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Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Taylor’s civil law. 4to.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[James Dinsmore]]. Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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</ref> includes the 3rd edition (1769) based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson’’, 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:404 [no.2209].</ref> [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing notes "Precise edition unknown. Quarto editions were published at Cambridge in 1755, and at London in 1756, 1769 and 1786."
  
 
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[[File:TaylorElementsOfCivilLaw1769Bookplate.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Bookplate from front paste down.</center>]]

Revision as of 14:58, 23 September 2013

by John Taylor

Title Page from Elements of Civil Law, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary

Bibliographic Information

Author: John Taylor

Title: Elements of Civil Law.

Published: London: Charles Bathurst, 1769.

Edition:

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Taylor’s civil law. 4to. and given by Thomas Jefferson to James Dinsmore. Brown's Bibliography[1] includes the 3rd edition (1769) based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.[2] George Wythe's Library[3] on LibraryThing notes "Precise edition unknown. Quarto editions were published at Cambridge in 1755, and at London in 1756, 1769 and 1786."

Bookplate from front paste down.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

References

  1. ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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
  2. ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson’’, 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:404 [no.2209].
  3. ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe
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