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George Wythe supported his voracious reading habits with an extensive personal library[1] but, if he made any record of its contents, that has not been found. When Wythe died in 1806, he bequeathed all his books to his favorite protégé, Thomas Jefferson.[2] For 200 years, very little was known about Wythe's library other than its existence within Jefferson's massive collection.

Colonial Williamsburg attempted to identify specific titles as early as 1958 when Mary R.M. Goodwin, a senior researcher at the Rockefeller Library, wrote The George Wythe House: Its Furniture and Furnishings. Goodwin listed 54 titles and divided them into three categories: law books, journals, and miscellaneous. Within these categories, Goodwin identified several of the known surviving Wythe volumes. Goodwin's research laid the foundation for another Colonial Williamsburg attempt at reconstructing Wythe's library. In an internal memo[3], Barbara C. Dean expanded Goodwin's list to 189 titles by utilizing the published papers of Wythe's students and adding titles illustrative of the time.

Until 2008, the Goodwin and Dean bibliographies represented the extent of known information regarding Wythe's library. That changed with the discovery by Endrina Tay, a librarian at Monticello's Jefferson Library, and Jeremy Dibbell of the Massachusetts Historical Society, of a manuscript list in the hand of Thomas Jefferson which appeared to document dispersal decisions Jefferson made regarding Wythe's books.[4] Jefferson's inventory identifies 338 titles (649 volumes) with brief notations. In some cases, specific titles and editions can be derived from Jefferson's entries. In other instances, mystery remains.[5]

Tay and Dibbell's discovery led to the creation of two further bibliographies: George Wythe on LibraryThing which combines titles from the Jefferson inventory with other known items, and "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond", an unpublished compilation by Bennie Brown from the Bookpress Ltd. in Williamsburg.[6] Brown conducted extensive research, visiting each of the libraries with known or suspected Wythe volumes. He also combed primary sources, including the published legal records of Wythe's decisions and his arguments for the plaintiff in Bolling v. Bolling. The most recent version of Brown's bibliography includes 478 titles and provides much of the substantiating evidence for the Wolf Law Library's George Wythe Collection.

Art

Astrology

Case Reports, Digests, and Statutes

England

Abridgments

  • Bacon, Matthew. A New Abridgment of the Law. 3rd ed. corrected. London: Printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers for J. Worrall and Co. ..., 1768. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Sheppard, William. The Grand Abridgment of the Common and Statvte Law of England: Alphabetically Digested under Proper Heads and Titles. 1st ed. London: 1675.

Court of Chancery

  • Great Britain. Court of Chancery. Cases Argued and Decreed in the High Court of Chancery. 3rd ed. London, In the Savoy: Printed by C. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for J. Walthoe, 1735. Wythe copy possibly held by the Library of Congress.
  • Great Britain. Court of Chancery. The Second Part of Cases argued and decreed in the High Court of Chancery continued from the Thirtieth Year of King Charles II to the Fourth Year of King James II. 2nd ed. London, In the Savoy, 1734. Wythe copy possibly held by the Library of Congress.
  • Great Britain. Court of Chancery. Select Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, Before the Late Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal and the Late Lord Chancellor King, from the year 1724 to 1733 with Two Tables, One of the Names of the Cases, and the Other of the Principal Matters. London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling for H. Lintot, D. Browne, and J. Shuckburgh, 1740.
  • Great Britain. Court of Chancery. The Third Part of Reports of Cases, Taken and Adjudged in the Court of Chancery, in the Reigns of King Charles II, King William, and Queen Anne. London, In the Savoy: Printed by J. Nutt, Assignee of Edward Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, and J. Walthoe Jun., 1716.


Court of Common Pleas

  • Barnes, Henry. Notes of Cases in Points of Practice: Taken in the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster from Michaelmas Term, the Sixth Year of King George II. 1732. to Hillary Term, the Thirteenth Year of king George II. 1740. London, In the Savoy: 1740.

Court of Exchequer

Court of King's Bench

Multiple Courts

  • Levinz, Creswell, Sir. Les Reports de Sr. Creswell Levinz: Jades un del Justices del Common Bank, en Trois Parts, Commencant en le 12 an de Roy Charles II. & Fini en le 8 an de son Majesty William III. London: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins esq; for S. Keble ... D. Browne ... T. Benskin ... and J. Walthoe, 1702. Wythe copy held by the Library of Congress.
  • Plowden, Edmund. The Commentaries, or Reports of Edmund Plowden ... Containing Divers Cases upon Matters of Law, Argued and Adjudged in the Several Reigns of King Edward VI, Queen Mary, King and Queen Philip and Mary, and Queen Elizabeth. London, In the Savoy: Printed by Catharine Lintot, and Samuel Richardson, for the translator, 1761. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.
  • Plowden, Edmund. Les Commentaries, ou Reportes de Edmunde Plowden vn Apprentice de le Comen Ley, di Diuers Cases Esteants Matters en Ley, & de les Arguments sur Yceux, en les Temps des Raygnes le Roye Edwarde le Size, le Roigne Mary, le Roy & Roigne Phillip & Mary, & le Roigne Elizabeth. Londini: in ædibus Richardi Tottelli, 1578. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.
  • Popham, John, Sir. Reports and Cases Collected by the Learned Sr. John Popham, Kt ... Written with His Own Hand in French, and Now Faithfully tr. into English, to Which are Added Some Remarkable Cases Reported by Other Learned Pens Since His Death. London: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, esquires, for John Place, 1682.
  • Raymond, Thomas, Sir. Reports of divers special cases adjudged in the courts of King's bench, Common pleas, and Exchequer, in the reign of King Charles II. London, In the Savoy: Printed by H. Lintot (assignee of E. Sayer) for D. Browne [etc.], 1743.
  • Ventris, Peyton, Sir. The Reports of Sir Peyton Ventris. 4th impression, carefully corrected. London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for D. Browne ..., 1726. Held by W&M Law Library.

House of Lords

Statutes

  • Great Britain. The Statutes at Large, in Paragraphs, and Sections or Numbers, from Magna Charta, to the End of the Session of Parliament, March 14. 1704, in the Fourth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Carefully Examined by the Rolls of Parliament; with the Titles of Such Statutes as are Expired, Repealed, Altered, or Out of Use. London: Printed by C. Bill, 1706.

United States

  • Hamiltons versus Eaton: A Case Respecting British Debts, Lately Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States, for North-Carolina District, Presided by C.J. Ellsworth. Newbern: Francois-Xavier Martin, 1797. Wythe copy held by Library of Congress.
  • United States. Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America. Precise edition unknown.

Virginia

  • Tatham, William. Report of a Case Decided on Saturday the 16th of November 1793, in the General Court of Virginia wherein Peter Kamper was Plaintiff, Against Mary Hawkins, Defendant, on a Question Adjourned from the District Court of Dumfries, for Novelty and Difficulty, Touching the Constitutionality of an Act of Assembly ... Philadelphia: Printed for A. M'Kenzie, & Co. ... by W.W. Woodward .., 1794.
  • Wythe, George. Between, Joseph Wilkins, Administrator of his Late Defunct Wife Sarah, One of the Grandaughters and Legataries of Thomas Williamson, and Widow, when She was Married Last of Hartwell Cocke, Plaintiff, and, John Taylor, and William Urquhart, Executors of the Said Thomas Williamson, Defendents. Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicolson, 1796. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.
  • Wythe, George. Between William Fowler and Susanna His Wife, Plaintiffs, and, Lucy Saunders, an Infant, by James A. Patterson, Her Guardian, Defendent. Between Parke Goodall and John Clough, Plaintiffs, and, John Bullock, the Younger, Defendent. Richmond, Va.: Printed by Thomas Nicolson, 1798. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.
  • Wythe, George. Between William Yates and Sarah his Wife, Plaintiffs, and Abraham Salle, Bernard Markham, Edward Moseley, Benjamin Harris, and William Wager Harris, Defendents. Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicolson, 1796. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.
  • Wythe, George. Case upon the Statute for Distribution. Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicolson, 1796. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.
  • Wythe, George. Case of Overtons Mill: Prolegomena, in the Richmond Common-Law District Court, Elizabeth Overton and Richard Overton, Plaintiffs, against David Ross, Defendent. Richmond, Va?: 1803?
  • Wythe, George. Love against Donelson and Hodgson. Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicolson, 1796. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.
  • Wythe, George. A Report of the Case between Field and Harrison, Determined by the High Court of Chancery, in Which the Decree was Reversed by the Court of Appeals. Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicolson, 1796. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.

Cooking

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Legal

Other

  • Ainsworth, Robert. An Abridgement of the Last Quarto Edition of Ainsworth's Dictionary, English and Latin. Octavo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Faber, Basilius. Basilii Fabri Sorani Thesaurus Eruditionis Scholasticae. Lipsiae: Apud Thomam Fritsch, 1710.
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Economics and Finance

  • Maseres, Francis. The Principles of the Doctrine of Life-Annuities Explained in a Familiar Manner, so as to be Intelligible to Persons not Acquainted with the Doctrine of Chances and Accompanied with a Variety of New Tables. London: Printed for B. White, 1783.
  • Moivre, Abraham de. Annuities on Lives: with Several Tables, Exhibiting at One View, the Values of Lives, for Different Rates in Interest. 4th ed. London: 1752.
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Geography and Travel

  • Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de. Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782. Translated from the French by an English gentleman, who resided in America at that period. With notes by the translator. London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Clüver, Philipp. Philippi Cluverii Introdvctionis in Universam Geographiam tam Veterem Quam Novam Libri VI. P.f. Precise edition unknown.
  • Fisher, George. The Instructor: or, Young Man’s Best Companion. Duodecimo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Le Roy, David. Ruins of Athens, with Remains and Other Valuable Antiquities in Greece. London: R. Sayer, 1759.
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Government

  • Adams, John. Thoughts on Government Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies. Boston: Reprinted by John Gill, 1776. Wythe's copy owned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Journals of the House of Commons. London, 1740- .
  • Ireland. Parliament. A True Account of the Whole Proceedings of the Parliament in Ireland, Beginning March 25, 1689, and Ending the 29th of June Following: with the Establishment of Their Forces There. London: Printed for Robert Clavel..., 1689.
  • Jefferson, Thomas. A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States. Washington City: Samuel Harrison Smith, 1801.
  • United States. Continental Congress. Journals of Congress Containing the Proceedings from Sept. 5. 1774, to Jan. 1, 1776. Philadelphia: 1777.
  • Virginia. House of Delegates. Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia. Williamsburg: 1776-1780; Richmond: 1780-1806.
  • Xenophon. Xenophontos Hierōn, ē Tyrannikos = Xenophontis Hiero sive De Regno. Glasguæ: in Aedibus Academicis Excudebat R. Foulis, Academiae Typographus, 1745.
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History

General

American

  • Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia. Paris: Philippe Denis Pierres, 1782. The Virginia Historical Society owns a copy Wythe gave to Benjamin Harrison, Jr.
  • Jefferson, Thomas. An Appendix to the Notes on Virginia Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family. Philadelphia: 1800.
  • Mathew, Thomas. The Beginning of Progress and Conclusion of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia in the Years 1675 &1676. Manuscript copy: July 13, 1705.
  • Mirabeau, Comte Gabriel-Honoré de Riquetti de. Considerations on the Order of Cincinnatus to Which are Added, as well Several Original Papers Relative to That Institution, as also a Letter from the Late M. Turgot, ... to Dr. Price, on the Constitutions of America; and an Abstract of Dr. Price's Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution. Probable work. Precise edition unknown.

Ancient

  • Caesar, Julius. C. Julii Caesaris Quae Exstant. Edition tertia. Londini: E [sic] typographaeo Mariae Matthews : Impensis J. & B. Sprint, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, J. Bowyer, H. Clements, Gul. Taylor, T. Ward, Gul. & J. Innys, & Gul. Churchill, 1719. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Curtius Rufus, Quintus. Q. Curtii Rufi Historiarum Alexandri Magni: cum Notis Variorum. Precise edition unknown.
  • Josephus, Flavius. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. London: Printed for Richard Sare ..., 1702. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Justinus, Marcus Junianus. Justini Historiæ, Philippicæ. Amstelaedami, 1762.
  • Livy. T. Livii Patavini Historiarum Liber I. et Selecta Capita. Moguntiae Gymn. Elect. 1780.
  • Nepos, Cornelius. Cornelii Nepotis Excellentium Imperatorum: cum Versione Anglica, in qua Verbum de Verbo, Quantum Fieri Potuit, Redditur. Edinburgh, 1744. Probable edition.
  • Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. Translated with notes historical and critical from M. Dacier. London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1727. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Polybius. Polybiou tou Lykorta Megalopolitou Historiōn ta Sōzomenea = Polybii Lycortae F. Megalopolitani Historiarum Libri qui Supersunt. Leipzig, 1763-1764. Possible edition. Precise edition unknown.
  • Potter. John. Archæologia Græca: or, The Antiquities of Greece. 5th ed. London: Printed for J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. and B. Sprint, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, R. Robinson, W. and J. Innys, J. Osborne, T. Longman, W. Mears, and A. Ward, 1728. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Sallust. C. Sallustii Crispi Opera Omnia quae Extant. Londini: typis Gul. Strahan. Impensis S. Ballard, W. Innys, A. Ward, T. Osborne, T. Longman, C. Hitch, E. Wicksteed, C. Bathurst, & M. Cooper, 1746. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.
  • Suetonius. C. Suetonii Tranquilli Opera Omnia Quae Extant. Londini: E typographaeo Mariae Matthews : Impensis R. Knaplock, J. & B. Sprint, B. Tooke, H. Clements, F. Gyles, R. Robinson, W. Churchil, & W. Meares, 1718. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Xenophon. Xenophōntes Kyrou Paideias Biblia Oktō = Xenophontis De Cyri Institutione Libri Octo. Oxonii, e theatro Sheldoniano, 1727.

British

  • Guthrie, William. A General History of England: From the Invasion of the Romans under Julius Cæsar to the Late Revolution in MDCLXXXIII Including the Histories of the Neighboring People and States, so far as they are Connected with That of England. London: Printed for D. Browne by T. Waller, 1744-1751.
  • Ralph, James. The History of England during the Reigns of K. William, Q. Anne, and K. George I. London: Printed by D. Browne, for F. Cogan, 1744-1746.

European

  • Pufendorf, Freiherr Samuel von and Antoine Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière. An Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe. London: printed for J. and P. Knapton, T. Osborne, C. Hitch, S. Austen, A. Millar [and 4 others in London], 1748.

French

Italian

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Language and Rhetoric

  • Aler, Paul. Gradus ad Parnassum sive Novus Synonymorum, Epithetorum, et Phrasium Poeticarum Thesaurus, Elegantias, Flavissas Poëticas, Parnasssum Poëticum, Thesaurum Virgilii, Smetium, Ianuam Musarum, Alioque id Genus Libros ad Poësim Necessarios Complectens. Duodecimo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Ash, John. Grammatical Institutes, or, An Easy Introduction to Dr. Lowth's English Grammar: Designed for the Use of Schools, and to Lead Young Gentlemen and Ladies into the Knowledge of the First Principles of the English Language. Duodecimo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M.T. Ciceronis Orationes Quaedam Selectae. Editio quarta, auctior & emendatior. Londini: Typis Gulielmi Sayes, impensis J. Knapton, R Wilkin, J. & B. Sprint, B. & S. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, G. Mortlock, W. & J. Innys, & A. Ward, 1722. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Demosthenes. Dēmosthenous Logoi Eklektoi = Demosthenis Selectæ Orationes. Etonæ: apud Joseph. & Thomam Pote, 1755.
  • Elements of Syntax. Duodecimo. Precise work and edition unknown.
  • Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-. Dialogues Concerning Eloquence with a Letter to the French Academy, Concerning Rhetoric, and Poetry. Glasgow: Printed and Sold by R. and A. Foulis, 1760.
  • Isocrates. Isocratis Opera Omnia Graecè et Latinè: cum Versione Nova, Triplici Indice, Variantibus Lectionibus, et Notis. Parisiis: F.A. Didot, 1782.
  • Lancelot, Claude. A New Method of Learning with Greater Facility the Greek Tongue. Translated by Thomas Nugent. Octavo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Lucian of Samosata. Excerpta Quædam ex Luciani Samosatensis Operibus. Octavo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Ruddiman, Thomas. The Rudiments of the Latin Tongue or, a Plain and Easy Introduction to Latin Grammar; ... with Useful Notes and Observations, Explaining the Terms of Grammar, and Further Improving Its Rules. Octavo. Precise edition unknown.
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Legal Treatises

General

  • Blackstone, William, 1723-1780. Law Tracts. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1762. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Breton, John le. Britton. 2nd ed. London: Printed by the assignes of John Moore Esquire, 1640. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Jacob, Giles. A Treatise of Laws or, A General Introduction to the Common, Civil, and Canon Law. London: printed for T. Woodward; and J. Peele, 1721.
  • Kames, Henry Home, Lord. Historical Law-Tracts. 2nd ed. Edinburgh and London: Printed by A. Kincaid, His Majesty's Printer, for A. Millar, London, and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh, 1761. Held by W&M Law Library.

Administration of Criminal Justice

Civil Law

Civil Procedure

  • Brown, William. The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum: Being an Exact Collection of Precedents for Declarations and Pleadings in Most Actions, Especially Such as are Brought for, or Against Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, Executrices, Administratrices, and Their Husbands, in Person Actions, Also upon Bills of Exchange, Pollicies of Assurance, &c., and Such Process and Parts of Pleading as Relate Thereunto: Being Very Practicable and Useful to All Entring-Clerks, and Attornies in His Majesties Courts of Kings-Bench. London, octavo, 1678 or 1695. Precise edition unknown.
  • Brown, William. Modus Intrandi Placita Generalia: the Entring Clerk's Introduction: Being a Collection of Such Precedents of Declarations, and Other Pleadings, with Process as well Mesn as Judicial, as are Generally Used in Every Days Practice, with Notes and Observations Thereupon Composed, for the Benefit of the Students of the Common Law of England, as also of the Attorneys, Entring Clerks, and Sollicitors of the Courts of Common Pleas and King's Bench. London: Printed by the assigns of R. and Edw. Atkins Esquires for J. Walthoe ..., 1702-1703.
  • Gilbert, Geoffrey, Sir. The History and Practice of the High Court of Chancery in Which is Introduced, an Account of the Institution and Various Regulations of the Said Court; Shewing Likewise, the Ancient and Present Practice Thereof in an Easy and Familiar Method. London, In the Savoy: Printed by H. Lintot, for J. Worall and W. Owen, 1758.
  • Mallory, John. Modern Entries, in English Being a Select Collection of Pleadings in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer: ... and also All Kinds of Writs ... Together with Readings and Observations. 1734 or 1741. Precise edition unknown.
  • Manley, Thomas. The Clerks Guide: Leading into Three Parts. London : Printed by John Streater, Henry Twyford, and E. Flesher, assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins, Esquires, 1672.
  • Rastell, William. A Collection of Entries of Declarations, Barres, Replications, Rejoynders, Issues, Verdicts, Judgements, Rxecutions, Proces, Continuances, Essoynes, and Divers Other Matters Newly Amended and Much Enlarged with Many Good Presidents of Later Time, Whereof Divers are upon Sundry Statutes, and Noted in the End of the Table. London : Printed by John Streater, James Flesher, and Henry Twyford, assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins ... and are to be sold by George Sawbridge [and 13 others], 1670. Wythe's copy owned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
  • Robinson, Thomas, Sir. A Book of Special Entries of Declarations, Pleadings, Issues, Verdicts, Judgments and Judicial Process in Such Actions as are Now in Use and have not Hitherto been Published in Any Printed Book of Precedents Together with Such Notes and Observations as do Either Illustrate or Explain the Same. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft and H. Sawbridge assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins ... for T. Basset ... R. Chriswell ... and B. Tooke ..., 1684.

Commercial Law

  • Bacon, Matthew. The Compleat Arbitrator or, the Law of Awards and Arbitraments. London, octavo, precise edition unknown.
  • Brydall, John. Ars Transferendi Dominium, the Second Part or, A Sure Law-Guide to the Conveyancer Consisting of Many Observations and Various Questions, with Their Resolutions, Relating to Feoffments, Grants, Fines, Common Recoveries, Exchanges, Releases, Confirmations, Attornments, Surrenders, Bargains and Sales, and Devises. London: Printed by the assigns of R. and E. Atkyns ... for Samuel Heyrick ... and Isaac Cleave ..., 1698.
  • Herne, John. The Law of Conveyances, Shewing the Natures, Kinds, and Effects, of All Manner of Assurances, with the Manner of Their Several Executions and Operations, also Directions to Sue Out and Prosecute All Manner of Writs, of Extent, Elegit, and Judiciall Writs upon Statutes, Recognizances, Judgments, &c. London: Printed by T.R. for Hen. Twyford, and Tho. Dring ..., 1657.
  • Perkins, John. A Treatise of the Laws of England, on the Various Branches of Conveyancing. Precise edition unknown.

Constitutional Law

Contracts

  • Ashe, Thomas. The Law of Obligations and Conditions, or, An Accurate Treatise, Wherein is Contained the Whole Learning of the Law Concerning Bills, Bonds, Conditions, Statutes, Recognizances, and Defeasances. London: Printed for J. Walthoe ..., 1693.

Courts

Criminal Law

  • Beccaria, Cesare. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments. Translated from the Italian, with a commentary, attributed to Mons. de Voltaire, translated from the French. London: Printed for J. Almon, 1767. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Fitzherbert, Anthony. The New Natura Brevium. 8th ed., carefully revised. London, in the Savoy : printed for Henry Lintot ... and sold by J. Shuckburgh, 1755. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Gilbert, Geoffrey. The Law of Evidence. 2nd ed., corrected. London, In the Savoy : Printed by Catherine Lintot ... for W. Owen, 1760. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Staunford, William, Sir. Les Plees del Coron: Diuisees in Plusiours Titles & Common Lieux. Per Queux Home Plus Redement et Plenairemẽt Trouera, Quelqz chose que il Quira, Touchant les Ditz Plees. Londini: in aedibus Richardi Tottelli, 1560.

Ecclesiastical Law

  • Burn, Richard. Ecclesiastical Law. 4th ed. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, Law-Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1781. Held by W&M Law Library.

Equity

  • Ballow, Henry. A Treatise of Equity. London, in the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of Edward Sayer) for D. Browne, at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar; and J. Shuckburgh, at the Sun next the Inner Temple gate in Fleetstreet, 1737. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Kames, Henry Home, Lord. Principles of Equity. Edinburgh: Printed by Alexander Kincaid, His Majesty's printer. For A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1760. Held by W&M Law Library.

International Law

Property

  • The Law of Ejectments, or, A Treatise Shewing the Nature of Ejectione Firme, the Difference Between it and Trespass... London, 1700.
  • Littleton, Thomas, Sir. Les Tenures de Monsieur Littleton: Ouesque Certain Cases Addes per Auters de Puisne Temps q́ux Cases vo Trouers Signes Ouesq; cest sSigne * al Commencem̃t, & al Fine de Chescun de Eux: au Fine que ne Poies eux Misprender pur les Cases de Monsieur Littleton; Pur quel Enconuenience, ils Fueront Derniermt̃ Tolles de cest Lieur. Et cy vn Foits Pluis Admonetes al Request des Gentlehomes, Students en la ley Dengleterre. London. Precise edition unknown.

Roman Law

  • Codex Justinianus ad Vetustorum Exemplarium Fidem Diligẽtissime Recognitus. In Quo Casus Uiuiani (Qui Antea Fedissimi et Corruptissimi Legebantur) Ita sunt Restituti, vt Iam non Inutiliter Adiecti Videantur... Parisijs in via ad duum Jacobum, sub sole aure / et sub elephante Francoys Regnavlt, 1532.

Torts

  • The Law of Actions on the Case for Torts and Wrongs: Being a Methodical Collection of All the Cases Concerning Such Actions ... to Which are Added, Several Select Precedents of Declarations and Pleas in Such Actions, and References to All that are Extant in the Books of Entries. London, In the Savoy: Printed for Thomas Trye, 1741. Wythe copy held at Library of Congress.

Virginia Law

Wills

  • Wentworth, Thomas. The Office and Duty of Executors: or, a Treatise of Wills and Executors, directed to Testators. London: 1689.
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Literature

American

English

  • Addison, Joseph and Sir Richard Steele, ed. The Spectator. Precise edition unknown.
  • Butler, Samuel. Hudibras. London: Printed for John Baker, at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster-Row, 1710. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Sterne, Laurence. The Works of Laurence Sterne. London : Printed for W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson ... 1780. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Town, Mr., pseud. The Connoisseur. 3rd ed. London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1757. Held by W&M Law Library.

French

Greek

  • Anacreon. Odes of Anacreon. Translated by Thomas Moore. Philadelphia: Printed and published by Hugh Maxwell, opposite Christ-church. 1804. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Anacreon, Sappho, and Alcaeus. Hai tou Anakreontos ōdai kai ta tēs Sapphous kai ta tou Alkaiou Leipsana = Anacreontis Carmina cum Sapphonis, et Alcaei fragmentis. Duodecimo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae. Lipsiensis: 1710.
  • Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae. Argentorati: Sumtibus J. G. Treuttel, 1783.
  • Euripides. The Tragedies of Euripides. Translated by R. Potter. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, 1781-1783. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Homer. Homērou Ilias kai Odysseia kai eis Autas Scholia, ē Exēgēsis, tōn Palaiōn = Homeri Ilias & Odyssea, et in Easdem Scholia, sive Interpretatio, Veterum. Cantabrigiae: C. Crownfield, 1711.
  • Homer. Tēs tou Homērou Iliados. Edited by J. Moor and G. Muirhead. Glasguae: In aedibus Academicis, Excudebant R. et A. Foulis, 1756. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Homer. Homērou Odysseia. Oxford: Ek Theatrou en Oxonia, En tō etei 1750. Wythe's copy owned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
  • Homer. Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias. Edited by J. Moor and G. Muirhead. Glasguae: In aedibus Academicis, Excudebant R. et A. Foulis, 1758. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Homer. The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope. Duodecimo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Homer. Ilias kai eis Auten Scholia ton Palaion = Homeri Ilias et Veterum in eam Scholia, quae Vulgo Appellantur Didymi. Quarto. Precise edition unknown.
  • Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope. London: Printed for Henry Lintot, 1752. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Jodrell, Richard P. Illustrations of Euripides on the Alcestis. London: Printed by J. Nichols; sold by B. White and Son, Leigh and Sotheby, R. Faulder, 1789.
  • Lucian of Samosata. Excerpta Quædam ex Luciani Samosatensis Operibus. Octavo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Sophocles. The Tragedies of Sophocles. Translated by Thomas Francklin. London: Printed for R. Francklin, 1758-1759. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Theocritus. The Idylliums of Theocritus. Translated by Francis Fawkes. London: Printed for the author by D. Leach and sold by J. and R. Tonson ..., 1767. Held by W&M Law Library.

Latin

  • Bion of Smyrna. Biōnos tou Smyrnaiou, kai Moschou tou Syrakosiou, ta Sōzomena = Bionis Smyrnæl, et Moschi Syracusani, quæ Supersunt. Oxonii: e Typographeo Clarendoniano, prostant venales apud Johan. Barrett, 1748.
  • Cato, Marcus Porcius, Marcus Terentius Varro, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, and Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella. Rei Rusticae Auctores Latini Veteres, M. Cato, M. Varro, L. Columella, Palladius. Heidelberg, Germany: Ex Hier. Commelini typographio, 1595.
  • Horace. Oeuvres d’Horace en Latin et en Francois, avec des Remarques Critiques et Historiques. Octavo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Horace. Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae ad Pisones, et Augustum with an English Commentary and Notes. Edited by Richard Hurd. Dublin: Printed by Sarah Stringer, 1768.
  • Juvenal and Persius. D. Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satyrae. Interpretatione ac notis illustravit Ludovicus Prateus. Londini: impensis Tho. Dring, contra Hospitium Templariorum in vico Fleetstreet dicto, & Abel Swalle, ad insigne Monocerotis in Ludgatestreet, 1691. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Lucretius Carus, Titus. De Rerum natura Libri Sex ad Optimorum Exemplarium Fidem Recensiti. Londini: Sumptibus & typis Jacobi Tonson, 1712.
  • Lucretius Carus, Titus. Titi Lucretii Cari. De Rerum Natura Libri Sex. Cantabrigiæ: Ex officina Joann. Hayes, Impensis W. Morden, 1675 or 1686.
  • Musæ Anglicanæ sive Poemata Quædam Melioris Notæ. Duodecimo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Musæ Anglicanæ sive Poemata Quædam Melioris Notæ. Duodecimo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Ovid. De Arte Amandi. Duodecimo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Ovid. Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon Libri XV. In hac editione quinta fere notarum pars expungitur. Londini: Impensis S. Ballard, J. & P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman, D. Browne [and 13 others in London], 1751. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Plautus, Titus Maccius. M. Acci Plauti Comoediae. Lugd. Batav., Roterod.: Ex Officina Hackiana, 1669. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Virgil. P. Virgilii Maronis Opera. Juxta editionem novissimam Parisiensem, a. 1722. Londini: Impensis W. Innys, 1746. Held by W&M Law Library.

Scottish

  • Macpherson, James. The Poems of Ossian. A new ed. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1784-85. Held by W&M Law Library.

Spanish

  • Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote.Translated by T. Smollett. 6th ed. London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, J. Johnson [and 12 others in London], 1792. Held by W&M Law Library.
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Mathematics and Engineering

  • Archimedes. Archimedous tou Syrakousiou Psammites, kai Kyklou Metresis. Eutokiou Askalonitou eis Auten Hypomnema = Archimedis Syracusani Arenarius, et Dimensio Circuli. Eutocii Ascalonitæ, in hanc Commentarius. Oxonii: e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1676.
  • Bézout, Etienne. Cours de Mathematiques, a l'Usage des Gardes du Corps de la Marine. Octavo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Digges, Leonard. An Arithmetical Warlike Treatise Named Stratioticos: Compendiously Teaching the Science of Nombers ... as ... Requisite for the Profession of a Soldiour. At London: Imprinted by Richard Field, 1590.
  • Euclid. The Elements of Euclid. Octavo. Precise edition unknown.
  • MacLaurin, Colin. A Treatise of Algebra in Three Parts. Octavo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Moss, Thomas. A Treatise of Gauging Containing not Only What is Common on the Subject, but Likewise a Great Variety of New and Interesting Improvements with the Demonstrations. Octavo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Rocque, John. A Set of Plans and Forts in America, Reduced from Actual Surveys. London: Publish'd according to act of Parliament, by Mary Ann Rocque topographer to His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, in the Strand, 1765.
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Philosophy

  • Aldrich, Henry. Artis Logicae Compendium. Oxoniae: E Theatro Sheldoniano, Impensis A. Peisley, 1723. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis opera cum Delectu Commentariorum. Parisiis: Apud J. B. Coignard, [etc.]; Londini: Apud P. Vaillant, 1740-1742. Probable edition.
  • Epictetus. Epiktētou Encheiridion, Kēbētos Pinax, Prodikou Hēraklēs, kai Kleanthous Hymnos. Glasguae: in Aedibus Academicis Excudebat Robertus Foulis. Precise edition unknown.
  • Hume, David. Essays. Precise edition unknown.
  • Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil … and Samuel Manship, 1700. Wythe's copy owned by William Reese.
  • Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de. Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu. Nouv. éd. rev., cor., & considérablement augm. par l'auteur. Londres: Nourse, 1767. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals. 3rd ed. corr. and amended. London: Printed by Tho. Braddyll, and are to be sold by most Booksellers in London and Westminister, 1694. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Raymondis, Jean Paradis de. Traité Élémentaire de Morale et du Bonheur. A Lyon: Barret, 1784.
  • Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of. Characteristicks, of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times &c. . Precise edition unknown.
  • Theophrastus. Theophrastou Charaktēres Εthikoi = Theophrasti Characteres Ethici. Glasguae: Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1758.
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Religion

  • Bible. New Testament. Tes Kaines Diathekes Apanta = Novum Testamentum. Londini: Impensis R. Knaplock, J. Tonson, & J. Watts. 1728. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.
  • Bible. New Testament. Tēs Kainēs Diathēkēs hapanta = Novum Testamentum. Londini: Ex officinâ Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts, 1730.
  • Bible. New Testament. Hē Kainē Diathēkē. Novum Testamentum. Londini: Excudebat G. Bowyer, Impensis Societatis Stationariorum, 1743. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress?
  • Bible. Old Testament. Hē Palaia Diatheke Kata tous Hebdomenkonta = Vetus Testamentum Græcum: ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum Juxta Exemplar Vaticanum Romæ Editum. Cantabrigiæ: Excusum per Joannem Field, 1665.
  • Bible. Psalms. Psaltērion Psalterium: Juxta Exemplar Alexandrinum. ed. by Thomas Gale. Oxoniæ: E. Theatro Sheldoniano, 1678.
  • Blackwall, Anthony. The Sacred Classics Defended and Illustrated, or, An Essay Humbly Offer'd Towards Proving the Purity, Propriety, and True Eloquence of the Writers of the New Testament. London: Printed for C. Rivington ... , 1737. Wythe's copy of volume two owned by the Library of Congress.
  • Buchanan, George. Psalmorum Sacrorum Davidis Libri Quinque Duplici Poetica Metaphrasi, Altera Alteri è Regione Opposita Vario Carminum. Duodecimo. Precise edition unknown.
  • Church of England. Book of Common Prayer (Latin). Liturgia: Seu Liber Precum Communium, et Administrationis Sacramentorum, aliorumque Rituum et Ceremoniarum in Ecclesia Anglicana Receptus: Itémque Forma et Modus Creandi, Ordinandi, et Consecrandi Episcopos, Presbyteros, et Diaconos. Londini: Typis G. Bowyer, Impensis J. & J. Bonwicke, 1744.
  • Claesse, Lawrence. The Morning and Evening Prayer, the Litany, Church Catechism, Family Prayers, and Several Chapters of the Old and New-Testament. New York: Printed by William Bradford in New-York, 1715
  • Clarke, Samuel. A Brief Concordance to the Holy Bible. London: T. Parkhurst [etc.], 1696. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.
  • Grotius, Hugo. De Veritate Religionis Christianae. Editio novissima, in qua ejusdem annotationes ipsius textus verbis subjectae sunt. Amstelaedami: Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1696. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Lightfoot, John. The Works of the Reverend and Learned John Lightfoot. London: Printed by W. R. for Robert Scot, Thomas Basset, Richard Chiswell, 1684. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.
  • Minucius Felix, Marcus. Marci Minucii Felicis Octavius. Glasguae: In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis ..., 1750. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • More, Henry. Henrici Mori Cantabrigiensis Opera Omnia tum Quae Latine, tum Quae Anglice Scripta. Londini : Typis J. Macock, impensis J. Martyn & Gault. Kettilby, sub insignibus Campanae, & Capitis Episcopi in Coemeterio D. Pauli, 1679,
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Science and Medicine

  • Darwin, Erasmus. Zoonomia or The Laws of Organic Life. Octavo, three volumes. Precise edition unknown.
  • Ferguson, James. Tables and Tracts Relative to Several Arts and Sciences. London: Printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell, 1767.
  • Nairne, Edward. The Description and Use of Nairne's Patent Electrical Machine with the Addition of Some Philosophical Experiments and Medical Observations. London: Printed for Nairne and Blunt ..., 1783.
  • Pliny, the Elder. C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis Historiæ. Folio. Precise edition unknown.
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See also

References

  1. Douglas L. Miller, "Jefferson's Library," in Thomas Jefferson: A Reference Biography (New York: Scribner, 1986), pp. 157-179.
  2. See the letters between Jefferson and Wythe's executor, William Duval, for a discussion of Wythe's bequest.
  3. Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, to Mrs. Stiverson (June 16, 1975).
  4. Endrina Tay & Jeremy Dibbell, "Reconstructing a Lost Library: George Wythe's 'Legacie' to President Thomas Jefferson," Tales from the Vault, Common-Place, Jan. 2009.
  5. "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806," Massachusetts Historical Society. For a transcribed version, see "Library of George Wythe," Thomas Jefferson Libraries.
  6. Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.

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