“ as the sale of Law books is confined to a particular class of gentlemen, & consequently slow, we think it prudent to obtain
as many subscribers as possible, to partly reimburse us soon after the publication of the work, which will be neatly executed
& correctly printed. We therefore solicit your name as a sanction to the work . . .”
Sir John Willes, 1685-1761, chief justice of the common pleas. He presided at the trial of Elizabeth Canning, see no. 1956.
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Burrow.
5 vols.
8
vo.
........................................30.G.2.--6.G.3.
1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 147, as above.
BURROW,
Sir James.
Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench,
since the death of Lord Raymond. In four parts;
distributed according to the
times of his four successors, Lord Hardwicke,
Sir William Lee, Sir Dudley
Ryder, and Lord Mansfield. By Sir James Burrow,
Master of the Crown-Office, and
one of the Benchers of the Honourable Society
of the Inner-Temple. With two
tables, one, of the names of the cases; the
other, of the matter contained in
them.
Dublin: Printed by
R. Moncrieffe,
m,dcc,lxxxv
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Law
5 vol. 8vo., with varying titles; each volume with separate signatures but with continuous pagination in vol. III-V, pp. 1235-2835
exclusive of Tables etc. In vol. I the pages are numbered as far as page 53, on which there is a foot-note reading:
The Pages of this edition tally to the Pages of the former Edition, excepting those only which immediately follow the omitted
Settlement cases
. The pages of vol. II are unnumbered throughout. In the copy in the Library of Congress vol. IV is dated 1784.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 88, 8.
This was one of the books on Jefferson’s list to be bought in Dublin, see no. 1716 and 1737.
Sir James Burrow, 1701-1782, English legal reporter. The first edition of this work was published from 1766 to 1780. The Dublin edition was
probably pirated.
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Wilson.
3. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 148, as above, 16, G. 2.--14, G. 3.
WILSON,
George.
Reports of the Cases argued and adjudged in the King’s
Courts at Westminster. In three parts. Part I.
Containing cases in the Court of
King’s Bench . . . Part II. Containing cases in
the Court of Common Pleas . . .
Part III. Containing cases in the Court of
Common Pleas . . . By George Wilson,
Serjeant at Law. With tables of the principal
matters, names of the cases
contained in the three parts; and some account
of the Lords the Judges,
Serjeants at Law, and most eminent Counsel
attending the Bar during that time.
The
fourth edition, corrected
Dublin: Printed
for
Luke White,
1792.
Law 134
3 vol. 8vo. 181, 244 and 300 leaves; separate title-pages for each part.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 97, 70.
Tree calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each
volume, with a manuscript note by him in vol. I, page 80. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the titles and his initials
IW before signature E.
This was one of the books on Jefferson’s list to be bought in Dublin, see no. 1716 and 1737.
George Wilson, d. 1778, English law reporter. This Dublin edition was probably pirated.
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