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− | Originally composed in French, these reports were translated into English and published after the author's death. "The reporter was a Sergeant-At-Law, and a Chief Justice of Chester, 'the memory of whose great learning and profoundness in the knowledge of the laws of England still remain.' The cases are pretty fully reported, 'but they embrace so short a period that they are not often referred to, nor do we understand that they are highly esteemed.'"<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography, or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'', (Philadelphia: T. and J. W. Johnson Law Booksellers, 1847), 148.</ref> Bridgman gives concise statements of the judgments in each case, an expansive description of his own arguments, but "the arguments of counsel other than himself are hardly given at all."<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 248.</ref> | + | |imagename=BridgmanReports1659.jpg |
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+ | }}Originally composed in French, these reports were translated into English and published after the author's death. "The reporter was a Sergeant-At-Law, and a Chief Justice of Chester, 'the memory of whose great learning and profoundness in the knowledge of the laws of England still remain.' The cases are pretty fully reported, 'but they embrace so short a period that they are not often referred to, nor do we understand that they are highly esteemed.'"<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography, or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'', (Philadelphia: T. and J. W. Johnson Law Booksellers, 1847), 148.</ref> Bridgman gives concise statements of the judgments in each case, an expansive description of his own arguments, but "the arguments of counsel other than himself are hardly given at all."<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 248.</ref> | ||
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== |
Revision as of 10:47, 3 February 2014
by Sir John Bridgman
Reports of that Grave and Learned Judge, Sir John Bridgman | |
Title page from Reports of that Grave and Learned Judge, Sir John Bridgman, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
Author | Sir John Bridgman |
Published | London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for J. Twyford, Tho. Dring, and Jo. Place |
Date | 1659 |
Edition | [Second] |
Language | English |
Pages | [6], 142, [6] p. |
Desc. | (29 cm.) |
Originally composed in French, these reports were translated into English and published after the author's death. "The reporter was a Sergeant-At-Law, and a Chief Justice of Chester, 'the memory of whose great learning and profoundness in the knowledge of the laws of England still remain.' The cases are pretty fully reported, 'but they embrace so short a period that they are not often referred to, nor do we understand that they are highly esteemed.'"[1] Bridgman gives concise statements of the judgments in each case, an expansive description of his own arguments, but "the arguments of counsel other than himself are hardly given at all."[2]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
The Brown Bibliography[3] suggests Wythe owned this title based on quotations in the manuscript version of John Marshall's law notes. Brown lists the 1659 edition based on the copy Thomas Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress in 1815.[4]
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Rebound around 1980 with name of "Nathan Sanford" on flyleaf and title page.
View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
References
- ↑ J. G. Marvin, Legal Bibliography, or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books, (Philadelphia: T. and J. W. Johnson Law Booksellers, 1847), 148.
- ↑ John William Wallace, The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks, 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 248.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:335 [no.2048].