Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery
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by Francis Vesey
Francis Vesey's reports cover cases from the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke[1] The third edition (1818) is more prized than the earlier two.[2]
Bibliographic Information
Author: Francis Vesey.
Title: Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the Time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, from the year 1746-7, to 1755.
Publication Info: London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall ... for T. Cadell, 1773.
Edition: Second edition.
Extent: Two volumes.
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in contemporary calf. Spines feature six raised bands. Vol. II retains original gilt-lettered morocco label. Each volume includes the bookplate of Tho. Greenway on the front pastedown.
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References
- ↑ For more information about the Lord Chancellor, see Peter D. G. Thomas, "Yorke, Philip, first earl of Hardwicke (1690–1764)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2007, accessed 7 Sept 2013. (Subscription required for access.)
- ↑ William Holdsworth, A History of English Law, (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1938), 12:143.
