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| + | Henry Blackstone (1761 or 1762-?), the nephew of Sir William Blackstone and reporter for the Court of Common Pleas,<ref>William Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'', (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1938), 12:140.</ref> published the first volume of his reports in 1791 with the second following in 1796. Blackstone "uniformly confined his attention to points of real importance, and throughout his work evinces much accuracy and fidelity, with as great a degree of conciseness as is consistent with perspicuity."<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography, or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'', (Philadelphia: T. and J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 128.</ref> | ||
==Bibliographic Information== | ==Bibliographic Information== | ||
| − | '''Author:''' Henry Blackstone | + | '''Author:''' Henry Blackstone. |
| − | '''Title:''' Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer Chamber: From Easter Term 28th George III. 1788, to Hilary Term 36th George III. 1796 | + | '''Title:''' ''Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer Chamber: From Easter Term 28th George III. 1788, to Hilary Term 36th George III. 1796''. |
'''Publication Info:''' London: Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, law-printers to the King, for Whieldon and Butterworth, 1791-1796. | '''Publication Info:''' London: Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, law-printers to the King, for Whieldon and Butterworth, 1791-1796. | ||
| − | '''Edition:''' | + | '''Edition:''' First edition. |
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| + | '''Extent:''' Two volumes. | ||
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
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Revision as of 10:11, 7 September 2013
by Henry Blackstone
Henry Blackstone (1761 or 1762-?), the nephew of Sir William Blackstone and reporter for the Court of Common Pleas,[1] published the first volume of his reports in 1791 with the second following in 1796. Blackstone "uniformly confined his attention to points of real importance, and throughout his work evinces much accuracy and fidelity, with as great a degree of conciseness as is consistent with perspicuity."[2]
Bibliographic Information
Author: Henry Blackstone.
Title: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer Chamber: From Easter Term 28th George III. 1788, to Hilary Term 36th George III. 1796.
Publication Info: London: Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, law-printers to the King, for Whieldon and Butterworth, 1791-1796.
Edition: First edition.
Extent: Two volumes.
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in contemporary calf with the ownership signature of Thomas Hinckley, solicitor of Lichfield. Purchased from Forest Books.
View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
