his massive Book of Entries (1614) he collected pleadings for his fellow lawyers' better guidance."<ref>Boyer, "Coke, Sir Edward (1552–1634)."</ref> </blockquote><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Wythe definitely owned this title&mdash;copies of volumes six and seven of the 1738 edition at the College of William & Mary include [[George Wythe's bookplate|his bookplate]] and an inscription on the inside front board, "Given by Thos. Jefferson to D. Carr, 1806." Surprisingly, ''Coke's Reports'' is not listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]]. Perhaps this was an oversight on Jefferson's part, or the title appeared on a lost or damaged page. Three of the [[George Wythe Collection|Wythe Collection]] sources ([[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), 10 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</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 1738 edition of this title.<br />
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==Description of Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
The [[George Wythe Collection]] includes a complete set of ''Coke's Reports'' purchased in 2010, and volume six of George Wythe's personal copy. The latter is on permanent loan to the Wolf Law Library from the Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary.<br /><br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637634538664/ available on Flickr.] View the record for <br />
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===George Wythe's Copy, Volume 6===<br />
Rebound with original boards, featuring six raised bands. Includes the bookplates of George Wythe and Tazewell Taylor of Norfolk, VA, numbered "166". It is also signed "Tazewell Taylor 1842" and is inscribed "Given by Thos Jefferson to D Carr 1806" beneath the Wythe bookplate. <br />
[[File:CokesReports1738EleventhPartSignature.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Signature, title page, eleventh part.</center>]]<br />
===Complete Set===<br />
Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, raised bands and lettering pieces to spines. Includes the inscription "H. R. Droop, New Square, Lincoln's Inn" on the title pages of the first and third parts. Initialed "Wm. C. H." on the title pages to the seventh and ninth parts. Signed "John Hadfield" on the the title pages to the eleventh part and the general index.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[Book of Entries|A Book of Entries]]''<br />
*''[[First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England|The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, or, A Commentary upon Littleton]]''<br />
*''[[Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England|The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning the Jurisdiction of the Courts]]''<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Known Surviving Wythe Volumes]]<br />
*''[[Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England|The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Containing the Exposition of Many Ancient and Other Statutes]]''<br />
*''[[Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England|The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning High Treason, and Other Pleas of the Crown, and Criminall Causes]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Common Pleas Reports]]<br />
[[Category:Exchequer Reports]]<br />
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[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Reports_of_Sir_Bartholomew_Shower&diff=52884Reports of Sir Bartholomew Shower2016-09-09T17:53:06Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''The Reports of Sir Bartholomew Shower, Knt. of Cases Adjudg'd in the Court of King's Bench, in the Reign of His Late Majesty King William III, With Several Learned Arguments''}}<br />
===by Sir Bartholomew Shower===<br />
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}}[[File:ShowerKingsBenchReportsV21720Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece, volume two.</center>]][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 appointed to the bench.<ref>Robert J. Frankle, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/25471 Shower, Sir Bartholomew (1658–1701)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed September 22, 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 became a dominant tory voice in the Commons. Shower's King's Bench reports derive from his manuscript notes but were published posthumously. "It is probable that these Cases were printed from the 'foul copy' of the Reporter" and were not the finished product Shower meant to publish.<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'' (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 646.</ref> As a result, the first two editions of the reports have been widely criticized.<ref>Robert J. Frankle, "Shower, Sir Bartholomew."</ref> A third edition, published in 1836 and based on a manuscript in the Lansdowne collection, has a more favorable reputation and appears to represent the collection Shower originally intended to print.<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 392-393.</ref> <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
There is no doubt that George Wythe owned this title&mdash;a copy of the first edition at the Library of Congress includes [[George Wythe's bookplate|Wythe's armorial bookplate]]. We also know that [[Thomas Jefferson]] listed the title as "Shower’s [rep] 2.v. fol." in his [[Jefferson Inventory|inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]], noting that he kept the volume himself. He later sold it to the Library of Congress. Not surprisingly, all four of the [[George Wythe Collection|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), L.</ref>, [[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), 5, 14 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</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 February 13, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing) list the first edition of Shower's ''King's Bench Reports''. The Wolf Law Library moved a copy of the first edition from another rare book collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]]. <br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary blind calf, rebacked with red spine labels. Each volume includes a previous owner's signature on the title page. Marginal notes of previous owner in both volumes Purchased through the generosity of Daniel W. Baran and Lena Stratton Baran, Class of 1936.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]<br />
[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Reports_and_Arguments_of_that_Learned_Judge,_Sir_John_Vaughan&diff=52882Reports and Arguments of that Learned Judge, Sir John Vaughan2016-09-09T17:52:05Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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===by Sir John Vaughan===<br />
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|author=Sir John Vaughan<br />
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|edition=Second<br />
|lang=English<br />
|publoc=London<br />
|publisher=Printed by the assigns of R. and E. Atkins<br />
|year=1706<br />
|pages=482<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vaughan_%28judge%29 Sir John Vaughan] (1603–1674) was admitted to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Temple Inner Temple] in 1621 and called to the bar in 1630.<ref>J. Gwynn Williams, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/28134 Vaughan, Sir John (1603–1674)]" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed September 19, 2013.</ref> A constitutional royalist, Vaughan retired from his profession at the outbreak of the English Civil War. He subsequently returned to public life and represented Cardiganshire in Parliament from 1661 to 1668 where he developed a reputation for "silver-tongued eloquence."<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1668, he was knighted and appointed Chief Justice of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Common_Pleas_%28England%29 Court of Common Pleas], a position which earned him praise as "‘a really consummate common law judge."<ref>J. Campbell, ''Lives of the Chief Justices'', 3, 1857, 2.</ref> Vaughan's ''Reports'', published posthumously by his only son, mainly represent his decisions on the bench and are, with a few exceptions "distinguished for accuracy and sound learning."<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'' (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 707. See also John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 334.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Vaughan's [reports]" and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. 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 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> include the 2nd edition (1706) based in part on John Marshall's law notes.<ref>Herbert A. Johnson, Charles T. Cullen, and Nancy G. Harris, eds., ''The Papers of John Marshall,'' (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, in association with the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1974), 1:44.</ref> [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 lists the first edition with the note "Precise edition unknown. Editions with identical imprints were published at London in 1677 and 1679." Following the advice of Dean and Brown, the Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the 2nd edition.<br />
[[File:VaughanReports1706HeadpieceToTheReader.jpg|left|thumb|450px|<center>Headpiece, "To the Reader."</center>]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Rebound in half leather with raised bands, gilt designs, a leather label, and marbled paper covered boards. Copy missing engraved frontispiece. Purchased from Weller Book Works.<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''The Report of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster: From the First Year of King James the Second, to the Tenth Year of King William the Third''}}<br />
===by Roger Comberbach===<br />
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|commontitle=Comberbach's Reports<br />
|author=Roger Comberbach<br />
|edition=First<br />
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|publoc=[London], In the Savoy<br />
|publisher=Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for J. Walthoe<br />
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}}Roger Comberbach served as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder_%28judge%29 recorder] of Chester and a judge of North Wales.<ref>William Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1924), 6:558.</ref> Like many other reports of his time, Comberbach's reports were almost universally disparaged.<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed., (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 396.</ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Wallace Wallace] sums up the work as "[a] posthumous note-book, published by the author's son, and therefore, perhaps, as filial editorships generally go, more pardonable for its worthlessness."<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
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> includes the 1st (1724) edition Comberbach's ''Reports'' based on quotations in the manuscript copy of [[John Marshall|John Marshall's]] law notes. The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and moved a copy of this edition from another rare book collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]].<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Rebound in period style. Spine features four bands and blue gilt labels. Signed "R. Scudmore" on the title page. Purchased through the generosity of Daniel W. Baran and Lena Stratton Baran, Class of 1936. <br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Pursuits_of_Literature&diff=52878Pursuits of Literature2016-09-09T17:50:03Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem, in Four Dialogues, with Notes''}}<br />
===by Thomas James Mathias===<br />
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|shorttitle=The Pursuits of Literature<br />
|author=Thomas James Mathias<br />
|publoc=Dublin<br />
|publisher=Printed for J. Milliken<br />
|year=1798<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_James_Mathias Thomas James Mathias] (1753/4-1835) was an accomplished satirist and Italian scholar<ref>Paul Baines, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18334 “Mathias, Thomas James (1753/4–1835)”], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004), accessed September 24, 2013. Unless otherwise noted, all biographical details are from this source.</ref> chiefly known for his satire ''The Pursuits of Literature, or, What you will''. Published in four dialogues from 1794-1797, the work was in part a response to the French Revolution and prevalence of democratic radicalism.<ref>Thomas B. Gilmore and W.B. Carnochan, “The Politics of Eighteenth-Century Satire,” ''PMLA,'' 86, No. 2 (Modern Language Association, 1971), p. 277.</ref> Despite criticism of his lack of poetic skill, his satire of contemporary figures made it an incredibly popular work.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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After his mother’s death in 1799, Mathias published numerous Italian translations of English poems in a perfect mastery of the written language,<ref>Anonymous, “Obituary of Thomas James Mathias,” ''Gentleman’s Magazine NS'' (Nov. 1835), pp. 550-52.</ref> and he moved to Naples in 1814.<br/><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Pursuits of Literature. 8vo." This was one of the titles kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and may have been sold to the Library of Congress in 1815. Jefferson did sell a copy of Mathias's ''Pursuits of Literature'' to the Library of Congress but the volume no longer exists to verify its edition or Wythe's prior ownership. [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 February 24, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. This was first published in 1794, and many London and Dublin editions followed." 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> includes the eighth Dublin edition (1798) based on Millicent Sowerby's use of that edition in ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson''.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:521 [[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=541 no.4513]].</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's recommendation and purchased a copy of the eighth edition for the [[George Wythe Collection]].<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in original full-leather covers with gilt title on read leather spine label. Includes the bookplate of the Rev. John William Beauman on the front pastedown. Purchased from Shoemaker Booksellers. <br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Proceedings_of_the_Convention_of_Delegates_for_the_Counties_and_Corporations_in_the_Colony_of_Virginia&diff=52876Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates for the Counties and Corporations in the Colony of Virginia2016-09-09T17:48:15Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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|shorttitle=The Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates<br />
|author=Third Virginia Convention<br />
|publoc=Williamsburg<br />
|publisher=Printed by Alexander Purdie<br />
|year=1775<br />
|edition=First<br />
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}}This text records the proceedings of the [[wikipedia:Virginia Conventions|Third Virginia Convention]], which convened at St. John's Church in Richmond on July 17, 1775 after [[wikipedia:John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore|Lord Dunmore]], Governor of the Virginia colony fled the capital. The Convention ended August 26, 1775. Delegates elected [[wikipedia:Peyton Randolph|Peyton Randolph]], President, and John Tazewell, Clerk.<ref>Jacob Neff Brenaman, ''A History of Virginia Conventions'' (Richmond, VA: J.L. Hill Printing Co., 1902), 21.</ref> Prior to the Third Convention, Governor Dunmore ordered the removal of Virginia's gunpowder stores to a warship, threatened to free Virginia's slaves, and warned that he would burn Williamsburg. Violence loomed, and Dunmore took shelter on the ''Fowey'', another warship, on June 8, 1775.<ref>"[http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/VAGuide/history.html WPA Guide to Virginia: Virginia History]" in ''Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion'' (Richmond: Virginia State Library and Archives, in cooperation with the Virginia Center for the Book, 1992), accessed November 7, 2013.</ref><br />
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After [[wikipedia:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry's]] impassioned "[[wikipedia:Give me liberty, or give me death!|Give me Liberty, or give me Death!]]" speech at the Second Virginia Convention in March 1775, the attendees at the Third Convention were more fully convinced of the impending threats against Virginia and the budding nation. This Convention established a [[wikipedia:Committee of Safety (American Revolution)|Committee of Safety]], to which [[Edmund Pendleton]] and [[wikipedia:George Mason|George Mason]] were elected, so the colonists would be prepared to defend themselves. It provided for volunteer regimens in each Virginia county and a fixed system to maintain the militia, arms, and ammunition. Notably, the Convention also appointed Patrick Henry colonel and elected [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[George Wythe]] as representatives to the General Convention for one year.<ref>Brenaman, ''A History of Virginia Conventions,'' 21-26.</ref> <br />
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[[File:ProceedingsOfTheConventionOfDelegates1775Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>''G. Wythe'' signature, title page.</center>]]<br />
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Wythe definitely owned this title&mdash;a copy owned by the Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William &amp; Mary is inscribed "G. Wythe" on the title page. Two of the [[George Wythe Collection|Wythe Collection]] sources (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) include this title. The Wolf Law Library arranged a permanent loan from the Swem Library of George Wythe's personal copy.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Rebound with cloth spine and paper boards. Housed in a blue archival box. Title page inscribed "G. Wythe." Includes a few manuscript corrections and markings by Wythe.<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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__NOTOC__</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Poems_of_Ossian&diff=52874Poems of Ossian2016-09-09T17:45:36Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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===by James Macpherson===<br />
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|shorttitle=The Poems of Ossian<br />
|vol=volume two<br />
|author=James Macpherson<br />
|publoc=London<br />
|publisher=Printed for W. STraham and T. Cadell<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Macpherson James Macpherson] (1736-96) was a Scottish writer most famous for his Ossianic poems.<ref> Derick S. Thomson, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17728 “Macpherson, James (1736-1796),”] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004), accessed October 31, 2013. <br />
All biographical information is from this source unless otherwise noted.</ref> Macpherson had an extensive background in Gaelic history and literature, as well as in the classics. He began his career as a poet while in university at Aberdeen, writing comical poems and developing prominent contacts in Edinburgh.<br />
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''The Poems of Ossian'' adapts Gaelic oral history, carried down in ballads, to verse easily digestible by non-Gaelic readers. Macpherson “translated” ballads and adapted their plots to piece together historical narratives. The poems immediately became controversial in Britain because of questions of their authenticity,<ref> Robert P. Fitzgerald, “The Style of Ossian,” ''Studies in Romanticism'', 6, No. 1 (Boston University, Fall 1966), pp. 22-23.</ref> and also due to the tangle of Scottish, English, and Irish rivalries.<br />
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[[Thomas Jefferson]] corresponded with Charles Macpherson in 1773, thirteen years after the initial publication of ''The Poems of Ossian'', to ask for a copy of the poems Macpherson used in Gaelic.<ref> Gilbert Chinard, “Jefferson and Ossian,” ''Modern Language Notes'', 38, No. 4 (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Apr. 1923), pp. 201-203.</ref> Charles Macpherson responded that no copies of the poems existed, as Gaelic was not only a difficult language to learn, but was mostly oral.<ref> Ibid., at p. 201, 203-04.</ref> His reply gets to the heart of the controversy surrounding the poems: that Macpherson composed the poems himself instead of translating them.<ref> Ibid., at p. 202.</ref> <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Ossian. 2.v. 8vo." and kept by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson later sold a copy of the London (1784-1785) edition of ''The Poems of Ossian'' to the Library of Congress in 1815, but the volumes no longer exist to ascertain Wythe's previous ownership.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:464-466 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=486 [no.4377]].</ref> [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 March 4, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing mentions the Library of Congress copy but notes "Precise edition unknown. Several two-volume editions in octavo were published." 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> includes the Library of Congress copy while also listing a copy of the Paris (1783) edition at the University of Virginia as a possibility for Wythe's copy. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the London edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in recent half-calf with gilt, raised bands, and red labels. Purchased from Peter Shouler. <br />
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157637697575143 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21587490960003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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Read volume two of this book at the [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433074933361;view=1up;seq=9 Hathi Trust.]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Adlangehttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Plays_of_William_Shakespeare&diff=52872Plays of William Shakespeare2016-09-09T17:44:13Z<p>Adlange: </p>
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===by William Shakespeare===<br />
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|shorttitle=The Plays of William Shakespeare<br />
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|author=William Shakespeare<br />
|editor=Samuel Johnson and George Steevens<br />
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}}[[File:ShakespearePlays1778v1Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_shakespeare William Shakespeare] (1564-1616) is widely considered the foremost writer in the English language.<ref>Peter Holland, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25200 “Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)”], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004), accessed October 7, 2013. Unless otherwise noted, all biographical details are from this source.</ref> Shakespeare was an actor who begun to write plays sometime between 1585 and 1592. He began his career as a playwright with English histories, such as ''Henry VI'', comedies, like ''The Taming of the Shrew'', and tragedies, such as ''Titus Andronicus''.<ref> S. Schoenbaum, “William Shakespeare, Gentleman,” ''The Wilson Quarterly'', 3, No. 1 (1979), p. 184.</ref> His first published work was the poem ''Venus and Adonis'' (1593).<br />
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"The dating of Shakespeare's works is often opaque and the early plays pose especial problems."<ref>Holland, “Shakespeare, William."</ref> Shakespeare began publishing plays in 1594 although he began writing them somewhat earlier. In the mid-1590s, he wrote ''Love’s Labour’s Lost'', ''Richard II'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', and ''A Midsummer Night’s Dream''. He continued to write prolifically during the late 1590s and early 1600s. In 1606 Shakespeare wrote ''King Lear'' and ''Macbeth'', which were both influenced by contemporary politics. By 1609, about half of Shakespeare’s plays had been printed. Shakespeare continued to write plays until 1613; he died in 1616.<br />
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Shakespeare is known for his exploration of human nature, as Samuel Johnson states in his famous [http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/Editors/JohnsonPreface.htm “Preface to the Works of Shakespeare”], "His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. . . .Shakespeare has no heroes; his scenes are occupied only by men, who act and speak as the reader things that he himself should have spoken and acted on the same occasion."<ref>Samuel Johnson, “Preface,” ''The Plays of William Shakespeare'', accessed through Shakespeare’s Editors (Palomar 2009), vii and xii.</ref><br />
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The first folio of Shakespeare’s work was published in 1623, and was expanded and revised countless times in the next century. Editions of the collected works of Shakespeare accumulated notes of different editors and biographical details that cumulate with ''The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Ten Volumes''. This folio edition only includes Shakespeare’s plays.<br />
[[File:ShakespearePlaysOfWilliamShakespeare1778v5Illustration.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Illustration of Morris dancers, volume five.</center>]]<br />
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Shakespear by Johnson & Steevens with the Supplement 12.v." This was one of the titles kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Jefferson sold a set of ''The Plays of William Shakespeare'' to the Library of Congress in 1815, but the volumes no longer exist to verify Wythe's prior ownership. Both [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 February 24, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing 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> include the second edition (1778-1780) based on Millicent Sowerby's use of that edition in ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson''.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:536 [[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=556 no.4539]].</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed Sowerby's recommendation and purchased a copy of the second edition for the [[George Wythe Collection]].<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
All volumes uniformly bound in tree calf leather with ornate gilt border to upper and lower boards and gilt turn ins. Three contemporary gilt bordered black leather labels to spines with marbled endpapers. Set includes two volume [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3470455 ''Supplement''] edited by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens (London: C. Bathurst [etc.], 1780). Purchased from Weybridge Books.<br />
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[[File:ShakespearePlays1798Supp1Illustration.jpg|right|thumb|350px|<center>Illustration from ''Supplement to the Plays of William Shakespeare'', volume one.</center>]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*''[[Shakespeare's Works|Works]]''<br />
*''[[Works of Shakespeare|The Works of Shakespeare]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''The Philosophical Grammar: Being a View of the Present State of Experimented Physiology, or Natural Philosophy In Four Parts. Part I. Somatology, ... Part II. Cosmology, ... Part III. Aerology, ... Part IV. Geology, ... : The Whole Extracted from the Writings of the Greatest Naturalists of the Last and Present Age''}}<br />
===by Benjamin Martin===<br />
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}}Benjamin Martin (1704-1782), lexicographer, science lecturer, and scientific instrument maker was born into a farming family in Surrey and spent the early part of his life working the lands.<ref>John R. Millburn, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18175 Martin, Benjamin (bap. 1705, d. 1782)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed November 21, 2013.</ref> Into his twenties, Martin started a school in Sussex where he taught a range of subjects, from writing to astronomy.<ref>Ibid.</ref> He even wrote inexpensive textbooks for students, including the fields of mathematics and what could be considered by modern-day standards as physics.<ref>John R. Millburn, "The London Evening Courses of Benjamin Martin and James Ferguson, Eighteenth-Century Lecturers on Experimental Philosophy," ''Annals of Science'' 40, no. 5 (1983), 438.</ref><br /><br />
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Written in 1735, ''The Philosophical Grammar: Being a View of the Present State of Experimented Physiology, or Natural Philosophy in Four Parts'' was Martin's first published work, and showed his dedication to providing an extensive scientific volume at an inexpensive price.<ref>Millburn, "Martin, Benjamin."</ref> Martin discusses numerous topics of natural philosophy including both terrestrial and cosmological subjects, and made the topics so as to be easily understood by students.<ref>Charles Platts, "[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Martin,_Benjamin_(DNB00) Martin, Benjamin]," ''Dictionary of National Biography'' 36, accessed through ''Wikisource'', November 21, 2013.</ref> The book underwent 6 reprints in a 40 year period, was translated into 3 other languages, and is considered to be his most successful publication.<ref>Millburn, "Martin, Benjamin."</ref><br /><br />
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Martin went on to publish a number of other works, and started delving into inventing and improving instruments such as microscopes and globes.<ref>Millburn, "The London Evening Courses of Benjamin Martin and James Ferguson," 439.</ref> He even became well known for the design and building of spectacles.<ref>Millburn, "Martin, Benjamin."</ref> Martin eventually shied away from his teacher role and took on a more adult-focused lecture career. He published a monthly magazine while continually inventing and opening a shop.<ref>Millburn, "The London Evening Courses of Benjamin Martin and James Ferguson," 439.</ref> Although he saw business success early on his his career, he unfortunately did not maintain the business acumen later in his life and declared bankruptcy a month before his death in 1782.<ref>Millburn, "Martin, Benjamin (bap. 1705, d. 1782)."</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Martin’s Philosophical grammar. 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. [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 November 13, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates this, adding "Octavo editions were published at London in 1735, 1738, 1748, 1753, 1755, 1762, 1769, and 1778." 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> lists the second London edition published in 1759 based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:30 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=44 [no.3726]].</ref> The Wolf Law Library chose to purchase the 1735 (first) edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full calf and rebacked in leather. Pages are white, bright, unmarked and unfoxed. The front pastedown has the bookplate of the Earl of Roden; the bookplate of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Chase is on the front fly-leaf. Purchased from Adams & Adams Booksellers.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Philosophia Britannica]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=e_M4AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br />
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