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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton: Correctly Printed from the Original Editions: with an Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Containing Several Original Papers of His, Never Before Published''}}<br />
===by John Milton===<br />
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}}[[File:MiltonCompleteWorks1738Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_milton John Milton] (1608-1674), was an English poet and polemicist, and a civil servant under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell Oliver Cromwell]. Best known for his canonical epic poem, ''Paradise Lost'', Milton began to write poetry in English and Latin at Cambridge in 1625.<ref>Gordon Campbell, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18800 Milton, John (1608–1674)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed September 26, 2013. All biographical information is from this source unless otherwise noted.</ref> From this early poetry one can see Milton’s critical view of Catholicism. His first published poem was a commendatory poem in the second published folio of Shakespeare’s work in 1632, titled “On Shakespeare.”<ref>W.P. Trent, “John Milton," ''The Sewanee Review'' 5, no. 1 (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1897): 2-3.</ref><br/><br />
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Greatly affected by the deaths of his mother and his friend and fellow poet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_King_%28British_poet%29 Edward King], Milton traveled abroad to Paris and throughout Italy in 1638.<ref>Pauline Lacy Smith, “John Milton as an Educator,” ''Peabody Journal of Education'' 23, no. 3 (Taylor & Francis, Ltd., Nov. 1945): 170-71.</ref> When he returned to England, Milton published five anti-prelatical pamphlets that criticize the governance of the Church. With the dissolution of his first marriage in 1642 he began to write extensively on divorce, saying that the breakdown of a marriage should constitute grounds for divorce.<ref>Trent, 8-9.</ref><br/><br />
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Milton’s career from 1641-1674 fluctuated between a focus on poetry, political and religious criticisms, and histories. Milton’s political writings from 1649-1655 are marked by a disbelief in the divine right of kings, advocacy for a more republican government, and his controversial defense of regicide that made him infamous across Europe. He also wrote a formidable proposal for the reformation of the English education system<ref>Smith, 173.</ref>, treatises on the importance of a free press, and a treatise against the use of tithes. After becoming blind in 1652, Milton began to dictate his writing.<ref>W.H. Wilmer, “The Blindness of Milton,” ''The Journal of English and Germanic Philology'' 32, no. 3 (University of Illinois Press, July 1993): 308.</ref><br/><br />
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}}Milton’s political writing in the 1650s controversially challenged monarchy as the best form of government. Instead, he advocated for a republic comprised of a “Grand or Supreme Council” of virtuous aristocrats. This political philosophy of “republican exclusivism” greatly influenced the United States’ founding fathers, including [[Thomas Jefferson]].<ref>Nathan R. Perl-Rosenthal, “The ‘Divine Right of Republics’: Hebraic Republicanism and the Debate over Kingless Government in Revolutionary America,” ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', 3rd ser., 66, no. 3 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Jul. 2009): 538.</ref> Jefferson specifically used Milton’s ideas that criticized the governance of the church to argue for the separation of church and state in Virginia.<br/><br />
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Milton's books were ordered to be burned and he was imprisoned in the Tower after the restoration of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England Charles II] in 1660. Milton dictated ''Paradise Lost'' from around 1658-1663. This epic poem presents the story of Genesis, with shockingly humanized depictions of God, Satan, Adam and Eve. ''Paradise Regained'', somewhat a sequel to ''Paradise Lost'', depicts Jesus’ wanderings in the desert. It was published in 1671, along with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Agonistes ''Samson Agonistes''.] Milton published ''History of Britain'' in 1671, though it was written in the 1650s. His last published work, shortly before his death in 1674, was a reorganized version of ''Paradise Lost'' in twelve books.<br/><br />
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“In life Milton was both praised and scorned; praised for his achievements in poetry and scorned for his writings on church and state.”<ref>''eNotes'', s.v. "[http://www.enotes.com/topics/john-milton/critical-essays/milton-john John Milton]," accessed October 23, 2013.</ref> In the eighteenth century, Milton’s work was “largely responsible for the shift from rhyme to blank verse, and also for many features of poetic diction and syntax.”<ref>Campbell, "Milton, John."</ref> Milton’s ''Paradise Lost'' permeated the arts, inspiring imitation and parody in written work. It also became the cornerstone for a focus on the “sublime,” as well as the inspiration for a focus on the picturesque in the visual art of 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 ''Milton’s Prose 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 "'Milton's Works (damaged)' (2 vols., $2.00 value)." The only two-volume, folio edition of Milton's works was published in 1738. 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> include the 1738 edition, and this was the edition purchased by the Wolf Law Library.<br />
[[File:MiltonCompleteWorks1738v1Inscription.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<center>Inscription, front free endpaper, volume one.</center>]]<br />
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary calf with matched period rebacking. Previous owner's inscription, "Samuel C. Lewis, London, Jan. 9, 1904" appears on the front free endpaper. Both volumes have the armorial bookplate of John Rigby with the Latin motto "Esse quam videri" (to be rather than to seem) on the front pastedown. This may be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rigby_(politician) Sir John Rigby], Attorney General and Lord Justice of Appeal.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=negyAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA459#v=onepage&q&f=false549 ''The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn: The Black Books, Vol. IV: A.D. 1776 to A.D. 1845''] (London: Lincoln's Inn, 1902).</ref><br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3266235 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Paradise Lost]]''<br />
*''[[Paradise Regain'd]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External Sources==<br />
Read volume one of this book from the [http://archive.org/details/completemilton01milt Internet Archive].<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_John_Locke&diff=43976Works of John Locke2015-09-15T14:49:37Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Works of John Locke Esq., in Three Volumes''}}<br />
===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 ''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'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 5:168-169 [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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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3266234 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[Essay Concerning Human Understanding|An Essay Concerning Human Understanding]]''<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=fGRZAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_Francis_Bacon&diff=43974Works of Francis Bacon2015-09-15T14:49:00Z<p>Lewarkentin: </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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|author=Francis Bacon<br />
|editor=David Mallet<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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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3262111 William & Mary's online catalog].<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 />
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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>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=New_and_Complete_Dictionary_of_Arts_and_Sciences&diff=43972New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences2015-09-15T14:48:14Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprehending All the Branches of Useful Knowledge''}}<br />
===By A Society of Gentlemen===<br />
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}}Compiled by a group known as the Society of Gentlemen and published in the eighteenth century, the dictionary covers a large range of topics. The editors utilized a variety of sources, including memoirs, essays, transactions, and other dictionaries, to compose the entries. Some of the passages refer to other books and sources of information to provide the reader with greater depth on a topic.<ref>''A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprehending All the Branches of Useful Knowledge, with Accurate Descriptions as well of the Various Machines, Instruments, Tools, Figures, and Schemes Necessary for Illustrating Them, as of the classes, kinds, Preparations, and Uses of Natural Productions, Whether Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Fossils, or Fluids: Together with the Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Towns, and Other Remarkable Places Throughout the World: Illustrated with Above Three Hundred Copper-Plates, Engraved by Mr. Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty: the Whole Extracted from the Best Authors in All Languages'' (London: Society of Gentlemen, 1763), iii-xvi.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Dictionary of Arts & sciences. 4.v. 8vo." 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, adding "Better known as the ''Encyclopedia Britannica'' ... Possible editions were published at London in 1754-55 and 1763-64." 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 1763-64 edition based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 5:152-153 [no.4893].</ref> Preferring the first edition when the precise edition of Wythe's copy is unknown, the Wolf Law Library purchased the 1754-1755 edition.<br />
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File:NewDictionary1754v3Illustration_(2).jpg|<center>The Moon, volume three, facing page 2115.</center><br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in green half leather with green buckram and spines with title labels, raised bands and gilt decoration. Purchased from ecbooks.<br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3669683 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>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_Francis_Rabelais&diff=43970Works of Francis Rabelais2015-09-15T14:46:30Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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===by François Rabelais===<br />
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|author=François Rabelais<br />
|trans=Sir Thomas Urquhart<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'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 4:444 [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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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3466231 William & Mary's online catalog].<br />
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*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
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===by Mr. Town, pseud.===<br />
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}}''The Connoisseur'' was a newspaper published in 140 issues from January 31, 1754 to September 30, 1756.<ref>Olive Baldwin, Thelma Wilson, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5976 “Colman, George, the elder (bap. 1732, d. 1794),”] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004), accessed October 10, 2013. All biographical information is from this source unless otherwise noted.</ref> It was published under the pseudonym “Mr. Town,” described in the text as:<br />
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<blockquote>“…a fair, black, middle-sized, very short man. He wears his own hair, and a perriwig. He is about thirty years of age, and not more than four and twenty. He is a Student of the Law, and a Bachelor of Physic. He was bred at the University of Oxford; where having taken no less than three degrees, he looks down on many learned Professors, his inferiors, &c.”<ref>George Colman and Bonnell Thornton, ''The Connoisseur'', CXL, Sept. 30, 1756 (University of Michigan Library, 2011).</ref></blockquote><br />
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This passage reflects the aims of the weekly to playfully satirize English society and reveal modern intellectuals as “stripped of their borrowed ornaments, we should in many see nothing but bare shelves and empty drawers.”<ref>Nandini Bhattacharya (quoting George Colman), “Family Jewels: George Colman’s ‘Inkle and Yarico’ and Connoisseurship,” ''Eighteenth-Century Studies'', 34, No. 2 (2001), 210.</ref><br/><br />
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''The Connoisseur'' is thought to have been written chiefly by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Elder George Colman] (1732-1794) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnell_Thornton Bonnell Thornton] (1725-1768). Colman was a successful writer and manager of the Haymarket Theatre who wrote many plays and critical essays.<ref> Ibid.</ref> Thornton contributed to numerous literary periodicals of the day and was noted for his love of satire and a mocking sense an humor.<ref> Paul Baines, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27352 “Thornton, Bonnell (1725-1768)”], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004), accessed October 17, 2013.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Connoisseur. an odd vol.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. May appear later on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory in "'Lot of odd volumes' ($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 without indicating 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 third edition (1757), 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 brown mottled calf, with gilt spines and black and red leather title labels. Includes the bookplate of Cecil E. Bewes with the Latin motto "on the front pastedown of each volume and the signature of "Harticus Bewes E. coll. Exon Oxon." on the front pastedown of volumes one, three and four.<br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3714552 William & Mary's online catalog].<br />
[[File:Connoisseur1757v1Illustration.jpg|center|thumb|400px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text, volume one.</center>]]<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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Read the third volume of this title on [http://books.google.com/books?id=EGEEAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br />
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===by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele, ed.===<br />
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}}Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English poet, dramatist, essayist, and statesman. Before distinguishing himself as a classical scholar at Oxford, he was classmates with Richard Steele at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charterhouse_School Charterhouse].<ref>"Addison, Joseph". 2015. In ''The Columbia Encyclopedia''. New York: Columbia University Press.</ref> Addison first rose to national prominence after publishing ''The Campaign'' (1704), an epic poem depicting the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough Duke of Marlborough’s] victory at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim Blenheim].<ref>"Addison, Joseph". 2011. In ''Chambers Biographical Dictionary''. London: Chambers Harrap.</ref> His literary success led to his selection as Undersecretary of State in 1705 and subsequent appointment as Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1709.<ref>The Columbia Encyclopedia, ''Addison, Joseph''.</ref> He also obtained a seat in Parliament from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmesbury Malmesbury] in 1708, which he held until his death.<ref>Chambers Biographical Dictionary,''Addison, Joseph''.</ref> Later, in 1717, Addison was chosen to serve as Secretary of State, a post he resigned a year later in 1718 due to poor health <ref>(Ibid)</ref>.<br />
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Although a prominent statesman, Addison is mostly remembered for his work as an essayist. In addition to cofounding ''The Spectator'' with Richard Steele in March of 1711, he also contributed to Steel’s publications, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatler_(1709_journal) ''Tatler''] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian_(1713) ''Guardian''].<ref>The Columbia Encyclopedia, ''Addison, Joseph''.</ref><ref>Chambers Biographical Dictionary, ''Addison, Joseph''</ref> He wrote in a simple, orderly, and precise manner in an effort to engage his readers and inspire reasonable thinking and debate.<ref>The Columbia Encyclopedia, ''Addison, Joseph''.</ref> He achieved great success and fame during his lifetime and his publications are credited with raising the level of technical precision for English essayists.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Despite the success and fame that he achieved during his lifetime, from 1714 to his death in 1719, Addison quarreled with Steele and was plagued by poor health and a unhappy marriage <ref>Ibid.</ref>.<br />
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Born in Dublin, Richard Steele (1672-1729) was an English playwright and essayist. After completing his studies alongside Joseph Addison at Charterhouse and later at Oxford, Steele began a career in the army in 1694 and obtained the rank of captain by 1701.<ref>Steele, Sir Richard. (2015). In ''The Columbia Encyclopedia''. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.</ref> After serving in the army and low level government positions, he founded his renowned periodical, ''Tatler'', in 1709.<ref>"Steele, Sir Richard". 2011. In ''Chambers Biographical Dictionary''. London: Chambers Harrap.</ref> He also cofounded ''The Spectator'' with Addison in 1711 and founded the ''Guardian'' in 1713.<ref>The Columbia Encyclopedia, ''Steele, Sir Richard.''</ref> Although Steele differed from Addison in temperament, their shared political beliefs and goals allowed them to form one of the greatest literary partnerships in the English language. He lacked Addison’s technical prowess but wrote with a style that was charming, imaginative, and witty.<ref>Ibid.</ref> <br />
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Steele entered Parliament in 1713 as a member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party) Whig] party.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Only a year after taking his seat, Steele was expelled from Parliament by his political rivals but returned in 1715 as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Hanover Hanoverian] and was soon after knighted.<ref>Chambers Biographical Dictionary, ''Steele, Sir Richard''.</ref> After a political dispute in 1719 with Addison relating to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1719_in_Great_Britain Peerage Bill], Steele attempted to reconcile the friendship but Addison died the same year.<ref>The Columbia Encyclopedia, Steele, ''Sir Richard''.</ref> Forced to retire to Wales in 1724 due to increasing debt, Steele died in 1729 in relative obscurity.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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The ''Spectator'' made its first appearance on March 1, 1711 in London in an anonymous publication by Addison. The first issue introduced the series and its protagonist, Mr. Spectator. The second issue was written by Steele and detailed the members of a gentlemanly ‘club’ who were to be the associates of Mr. Spectator and the subjects of his observations. The public originally viewed the ''Spectator'' as a successor to Steele’s ''Tatler'' but Addison went to great lengths to dissociate the new journal from its predecessor, especially in regards to its politics.<ref>Smithers, Peter. ''The Life of Joseph Addison''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968, 207-208.</ref> Rather than focusing on defaming public or private individuals or engaging in any kind of personal attacks, the ''Spectator'' was to have a more scholarly approach to politics and a variety of other topics. He made clear his purpose for the ''Spectator'' when he wrote, “It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of the Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in Coffee-Houses".<ref>''Spectator 10, 1:44''</ref> Rather than a small, elite viewership, Addison and Steele were committed to writing in an accessible manner in order to attract a mass audience. <br />
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Many contemporary scholars, including Scott Paul Gordon, view the ''Spectator'' as an early influence for shaping the social norms and principles of politeness that guided the growing middle class in England. Gordon contends that Mr. Spectator encouraged readers to critically examine themselves in light of others and to alter one’s public actions and social interactions to fit an ideal public behavior, but in such a way that forwarded self-interest.<ref>Gordon, Scott Paul. ''The Power of the Passive Self in English Literature, 1640-1770''. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002, 87. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), EBSCOhost (accessed May 27, 2015).</ref> In the publications, an individual’s public behavior was portrayed as strategically adjusted to fit any given audience.<ref>Ibid., 88.</ref> Therefore emphasis was placed less on personal authenticity and more on increasing one’s reputation and social standing.<br />
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Among the famous readers of the ''Spectator'' included the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Mather Reverend Cotton Mather], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Collett Joseph Collett], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Ryder_(judge) Dudley Ryder], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire Voltaire], who read the publications to improve his English.<ref>McCrea, Brian. “The Virtue of Repetition.” In ''The Spectator: Emerging Discourses'', edited by Donald J. Newman, 248. Delaware: The University of Delaware Press, 2010.</ref>. Yet the journal's most ardent reader in the American colonies was undoubtedly the young [http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php/Interest_of_Great_Britain_Considered Benjamin Franklin]. Rather than simply reading the essays, Franklin rewrote them to improve both his writing style and manner of thinking. In Franklin's ''Autobiography'', he wrote about his discovery of the ''Spectator'' during his period as an apprentice printer in Boston: <br />
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'About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible to imitate it. With that view I took some of the papers, and, making short hints of the sentiment in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried to complete the papers again by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as it had been expressed before, in any suitable words that should come to hand. Then I compared my spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them...By comparing my work afterwards with the original, I discovered many faults and amended them; but I sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that in certain particulars of small import I had been lucky enough to improve the method of the language, and this encouraged me to to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious' (13-14)(McCrea, 252).<br />
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The ''Spectator'' ran for two years until its 555th issue on December 6, 1712.<ref>Otton, Robert M. ''Joseph Addison''. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982, 83-84.</ref> It achieved an unmatched level of circulation for its time with 3,000 issues printed six days a week. More impressive still, it has been estimated that there were five or six readers for every copy printed. Addison and Steele wrote an equal amount of essays for the ''Spectator'' during their partnership: 251 each.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq.|The Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq.]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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*''[[Botanic Garden|The Botanic Garden]]''<br />
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Botanic Garden: a Poem, in Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes''}}<br />
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}}[[File:DarwinBotanicGarden1798Illustration4.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Illustration.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Darwin Erasmus Darwin] (1731-1802) was a physician who also wrote philosophy and poetry.<ref>Maureen McNeil, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7177 “Darwin, Erasmus (1731–1802)”], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed September 19, 2013. Unless otherwise noted, all biographical details are from this source.</ref> As a scientist, Darwin conducted multiple experiments that explored the relations between biology, mechanical inventions, chemistry, and botany.<ref>W.E. Snell, “Erasmus Darwin, Physician and Poet,” ''The British Medical Journal'', 1, No. 5795 (1972), 303-5.</ref><br/><br />
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Darwin’s first major work of literature, published in 1789, was a didactic poem about the classification of plants in ''The Loves of the Plants''. In this poem, Darwin attributes human characteristics and feelings to plants in sexually charged, abstract language.<ref> John Valdimir Price, "Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)," ''Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy'', 2 (2006), 789-790.</ref> In 1791, he joined ''The Loves of the Plants'' with a second part, ''The Economy of Vegetation'', in a volume entitled ''The Botanic Garden''. ''The Economy of Vegetation'' draws analogies between mechanics, the industrial process, and natural philosophy, offering “a theory of biological learning which included both mind and body.”<ref> McNeil, “Darwin, Erasmus (1731–1802).”</ref><br/><br />
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Darwin continued to probe the relationship between medicine, mechanics, philosophy, and poetry in various works that focused on history, inventions, and gender politics until his death in 1802. In addition to his scientific work and literature, Darwin designed many mechanical instruments that reveal his innovative mind. His work and viewpoint influenced his grandson, the famed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_darwin Charles Darwin].<ref>Snell, “Erasmus Darwin, Physician and Poet,” 304.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Darwin’s Botanic garden. 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. [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 lists the 1798, first American edition, noting "Probable edition. Most of the editions published prior were in quarto." 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> concurs, perhaps basing the choice on the copy Thomas Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress in 1815.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'' 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 1:487, [no. 1072].</ref> The Wolf Law Library purchased the first American edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full leather with maroon label on the spine and stamped in gold. Manuscript notes on rear free endpaper and rear pastedownPurchased from Riverby Books. <br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3466230 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
*''[[Zoonomia or The Laws of Organic Life]]''<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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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Lettres sur l'Égypte, Où l'on Offre le Parallèle des Moeurs Anciennes & Modernes de Ses Habitans, Où L'on Décrit L'état, le Commerce, l'Agriculture, le Gouvernement du Pays, & la Descente de S. Louis À Damiette, Tirée de Joinville & des Auteurs Arabes, avec des Cartes Géographiques''}}<br />
===by M. Claude Etienne Savary===<br />
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|author=M. Claude Étienne Savary<br />
|lang=French<br />
|publoc=Paris<br />
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}}[[File:SavaryLettresSurLEgypte1785v2Map.jpg |left|thumb|300px|<center>Map of Egypt, volume two.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude-Étienne_Savary Claude-Étienne Savary] (1750-1788) traveled to Egypt in 1776 and remained there for three years.<ref>Louis-Gabriel Michaud, ed., ''Biographie Universelle Ancienne et Moderne: Histoire par Ordre Alphabétique de la Vie Publique et Privée de Tous les Hommes qui sont Fait Remarquer par Leurs écrits, Leurs Actions, Leurs Talents, Leurs Virtues ou Leurs Crimes'' (Paris: Chez Madame C. Desplaces, 1843), 108-109.</ref> His three volume ''Lettres sur l’Egypte'' includes not only his own personal recollections, but also observations about ancient and modern Egypt that he drew in part from Arab authors little known to his European audience.<ref>Robert Kerr, ''A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Process of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time'' (Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1824), 18:596.</ref> Savary’s writing was highly praised at the time of its publication for its “picturesque style” and “vivid descriptions.”<ref>Michaud, ''Biographie Universelle Ancienne et Moderne''.</ref> The ''Lettres'' were translated into English, German, Dutch, and Swedish.<ref>Kerr, ''A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels''.</ref> However, the work did garner criticism from those who felt the book was more novel than nonfiction, that Savary’s observations were exaggerated, and that he was prone to making mistakes when calculating dates.<ref>Michaud, ''Biographie Universelle Ancienne et Moderne''.</ref> By the ninteenth century, the ''Lettres'' had lost much of their popularity, due to the aforementioned reasons and because Savary’s writing was considered overly extravagant.<ref>Kerr, ''A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels''.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Lettres de Savary sur l’Egypte 3.v. 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Jefferson sent the set to Wythe while he served as Minister to France.<ref>See: [[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 16 September 1787]].</ref> A copy of the second edition, published in 1786, at the University of Virginia includes the signatures "T. M. Randolph" and "G. Randolph" but has no markings linking it to Wythe. Nevertheless, 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 University of Virginia copy and use its edition information to identify Wythe's copy. The Wolf Law Library followed their lead and purchased the second edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full mottled calf bindings with gilt decorated spines and head and tail pieces throughout. Volume one stamped "Library of Congress surplus duplicate" on verson of front free endpaper and "20 AUG 1968, 7-COPY" on title page. Volumes two and three stamped "20 AUG 1968, 7-COPY" on half-titles. Purchased from Eveleigh Books.<br /><br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3473891 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
[[File:SavaryLettresSurLEgypte1785v3Headpiece.jpg|center|thumb|350px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text, volume three.</center>]]<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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==External Links==<br />
Read volume two of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=mtsRAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books].<br />
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[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Voyage_Litt%C3%A9raire_de_la_Gr%C3%A8ce&diff=43954Voyage Littéraire de la Grèce2015-09-15T14:41:29Z<p>Lewarkentin: /* References */</p>
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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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|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 />
|set=4<br />
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|shelf=B-3<br />
}}[[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'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 4:134-135, [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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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3679304 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
</div><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=YxgoAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br />
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[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]<br />
[[Category:Thomas Mann Randolph's Books]]<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 />
__NOTOC__<br />
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|vol=volume one<br />
|author=Pierre-Augustin Guys<br />
|edition=Third edition, revised, corrected<br />
|lang=French<br />
|publoc=Paris<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'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 4:134-135, [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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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3679304 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 />
</div><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
Read volume one of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=YxgoAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br />
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[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law 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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}}[[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'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 4:134-135, [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 />
<br /><br />
View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3679304 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Category:British History]]<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
</div><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=YxgoAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br />
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[[Category:EDITED]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Universal_Dictionary_of_Trade_and_Commerce&diff=43948Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce2015-09-15T14:40:07Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce''}}<br />
===by Malachy Postlethwayt===<br />
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|publisher=Printed for H. Woodfall, A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, J. Rivington, J. Hinton, R. Baldwin, L. Hawes and W. Clarke and R. Collins, R. Horsfield, W. Johnston, T. Longman, J. Brotherton, J. Dodsley, T. Payne, J. Robson, T. Lowndes, W. Nicoll, and J. Knox<br />
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}}[[File:PostlethwaytDictionaryTradeCommerce1766Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]]<br />
[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'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:359 [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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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3452350 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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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Debates Relative to the Affairs of Ireland in the Years 1763 and 1764''}}<br />
===by Sir James Caldwell===<br />
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}}Sir James Caldwell (c. 1720-1784), was deeply involved in the economic and political affairs of Ireland. "He maintained a wide correspondence with a great variety of public figures in Ireland and Britain and wrote some twenty-five pamphlets on aspects of the political, economic and military affairs of Ireland."<ref>Mervyn Busteed, "Sir James Caldwell, c.1720-84: An Anglo-Irish Landlord in the Age of Improvement," ''Irish Studies Review'' 9, no. 3 (2001): 320.</ref> ''Debates Relative to the Affairs of Ireland in the Year 1763 and 1764'' is a prime example of Caldwell's "considerable ability" as an author.<ref>David O'Donoghue, ''The Geographical Distribution of Irish Ability'' (Dublin: O'Donoghue and Co., 1906), 142.</ref> He kept excellent records due in part to "his unrelenting, but unsuccessful pursuit of an Irish peerage":<ref>Busteed, "Sir James Caldwell," 321.</ref><br />
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<blockquote>"...I now suffer the anguish of disappointment and stand exposed as the Dupe of Sport or artifice, an insignificant retainer of state, cajoled and neglected, flattering myself with importance like the fly upon the wheel, officiously busy to render service that is despised and ridiculously elated with the hope of reward that never was intended to be conferred..."<ref>J.B. Cunningham, ''Castle Caldwell and its Families'' (Belleek: Water Gate Press, 1980), 81.</ref></blockquote/><br />
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Caldwell was posthumously recognized for his widely acclaimed work on the debates of the Irish House of Commons. It is considered an important book on the primacy of parliamentary literature, in part because it was written from Caldwell's memory of his attendance of the sessions.<ref>John Almon, ''Biographical, Literary and Political Anecdotes of Several of the Most Eminent Persons of the Present Age'' (London: Printed for T.N. Longman, and L.B. Seeley ..., 1797), 1:20.</ref> <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Ordered by Wythe from John Norton & Sons in a [[Wythe to John Norton, 3 August 1769|letter]] dated August 3, 1769. 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), 101. The letter is endorsed "Virga. Aug. 3d 1769/ George Wythe / recd. Octo. 18<sup>th</sup> pr. Brilliant / Ans. the March 1770 / pr. ''Brilliant''."</ref> Also listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "'Irish Debates. 2.v. 8vo." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'[Irish] Debates' (2 vols., $1.00 value)." In her 1958 [[http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports\RR0216.xml|work] on the George Wythe House, Mary R. M. Goodwin merely lists the title ''Debates of the Parliament of Ireland'' without providing supporting bibliographical information.<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), XLVII.</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), 7 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> suggests the 1689 publication, ''A True Account of the Whole Proceedings of the Parliament in Ireland, beginning March 25, 1689''. The other two [[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 the 1766 publication by Sir James Caldwell, ''Debates Relative to the Affairs of Ireland in the Years 1763 and 1764'', as the probable title owned by Wythe. The Wolf Law Library concurred with their identification and purchased a copy of this set.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in original calf with title in gilt on spine. Purchased from Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries, Ltd.<br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3473584 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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==External Links==<br />
Read volume one of this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=BDM2AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br />
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[[Category:Thomas Mann Randolph's Books]]<br />
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=History_and_Proceedings_of_the_House_of_Commons&diff=43944History and Proceedings of the House of Commons2015-09-15T14:38:43Z<p>Lewarkentin: /* References */</p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time''}}<br />
===by Richard Chandler===<br />
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}}[[File:HouseCommonsHistory1742StampV1.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Stamp of the Royal Historical Society, front pastedown, volume one.]]''The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time'' contains, "the most remarkable motions, speeches, resolves, reports and conferences to be met within that interval."<ref>Richard Chandler, ''The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time'' (London: Printed for Richard Chandler 1742), ii.</ref> Richard Chandler's (ca. 1713-1744) fourteen-volume work addresses the most significant political and historical happenings within the House of Commons between the years 1660 and 1743. Between speeches from the throne, parliamentary proceedings, and analyses of issues such as the national debt and expenses of war, this work provides one of the most significant compilations of historical and political proceedings in the 17th and 18th centuries.<ref>''House of Commons Parliamentary Pages'', s.v. “[http://parlipapers.chadwyck.com/collectionBrowse.do?expandtolevel=0&expand=I#I 18th Century],” accessed September 27, 2013.</ref> ''The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons'' is complete with notes from and about significant lawmakers and other figures of the time, and includes a detailed appendix.<br /><br />
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Originally printed by Richard Chandler in 1742, ''The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time'' was thought to be an "ambitious project" which Chandler set about completing entirely on his own. The 1742 printing was the first of two which, despite being supported by the prince of Wales, suffered vast financial losses, "Chandler's greatest achievement [proved to be] his downfall." The ambitious bookseller and entrepreneur took his own life as these financial problems began to bear down on him.<ref>C. Y. Ferdinand, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/5107Chandler, Richard (b. in or before 1713, d. 1744)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed September 27, 2013.</ref> <br />
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[[File:HouseCommonsHistory1742BookplateTPVersoV1.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Bookplate of James Edward Colleton ,title page verso, volume one.</center>]]<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''[Debates] in the H. of Commons. 13.v. 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. It later appeared on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Debates of Parliament' (19 vols., $20.50 value)." Both 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 the first edition (1742-1744) of ''The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons''. The Wolf Law Library purchased the same edition.<br />
[[File:HouseCommonsHistory1742InscriptionTPVersoV1.jpg|center|thumb|300px|<center>Inscription from title page verso, volume one.</center>]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full leather calf with original boards. Contains maroon leather label and gilt lettering on spine and purple stamp of the Royal Historical Society on the title pages and front pastedowns. Volumes one through five and nine through fourteen include the armorial bookplate of James Edward Colleton on the title page verso. Volume thirteen signed "Rich Chandler" on title page verso. Purchased from Ziern-Hanon Galleries.<br /> <br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3739361 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*''[[History and Proceedings of the House of Lords|The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, from the Restoration in 1660, to the Present Time]]''<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:British History]]<br />
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]<br />
[[Category:Thomas Mann Randolph's Books]]<br />
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=History_and_Proceedings_of_the_House_of_Commons&diff=43940History and Proceedings of the House of Commons2015-09-15T14:38:23Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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===by Richard Chandler===<br />
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<br /><br />
Originally printed by Richard Chandler in 1742, ''The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time'' was thought to be an "ambitious project" which Chandler set about completing entirely on his own. The 1742 printing was the first of two which, despite being supported by the prince of Wales, suffered vast financial losses, "Chandler's greatest achievement [proved to be] his downfall." The ambitious bookseller and entrepreneur took his own life as these financial problems began to bear down on him.<ref>C. Y. Ferdinand, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/5107Chandler, Richard (b. in or before 1713, d. 1744)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed September 27, 2013.</ref> <br />
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[[File:HouseCommonsHistory1742BookplateTPVersoV1.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Bookplate of James Edward Colleton ,title page verso, volume one.</center>]]<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''[Debates] in the H. of Commons. 13.v. 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. It later appeared on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Debates of Parliament' (19 vols., $20.50 value)." Both 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 the first edition (1742-1744) of ''The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons''. The Wolf Law Library purchased the same edition.<br />
[[File:HouseCommonsHistory1742InscriptionTPVersoV1.jpg|center|thumb|300px|<center>Inscription from title page verso, volume one.</center>]]<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full leather calf with original boards. Contains maroon leather label and gilt lettering on spine and purple stamp of the Royal Historical Society on the title pages and front pastedowns. Volumes one through five and nine through fourteen include the armorial bookplate of James Edward Colleton on the title page verso. Volume thirteen signed "Rich Chandler" on title page verso. Purchased from Ziern-Hanon Galleries.<br /> <br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3739361 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*''[[History and Proceedings of the House of Lords|The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, from the Restoration in 1660, to the Present Time]]''<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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<br />
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]<br />
[[Category:British History]]<br />
[[Category:Thomas Mann Randolph's Books]]<br />
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=History_and_Proceedings_of_the_House_of_Lords&diff=43938History and Proceedings of the House of Lords2015-09-15T14:37:32Z<p>Lewarkentin: /* See also */</p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, from the Restoration in 1660, to the Present Time, Containing the Most Remarkable Motions, Speeches, Debates, Orders and Resolutions. ... and Illustrated with Historical Notes and Observations. Together with the Debates in the Parliament of Scotland Relating to the Union''}}<br />
===by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.===<br />
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|editor=Ebenezer Timberland<br />
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}}''The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, from the Restoration in 1660, to the Present Time'' was published in eight volumes by Ebenezer Timberland from 1742 to 1743.<ref>Stephen Taylor and Clyve Jones, eds., [http://books.google.com/books?id=k25iPt5t4YAC&pg=PR15&lpg=PR15&dq ''Tory and Whig: The Parliamentary Papers of Edward Harley, Third Earl of Oxford, and William Hay''] (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer, Ltd., 1998), 15.</ref> It is often referred to as ''Timberland’s Debates'', or, along with its companion, Richard Chandler’s ''History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time'', as ''Chandler and Timberland’s Debates''.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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In 1806, William Cobbett published his ''Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to 1803'', which he intended to supersede previous collections of the speeches and debates of Parliament.<ref>Guy Carleton Lee, [http://books.google.com/books?id=HQQPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq ''Leading Documents of English History: Together with Illustrative Material from Contemporary Writers and a Bibliography of Sources''] (London: George Bell and Sons, 1900), 12-13.</ref> Cobbett found earlier collections, including ''Chandler and Timberland's Debates,'' were based on the reports of Parliamentary proceedings published in monthly magazines, focused on the most controversial debates, and were adapted from the notes of observers in the galleries rather than from official transcripts.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Despite these shortcomings, ''Chandler and Timberland’s Debates'' remained one of the major sources of knowledge of the proceedings of Parliament, especially before Cobbett’s publication.<ref>Lee, ''Leading Documents of English History''.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Debates in the H. of Lords 7.v. 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. It later appeared on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Debates of Parliament' (19 vols., $20.50 value)." Both 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 the 1742-1743 edition of ''The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords''. The Wolf Law Library purchased the same edition.<br />
[[File:HistoryAndProceedingsOfTheHouseOfLords1742v8Tailpiece.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Tail-piece, last page of text, volume eight.</center>]]<br />
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full calf with five raised bands, brown leather labels and gilt decoration on the spine. The set has marbled endpapers and includes the armorial bookplate of George Fermor, 2nd [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Pomfret Earl of Pomfret], Baron Leominster, on the front pastedown of each volume. Purchased from Titles, Inc.<br /> <br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3446792 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
<div style="overflow: hidden;"><br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*''[[History and Proceedings of the House of Commons|The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time]]''<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
</div><br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read this book from the [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009709664 Hathi Trust].<br />
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[[Category:British History]]<br />
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]<br />
[[Category:Thomas Mann Randolph's Books]]<br />
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=History_and_Proceedings_of_the_House_of_Lords&diff=43936History and Proceedings of the House of Lords2015-09-15T14:37:14Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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===by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.===<br />
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}}''The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, from the Restoration in 1660, to the Present Time'' was published in eight volumes by Ebenezer Timberland from 1742 to 1743.<ref>Stephen Taylor and Clyve Jones, eds., [http://books.google.com/books?id=k25iPt5t4YAC&pg=PR15&lpg=PR15&dq ''Tory and Whig: The Parliamentary Papers of Edward Harley, Third Earl of Oxford, and William Hay''] (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer, Ltd., 1998), 15.</ref> It is often referred to as ''Timberland’s Debates'', or, along with its companion, Richard Chandler’s ''History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time'', as ''Chandler and Timberland’s Debates''.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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In 1806, William Cobbett published his ''Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to 1803'', which he intended to supersede previous collections of the speeches and debates of Parliament.<ref>Guy Carleton Lee, [http://books.google.com/books?id=HQQPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq ''Leading Documents of English History: Together with Illustrative Material from Contemporary Writers and a Bibliography of Sources''] (London: George Bell and Sons, 1900), 12-13.</ref> Cobbett found earlier collections, including ''Chandler and Timberland's Debates,'' were based on the reports of Parliamentary proceedings published in monthly magazines, focused on the most controversial debates, and were adapted from the notes of observers in the galleries rather than from official transcripts.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Despite these shortcomings, ''Chandler and Timberland’s Debates'' remained one of the major sources of knowledge of the proceedings of Parliament, especially before Cobbett’s publication.<ref>Lee, ''Leading Documents of English History''.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Debates in the H. of Lords 7.v. 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. It later appeared on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Debates of Parliament' (19 vols., $20.50 value)." Both 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 the 1742-1743 edition of ''The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords''. The Wolf Law Library purchased the same edition.<br />
[[File:HistoryAndProceedingsOfTheHouseOfLords1742v8Tailpiece.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Tail-piece, last page of text, volume eight.</center>]]<br />
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full calf with five raised bands, brown leather labels and gilt decoration on the spine. The set has marbled endpapers and includes the armorial bookplate of George Fermor, 2nd [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Pomfret Earl of Pomfret], Baron Leominster, on the front pastedown of each volume. Purchased from Titles, Inc.<br /> <br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3446792 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*''[[History and Proceedings of the House of Commons|The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time]]''<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
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*''[[Appendix to the Notes on Virginia|An Appendix to the Notes on Virginia Relative to the Murder of the Logan Family]]''<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Notes on the State of Virginia]]''<br />
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===by Henry St. John Bolingbroke===<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_St_John,_1st_Viscount_Bolingbroke Henry St. John, the first Viscount Bolingbroke], lived from September 16, 1678 to December 12, 1751. Bolingbroke had a tenuous career in English politics and government.<ref>H. T. Dickinson, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24496 St John, Henry, styled first Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751)] in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed October 2, 2013.</ref> He served in Parliament for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory_%28British_political_party%29 Tory party] and in government as Secretary at War and Secretary of State.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s.v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/72043/Henry-Saint-John-1st-Viscount-Bolingbroke-Baron-Saint-John-of-Lydiard-Tregoze Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke]," accessed October 2, 2013.</ref> After the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whigs_%28British_political_party%29 Whigs] had a favorable election in 1715, and without support from the newly ascended [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain King George I], Bolingbroke feared repercussions due to his involvement in peace negotiations with France and fled England.<ref>Dickinson, "St John, Henry, styled first Viscount Bolingbroke."</ref> Although Bolingbroke evaded arrest, an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder act of attainder] found him guilty and, as a result, he lost the rights to his property and title.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1723, Bolingbroke received a pardon that allowed him to purchase new property in England.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /> <br />
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Still concerned with politics and determined to undermine King George’s chief minister, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walpole Robert Walpole], in 1730 and 1731 Bolingbroke wrote twenty-two essays for ''The Craftsman'' under the name Humphrey Oldcastle.<ref>Ibid.</ref> ''The Remarks on the History of England'' comprises these essays.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In this work, Bolingbroke provided examples “of royal favourites and corrupt ministers undermining the constitution by corrupt methods, financial jobbery, crown patronage, continental alliances, and military adventures. The reader was always meant to equate Walpole and his methods with those of previous evil counsellors who had threatened the true interests of the people.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> Bolingbroke’s works were designed to “to weld the disparate elements of the opposition to Walpole into a new [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Party_(Britain) Country Party], which would protect the independence of Parliament against the encroachments of a corrupt government.”<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s.v. "Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke."</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''[Bolingbroke]’s Oldcastle’s remarks 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Olecastle's remarks on H. of England' ($1.50 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 "Octavo editions were published at London in 1743, 1747, 1754, and 1776." 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 published in 1743 and this is 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 brown calf over cords, covers ruled in gilt. Includes the armorial bookplate of W. Wynne on the front pastedown. Purchased from D&D Galleries.<br /><br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3473889 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[Dissertation Upon Parties|A Dissertation Upon Parties: in Several Letters to Caleb D'Anvers, Esq.]]''<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Letter to Sir William Windham|A Letter to Sir William Windham ; II. Some Reflections on the Present State of the Nation ; III. A Letter to Mr. Pope]]''<br />
*''[[Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke|The Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Dissertation_Upon_Parties&diff=43930Dissertation Upon Parties2015-09-15T14:34:31Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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===by Henry St. John Bolingbroke===<br />
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}}[[File:BolingbrokeDissertationUponParties1749Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece.</center>]]''A Dissertation upon Parties'' was originally published in 1733 in the form of nineteen letters. It was notable for its sustained attack on the policies of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walpole Robert Walpole], commonly considered the first prime minister of England, and in its calls for leaders of the Whigs and Tories (England’s two leading political parties at the time) to work together in an effort to renew constitutional safeguards weakened due to corruption within the British government.<ref>Caroline Robbins, “‘Discordant Parties’: A Study of the Acceptance of Party Englishmen,” ''Political Science Quarterly'' 73 (1958): 505-529.</ref> It was written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_St_John,_1st_Viscount_Bolingbroke Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke] (1678–1751), a leader of the Tories and renowned English politician and political philosopher.<ref>H. T. Dickinson, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24496 St John, Henry, styled first Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed October 11, 2013.</ref><br /><br />
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Becoming a Member of Parliament in 1701, Bolingbroke subsequently served in the positions of Secretary of War and Secretary of State of both the Northern and Southern Departments.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s. v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/72043/Henry-Saint-John-1st-Viscount-Bolingbroke-Baron-Saint-John-of-Lydiard-Tregoze Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke]," accessed October 2, 2013.</ref> Bolingbroke was forced to flee to Paris in 1715 after being charged with treason for supporting the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobite_risings Jacobite rebellion] that sought to overthrow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain King George I], but he was pardoned eight years later and returned to England.<ref>Ibid.</ref> A prominent member of the “country party,” a group of Tories and disaffected Whigs who opposed what they perceived as the self-interested actions of England’s politicians and parliamentary leaders, Bolingbroke's ideas were presented in ''A Dissertation upon Parties'' along with several other essays he published around the same period.<ref>Robbins, “‘Discordant Parties’: A Study of the Acceptance of Party Englishmen."</ref><br /><br />
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While the ideology expressed in ''A Dissertation upon Parties'' proved to have limited sway over English thought, it was very influential in the American colonies where Bolingbroke’s writings were widely read by the likes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams John Adams], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison James Madison].<ref>Martin van Gelderen and Quentin Skinner, ''Republicanism: Republicanism and Constitutionalism in Early Modern Europe'' (Cambridge: Cambidge University Press, 2002), 41.</ref> His warnings concerning corruption within the British Court were particularly significant in the development of the political philosophy of Republicanism (the belief that citizens elect their leaders, and that the citizenry are entitled to certain unalienable rights that cannot be deprived by any form of government),<ref>Ibid.</ref> a central tenet of the American Revolution and the system of values it fomented.<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] as ''[Bolingbroke]'s Dissertation on parties. 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. It later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Dissertation on parties' ($1.50 value)." We cannot determine the precise edition Wythe owned from the information available. 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 8th edition (1754) based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 3:132 [no.2736].</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 includes no specific edition. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the 7th edition (1749).<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in full contemporary calf, gilt spine with orange and black lettering pieces, marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. Contains engraved frontispiece and woodcut initials and tail pieces. Purchased from Gibb's Bookshop ABA.<br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3705311 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Letter to Sir William Windham|A Letter to Sir William Windham ; II. Some Reflections on the Present State of the Nation ; III. A Letter to Mr. Pope]]''<br />
*''[[Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke|The Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke]]''<br />
*''[[Remarks on the History of England|Remarks on the History of England: From the Minutes of Humphry Oldcastle]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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===by Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke===<br />
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}}[[File:BolingbrokeLetterToSirWilliamWindham1753Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece.</center>]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_St_John,_1st_Viscount_Bolingbroke Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke] (1678-1751), was a politician, diplomatist, and an author. His political career was defined by his association with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory_%28British_political_party%29 Tory party] and his antireligious views. His first years in Parliament saw a sharp increase in Tory political power due to dissatisfaction with the reign of the foreign king [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England William III] and the privileged position of power of the Church of England. Somewhat ironically, Bolingbroke staunchly opposed the doctrine of “divine right,” while vigorously supporting the royal prerogative. Bolingbroke’s reputation was mixed. Many saw him as ruthlessly ambitious, pointing to the fact that he often betrayed close compatriots to further his career. Eventually, he became Secretary of State from 1710-1714. He would eventually be charged with treason for his support of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobite_rebellion_of_1715 Jacobite Cause] and would flee to France, only to be pardoned and return to England later in his life. In the end, Bolingbroke's writings would have a more lasting and direct influence in the formation of the United States government and republican ideals than his mixed political career.<ref>H. T. Dickinson, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24496 St John, Henry, styled first Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed October 10, 2013.</ref><br /> <br />
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Bolingbroke's collected works, including "A Letter to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Wyndham,_3rd_Baronet Sir William Windham]," "Some Reflections on the Present State of the Nation," and "A Letter to Mr. Pope", are foundational in the literature surrounding republican ideals of government. Bolingbroke’s writings were particularly popular among the founders of the United States, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams John Adams], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison James Madison]. Adams claimed to have read Bolingbroke’s works at least five times. Bolingbroke’s focus on the liberty afforded by the Rule of Law was considered by many of the founding fathers as the bedrock of any republic government.<ref>Martin van Gelderen and Quentin Skinner, eds., ''Republicanism and Constitutionalism in Early Modern Europe'', Republicanism: A Shared European Heritage, vol. 1, (West Nyack, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2002), 41.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Bolingbroke to Windham 8vo.'' 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, adding "Octavo editions were published at London in 1753 and 1787." 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 published in 1753, and this is the edition purchased by the Wolf Law Library.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Rebound in period-style quarter calf with marbled boards. Includes the bookplate of David Warner Dumas, "1968" on the front pastedown. Purchased from Brookline Village Books.<br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3465870 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*''[[Dissertation Upon Parties|A Dissertation Upon Parties: in Several Letters to Caleb D'Anvers, Esq.]]''<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke|The Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke]]''<br />
*''[[Remarks on the History of England|Remarks on the History of England: From the Minutes of Humphry Oldcastle]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_Gabriel_Riqueti,_comte_de_Mirabeau Comte de Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti] (1749-1791) was born on March 9, 1749 at Bignon, near Nemours. <ref>''Encyclopedia Britannica'', s.v. “Comte de Mirabeau, Honré Gabriel Riqueti.” In http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Mirabeau,_Honor%C3%A9_Gabriel_Riqueti,_Comte_de. Last modified November 3, 2014.</ref> Son of a respected French economist and grandson to Jean Antoine, hero of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cassano_%281705%29 1705 Battle of Cassano], Mirabeau enjoyed the privileged upbringing of a nobleman. <ref>Ibid.</ref> As the fifth child and second son of his family, Mirabeau began his anticipated armed service career in 1767, following years of training in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%c3%89cole_Militaire French military school]. <ref>''The New International Encyclopedia'', s.v. “Count de Morabeau, Gabriel Honore Riqueti.” In http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_New_International_Encyclop%C3%A6dia/Mirabeau,_Gabriel_Honor%C3%A9_Riqueti,_Count_de. Last modified December 16, 2011.</ref> Mirabeau's propensity for initiating scandalous love affairs, acquiring large gambling debts, and igniting heated arguments with superiors led to several imprisonments and exiles.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Escaping prison at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_de_Joux castle of Joux] with his mistress Sophie, Mirabeau fled to neighboring Switzerland.<ref>Ibid.</ref> While Mirabeau lived abroad, French authorities condemned him to death at Pontarlier for rapt et vol. In May 1777, French police seized Mirabeau and returned him to prison once more, this time in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Vincennes castle of Vincennes].<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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From prison, Mirabeau launched his extensive literary career, drafting several titles before earning a reversal of his death sentence. After fortuitously securing his release, Mirabeau's political discourse adopted a distinctly populist flair.<ref>''Encyclopedia Britannica'', s.v. "Comte de Mirabeau, Honré Gabriel Riqueti''</ref>. Attacking the existing French order with pointed censure, Mirabeau occasionally retreated to Holland and London as a way of calming the controversy generated by his writings.<ref>Ibid</ref><br />
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On one such furlough to London, Mirabeau authored ''Considerations on the Order of Cincinnatus'' in response to American pamphlets, authored by Aedanus Burke (1743-1802) of South Carolina. Under the pseudonym "Cassius," Burke circulated two pamphlets, ''An Address to the Freemen of South Carolina'' (January 1783) and ''Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnati'' (October 1783), where Burke condemned the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati Society of the Cincinnati], a lineage organization established to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the officers of the Continental Army who served in the Revolutionary War, as an attempt at reestablishing a hereditary nobility within America's budding republic.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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Burke's arguments appealed to Marabeau's distrust of established political order, a political theme catching fire in late-eighteenth century France. In drafting ''Considerations on the Order of Cincinnatus'', Marabeau utilized materials personally provided by Benjamin Franklin, whose role as Minister to France effectively muzzled any ability to publicly criticize the the French monarchy.<ref>''The new International Encyclopedia'', s.v. “Count de Morabeau, Gabriel Honore Riqueti.”</ref><br />
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Though posthumously considered critical to the developments of the French Revolution, Marabeau's contributions to history are often examined with mixed opinion. Following Marabeau's death, evidence produced at Revolution-era trials exposed Marabeau's hidden loyalty to the crown and workings as an intermediary between major incumbent and revolutionary forces.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
The [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] includes the notation ''Mirabeau, Turgot etc 8vo.'' for a title given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. A title later listed on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Consideration for the order of Cincinnati' ($2.25 value)" may be the same book. We do not have enough information to conclusively prove that Wythe owned ''Considerations on the Order of Cincinnatus''. Nor can we identify which edition Wythe owned, or whether he owned the French original or the English translation. [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 18, 2015.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates this, adding "Several editions in French and England were published at London and Philadelphia." 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> lists both the 1784 first French edition and the 1785 first American edition, indicating that Wythe probably owned the English edition. Since the edition in unknown, the Wolf Law Library purchased an available copy of the 1786 English edition printed in Philadelphia.<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=History_of_Florence&diff=43924History of Florence2015-09-15T14:31:06Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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}}The ''Florentine Histories'' consist of eight volumes that detail the shaping of the city-state of Florence. They were printed in 1532 and written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli]. Machiavelli was born in 1469 in Florence, where he spent most of his life. A politician, diplomat, and historian, he held high offices in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Florence Republic of Florence]. When the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Medici Medici] returned to power, Machiavelli fell into disgrace and turned to them in hopes of saving both his own career and Florence.<br /><br />
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Machiavelli sought the commission to write the ''Florentine Histories'' and was granted it by Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici, later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_VII Pope Clement VII].<ref>John M. Najemy, "Machiavelli and the Medici: The Lessons of Florentine History," ''Renaissance Quarterly'' 35, no. 4 (1982): 553.</ref> The ''Histories'' begin with the fall of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire Western Roman Empire] and end with the death of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_de%27_Medici Lorenzo Il Magnifico]. The ''Florentine Histories'' were Machiavelli’s study of the Republic and reveal his desire to see it brought back. He found that “as one such citizen of a ruined republic, having understood in historical terms the process of that ruin, he now looks to those very misfortunes, indeed to the ''history'' that he and the republic had suffered, as the beginning of wisdom, and from an understanding of which new life would become possible.”<ref>Najemy, "Machiavelli and the Medici," 576.</ref> Taken as whole, the eight volumes seem to draw the conclusion that in order for the Republic to be brought back it would have to rid itself of the Medici.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Not surprisingly, the Medici accused him of conspiracy and had Machiavelli arrested, tortured and exiled to his estate at Sant'Andrea in Percussina. Machiavelli died there in 1527.<br /><br />
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''The History of Florence'' became significant in the eighteenth century as the American colonies were striving for their independence and looking to create their own republic. The founders would knowingly, and in some cases unknowingly, espouse the ideals of a republic that Machiavelli championed centuries earlier. “Jefferson’s commitment to limited government, his advocacy of a politics of distrust, his eager embrace of a species of populism, his ultimate understanding of the executive power, and the intention guiding the comprehensive legislative program that he devised for Virginia make sense only when understood in terms of the new science of republic politics articulated by Machiavelli.”<ref>Paul A. Rahe, "Thomas Jefferson's Machiavellian Political Science," ''The Review of Politis'' 57, no. 3 (1995): 449.</ref> Unlike Jefferson, who just shared some of Machiavelli’s ideas, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams John Adams] “actually read and took seriously Machiavelli and his writings,” and “he copied over one-hundred pages from the Florentine Histories” for the second volume of ''A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America''.<ref>C. Bradley Thompson, "John Adams's Machiavellian Moment," ''The Review of Politics'' 57, no. 3 (1995): 390.</ref> In the ''Defence'', Adams “retraced Machiavelli’s history of Florence, attributing its unrelenting sequence of political tragedies to its failure to incorporate the mixed constitution, a point Adams repeatedly belabored Machiavelli for missing.”<ref>Andrew J Reck, "The Enlightenment in American Law II: The Constitution," ''The Review of Metaphysics'', 44, no. 4 (1991): 740.</ref> Machiavelli’s ''History of Florence'', an important work during his time, continued to be important centuries later as it helped shape the minds of men creating a new republic.<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Machiavel.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Marchiavel's Works' ($4.00 value)." We do not have enough information to conclusively identify either which title Machiavelli authored nor 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 "Probably a collection of Machiavelli's works, but the language and format are not indicated." 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 1761 Glasgow edition of ''The History of Florence in Eight Books'' based on a copy at the University of Virginia with the signature "Thomas M. Randolph" inside the front board of volume two. The Wolf Law Library agreed with Brown's reasoning and purchased the title and edition he suggested.<br />
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}}[[File:HookerWorks1723Illustration.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece portrait of Richard Hooker.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hooker Richard Hooker] (1554-1600) 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 /><br />
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''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 /><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'' 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 3:14-15 [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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}}[[File:HookerWorks1723Illustration.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece portrait of Richard Hooker.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hooker Richard Hooker] (1554-1600) 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 /><br />
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''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 /><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'' 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 3:14-15 [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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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3621021 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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}}[[File:HookerWorks1723Illustration.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece portrait of Richard Hooker.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hooker Richard Hooker] (1554-1600) 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 /><br />
<br /> <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 /><br />
<br /><br />
''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'' 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 3:14-15 [no.2334].</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased the London 1723 edition.<br />
<br />
==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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}}[[File:HookerWorks1723Illustration.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece portrait of Richard Hooker.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hooker Richard Hooker] (1554-1600) 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 /><br />
<br /> <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 /><br />
<br /><br />
''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'' 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 3:14-15 [no.2334].</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased the London 1723 edition.<br />
<br />
==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 />
<br />
View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3621021 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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[[File:HookerWorks1723Bookplate.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Half-title</center>]]<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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}}[[File:HookerWorks1723Illustration.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece portrait of Richard Hooker.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hooker Richard Hooker] (1554-1600) 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 /><br />
<br /> <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 /><br />
<br /><br />
''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'' 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 3:14-15 [no.2334].</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased the London 1723 edition.<br />
<br />
==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 />
<br />
View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3621021 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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[[File:HookerWorks1723Bookplate.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Half-title</center>]]<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Blackstone's Commentaries: with Notes of Reference, to the Constitution and Laws, of the Federal Government of the United States; and of the Commonwealth of Virginia''}}<br />
===by St. George Tucker===<br />
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}}[[File:TuckerBlackstonesCommentary1803V2Table.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>Table of Descents in Parentage in Virginia, plate IV, volume two.</center>]][[St. George Tucker]] (1752–1827) was a Virginia jurist and former student of George Wythe.<ref>The description of Tucker's ''Blackstone'' derives from the Wikipedia entry for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George_Tucker St. George Tucker] that Fred Dingledy (of William & Mary's Wolf Law Library) edited and refined.</ref> When he succeeded Wythe as the second [[Professor of Law and Police]] at the College of William & Mary, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George_Tucker Tucker] used [[Commentaries on the Laws of England|William Blackstone's ''Commentaries on the Laws of England'']] as his primary text.<ref>Paul Finkelman and David Cobin, "An Introduction to St. George Tucker's Blackstone's Commentaries," in St. George Tucker, ''Blackstone's Commentaries'' (1803; repr., Union, N.J.: Lawbook Exchange, 1996), 1:x.</ref> Although Tucker considered ''Blackstone'' the best treatise to use for learning the common law, he thought it had weaknesses as a teaching tool for American law.<ref>Ibid. </ref> None of the editions of ''Blackstone'' published in the United States actually discussed new legal developments there; they just reprinted Blackstone's discussions of English law.<ref>Ibid., 1:i.</ref> Tucker also felt that Blackstone's sympathy with the power of the Crown over that of Parliament would be a poor influence for American students.<ref>Davison M. Douglas, "[http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmlr/vol47/iss4/2/ Foreword: The Legacy of St. George Tucker]," 47 ''William and Mary Law Review'' (2006), 1113.</ref> To address these deficiencies, Tucker wrote [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginalia marginalia] in his copy of ''Blackstone'' and read the notes to his classes. He also added lectures on the law of Virginia and the United States, comparing the American political system with its British counterpart.<ref> Charles T. Cullen, ''St. George Tucker and Law in Virginia, 1772-1804'' (New York: Garland Publishing, 1987), 121,123-126.</ref><br /> <br />
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In 1795, at the urging of several friends (including former Virginia governor John Page), Tucker began investigating publishing his written works, including an edition of ''Blackstone'' with his notes and lectures from William & Mary added as appendixes.<ref>Ibid., 157.</ref> After initial unsuccessful attempts to find a printer, Tucker reached an agreement with the Philadelphia firm of Birch and Small, which paid Tucker $4000 for the book's copyright.<ref>Ibid., 157-160.</ref> Tucker's ''Blackstone'' was organized into five volumes. Each volume would begin with Blackstone's original text, with notes from Tucker added, followed by an appendix containing Tucker's lectures and writings on particular subjects.<ref>Ibid., 161. </ref> Blackstone's text was mostly arranged the same way as in the original version, but Tucker organized the appendixes to show what he felt were the most important developments in American law.<ref>Ibid.</ref> <br />
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Tucker's ''Blackstone'' sold well from the beginning,<ref> Cullen, ''St. George Tucker and Law in Virginia'', 160-161.</ref> and it quickly became the major treatise on American law in the early 19th century.<ref>Douglas, "Legacy of St. George Tucker," 1114.</ref> Law reporter Daniel Call described it as "necessary to every student and practitioner of law in Virginia".<ref>8 Va. (4 Call) xxviii (1833)</ref> Lawyers arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court would frequently cite to Tucker's ''Blackstone''&mdash;more often than any other commentator until 1827, the year after the publication of James Kent's ''Commentaries on American Law''.<ref> Cullen, ''St. George Tucker and Law in Virginia,'' 162-163.</ref> The United States Supreme Court cited Tucker's ''Blackstone'' frequently, referring to it in over forty cases.<ref>Finkelman and Cobin, "An Introduction to St. George Tucker's Blackstone's Commentaries," 1:v-vi.</ref> Modern lawyers, legal scholars, and judges still refer to Tucker's ''Blackstone'' to determine how Americans understood both English and American law in the early days of the republic.<ref>Ibid., 1:i-ii, v-vi.</ref><br />
[[File:TuckerBlackstonesCommentary1803V3Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>Inscription and bookseller's embossed stamp, front free endpaper, volume three.</center>]]<br />
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Tucker’s Blackstone 5.v. 8vo." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "Tucker's Blackstone (3 odd vols.)' (3 vols., $3.00 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 18, 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> include ''Tucker's Blackstone''. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the first edition.<br />
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==Description of The Wolf Law Library's Copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary calf and rebacked in matching period style, retaining the original red and black morocco gilt-lettered spine labels. Gilt ruling decorates the spine. Contains marginalia throughout the volumes. Each title page embossed with the stamp of the Sondley Reference Library, "Sondley Library, Asheville, NC." Each front free endpaper has the signature of the well-known North Carolina author, lawyer, and historian "F.A. Sondley, Asheville, N.C., Sept. 28, 1887" and the embossed stamp of "Randolph & English, Booksellers, 1502 Main St., Richmond VA." Most volumes signed "Wm. Green, 1834" on a preliminary page; volume three signed "William Green, 1834." Volume three also signed "John W. Green" on the title page. The upper margin of the first volume's title page states, "Commenced the study of Law, the night of the 22nd March 1848." Purchased from David Lesser.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[Commentaries on the Laws of England]]''<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[St. George Tucker]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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[[Category:Virginia Law]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Code_de_l%27Humanit%C3%A9&diff=43902Code de l'Humanité2015-09-15T14:17:27Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Code de l'Humanité, ou La Législation Universelle, Naturelle, Civile et Politique, avec l'Histoire Littéraire des plus Grands Hommes qui ont Contribué a la Perfection de ce Code''}}<br />
===Fortuné Barthélemy de Félice===<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Thomas Mann Randolph's Books]]<br />
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[[Category:Dictionaries and Encyclopedias]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=De_Veritate_Religionis_Christianae&diff=43900De Veritate Religionis Christianae2015-09-15T14:16:44Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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===by Hugo Grotius===<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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Grotius composed a poem titled "Bewijs van den waren godsdienst" in a prison cell in 1620 after having been arrested by Prince Mauris.<ref>Jeremiah Hackett, reviewer, "''Hugo Grotius as Apologist for the Christian Religion: A Study of His Work "De Veritate religionis christianae" (1640)'' by J. P. Heering; J. C. Grayson,” ''The Sixteenth Century Journal'' 38, no. 1 (Spring 2007): 164.</ref> This didactic poem, whose title translates as "Proof of the True Religion," was first published in 1622 as a defense of Christianity against other religions and atheism.<ref>Ibid.</ref>The Latin version of this poem, ''De Veritate Religionis Christianae'' ("On the Truth of the Christian Religion"), was later published in 1640.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> The work contains six "books" with the first three touting the merits of Christianity, and the last three attacking paganism, Judaism, and Islam, respectively.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
[[File:GrotiusDeVeritate1696Illustration2.jpg|center|thumb|400px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text.</center>]]<br />
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Grotius de veritate religionis Christianae. 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Grotius on Christ: Religion (latin)' ($1.50 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 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 1745 duodecimo edition published in Glasgow. Jefferson listed the volume as an octavo, but we do not know the precise edition owned by Wythe. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the 1696 octavo edition published in Amsterdam.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in contemporary vellum with manuscript title and "626" or "bzb" on spine. Purchased from Daniel Thierstein.<br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3714551 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Rights of War and Peace|The Rights of War and Peace]]''<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=kxBcAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_the_Most_Reverend_Dr._John_Tillotson&diff=43898Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson2015-09-15T14:15:45Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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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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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3739615 William & Mary's online catalog].<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
</div><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=-BhPAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Essays_of_Michael_Seigneur_de_Montaigne&diff=43896Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne2015-09-15T14:15:00Z<p>Lewarkentin: /* See also */</p>
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===by Michel de Montaigne===<br />
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}}[[File:MontaigneEssays1711v1Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|220px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne Michel de Montaigne] (1533-1592) was an influential philosopher and essayist with revolutionary values derivative of humanism, skepticism, relativism, and empirical knowledge.<ref> Marc Foglia, [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/montaigne/ “Michel de Montaigne”], ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (Spring 2013), accessed on October 24, 2013. All biographical information is from this source unless otherwise noted.</ref> He came from a wealthy family of recent nobility, and was educated in the classics and Latin before he was sent to school at the age of six. Montaigne worked as a lawyer, including positions as a counselor of the Court des Aides of Périgueux and counselor of the Parlement in Bordeaux. He retired from public life in 1571. Despite his retirement, Montaigne remained active in the political sphere, where he advocated following custom and ancient societal laws.<ref> John Christian Laursen, “Michel de Montaigne and the Politics of Skepticism,” ''Historical Reflections'', 16, No. 1 (Berghahn Books, Spring 1989), pp. 131-32.</ref><br/><br />
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In 1580, Montaigne published his famous ''Essays'', with two more books published in 1588 and 1595. In them he sets forth humanist ideas about the importance of asserting “natural judgment,” recognizing humans as fallible and connected to the physical world, and the empirical nature of knowledge. One of his most famous essays, “On Cannibals,” compares the behavior of European colonialists to the “savages” of Brazil.<ref> Norris Brock Johnson, “Cannibals and Culture: The Anthropology of Michel de Montaigne,” ''Dialectical Anthropology'', 18, No. 2 (Springer, 1993), pp. 154-55.</ref> Other essays customs in the context of the horrors of war where he argues that laws can be evil or unjust, but one should follow ancient laws that order society.<ref> Laursen, pp. 122-23.</ref> The ''Essays'' are pervaded by Montaigne’s skepticism, learned from reading the Stoics, which “insist[s] that it is the self that is in constant flux and in need of a stable political environment.”<ref> Laursen, p. 103.</ref> He lived by a strict morality and believed that one must act in a way he believes is just while living in an uncertain world.<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Montaigne. Eng. 2.v. 8vo.'' 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. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on November 13, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing indicates this without choosing 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 1759 edition published in London but notes that "which English edition Wythe owned is undetermined." Because we do not know which edition Wythe owned, the Wolf Law Library purchased the fourth edition, published in London in 1711 when a copy became available.<br />
[[File:MontaigneEssaysofMichaelSeigneurDeMontaigne1711InitialCapital.jpg |left|thumb|180px|<center>Initial capital, first page of text.</center>]]<br />
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in 3/4 mottled calf leather with marbled boards by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Zaehnsdorf Joseph Zaehnsdorf], top edge gilt. Contains gilt extras and lettering pieces to the spine. Includes marbled flyleaves and pastedowns. Copy features marginal notes and quotations. Purchased from Hirschfeld Galleries.<br />
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==See also==<br />
<div style="overflow: hidden;"><br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
</div><br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read volume one in [http://books.google.com/books?id=PYm9PUnP4XIC&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br /><br />
Read volume two in [http://books.google.com/books?id=uB8JAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br /><br />
Read volume three in [http://books.google.com/books?id=1R8JAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA74&dq=Essays+of+Michel+Seigneur+de+Montaigne+book+1+1711&hl=en&sa=X&ei=awP4UYaxAarB4APGnoCoAw&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Essays%20of%20Michel%20Seigneur%20de%20Montaigne%20book%201%201711&f=false Google Books.]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Essays_of_Michael_Seigneur_de_Montaigne&diff=43894Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne2015-09-15T14:14:43Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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===by Michel de Montaigne===<br />
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}}[[File:MontaigneEssays1711v1Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|220px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne Michel de Montaigne] (1533-1592) was an influential philosopher and essayist with revolutionary values derivative of humanism, skepticism, relativism, and empirical knowledge.<ref> Marc Foglia, [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/montaigne/ “Michel de Montaigne”], ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (Spring 2013), accessed on October 24, 2013. All biographical information is from this source unless otherwise noted.</ref> He came from a wealthy family of recent nobility, and was educated in the classics and Latin before he was sent to school at the age of six. Montaigne worked as a lawyer, including positions as a counselor of the Court des Aides of Périgueux and counselor of the Parlement in Bordeaux. He retired from public life in 1571. Despite his retirement, Montaigne remained active in the political sphere, where he advocated following custom and ancient societal laws.<ref> John Christian Laursen, “Michel de Montaigne and the Politics of Skepticism,” ''Historical Reflections'', 16, No. 1 (Berghahn Books, Spring 1989), pp. 131-32.</ref><br/><br />
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In 1580, Montaigne published his famous ''Essays'', with two more books published in 1588 and 1595. In them he sets forth humanist ideas about the importance of asserting “natural judgment,” recognizing humans as fallible and connected to the physical world, and the empirical nature of knowledge. One of his most famous essays, “On Cannibals,” compares the behavior of European colonialists to the “savages” of Brazil.<ref> Norris Brock Johnson, “Cannibals and Culture: The Anthropology of Michel de Montaigne,” ''Dialectical Anthropology'', 18, No. 2 (Springer, 1993), pp. 154-55.</ref> Other essays customs in the context of the horrors of war where he argues that laws can be evil or unjust, but one should follow ancient laws that order society.<ref> Laursen, pp. 122-23.</ref> The ''Essays'' are pervaded by Montaigne’s skepticism, learned from reading the Stoics, which “insist[s] that it is the self that is in constant flux and in need of a stable political environment.”<ref> Laursen, p. 103.</ref> He lived by a strict morality and believed that one must act in a way he believes is just while living in an uncertain world.<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Montaigne. Eng. 2.v. 8vo.'' 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. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on November 13, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing indicates this without choosing 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 1759 edition published in London but notes that "which English edition Wythe owned is undetermined." Because we do not know which edition Wythe owned, the Wolf Law Library purchased the fourth edition, published in London in 1711 when a copy became available.<br />
[[File:MontaigneEssaysofMichaelSeigneurDeMontaigne1711InitialCapital.jpg |left|thumb|180px|<center>Initial capital, first page of text.</center>]]<br />
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in 3/4 mottled calf leather with marbled boards by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Zaehnsdorf Joseph Zaehnsdorf], top edge gilt. Contains gilt extras and lettering pieces to the spine. Includes marbled flyleaves and pastedowns. Copy features marginal notes and quotations. Purchased from Hirschfeld Galleries.<br />
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==See also==<br />
<div style="overflow: hidden;"><br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
</div><br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External Links==<br />
Read volume one in [http://books.google.com/books?id=PYm9PUnP4XIC&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br /><br />
Read volume two in [http://books.google.com/books?id=uB8JAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books.]<br /><br />
Read volume three in [http://books.google.com/books?id=1R8JAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA74&dq=Essays+of+Michel+Seigneur+de+Montaigne+book+1+1711&hl=en&sa=X&ei=awP4UYaxAarB4APGnoCoAw&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Essays%20of%20Michel%20Seigneur%20de%20Montaigne%20book%201%201711&f=false Google Books.]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Platonos_Hapanta_ta_Sozomena&diff=43892Platonos Hapanta ta Sozomena2015-09-15T14:13:52Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
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*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[Platonis Philosophi Quae Extant Graece]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Philosophy]]<br />
[[Category:Thomas Mann Randolph's Books]]<br />
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Characteristicks,_of_Men,_Manners,_Opinions,_Times_etc&diff=43890Characteristicks, of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times etc2015-09-15T14:13:11Z<p>Lewarkentin: </p>
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===by Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury===<br />
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}}Born Feb. 26, 1671, in London, England; Died Feb. 15, 1713, in Chiaia, Italy. <ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref><br />
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The firstborn son to the 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury of the same name, Cooper was a pupil of John Locke’s in the early 1670s, a decade later embarked on a tour of continental Europe, touring France and the Low Countries.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref> Cooper also spent a year in Italy during the trip, and was forced to return to England through Central Europe rather than the quicker route through France due to hostilities between that country and England following the expulsion of James II in 1688.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref> <br />
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Once he returned to England, he began a 3-year stint in the House of Commons from 1695-1698.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref> Though his career there was largely uneventful, it is noteworthy for his support of the Treason Bill, which provided legal counsel for those accused of the crime.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref> When Cooper rose to speak in favor of the bill, he either feigned fright at speaking to the assembly or was actually frightened, and had to take a moment to compose himself in front of the body.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref> Once ready, he then spoke of the need for the accused to have counsel in front of the judges trying their case, because he, innocent and not even accused of treason, as well as a Member of Parliament, was still placed in a state of fright when compelled to speak before their authority.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref> The bill passed in no small part due to this rhetorical flourish. Afterwards, he refused to stand for the House of Commons again, and instead stepped down as the body dissolved. A year later, in 1699, his father, the 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury, died, and Cooper gained his seat in the House of Lords, where he served actively until William III’s death in 1702, and in a more passive role thereafter.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref><br />
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Cooper was single most of his life, which gave rise to questions regarding his sexuality that his own writings do not dispel.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref> He did, however, recognize his duty to his family to further his line, as evidenced by a letter to his brother, Maurice, in 1705.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref> In 1709, he married a Jane Ewer, and by 1711 she bore him a son, who would become Anthony Ashley Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref> In the middle of 1711 he left England for good, and late that year established a residence in Chiaia, Italy. He lived there until his death in 1713.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref> His remains were returned to England and interred in the chapel of Wimborne St. Giles.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6209?docPos=3]</ref> <br />
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== Manuscript ==<br />
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The work itself is an edited collection of Cooper's more influential essays. <ref>[http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/columency/shaftesbury_anthony_ashley_cooper_3d_earl_of/0]</ref><br />
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The First Edition was published in 1711 while Cooper still lived, and the revised Second Edition was released in 1714, over a year after his death.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/3817927?seq=1]</ref> Over the next 60 years, nine more editions surfaced in England.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/3817927?seq=1]</ref> The work itself was intended to serve as a guide to the reader on how to live a morally sound life, and covers a myriad of topics, from masculinity to the arts.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/3817927?seq=3]</ref> Containing nearly a quarter-million words, the manuscript itself is often split into three volumes.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/3817927?seq=3]</ref> The first volume contains what amounts to a foundation of principles that are discussed in more depth in the second volume. The third volume then contains meandering writings intended to clarify the first two volumes.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/519258.pdf?&acceptTC=true&jpdConfirm=true]</ref> The work is notable for both its novel approach in addressing moralistic thinking and its influence on future philosophers. Cooper's work was one of the first of its kind to explore moral principles divorced from the typical Christian framework that often accompanied it.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/519258.pdf?&acceptTC=true&jpdConfirm=true]</ref> Instead, Cooper framed his justification for moral principles based on natural propensities for affection between individuals.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/519258.pdf?&acceptTC=true&jpdConfirm=true]</ref> The work itself influenced many prominent philosophers of later generations, including David Hume and, to a lesser extent, Immanuel Kant.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/519258.pdf?&acceptTC=true&jpdConfirm=true]</ref> The original Second Edition contains multiple engravings in the second volume, included for illustrative and demonstrative purposes, which have been included or omitted in various other iterations of the series.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/519258.pdf?&acceptTC=true&jpdConfirm=true]</ref><br />
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Multiple and distinct versions of the work exist, each with its own merits and drawbacks. The most recent version, published in 1999 and known as the Ayres version, contains an influential foreword by the editor explaining key concepts in the manuscript and providing context for the essays within.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/519258.pdf?&acceptTC=true&jpdConfirm=true]</ref> This version, however, also lacks clarity with respect to the engravings that Cooper included in the second volume of the manuscript, which are very useful illustrations of the propositions made within.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/519258.pdf?&acceptTC=true&jpdConfirm=true]</ref> More specifically, critics state that the cross-referencing system used in the Ayres version to pair the engravings with their appropriate page of text is overly complex and occasionally unclear.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/519258.pdf?&acceptTC=true&jpdConfirm=true]</ref> This complexity, which some, including Isabel Rivers of St. Hughes College at Oxford, refer to as "cavalier", and "damaging" to the overall work, can be traced to the decision to condense the manuscript's three volumes into two.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/519258.pdf?&acceptTC=true&jpdConfirm=true]</ref> The manuscript also abandons the typographical conventions common in 1711 when the first edition was published.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/519258.pdf?&acceptTC=true&jpdConfirm=true]</ref> <br />
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*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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*''[[C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis Historiæ]]''<br />
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}}[[File:Hippocrates_HippocratisAphorismi1784PrinterFlourish2.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Printer's flourish, page 134</center>]]The physician Hippocrates of Cos lived sometime between 450 BCE to 380 BCE and is traditionally regarded as the father of medicine.<ref>''The New Encyclopaedia Britannica'', s.v. "Hippocrates," (Chicago: Encyclopaedia Brtannica, Inc, 2007), 5:939.</ref> "The writings of the ''Corpus Hippocraticum'' provide a wealth of information on biomedical methodology and offer one of the first reflective codes of professional ethics."<ref>''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', s.v. "[http://www.iep.utm.edu/hippocra/ Hippocrates]," accessed October 30, 2013.</ref> The writings were most likely composed by multiple men; even the "Hippocratic Oath" is believed to be the work of someone other than Hippocrates.<ref>''The New Encyclopaedia Britannica'', s.v. "Hippocrates."</ref> Both Plato and Aristotle specifically mention Hippocrates in their own works and he was regarded as "a great physician who exercised a permanent influence on the development of medicine and on the ideals and ethics of the physician."<ref>''Britannica Concise Encyclopedia'', s.v. "[http://www.credoreference.com/entry/ebconcise/hippocrates Hippocrates]," accessed November 11, 2013.</ref> Regarding the ''Corpus Hippocraticum'', "[o]n the biomedical methodology side, these writings provide the most detailed biomedical observations to date in the Western world. They also offer causal speculations that can be knitted together to form a theoretical framework for diagnosis and treatment. On the ethical side, their code of professional ethics is so well structured that it continues to stand as a model for other professions."<ref>''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', "Hippocrates".</ref> <br />
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Within the ''Corpus Hippocraticum'', the ''Aphorismi'', is "a collection of 412 short counsels regarding diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment."<ref>''The New Encyclopaedia Britannica'', s.v. "Hippocrates."</ref> The term "aphorism" was first used in connection with the work of Hippocrates.<ref>''The New Encyclopaedia Britannica'', s.v. "Aphorism," (Chicago: Encyclopaedia Brtannica, Inc, 2007), 1:481.</ref> <br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed on the [[Jefferson Inventory]] as ''Hippocratis Aphorismata. p.f.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Aphorisms of Hypocrates' ($3.75 value)." We cannot determine the precise edition Wythe owned from the information available. 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 a 1736 octavo edition published in Edinburgh. [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 includes no specific edition and indicates "Probably a portion of the work only. Precise edition unknown." The 12-centimeter, 1784 edition chosen by the Wolf Law Library is a good potential candidate as it corresponds to Jefferson's indicated size of "p.f." (petit folio).<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in red morocco, covers with three gilt rules around the sides, edges and turn-ins gilt. Spine has triple rules dividing the panels which are decorated in gilt and a black gilt label.<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 this book in [http://books.google.com/books?id=xHZIAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books].<br />
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===by John Marshall===<br />
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}}[[File:MarshallLifeOfWashington1804V1Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]][[John Marshall]] (c. 1755-1835), was the fourth&mdash;and arguably the most influential&mdash;Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1801-1835). Marshall holds the record as the longest serving Chief Justice in U.S. history. During his thirty-four years on the bench he helped lay the foundation of the U.S. Supreme Court as an equal branch to the U.S. government&mdash;alongside the legislative and executive branches&mdash;especially focusing on reinforcing the principle of judicial review.<ref>Charles F. Hobson, ''The Great Chief Justice: John Marshall and the Rule of Law'' (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1996), 256.</ref><br /><br />
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''The Life of Washington'' was the only book Marshall wrote. Marshall published his biography as a five-volume series between 1804 and 1807. The work is based on records and papers given to Marshall by Washington’s family, but has received special renown because Marshall was an actual contemporary of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington Washington] and served with him in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army Continental Army]. The biography experienced immediate success because his “political acumen and his judicial equipoise were such as to give his work a great permanent importance.”<ref>Charles Kendall Adams, ''A Manual of Historical Literature'' (New York: Harper, 1882), 582.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
George Wythe is listed as a subscriber in the atlas volume of the first edition. Thomas Jefferson inherited Wythe's copy and noted it in [[Jefferson Inventory|his inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Marshall's Life of Washington. 4.v. 8vo.'' Jefferson gave it to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. It later appeared on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Marshall's Washington' (4 vols., $10.25 value)." Both 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 Marshall's ''Life of Washington''. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the first edition.<br />
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
First edition, first impression bound in contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original spines laid down. Spines feature red morocco title labels and green morocco volume labels with gilt lettering. Inscribed on "W. D. Bartlett" front flyleaf of volumes one, four, and five. Atlas bound in contemporary full calf with marbled boards, rebacked with original spine. Purchased from Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books.<br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/2949653 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
[[File:MarshallLifeOfWashington1804V4Inscription.jpg|center|thumb|250px|<center>Inscription, front flyleaf, volume four.</center>]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[John Marshall]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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===by Filippo Mazzei===<br />
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}}[[File:MazzeiRecherchesHistoriquesEtPolitiques1788V1Headpiece.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text, volume one.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Mazzei Filippo Mazzei] (1730-1816) was born in Tuscany to a tradesman. He studied medicine in Florence and took his first trip to England in 1756 as a ship’s doctor. He remained in London for the next sixteen years and then moved to America to pursue a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viticulture viticulture] enterprise. Mazzei arrived in Virginia in 1773 and purchased property near [[Thomas Jefferson]]’s Monticello. He cultivated relationships with Jefferson and other prominent Virginians, and was appointed in 1779 as Virginia’s agent in Europe by Governor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Henry Patrick Henry]. Upon his return to Virginia, Mazzei moved his estate to Richmond where he organized the Constitutional Society, a group of pamphleteers meant to promote liberty by publishing papers on public policy.<ref>Stanley J. Idzerda, "[http://www.anb.org/articles/03/03-00595.html Mazzei, Philip]" in ''American National Biography Online'', accessed November 2, 2013.</ref> <br />
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Mazzei sought a position in the American government but was denied because he was not a citizen. He permanently returned to Europe in 1785 and assisted Jefferson with his post as minister in Paris. Mazzei published various works throughout his lifetime in Virginian newspapers and Italian journals, signing them, "Philip Mazzei, Citizen of the United States of America."<ref>Ibid.</ref> Thomas Jefferson was especially influenced by Mazzei’s works and is known to have used an excerpt from one of Mazzei’s articles in his own writing.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Mazzei reviewed a rough draft of the [[Declaration of Independence]]<ref>''Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia'', s.v. "[http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/philip-mazzei Mazzei, Philip]," accessed November 2, 2013.</ref> and is credited with the phrase, “all men are created equal.”<ref>[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-103hjres175eh/pdf/BILLS-103hjres175eh.pdf H.R.J. Res. 175], 103d Cong. (1994), 2.</ref> Mazzei’s contributions to the American cause were first officially recognized in 1980 when the U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp entitled, "Philip Mazzei, Patriot Remembered.”<ref>''U.S. Stamp Gallery'', s.v. "[http://www.usstampgallery.com/view.php?id=5842d61e7d7b7bcb645c0c16b0dbe3c62b457ba0 Philip Mazzei]," accessed November 2, 2013.</ref> <br />
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In 1788, while in Paris, Mazzei published the four-volume work ''Recherches Historiques et Politiques sur les États-Unis'' to promote the American cause. In it, Mazzei outlines the history of the American colonies, the causes of the revolution, and the economy and government of the United States. Also discussed are Indians, slavery, emigration, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati Society of the Cincinnati]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumas_Malone Dumas Malone] characterized the set as "probably the most reliable of all the works of the period on the United States.<ref>Dumas Malone, ''Jefferson and His Time'', vol. 2, ''Jefferson and the Rights of Man'' (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951), 109.</ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Etats Unis de Mazzei. 4.v. in 3. 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. 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 on April 21, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing list the first edition of this title as the one intended by Jefferson's entry. The Wolf Law Library acquired a copy of the first edition for the [[George Wythe Collection]].<br />
[[File:MazzeiRecherchesHistoriquesEtPolitiques1788V4Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Inscription, front free endpaper, volume four.</center>]]<br />
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Bound in original plum boards and neatly rebacked in calf. Each volume inscribed "Gist Blair from the Library of Charles Levi Woodbury, 1900" on the front free endpaper. All volumes also include the bookplate of Augustus Thorndike on the front pastedown. Purchased from G.S. MacManus Co.<br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3269456 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe to Philip Mazzei, 10 August 1785]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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}}James Ralph (d. 1762) spent his younger years in Philadelphia, where he was acquainted with Benjamin Franklin and aspired to be a poet.<ref> Laird, Okie, "Ralph, James (d. 1762)," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; "Ralph, James," in ''Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography'', v. 5, eds. James Grant Wilson and John Fisk (New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1900), 164. </ref> In 1724, he abandoned his family and moved to London where he lived on money borrowed from Franklin and found work teaching at a village school.<ref> Ibid.</ref> Later on, Ralph and Franklin had a falling out when Franklin made sexual advances towards Ralph’s mistress. In 1727 he resumed his literary career, publishing a book of poetry known as The Tempest, or, The Terrors of Death.<ref> Okie, "Ralph, James".</ref> <br />
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The history of England during the reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George I, with an introductory review of the reigns of the royal brothers Charles and James, published in two volumes (1744-6), was Ralph’s most important work and intended as a continuation of William Guthrie’s History of England.<ref> Ibid. </ref> However, the title is misleading because the work does not progress past King William’s reign.<ref> Ibid. </ref> <br />
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Although the work sold poorly, it is still noteworthy for several reasons. Ralph incorporated far more documents into his analysis than his contemporary, Paul de Rapin-Thoyras, had used when writing his own English history.<ref> Ibid. </ref> Additionally, he was the first historian to examine the origins of the revolution of 1688 in depth and his work focused on economics and the financial revolution of the 1690s more than others covering the same period.<ref> Ibid. </ref> Finally, he departed from the norm of writing history from a partisan standpoint and pointed out the biases and errors in his predecessors’ analysis.<ref> Ibid. </ref><br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[General History of England|A General History of England: From the Invasion of the Romans under Julius Cæsar to the Late Revolution in MDCLXXXIII]]''<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]<br />
*''[[New System of Modern Geography|A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar, and Present State of the Several Nations of the World]]''<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]</div>Lewarkentinhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Works_of_Sir_William_Temple&diff=43874Works of Sir William Temple2015-09-15T14:06:15Z<p>Lewarkentin: /* See also */</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'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 1:155 [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 />
==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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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3446409 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 />
[[Category:Thomas Mann Randolph's Books]]<br />
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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'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 1:155 [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 />
==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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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3446409 William & Mary's online catalog.]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[George Wythe Room]]<br />
*[[Jefferson Invetory]]<br />
*[[Wythe's Library]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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===by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon===<br />
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}}[[File:ClarendonHistoryOfTheRebellion1701v1Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece, volume one.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hyde,_1st_Earl_of_Clarendon Edward Hyde, first Earl of Clarendon] (1609–1674), gained admission to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Temple Middle Temple] in 1626 and was called to the bar in November of 1633.<ref>Paul Seaward, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14328 Hyde, Edward, first earl of Clarendon (1609-1674)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed October 2, 2013. All biographical information derived from this source unless otherwise noted.</ref> After spending some time in Parliament, he was made [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer Chancellor of the Exchequer] in 1643. In part because of this position and in part because of his close relationship with and support of the current royalty, Hyde had considerable firsthand experience to draw upon when writing his ''History on the Civil War in England''. He took an active part in supporting the church and the Crown throughout the war and following unrest, although his combat was political in nature. Eventually, after several rises and falls in favor with various political figures, Hyde was exiled to France, where he died in 1674.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /><br />
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''The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England'' strongly supports a monarchy founded on law, with both church and constitution as a necessary aspect of sound government.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Hyde had high hopes for the reception of his book, and interspersed the history with his own autobiography.<ref>Dr. Martin Maw, [http://www.oxfordscholarlyeditions.com/newsitem/60/the-history-of-the-rebellion-and-civil-wars-in-england ''The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England''], Oxford Scholarly Editions Online (Jun 2013), accessed October 2, 2013.</ref> It received high praise when first published, but did not become popular, due in part to a copyright limited to Oxford, and in part to the complicated legal prose that proved too difficult for some.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Years later, Hyde’s history became recognized as containing style and sophistication that was unparalleled in its 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 ''Clarendon’s history. 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 "'Clarendon's History of England' (3 vols., $9.00 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 editions of this work in folio were published, the first at Oxford 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 1707 Oxford edition, and this was the edition purchased by the Wolf Law Library.<br />
[[File:ClarendonHistoryOfTheRebellion1701v2Headpiece.jpg|center|thumb|350px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text, book seven, volume two.</center>]]<br />
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==<br />
Rebacked in sturdy brown leather with seven raised bands and title, author, etc in gilt. Purchased from Powell's Bookstores.<br /> <br />
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View the record for this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3270008 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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==External Links==<br />
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