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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Ars Transferendi Dominium, the Second Part or, A Sure Law-Guide to the Conveyancer ''}}
===by John Brydall===
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}}John Brydall (Bridall) was born in Chatsworth, Devonshire in 1635 and lived at least until 1705 (the last known date of his published work).<ref>Michael de L. Landon, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3800 Brydall, John (b. c.1635, d. in or after 1705?)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed December 6, 2013.</ref> He was the son of John Brydall, who was a lawyer and barrister at [[wikipedia:Lincoln's Inn|Lincoln's Inn]] (one of the four [[wikipedia:Inns of Court|Inns of Court]] in London). The younger Brydall entered [[wikipedia:Queens'_College,_Cambridge|Queen's College]] in 1652 and graduated in 1655.<ref>John Richard Magrath, [http://books.google.com/books?id=sV1IAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA54&dq=Queens+college+john+brydall&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MeepUq3CI6y_sQTjkYDADA&ved=0CEwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Queens%20college%20john%20brydall&f=false ''The Queen's College'', vol. 2, ''1646-1877''] (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921), 54.</ref> Prior to graduating, he joined Lincoln's Inn as  'heir app[arent]' of his father.<ref>de L. Landon, "Brydall, John (b. c.1635, d. in or after 1705?)."</ref>  At some point in his legal career, it appears that he acted as secretary to Sir Harbottle Grimston, Master of the Rolls.<ref>Magrath, ''The Queen's College'', 54.</ref> While one source indicates that by the time of his death he had authored thiry-six legal works, there seems to be some confusion between what he wrote and what his father may have written.<ref>de L. Landon, "Brydall, John (b. c.1635, d. in or after 1705?)"; Magrath, ''The Queen's College'', 54.</ref>

''Ars Transferendi Dominium Or, a Sure Law-Guide to the Conveyancer'' was published in two parts, sometimes bound together, with both parts focusing on the legal issues involved in the transfer or conveyance of property.<ref>Unsigned review of [http://books.google.com/books?id=S_04AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA610#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Ars transferendi dominium''], by John Brydall, ''The Law Times'', May 23, 1896, 610-11.</ref> Divided into discussions of eleven different methods of conveyance of property, each section begins with general definitions and discussion, followed by Brydall's observations on the topic.<ref>Ibid.</ref> The second part of the book includes a section of questions and their resolutions, starting with "Feoffments." The questions are based on cases, and are followed by answers given in the Socratic method.<ref>Ibid.</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
There is no doubt that George Wythe owned ''Ars Transferendi Dominium''&mdash;a copy at the Library of Congress of the 1698 edition of the second part includes Wythe's bookplate.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:290-291 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648109;view=1up;seq=308 [no.1937]]</ref> [[Thomas Jefferson]] also listed "Brydall’s conveyancer. 8vo." in his [[Jefferson Inventory|inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]], noting that he kept the volume himself. He later sold it to the Library of Congress. Both Brown's 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> 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 second part of ''Ars Transferendi Dominium''. Brown suggests the Wythe/Jefferson copy, which has been rebound, may have once included both parts of the treatise.

The Wolf Law Library purchased an available copy of the second part of ''Ars Transferendi Dominium'' published in 1698.

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in quarter calf with marbled boards. Includes the bookplate of the Los Angeles County Law Library on the front pastedown. 

Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157659736598850 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991033823880103196 William & Mary's online catalog.]

==See also==
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
*''[[Jus Sigilli|Jus Sigilli: or, the Law of England, touching His Majesties Four Principal Seals]]''
*[[Wythe's Library]]

==References==
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[[Category:Jefferson's Books]]
[[Category:John Brydall]]
[[Category:Known Surviving Wythe Volumes]]
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]

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