The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum (1678)

Creator

William Brown

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Identifier

KD 7453 .B76 1678

Creation Date

1678

Description

Brown, William. The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum: Being an Exact Collection of Precedents. 1st ed. London: Printed by G. Sawbridge; W. Rawlins, and S. Roycroft, Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, for W. Jacobs, 1678.

William Brown (fl. 1671–1705), a clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, wrote numerous functional manuals for clerks and public officials. In The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum, Brown presents a collection of precedents, "disposing them by way of reference to, and dependence upon one another." In the author's view, few contemporary manuals could match the "choice and variety" of this work. A second edition was published in 1695. This copy features the signatures of several previous owners on the endleaves and title page.

"Sir Baptist Hicks v. Thomas Gotts Esq." Marginalia, page 130 of William Brown, The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum, 1678, available as an additional file below.

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