Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-09
By DUNLOP, MoyCCRE& CO.

Lar LArary Of The late Judge Barbour, at AUCTION.
ON MONDAY, The 18Th day of December next, At e O'Clock,
" P. NJ, we will sell, al our auction store, tue Law Library Of
the late Judge L. r. Barbour.
The terms Of sale will be cash, but on all sums Of $50 or up.
wards a credit of go days will be given Ior endorsed negotiable
notcs, interest added.
Catalogues will he ready and the books can be examined two
d.y. previols 10 the sale. ID. ~ CO., hucts.
I,hi, Iibrary Comprises a valuable and rare collection nf book;
In number about sir hundred volumes, consisting of the most cse.
full works, aud generally The best cditionsi amongst which are al
more than three hundred volumes OF Reporters, English and Anne
riran, Common Law and Chancery, State and Federal.
These books possess one advantage, which is rarely to be-
met with in any Library in the Union. During a conrse Of ASST
duols reading for more Than ~taiity-hye years, the late proprietor,
IN the margins OF NIL his books made reference 10 other books
treating on the same subjects, and IN his report especially, wher-
ever any case was subsequently, cited in any nther case, II,e.e is a
reference 10 the case in wlhcin was thus cited, by which al n
glance If The eye, the readers attention is drawn TO The volume
and page Of the book, where any previous case lis examined, and
either approved, overru!ed, modified or explained: aud on The
margins q all his hooks are, in like manner, references Of what is
said, or decided In any other book. which has any bearing or
analogy 10 The point in question. Whilst this Lcscun,!on is iust
in reference 10 all The books, II Is IN M extraordinary degree true
in relation 10 certain elementary works and digests, which the
late nrunri,t tor used a. wade mecnms. The most prominent of
these are KenI's Commentaries, Saunders ON Headings and Evil
dence aad Naddock's Chancery Practice, in which on opening to
n particular point, the reader will find references TO all the eases,
EnpIj.b and American, bearing on that point, and not cited BY The
author. The references in these works of this Kind, amount 10
nuIic statute in his copy OF Taie's Digest, on which he has no;
made references 10 all the cases, British and American. ancient
AMI modern, Federal and State, which have given a construction
TO il.
Instead Of the common opinion, tha, a second hand library, a.
i, is commonly called, IL worth less than new books Of the same
kind, IL Ia confidently asserted, that the Library in question is so
much more valuable than the same books bought out Of a book
store, that IL is difficult to give an adequate idea of their superior
advantage by any mere description.
The reader may form some cencs ption of the benefit, if he will
only call TO mind, that when he opens a book, At any one case OF
point, lie has his eye At once directed by the references in the
margins, TO all the books and authorities, bearing upon that case
or point, which close study for more than ihity-fre years enabled
the late proprietor 10 refer To; thus xuperseding The necessity of
bis encnuniering the same toll, or any other, but just 10 turn IL
osLa 4a-@&sQo s1IsS. aslOD.