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<big>''The Statutes at Large, in Paragraphs, and Sections or Numbers, from Magna Charta, to the End of the Session of Parliament, March 14. 1704, in the Fourth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Carefully Examined by the Rolls of Parliament; with the Titles of Such Statutes as are Expired, Repealed, Altered, or Out of Use''</big>
===edited by Joseph Keble===
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}}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Keble Joseph Keble] (1632-1710), a lawyer and writer, was born in London, the fourth son of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Keble Richard Keble] (d. 1683/4), the Commissioner of the Great Seal from 1649 to 1654. Keble was educated at the parish school of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrews St. Andrews] and later entered [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_College,_Oxford Jesus College, Oxford]. He matriculated at All Souls on March 22, 1651 and granted BCL in 1654. Keble was admitted to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray%27s_Inn Grey’s Inn] on May 6, 1647 and called to the bar on June 29, 1653.<ref>Stuart Handley, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15232 Keble, Joseph (1632-1710)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004-), accessed on February 24, 2015.</ref> Keble chose not to practice law; instead, he attended the court of the King’s Bench to report on cases. However, Lord Hardwicke remarked that Keble "though far from being an accurate, was a pretty good Register."<ref>Richard Whalley Bridgman, ''A Short View of Legal Bibliography: Containing Some Critical Observations on the Authority of the Reporters and Other Law Writers'' (London: Printed for W. Reed, 1807), 181.</ref> He had a regimented routine that heavily emphasized his studies. Keble’s first publication came from creating a new chart for the statute book which was printed in 1674, and later used again in 1706. He was paid £300 for this work.<ref>Handley, "Keble, Joseph (1632-1710)."</ref> A contemporary biographer remarked on the book's importance, writing, “This book is likely to continue his name to posterity longer than any Marble Grave-stone that can be given him.”<ref> ''A Brief Account of Joseph Keble, late of Grays-Inn, Esq.'' (London, 1711), 5.</ref> Keble also published other works, such as ''An Explanation of the Laws against Recusants'' (1681), and ''An Assistance to Justices of the Peace'' (1683). He also published ''Reports of the Queen’s Bench ... from the 12th to the 30th year of the reign of Charles II'' (1685). Keble died on August 28, 1710 at the Gray’s Inn Gate while awaiting a coach. He is buried at Tuddenham, near Ipswich. Keble left much unpublished and left twenty volumes of notes to Gray’s Inn.<ref>Handley, " Keble, Joseph (1632-1710)."</ref><br />
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Edited by Joseph Keble, ''The Statues at Large'' was published in 1706 in three volumes and included laws from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta Magna Carta] until March 14, 1704. In the preface, Keble expressed how the tables were organized by general topics, and then by Kings Time in which they were made, to ease the time spent searching for a specific statute. Every topic, emphasized by Keble, had its place somewhere in the table, even if particular subheadings are left out. Furthermore, these statutes were not abridged, but were published as they were in the rolls. As a help to the reader, Keble also included Pulton’s or Rastal’s ''Abridgement'' text in the margins of the work.<ref>''The Statutes at Large'', ed. Joseph Keble (London: Printed by C. Bill, 1706).</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==

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