Modern Entries, in English Being a Select Collection of Pleadings in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer

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by John Mallory

Modern Entries
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Title page from Modern Entries, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author John Mallory
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Published London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (asigns of E. Sayer) for R. Gosling
Date 1734
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Language English
Volumes 2 volume set
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Desc. Folio (32 cm.)
Location Shelf L-5
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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. Two folio editions of this title were published.[1] The Brown Bibliography[2] and Dean's Memo[3] include the 1760 edition while George Wythe's Library[4] on LibraryThing indicates "1734-35 or 1741." The Wolf Law Library moved a copy of the 1760 edition from another rare book collection to the George Wythe Collection.

Description of Wolf Law Library copy

Bound in contemporary calf with blind rules to boards and blind fillets along joints. Spines feature raised bands; vol. 1 includes label with gilt lettering and rules; label missing from Vol. 2. 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

  1. English Short Title Catalog, http://estc.bl.uk, search of "Principles of Equity and Kames" reveals folio editions published in 1760 and 1767.
  2. Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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
  3. Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 11, 12 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).
  4. LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe", accessed on September 27, 2021.