presidents may be easily found out.
London: Printed by
T.R. for
H. Twyford,
N. Brookes,
J. Place, and
R. Wingate,
1655.
Law 190
First Edition. 4to. 344 leaves, frontispiece with 9 portraits in compartments, by T. Cross; a list of books printed for
Henry Twyford and partners on A
4.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
STC C5633.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 308, 5.
Tree sheep, many leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Written in the margin of page 47.
W
m Archer’s Book
. Some manuscript notes in an early hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
[1942]
J. 151
Covert’s Scrivener’s guide.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 72, as above.
COVERT,
Nicholas.
The Scrivener’s Guide: being choice and approved forms of precedents of all sorts of business now in use and practice, in
a much better method than any yet extant; and useful for all gentlemen, especially those that practice the law . . . Vol.
I [-II]. By Nicholas Covert, one of the attornies of the Court of Common Pleas. The
fifth edition, revised, corrected and much enlarged, with very large additions, particularly relating to bankruptcy, and the whole
made agreeable to the present practice. By an able hand.
[
London] In the Savoy: Printed by
E. and R. Nutt, and
R. Gosling (Assigns of
E. Sayer, Esq;) for
T. Woodward,
D. Browne,
J. Shuckburgh,
C. Hitch, and
J. Hodges,
m dcc xl
. [1740]
Law 194
2 vol. 8vo. 264 and 268 leaves, continuous pagination; publishers’ advertisements at the beginning and end of both volumes.
Marvin, page 233.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 73, 38.
Calf. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson with several manuscript notes by him in volume II. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and the armorial bookplate of Reuben Skelton.
The first edition was printed in 1695.
[1943]
152
a book of Conveyancing.
[title torn off
]
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 73, A book of Conveyancing, [title-page wanting] 8vo.
The only book on conveyancing in the Library of Congress without a title-page is William Sheppard’s
The Touch-stone of common assurances
, the
sixth edition, edited by Edward Hilliard,
London,
1791.
This book has been in the Library of Congress for many years, but has no mark of Jefferson ownership.
[1944]
J. 153
Staundfort’s Pleas of the crown.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 74, as above, p 4to.
STANFORD,
Sir William.
Les Plees del Coron, diuisees in plusors titles & cõmon lieux. Per queux home pluis redement & plen airement trouer a quelque
chose que il quira, touchant les dits Plees, composees per le tresreuerend Iudge Monsieur Guilliaulme Staundforde Chiualer, dernierment corrigee auecques vn Table parfaicte des choses notables contenus en ycelle, nouelment reueu & corrigee.
Anno Domini
1583. In Ædibus
Richardi Tottellj. Cum Priuilegio. [Colophon:] Imprinted at
London in Fleete-strete . . . by
Rychard Tottel, An.
1583.--
An Exposition of the Kinges Prærogatiue
