Difference between revisions of "Law of Covenants"
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'''Title:''' ''The Law of Covenants: a Treatise Explaining the Nature and Rules of the Several Sorts of Covenants''. | '''Title:''' ''The Law of Covenants: a Treatise Explaining the Nature and Rules of the Several Sorts of Covenants''. | ||
| − | '''Published:''' London, | + | '''Published:''' [London], In the Savoy: Printed by John Nutt, for Samuel Butler, 1712. |
| − | '''Edition:''' Second edition. | + | '''Edition:''' Second edition; [32], 512 (i.e. 496), [22] pages. |
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
| + | Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''[Law of] Covenants 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. 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 Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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> includes the second edition while [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on September 16, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. The first edition was published in 1711; the second, with similar imprint, in 1712." | ||
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ||
Revision as of 11:38, 16 September 2013
Title Page from The Law of Covenants, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary
Bibliographic Information
Title: The Law of Covenants: a Treatise Explaining the Nature and Rules of the Several Sorts of Covenants.
Published: [London], In the Savoy: Printed by John Nutt, for Samuel Butler, 1712.
Edition: Second edition; [32], 512 (i.e. 496), [22] pages.
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as [Law of] Covenants 8vo. and given by Thomas Jefferson to Dabney Carr. The Brown Bibliography[1] includes the second edition while George Wythe's Library[2] on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. The first edition was published in 1711; the second, with similar imprint, in 1712."
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on September 16, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe
