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*Bible. ''[[Holy Bible|The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated Out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches]]''. Oxford: Printed by Thomas Baskett, printer to the University, 1754. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span> Wythe's copy owned by the University of Virginia.
 
*Bible. ''[[Holy Bible|The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated Out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches]]''. Oxford: Printed by Thomas Baskett, printer to the University, 1754. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span> Wythe's copy owned by the University of Virginia.
  
*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.  
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*Bible. New Testament. ''[[Kaines Diathekes Apanta|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.
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*Bible. New Testament. ''[[Kainēs Diathēkēs Hapanta|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?
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*Bible. New Testament. ''[[Kainē Diathēkē|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.
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*Bible. Old Testament. ''[[Palaia Diatheke Kata tous Hebdomenkonta|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.
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*Bible. Psalms. ''[[Psaltērion Psalterium|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.
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*Blackwall, Anthony. ''[[Sacred Classics Defended and Illustrated|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.
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*Buchanan, George. ''[[Psalmorum Sacrorum Davidis|Psalmorum Sacrorum Davidis Libri Quinque Duplici Poetica Metaphrasi, Altera Alteri è Regione Opposita Vario Carminum]]''. Duodecimo. Precise edition unknown.
  
 
*Bryant, Jacob. ''[[New System, or, an Analysis of Ancient Mythology|A New System, or, an Analysis of Ancient Mythology: Wherein an Attempt is Made to Divest Tradition of Fable and to Reduce the Truth to its Original Purity : in this work is given an history of the Babylonians, Chaldeans, Egyptians, Canaanites, Helladians, Ionians, Leleges, Dorians, Pelasgi : also of the Scythae, Indo-Scythae, Ethiopians, Phenicians]]''. 2nd ed. London: Printed for T. Payne, P. Elmsly, B. White, and J. Walter, 1775-1776. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
 
*Bryant, Jacob. ''[[New System, or, an Analysis of Ancient Mythology|A New System, or, an Analysis of Ancient Mythology: Wherein an Attempt is Made to Divest Tradition of Fable and to Reduce the Truth to its Original Purity : in this work is given an history of the Babylonians, Chaldeans, Egyptians, Canaanites, Helladians, Ionians, Leleges, Dorians, Pelasgi : also of the Scythae, Indo-Scythae, Ethiopians, Phenicians]]''. 2nd ed. London: Printed for T. Payne, P. Elmsly, B. White, and J. Walter, 1775-1776. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
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*Church of England. Book of Common Prayer (Greek). ''[[Biblos tēs Dēmosias Euchēs|Biblos tēs Dēmosias Euchēs: Kai Yeleseōs Mystēriōn kai tōn Allōn Thesmōn kai Teletōn tēs Ekklēsias: Kata to Eth[os] tēs Agglikanēs Ekklēsias: Pros [de] t[ou]tois Typos k[ai] Tropos tēs Katagaseōs, Cheirotonias, kai Kathierōseōs Episkopōn Presbyterōn k[ai] Diakonōn]]''. En tē Kantabrigia: Exetypōthē par' Iōannou Phieldou ..., 1665. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
 
*Church of England. Book of Common Prayer (Greek). ''[[Biblos tēs Dēmosias Euchēs|Biblos tēs Dēmosias Euchēs: Kai Yeleseōs Mystēriōn kai tōn Allōn Thesmōn kai Teletōn tēs Ekklēsias: Kata to Eth[os] tēs Agglikanēs Ekklēsias: Pros [de] t[ou]tois Typos k[ai] Tropos tēs Katagaseōs, Cheirotonias, kai Kathierōseōs Episkopōn Presbyterōn k[ai] Diakonōn]]''. En tē Kantabrigia: Exetypōthē par' Iōannou Phieldou ..., 1665. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
  
*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.
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*Church of England. Book of Common Prayer (Latin). ''[[Liturgia: Seu Liber Precum Communium|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
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*Claesse, Lawrence. ''[[Morning and Evening Prayer, the Litany, Church Catechism|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.
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*Clarke, Samuel. ''[[Brief Concordance to the Holy Bible|A Brief Concordance to the Holy Bible]]''. London: T. Parkhurst [etc.], 1696. Wythe's copy owned by the Library of Congress.
  
 
*Clement of Alexandria. ''[[Klēmentos Alexandreōs ta Euriskomena|Klēmentos Alexandreōs ta Euriskomena = Clementis Alexandrini Opera Graece et Latine Quae Extant]]''. Lutetiae Parisiorum: Apud Matthaeum Guillemot, via Iacobaea, sub signo Bibliothecae, 1641. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
 
*Clement of Alexandria. ''[[Klēmentos Alexandreōs ta Euriskomena|Klēmentos Alexandreōs ta Euriskomena = Clementis Alexandrini Opera Graece et Latine Quae Extant]]''. Lutetiae Parisiorum: Apud Matthaeum Guillemot, via Iacobaea, sub signo Bibliothecae, 1641. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
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*Hammond, Henry. ''[[Paraphrase, and Annotations upon All the Books of the New Testament|A Paraphrase, and Annotations upon All the Books of the New Testament: Briefly Explaining All the Difficult Places Thereof]]''. London. : Printed by J. Flesher for Richard Royston at the Angel in Ivie-Lane., 1653. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
 
*Hammond, Henry. ''[[Paraphrase, and Annotations upon All the Books of the New Testament|A Paraphrase, and Annotations upon All the Books of the New Testament: Briefly Explaining All the Difficult Places Thereof]]''. London. : Printed by J. Flesher for Richard Royston at the Angel in Ivie-Lane., 1653. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
  
*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.
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*Lightfoot, John. ''[[Works of the Reverend and Learned John Lightfoot|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.
  
 
*Lowth, Robert. ''[[De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum|De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum. Prælectiones Academiæ Oxonii Habitæ]]''. Ed. altera, emendatior. Oxonii: e typographeo Clarendoniano, 1763. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
 
*Lowth, Robert. ''[[De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum|De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum. Prælectiones Academiæ Oxonii Habitæ]]''. Ed. altera, emendatior. Oxonii: e typographeo Clarendoniano, 1763. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
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*Minucius Felix, Marcus. ''[[Marci Minucii Felicis Octavius]]''. Glasguae: In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis ..., 1750. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>  
 
*Minucius Felix, Marcus. ''[[Marci Minucii Felicis Octavius]]''. Glasguae: In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis ..., 1750. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>  
  
*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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*More, Henry. ''[[Henrici Mori Cantabrigiensis Opera Omnia|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,
  
 
*Nelson, Robert. ''[[Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England|A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England, with Collects and Prayers for Each Solemnity]]''. 11th ed. London : Printed by W. Bowyer for R. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, M. Wotton, B. Tooke, R. Wilkin, R. Smith, and T. Ward, 1720. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
 
*Nelson, Robert. ''[[Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England|A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England, with Collects and Prayers for Each Solemnity]]''. 11th ed. London : Printed by W. Bowyer for R. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, M. Wotton, B. Tooke, R. Wilkin, R. Smith, and T. Ward, 1720. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
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*Stackhouse, Thomas. ''[[New History of the Holy Bible|A New History of the Holy Bible: From the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity: with Answers to Most of the Controverted Questions, Dissertations upon the Most Remarkable Passages, and a Connection of Profane History All Along: to Which are Added, Notes Explaining Difficult Texts, Rectifying Mis-translations, and Reconciling Seeming Contradictions: the Whole Illustrated with Proper Maps and Sculptures]]''. Edinburgh: Printed for Alex. Donaldson, and John Wood, and for James Meuros, bookseller in Kilmarnock, 1767. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
 
*Stackhouse, Thomas. ''[[New History of the Holy Bible|A New History of the Holy Bible: From the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity: with Answers to Most of the Controverted Questions, Dissertations upon the Most Remarkable Passages, and a Connection of Profane History All Along: to Which are Added, Notes Explaining Difficult Texts, Rectifying Mis-translations, and Reconciling Seeming Contradictions: the Whole Illustrated with Proper Maps and Sculptures]]''. Edinburgh: Printed for Alex. Donaldson, and John Wood, and for James Meuros, bookseller in Kilmarnock, 1767. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
  
*Stith, William. ''The Sinfulness and Pernicious Nature of Gaming: A Sermon Preached before the General Assembly of Virginia at Williamsburg, March 1st 1752''. Williamsburg: Printed and sold by William Hunter, 1752.
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*Stith, William. ''[[Sinfulness and Pernicious Nature of Gaming|The Sinfulness and Pernicious Nature of Gaming: A Sermon Preached before the General Assembly of Virginia at Williamsburg, March 1st 1752]]''. Williamsburg: Printed and sold by William Hunter, 1752.
  
 
*Tillotson, John. ''[[Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson|The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: Containing Two Hundred Sermons and Discourses on Several Occasions: to Which are Annexed Prayers Composed by Him for His Own Use, a Discourse to His Servants Before the Sacrament, and a Form of Prayer Composed by Him, for the Use of King William: Being All That were Printed after His Grace's Decease: Now Collected into Two Volumes: Together with Tables to the Whole: One, of the Texts Preached Upon; Another of the Places of Scripture, Occasionally Explain'd; a Third, an Alphabetical Table of Matter]]''. 3rd. ed. London: Printed for Benjamin Tooke, John Pemberton, and Edward Valentone ..., Jacob Tonson ..., and James Round, 1722. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
 
*Tillotson, John. ''[[Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson|The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: Containing Two Hundred Sermons and Discourses on Several Occasions: to Which are Annexed Prayers Composed by Him for His Own Use, a Discourse to His Servants Before the Sacrament, and a Form of Prayer Composed by Him, for the Use of King William: Being All That were Printed after His Grace's Decease: Now Collected into Two Volumes: Together with Tables to the Whole: One, of the Texts Preached Upon; Another of the Places of Scripture, Occasionally Explain'd; a Third, an Alphabetical Table of Matter]]''. 3rd. ed. London: Printed for Benjamin Tooke, John Pemberton, and Edward Valentone ..., Jacob Tonson ..., and James Round, 1722. <span style="color: #006600;">Held by W&M Law Library.</span>
  
*Vida, Marco Girolamo. ''Marci Hieronymi Vidae, Cremonensis, Albae Episcopi, Christiados Libri Sex''. Duodecimo. Precise edition unknown.
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*Vida, Marco Girolamo. ''[[Marci Hieronymi Vidae, Cremonensis, Albae Episcopi, Christiados|Marci Hieronymi Vidae, Cremonensis, Albae Episcopi, Christiados Libri Sex]]''. Duodecimo. Precise edition unknown.
 
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Revision as of 15:50, 28 October 2014

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.

Court of Chancery

Court of Common Pleas

Court of Exchequer

Court of King's Bench

Multiple Courts

  • 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

United States

Virginia

  • Wythe, George. [[Between William Yates and Sarah His Wife and Abraham Salle et al.|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.

Cooking

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Legal

Other

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Economics and Finance

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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.
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Government

  • 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.
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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.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

British

European

French

Italian

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Language and Rhetoric

  • 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.
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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.
  • 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

Commercial Law

Constitutional Law

Contracts

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.

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

Roman Law

Torts

Virginia Law

Wills

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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.
  • Shakespeare, William. Works. Precise work and edition unknown.
  • 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.
  • 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. 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. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope. London: Printed for Henry Lintot, 1752. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Virgil. Duodecimo. Precise work and edition unknown.

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

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Philosophy

  • Aldrich, Henry. Artis Logicae Compendium. Oxoniae: E Theatro Sheldoniano, Impensis A. Peisley, 1723. Held by W&M Law Library.
  • Hume, David. Essays. Precise edition unknown.
  • 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.
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Religion

  • 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.
  • Minucius Felix, Marcus. Marci Minucii Felicis Octavius. Glasguae: In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis ..., 1750. Held by W&M Law Library.
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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.
  • Winslow, Jacques-Bénigne. An Anatomical Exposition of the Structures of the Human Body. London: Printed for R. Ware, J. Knapton, S. Birt, T. and T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, C. Davis, T. Astley, and R. Baldwin, 1756.
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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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