The Law of Covenants
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The Law of Covenants: a Treatise Explaining the Nature and Rules of the Several Sorts of Covenants
| The Law of Covenants | |
 Title page from The Law of Covenants, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | The Author of The Law of Ejectments |
| Published | [London] In the Savoy: Printed by John Nutt, for Samuel Butler |
| Date | 1712 |
| Edition | Second |
| Language | English |
| Pages | [32], 512 (i.e. 496), [22] |
| Desc. | 8vo. (20 cm.) |
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- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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
