Modern Entries, in English Being a Select Collection of Pleadings in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer
by John Mallory
| Modern Entries | |
 Title page from Modern Entries, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | John Mallory |
| Published | London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (asigns of E. Sayer) for R. Gosling |
| Date | 1734 |
| Language | English |
| Volumes | 2 volume set |
| Desc. | Folio (32 cm.) |
| Location | Shelf L-5 |
Very little is known about the John Mallory who wrote Modern Entries in English. As the title page indicates, he belonged to the wikipedia: Inner Temple. Scholars acknowledge him as the author of at least two other books, The Attorney's Pocket Companion[1] and Quare Impedit,[2] first published in 1734 and 1737, respectively. He most likely is also the John Mallory who wrote Objections Humbly Offer'd Against Passing the Bill, Intitled, A Bill For the More Easy and Speedy Recovery of Small Debts, into a Law in 1730.
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Modern entries 2d v. and given by Thomas Jefferson to Dabney Carr. Four editions of this title were published between 1734 and 1791.[3] The Brown Bibliography[4] includes the first edition (1734) while George Wythe's Library[5] on LibraryThing indicates "1734-35 or 1741." The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the 1734 edition.
Description of Wolf Law Library copy
Bound in contemporary calf with blind rules to boards and blind fillets along joints. Spines feature raised bands; volume one includes label with gilt lettering and rules; label missing from volume two. Early owner signature (of William Margetts) to both front pastedowns and occasional annotations in his hand appear on title page and in volumes. Purchased from the Lawbook Exchange.
Images of the library's copy of this book are available on Flickr. View the record for this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
See also
References
- ↑ William Holdsworth, A History of English Law (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1938), 11:359.
- ↑ Sweet & Maxwell's Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth comp. W. Harold Maxwell and Leslie F. Maxwell, 2nd ed. (London: John Rees, 1989), 1:273. In this reference source, Quare Impedit is listed as volume three of Modern Entries.
- ↑ English Short Title Catalog, http://estc.bl.uk, search of "Modern Entries and Mallory".
- ↑ 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 27, 2021.
