R. Nutt,
and
R. Gosling, (Assigns of
E. Sayer, Esq;) for
R. Gosling and
J. Hooke, and
Tho. Ward,
m dcc xxviii
. [1728]
Law 67
First Edition. Folio. 282 leaves collating in fours; printed in black letter, publishers’ advertisement on the last leaf.
This edition not in Marvin.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 88, 10.
Clarke, page 352, no. 51.
Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved. On page 181 is a manuscript note which could be either by Jefferson or by Peyton Randolph. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
Thomas Carthew, 1657-1704, serjeant-at-law, was a native of Cornwall. This volume of his reports was published by his son, Thomas Carthew.
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Holt................................................................4.Jac.2.--8.Anne.
1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 294, as above, fol.
FARRESLEY,
Thomas.
A report of all the cases determined by Sir John Holt,
knt. from 1688 to 1710, during which time he
was Lord Chief Justice of England:
containing many cases never before printed,
taken from an original manuscript
of Thomas Farresley . . . also several cases in
Chancery and the
Exchequer-chamber. The whole alphabetically
digested under proper heads. With
three tables . . .
[
London] In the Savoy:
Printed by
E. and R. Nutt, and
R.
Gosling
, (Assigns of
Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for
J.
Hazard
,
T. Osborne,
J. Worrall
[and others],
m.dcc.xxxviii
. [1738]
Law 87
Folio. 437 leaves collating in twos; printed in black letter.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 91, 35.
Soule, page 96, no. 48.
This edition not in Clarke.
Calf, rebacked and repaired. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled
by Jefferson at sig. I and T and a small marginal note by him on page 499. On the title-page is written
Obad
h. Marriot p
rs £1 st
g
.
In his previously quoted letter to Peter Carr, dated from Philadelphia, May 8, 1791, Jefferson observed: “
. . . your judgment of L
d. Holt is certainly right. he is the greatest lawyer England ever had, except Coke . . .
”
Thomas Farresley, English law reporter.
Sir John Holt, 1642-1710. One of his more interesting decisions, that concerning a negro slave sold in Virginia, will be found on page
495 of this edition. The sale was alleged to have taken place in the parish of the Blessed Mary of the Arches in the ward
of Cheap, and Holt dismissed the action on the ground that as soon as a negro arrived in England he was free.
This work is said to have been edited by Giles Jacob, other works by whom are in this collection.
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J. 280
Salkeld.
3 vols.
8
vo.
.........................................3.Jac.1.--3.G.1.
1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 142, as above, omitting
3 vols.
SALKELD,
William.
Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench:
with some special cases in the Courts of
Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer,
alphabetically digested under proper heads:
from the first year of K. William
and Q. Mary to the tenth year of Q. Anne. By
William Salkeld, late Serjeant at
Law. With two tables; one of the names of the
cases, the other of the principal
matters therein contained. Vol. I [-III] . . .
The
sixth edition with several
hundred references
