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| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foster_(English_judge) Sir Michael Foster] (1689-1763), the son of an attorney and member of Exeter College, Oxford, was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1713.<ref>William Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'', (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1938), 12:135.</ref> Foster became recorder of Bristol in 1735 and sergeant-at-law in 1736; he accepted an appointment to the Court of King's Bench in 1745.<ref> N. G. Jones, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9964 "Foster, Sir Michael (1689–1763)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 7 June 2013. (Subscription required for access.)</ref> Holdsworth praises Foster's reports as "the most remarkable and scholarly of all the reports of this period."<ref>Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law,'' 135.</ref> He later expounds "[t]hey are remarkable in form because he appended learned notes to the cases, and added four very able discourses on various points of Crown law" and they are "remarkable in substance by reason of their author's learning, his clarity of expression, and his accuracy of statement."<ref>Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law,'' 136.</ref> Another author describes the reports as being "a work of very high authority."<ref>Edward Foss, Biographia Juridica: A | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foster_(English_judge) Sir Michael Foster] (1689-1763), the son of an attorney and member of Exeter College, Oxford, was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1713.<ref>William Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'', (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1938), 12:135.</ref> Foster became recorder of Bristol in 1735 and sergeant-at-law in 1736; he accepted an appointment to the Court of King's Bench in 1745.<ref> N. G. Jones, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9964 "Foster, Sir Michael (1689–1763)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 7 June 2013. (Subscription required for access.)</ref> Holdsworth praises Foster's reports as "the most remarkable and scholarly of all the reports of this period."<ref>Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law,'' 135.</ref> He later expounds "[t]hey are remarkable in form because he appended learned notes to the cases, and added four very able discourses on various points of Crown law" and they are "remarkable in substance by reason of their author's learning, his clarity of expression, and his accuracy of statement."<ref>Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law,'' 136.</ref> Another author describes the reports as being "a work of very high authority."<ref>Edward Foss, ''Biographia Juridica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England from the Conquest to the Present Time, 1066-1870'', (London: John Murray, 1870), 279.</ref> |
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'''Published:''' Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press ; London: sold by J. Worrall and B. Tovey, 1762. | '''Published:''' Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press ; London: sold by J. Worrall and B. Tovey, 1762. | ||
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
| + | Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Foster's crown law.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. We do not know which edition Wythe owned. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown 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 1767, third edition based on its existence in Thomas Jefferson's library. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on September 16, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. Numerous editions were published at Oxford, Dublin and London beginning in 1762." | ||
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ||
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by Sir Michael Foster
Sir Michael Foster (1689-1763), the son of an attorney and member of Exeter College, Oxford, was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1713.[1] Foster became recorder of Bristol in 1735 and sergeant-at-law in 1736; he accepted an appointment to the Court of King's Bench in 1745.[2] Holdsworth praises Foster's reports as "the most remarkable and scholarly of all the reports of this period."[3] He later expounds "[t]hey are remarkable in form because he appended learned notes to the cases, and added four very able discourses on various points of Crown law" and they are "remarkable in substance by reason of their author's learning, his clarity of expression, and his accuracy of statement."[4] Another author describes the reports as being "a work of very high authority."[5]
Bibliographic Information
Author: Sir Michael Foster.
Title: A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery for the Trial of the Rebels in the Year 1746 in the County of Surry and of Other Crown Cases.
Published: Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press ; London: sold by J. Worrall and B. Tovey, 1762.
Edition: First edition; [2], viii, [4], 412, [20] pages.
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Foster's crown law. and given by Thomas Jefferson to Dabney Carr. We do not know which edition Wythe owned. The Brown Bibliography[6] includes the 1767, third edition based on its existence in Thomas Jefferson's library. George Wythe's Library[7] on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. Numerous editions were published at Oxford, Dublin and London beginning in 1762."
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Commercially rebound ca. 1980; stamped, "New York University School of Law", on verso of title page.
View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
References
- ↑ William Holdsworth, A History of English Law, (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1938), 12:135.
- ↑ N. G. Jones, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9964 "Foster, Sir Michael (1689–1763)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 7 June 2013. (Subscription required for access.)
- ↑ Holdsworth, A History of English Law, 135.
- ↑ Holdsworth, A History of English Law, 136.
- ↑ Edward Foss, Biographia Juridica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England from the Conquest to the Present Time, 1066-1870, (London: John Murray, 1870), 279.
- ↑ 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
