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*Cicero, Marcus Tullius. ''[[M. Tullii Ciceronis opera Quae Supersunt Omnia|M. Tullii Ciceronis opera Quae Supersunt Omnia: ad Fidem Optimarum Editionum Diligenter Expressa]]''. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis, Excudebant Rob. et And. Foulis, 1748-49.
 
*Cicero, Marcus Tullius. ''[[M. Tullii Ciceronis opera Quae Supersunt Omnia|M. Tullii Ciceronis opera Quae Supersunt Omnia: ad Fidem Optimarum Editionum Diligenter Expressa]]''. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis, Excudebant Rob. et And. Foulis, 1748-49.
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*Epictetus. ''[[Epicteti Manuale et Sententiae|Epicteti Manuale et Sententiae: Quibus Accedunt Tabula Cebetis, & Alia Affinis Argumenti, in Linguam Latinam Conversa A Marco Meibomio: Subjiciuntur Ejusdem Notae, Emendationes Claudii Salmasii in Epictetum, Notae Illorum & Alius Viri Docti in Dissertationes Epicteti ab Arriano Digestas, & Varians Scriptura Codicum Manu Exaratorum]]''. Trajecti Batavorum: Ex officina Guilielmi Broedelet, 1711.
  
 
*Erasmus, Desiderius. ''[[Adagiorum D. Erasmi Roterodami Epitome]]''. Amstelodami: Ex officina Elzeviriana, Sumptibus Societatis, 1663.
 
*Erasmus, Desiderius. ''[[Adagiorum D. Erasmi Roterodami Epitome]]''. Amstelodami: Ex officina Elzeviriana, Sumptibus Societatis, 1663.
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*Longinus. ''[[Dionysiou Longinou Peri Hupsous, Kai Talla Heuriskomena|Dionysiou Longinou Peri Hupsous, Kai Talla Heuriskomena = Dionysii Longini De Sublimitate Commentarius, Ceteraque, Quae Reperiri Potuere : In Usum Serenissimi Principis Electoralis Brandenburgici Jacobus Tollius E Quinque Codicibus Mss. Emendavit, & Fr. Robortelli, Fr. Porti, Gabrielis De Petra, Ger. Lanbaenii, & Tanaquilli Fabri, Notis Integris Suas Subjecit, Novamque Versionum Suam Latinam, & Gallicam Boilavii, Cum Ejusdem, Ac Dacierii, Suisque Notis Gallicis Addidit]]''. Trajecto ad Rhenum: Ex Officinâ Francisci Halma ..., 1694.  
 
*Longinus. ''[[Dionysiou Longinou Peri Hupsous, Kai Talla Heuriskomena|Dionysiou Longinou Peri Hupsous, Kai Talla Heuriskomena = Dionysii Longini De Sublimitate Commentarius, Ceteraque, Quae Reperiri Potuere : In Usum Serenissimi Principis Electoralis Brandenburgici Jacobus Tollius E Quinque Codicibus Mss. Emendavit, & Fr. Robortelli, Fr. Porti, Gabrielis De Petra, Ger. Lanbaenii, & Tanaquilli Fabri, Notis Integris Suas Subjecit, Novamque Versionum Suam Latinam, & Gallicam Boilavii, Cum Ejusdem, Ac Dacierii, Suisque Notis Gallicis Addidit]]''. Trajecto ad Rhenum: Ex Officinâ Francisci Halma ..., 1694.  
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*Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de. ''[[Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu]]''. Nouv. éd. rev., cor., & considérablement augm. par l'auteur. Londres: Nourse, 1767.
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*Plato. ''[[Platonis Philosophi Quae Extant Graece|Platonis Philosophi Quae Extant Graece ad Editionem Henrici Stephani Accurate Expressa cum Marsilii Ficini Interpretatione; Praemittitur 1. III Laertii De Vita Et Dogm. Plat. cum Notitia Literaria. Accedit Varietas Lectionis. Studiis Societatis Bipontinae]]''. Biponti: ex typographia Societatis, 1781-87.
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Revision as of 12:27, 21 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

Court of Chancery

Court of Common Pleas

Court of Exchequer

Court of King's Bench

Multiple Courts

House of Lords

Yearbooks

United States

Virginia

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Legal

Other

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History

General

American

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.
  • 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.

French

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

English

  • Butler, Samuel. Hudibras. London: Printed for John Baker, at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster-Row, 1710.
  • Shakespeare, William. Supplement To The Edition Of Shakespeare's Plays Published In 1778. London: C. Bathurst ..., 1780.
  • 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.

French

Greek

  • Anacreon. Odes of Anacreon. Translated by Thomas Moore. Philadelphia: Printed and published by Hugh Maxwell, opposite Christ-church. 1804.
  • Homer. Tēs tou Homērou Iliados. Edited by J. Moor and G. Muirhead. Glasguae: In aedibus Academicis, Excudebant R. et A. Foulis, 1756-1758.
  • Homer. Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias. Edited by J. Moor and G. Muirhead. Glasguae: In aedibus Academicis, Excudebant R. et A. Foulis, 1756-1758.
  • 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.

Roman

  • Poetae Latini Minores|Poetae Latini Minores: ex Editione Petri Burmanni Fideliter Expressi]]. Glasguae: In aedibus Academicis : Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1752.

Scottish

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

Spanish

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Philosophy

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Miscellaneous

Art

Astrology

Cooking

Economics

Engineering

Finance

Geography

Language

Mathematics

Medicine

Political Science

Religion

Science

Travelogues

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