Item #46011 A Brief Sketch of the Life of William Green, LL.D., Jurist and Scholar, with Some Personal Reminiscences of Him. Also, Historical Tract by Judge Green, and Some Curious Letters Upon the Origin of the Proverb, "Vox Populi, Vox Dei." Philip Slaughter.

A Brief Sketch of the Life of William Green, LL.D., Jurist and Scholar, with Some Personal Reminiscences of Him. Also, Historical Tract by Judge Green, and Some Curious Letters Upon the Origin of the Proverb, "Vox Populi, Vox Dei."

Richmond: Wm. Ellis Jones, 1883. 131 pp., [2] adv. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Very good, minor wear along edges of wrappers with a few small chips, compliments slip tipped into title page, embossed seal of the N.E. Historical Genealogical Society on title. Sabin 81703. Haynes, Virginiana II: 16906. Item #46011

Wrapper title: "Memoir of William Green, LL.D." Includes a section "The genesis of certain counties in Virginia, from cities or towns of the same name". Provenance: R. A. Brock (Gift slip). Robert Alonzo Brock (1839-1914), historian, antiquarian, and collector...who had accumulated some 50,000 pieces having to do with Virginia and the South. His papers are at the Huntngton.

Price: $200.00

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