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for T. Woodward, and sold by G. Hawkins, T. Waller, and J. Osborne, m.dcc.xlvi. [1746]
Law 323
Vol. II only. 8vo. 270 leaves, publisher’s advertisement on the first leaf, verso, recto blank.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 82, 99.
Calf, uniform with the above. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The name Robert Richardson written on the title page, not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and the armorial bookplate of Reuben Skelton.
The first edition appeared in 1741.
[1918]
J. 127
Cooke’s reports of cases of practice. fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 231, as above.
[COOKE, Sir George.]
Reports and cases of practice in the Court of Common Pleas, in the Reigns of Q. Anne, K. George I. and K. George II. By a late eminent hand. With two tables; one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters. [ London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, (Assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for J. Stephens, J. Worrall, C. Ward and R. Chandler, J. Wood, and T. Waller, m.dcc.xlii .-- Rules, orders and notices, in the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster: from the 35th of King Henry VI. to Hilary Term the 15th of King George II. 1741. Carefully examined by the originals; With proper notes and references: And a compleat table to the whole. ib. m.dcc.xlii . [1742]
Law 73
First Edition. Folio. 101 and 41 leaves collating in twos; printed in black letter.
Halkett and Laing V, 98.
Marvin, page 225.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 89, 21 and 73, 35.
Calf, rebacked and repaired. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. On the title by Cooke is written, not by Jefferson.
Formerly in the library of Peyton Randolph.
The half-title of this book calls for another part at the beginning, not found in this volume: Rules, Orders, and Notices, in the Court of King’s Bench, from the second of King James I. to Hilary Term the 15th of K. George II. 1741. with Notes, Remarks and References. [Sweet & Maxwell I, 194, 5.]
Sir George Cooke was chief prothonotary of the Common Bench.
[1919]
J. 128
Barnes’s Notes. 8 vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 55, as above.
BARNES, Henry.
Notes of cases in points of practice, taken in the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, from Michaelmas Term 1732, to Hilary Term 1756 inclusive . . . To which is added, a continuation of cases to the end of the Reign of King George the Second . . . By Henry Barnes, one of the Secondaries. The third edition. London: Printed for E. and R. Brooke, m dcc xc . [1790]
Law 408
8vo. 279 leaves only, should be 287, this copy lacks sig. F, 8 leaves.
Marvin, page 94.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 87, 3.
Rebound in buckram in 1930. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
From the library of J. W. Eppes with his autograph signature on the title-page, and his name written in block letters in the fore-margin on page 250.
This book was on a list of law books ordered by Jefferson from Dublin, see no. 1716, 1737, 1748.
The first edition was published anonymously in 1732 by “A Gentleman of the Middle Temple.”
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