''A Short View of Legal Bibliography'' is a book by Richard W. Bridgman. It was first published in 1807. In 1835, David Hoffman said this book was "wholly unworthy of the subject". In 1847,

John Gage Marvin John Gage Marvin (1815–1855) was an American lawyer, known as a legal bibliographer and figure of the history of California. Early life He was born at Le Raysville, Pennsylvania, and was educated at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He then t ...

said: In 1988, ''Bookman's Yearbook'' said that the fact that this book was still in use indicated "the sorry state" that legal bibliography was in, the book being "like a third class Lowndes or Brunet". The ''

Harvard Law Review The ''Harvard Law Review'' is a law review published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the ''Harvard Law Review''s 2015 impact factor of 4.979 placed the journal first out of 143 ...

'' said, in relation to Year-Book bibliography, that Brigdman's ''Legal Bibliography'' discloses little that is valuable and its accuracy does not stand the test of verification.''

''. 1900. Volume 14. Page 558.

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*''A Short View of Legal Bibliography, containing some Critical Observations of the Authority of the Reporters and other Law Writers, collected from the best authorities, and intended as a Companion to the author's Reflections on the Study of the Law. To which is added, A Plan for Classifying a Public or Private Library.''

8vo Octavo, a Latin word meaning "in eighth" or "for the eighth time", (abbreviated 8vo, 8º, or In-8) is a technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multip ...

. W Reed. London. 1807
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