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| + | First published in 1733 and covering cases from 1689 to 1722, ''Precedents in Chancery'' has been attributed to "Mr. Pooley" and "Mr. Robins."<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), 264.</ref> Chief Baron Gilbert possessed the manuscript, but it was stolen and printed clandestinely after his death.<ref>W. S. Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1924), 6:618.</ref> "The cases are briefly reported, but are of respectable authority."<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'' (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 586.</ref> | ||
==Bibliographic Information== | ==Bibliographic Information== | ||
| − | '''Author:''' | + | '''Author:''' Great Britain. Court of Chancery. |
| − | '''Title:''' Precedents in Chancery, Being a Collection of Cases, Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery; from the Year 1689, to 1722 | + | '''Title:''' ''Precedents in Chancery, Being a Collection of Cases, Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery; from the Year 1689, to 1722''. |
| − | '''Publication Info:''' London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. And R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, for Arthur Bettesworth, 1733. | + | '''Publication Info:''' [London], In the Savoy: Printed by E. And R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, for Arthur Bettesworth, 1733. |
| − | '''Edition:''' | + | '''Edition:''' First edition; 4, 598 (i. e. 588), [40] pages. |
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
Revision as of 18:47, 18 September 2013
First published in 1733 and covering cases from 1689 to 1722, Precedents in Chancery has been attributed to "Mr. Pooley" and "Mr. Robins."[1] Chief Baron Gilbert possessed the manuscript, but it was stolen and printed clandestinely after his death.[2] "The cases are briefly reported, but are of respectable authority."[3]
Bibliographic Information
Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
Title: Precedents in Chancery, Being a Collection of Cases, Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery; from the Year 1689, to 1722.
Publication Info: [London], In the Savoy: Printed by E. And R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, for Arthur Bettesworth, 1733.
Edition: First edition; 4, 598 (i. e. 588), [40] pages.
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
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References
- ↑ 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), 264.
- ↑ W. S. Holdsworth, A History of English Law (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1924), 6:618.
- ↑ J. G. Marvin, Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 586.
