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*Bacon, Francis. ''[[The Works of Francis Bacon|The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ... With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in any Edition of His Works]]''. London: A. Millar, 1740.  
 
*Bacon, Francis. ''[[The Works of Francis Bacon|The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ... With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in any Edition of His Works]]''. London: A. Millar, 1740.  
  
*Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount. ''[[The Philosophical works of the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke|The Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke: in Five Volumes]]''. London: Published by David Mallet, Esq., 1754.
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*Boethis. ''[[Anicii Manlii Severini Boetii Consolationis Philosophiae Libri Quinque]]''. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis academiae typographi,1751.                                                   
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*Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount. ''[[The Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke|The Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke: in Five Volumes]]''. London: Published by David Mallet, Esq., 1754.
  
 
*Kames, Henry Home, Lord. ''[[Essays on the Principles Of Morality And Natural Religion|Essays on the Principles Of Morality And Natural Religion: In Two Parts]]''. Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming, for A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, 1751.  
 
*Kames, Henry Home, Lord. ''[[Essays on the Principles Of Morality And Natural Religion|Essays on the Principles Of Morality And Natural Religion: In Two Parts]]''. Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming, for A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, 1751.  
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*Bryant, Jacob. ''[[A 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]]''. London: Printed for T. Payne, P. Elmsly, B. White, and J. Walter, 1775-1776.  
 
*Bryant, Jacob. ''[[A 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]]''. London: Printed for T. Payne, P. Elmsly, B. White, and J. Walter, 1775-1776.  
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*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.
  
 
*Delany, Patrick. ''[[The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended|The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended. In Answer to Two Pamphlets, the One Called, The Question About Eating Blood Stated and Examined, &c. The Other Intitled, The Prohibition of Blood a Temporary Precept]]''. London: C. Rivington, 1734.
 
*Delany, Patrick. ''[[The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended|The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended. In Answer to Two Pamphlets, the One Called, The Question About Eating Blood Stated and Examined, &c. The Other Intitled, The Prohibition of Blood a Temporary Precept]]''. London: C. Rivington, 1734.
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*''[[The 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.
 
*''[[The 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.
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*Lowth, Robert. ''[[De Sacra poesi Hebræorum|De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum. Prælectiones Academiæ Oxonii Habitæ]]''. Oxonii: e typographeo Clarendoniano, 1763.
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*Stackhouse, Thomas. [[''A History of the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ|A History of the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: From His Birth, 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]]''. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Murray, and Cochran for James Meuros, bookseller in Kilmarnock, 1765.
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Stackhouse, Thomas. ''[[A 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.
  
 
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Revision as of 08:52, 7 June 2013

Architects' rendering of the proposed Wythe Rare Books Room at the College of William & Mary's Wolf Law Library (ARIVE Architecture & Interiors).

In 2005, the Wolf Law Library began a project to replicate the library of William & Mary's (and America's) first law professor, George Wythe, who assembled one of the most important libraries in eighteenth-century Virginia. Wythe's library of more than 450 titles, including Western classics, history, philosophy, science, mathematics, and law had a direct impact on the development of Virginia law and the law of the new nation.

The George Wythe Collection focuses on items of a legal nature, but we also actively collect titles in history, philosophy, and political science. The chancellor’s library consisted of more than 450 titles. Although roughly half of the titles Wythe owned fall outside the primary goals of our collection—geography, mathematics and science, for example—we do acquire some of them to illustrate the breadth of Wythe's interests.

Collection Priorities:

  1. Titles showing a definite connection to George Wythe: The Wolf Law Library makes every attempt to duplicate the exact edition and impression of all items with a proven connection to Wythe. This group includes titles written by Wythe; those he collaborated upon; volumes known to possess Wythe’s signature, his armorial bookplate, or inscribed notes attributed to him; and works that include Wythe’s name among the published list of subscribers.
  2. Titles identified in Jefferson’s manuscript list: We collect titles identified by Thomas Jefferson’s manuscript list detailing his dispersal of George Wythe’s library. Where the specific edition Wythe owned is unknown, we limit consideration to those works published before Wythe’s death in 1806 and prefer those titles/editions known to have been owned by Jefferson (see Sowerby) or the recipient he listed. If no specific edition/title information exists for these copies, we prefer those editions/titles identified in contemporary Virginia libraries. When none of these options identifies an edition or title, we will collect the most valuable edition of a given work that might have been part of the Chancellor’s collection.
  3. Titles noted in the commonplace books or other writings of Wythe’s students: We collect those titles specifically noted by Wythe’s students in existing papers and commonplace books that do not fall into categories 1 or 2. If the student note postdates that student’s educational association with Wythe, every attempt will be made to verify the title through other resources.
  4. Titles quoted or mentioned in Wythe’s case reports: We collect those titles to which the Chancellor refers or alludes in his published case reports if the titles do not fall into categories 1, 2, or 3.
  5. Titles representative of Wythe’s time: We collect titles represented in law libraries of the eighteenth century if those titles do not fall in the above categories.

Titles in the Wolf Law Library's Collection

Case Reports, Digests, and Statutes

England

Abridgments

  • Kelham, Robert. An Alphabetical Index to All the Abridgments of Law and Equity|An Alphabetical Index to All the Abridgments of Law and Equity: and to Several Books of the Crown law, Conveyancing, and Practice, with Their Divisions and Subdivisions; Chiefly Calculated to Facilitate the References to the General Abridgment of Law and Equity, by Charles Viner, Esq. London, In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot ... for the author, and sold by J. Worrall, 1758.

Court of Chancery

Court of Common Pleas

Court of Exchequer

Court of King's Bench

Multiple Courts

House of Lords

Virginia

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Legal

Other

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History

General

American

Ancient

  • Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. Translated with notes historical and critical from M. Dacier. London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1727.

British

  • Bolingbroke, Henry St. John. A Letter to Sir William Windham ; II. Some Reflections on the Present State of the Nation ; III. A Letter to Mr. Pope. London: Printed for the Editor, and sold by A. Millar, 1753.

Italian

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Legal Treatises

General

  • Blackstone, William, 1723-1780. Law Tracts. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1762.
  • Breton, John le. Britton. London: Printed by the assignes of John Moore Esquire, 1640.
  • Kames, Henry Home, Lord. Historical Law-Tracts. Edinburgh and London: Printed by A. Kincaid, His Majesty's Printer, for A. Millar, London, and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh, 1761.

Administration of Criminal Justice

Civil Law

Civil Procedure

Commercial 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.
  • Fitzherbert, Anthony. The New Natura Brevium. London, in the Savoy : printed for Henry Lintot ... and sold by J. Shuckburgh, 1755.

Ecclesiastical Law

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

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.
  • 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.

International Law

Property

Remedies

Roman Law

  • Arnoldi Vinnii JC. in Quatuor Libros Institutionum Imperialium: Commentarius Academicus & Forensis. Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Joannem van der Linden, Juniorem, 1726.
  • D. Justiniani Institutionum Libri Quator, The Four Books of Justinian's Institutions. Translated by George Harris. London: Printed by J. Purser for M. Withers, 1761.
  • D. Justiniani, Sacratissimi Principis, Institutionum, Sive, Elementorum, Libri Quatuor: Notis Perpetuis Multo, Quam Hucusque, Diligentius Illustrati. Amstelodami: off. Elzeviriana, 1669.

Virginia Law

Wills

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Literature

  • Anacreon. Odes of Anacreon. Translated by Thomas Moore. Philadelphia: Printed and published by Hugh Maxwell, opposite Christ-church. 1804.
  • Shakespeare, William. Supplement To The Edition Of Shakespeare's Plays Published In 1778. London: C. Bathurst ..., 1780.
  • 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.
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Philosophy

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Miscellaneous

Art

Astrology

Economics

Geography

Languages

Mathematics

Political Science

Religion

Stackhouse, Thomas. 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.

Science

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