The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton
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by Siry Henry Yelverton
| The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton | |
 Title page from The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | Sir Henry Yelverton |
| Published | London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for W. Feales |
| Date | 1735 |
| Edition | Third |
| Language | Greek |
| Volumes | 3 volume set |
| Desc. | Folio (32 cm.) |
These reports "have always been esteemed as among the best of the older books both for value of decision and essential accuracy of report." [1]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Both Dean's Memo[2] and the Brown Bibliography[3] suggest Wythe owned this title based on notes in John Marshall's commonplace book.[4]
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards with renewed endpapers. Early owner signature on head of title page. Purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
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References
- Jump up ↑ Wallace, The Reporters 211. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:310 (134).
- Jump up ↑ Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 15 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).
- Jump up ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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
- Jump up ↑ 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), 1:45.
