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===by William Temple===
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}}[[wikipedia:Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet|Sir William Temple]], 1st Baronet (1628 &ndash; 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 [[wikipedia:Third Anglo-Dutch War|Dutch War]], and the marriage of [[wikipedia:Mary II of England|Princess Mary]] and [[wikipedia: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 wrote extensively. His most famous work is ''Observations upon the United Provinces,'' a history of the Netherlands,<ref>Ibid.</ref> and he 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>

[[File:WorksOfSirWilliamTemple1720v2Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>Inscription, title page, volume two.</center>]]
"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>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Temple's works. 2.v. fol.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his son-in-law, [[Thomas Mann Randolph]]. Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> lists the 1750 edition based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 1:155 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648091;view=1up;seq=185 [no.366]].</ref> [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on October 9, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. Two-volume editions were published at London in 1720, 1731, 1740, 1745, and 1750." Because we don't know the exact edition Wythe owned, the Wolf Law Library chose to purchase a copy of the first two-volume edition (1720).

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
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.

Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637635317333/ available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991016712529703196 William & Mary's online catalog.]

===Full text===
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*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/WorksOfSirWilliamTemple1720Vol1.pdf Volume I] (40MB PDF)
*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/WorksOfSirWilliamTemple1720Vol2.pdf Volume II] (46MB PDF)
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[[File:WorksOfSirWilliamTemple1720v1Headpiece.jpg|center|thumb|400px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text, volume one.</center>]]

==See also==
*[[George Wythe Room]]
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]

==References==
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[[Category:William Temple]]

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