Reports and Cases of Law
Reports and Cases of Law: Argued, and Adjudged in the Courts of Law, at Westminister, in the Time of the Late Queen Elizabeth
by William Leonard
| Leonard's Reports | |
 Title page from Leonard's Reports, 1-4, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | William Leonard |
| Published | London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft, for Nat. Ekins |
| Date | 1658-1675 |
| Edition | First |
| Language | English |
| Volumes | 1 volume set |
Leonard's Reports "were always in high estimation" and noted for their general accuracy.[1] The set covers cases from 1540 to 1615.
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Both Dean's Memo[2] and the Brown Bibliography[3] suggest Wythe owned the first edition of Leonard's Reports. Dean based her entry on Alan Smith's reference to Thomas Jefferson's commonplace book[4] while Brown relied upon notes in John Marshall's commonplace book.[5] The Wolf Law Library followed their suggestions and purchased a copy of the first edition.
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Original boards, recently rebacked with matching full calf. Spine features five raised bands; maroon title piece, and dates at foot of spine are gilt lettered. Contains signature of W. Wilson on title and plain name plate of John Becke, Northampton. Purchased from Wildy & Sons Ltd.
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References
- ↑ John William Wallace, The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks, 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 142-143.
- ↑ Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 9 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).
- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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
- ↑ Alan McKinley Smith "Virginia Lawyers, 1680-1776: The Birth of an American Profession" (PhD diss., The Johns Hopkins University, 1967), 263.
- ↑ The Papers of John Marshall, eds. Herbert A. Johnson, Charles T. Cullen, and Nancy G. Harris (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, in association with the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1974), 1:419.
