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=== Ancient ===
 
=== Ancient ===
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*Aelian. ''[[Kl. Ailianou Sophistou Poikilē Historia|Kl. Ailianou Sophistou Poikilē Historia = Cl. Aeliani Sophistae Varia Historia: ad Mstos Codices Nuc Primum Recognita & Castigata: cum Versione Justi Vulteji, Sed Innumeris in Locis ad Graecum Auctoris Contextum Emendata et Perpetuo Commentario Jacobi Perizonii: Accedunt Indices & Plures & Superioribus Longe Locupletiores]]''. Lugduni in Batavis: Apud Johannem du Vivie, Isaacum Severinum, 1701.
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*Appianus, of Alexandria. ''[[Appianou Alexandreōs Rōmaika|Appianou Alexandreōs Rōmaika = Appiani Alexandrini Romanarum Historiarum pars Prior]]''. Amstelodami: Ex officinâ Joh. Janssonii à Waesbergen, et Johannis à Someren, 1670.
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*Barthélemy, J.-J. ''[[Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece|Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century before the Christian Æra]]''. London : G.G. and J. Robinson, 1796.  
 
*Barthélemy, J.-J. ''[[Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece|Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century before the Christian Æra]]''. London : G.G. and J. Robinson, 1796.  
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*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.
  
 
*Caesar, Julius. ''[[Caii Julii Caesaris et A. Hirtii de Rebus a Caesare Gestis Commentarii]]''. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis : Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1750.
 
*Caesar, Julius. ''[[Caii Julii Caesaris et A. Hirtii de Rebus a Caesare Gestis Commentarii]]''. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis : Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1750.
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*Diodorus, Siculus. ''[[Diodōrou tou Sikeliōtou Bibliothēkēs Historikēs ta Sōzomena|Diodōrou tou Sikeliōtou Bibliothēkēs Historikēs ta Sōzomena = Diodori Siculi Bibliothecae Historicae Libri qui Supersunt]]''. Amstelodami: Sumptibus Jacobi Wetstenii, 1746.
  
 
*Herodotus. ''[[Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historiōn Logoi 9 Epigraphomenoi Mousai|Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historiōn Logoi 9 Epigraphomenoi Mousai = Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum Libri IX Musarum Nominibus Inscripti]]''. Amstelodami: Sumptibus Petri Schoutenii, 1763.
 
*Herodotus. ''[[Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historiōn Logoi 9 Epigraphomenoi Mousai|Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historiōn Logoi 9 Epigraphomenoi Mousai = Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum Libri IX Musarum Nominibus Inscripti]]''. Amstelodami: Sumptibus Petri Schoutenii, 1763.
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*Josephus, Flavius. ''[[The Works of Flavius Josephus]]''. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. London: Printed for Richard Sare ..., 1702.  
 
*Josephus, Flavius. ''[[The Works of Flavius Josephus]]''. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. London: Printed for Richard Sare ..., 1702.  
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*Livy. ''[[Titi Livii Historiarum Quod Extat]]''. Amstelodami: Apud D. Elzevirium, 1678.
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*Nepos, Cornelius. ''[[Cornelii Nepotis Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae et Editione Oxoniensi Fideliter Expressae]]''. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis excudebant Rob. et And. Foulis, 1749.
  
 
*Plutarch. ''[[Plutarch's Lives]]''. Translated with notes historical and critical from M. Dacier. London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1727.  
 
*Plutarch. ''[[Plutarch's Lives]]''. Translated with notes historical and critical from M. Dacier. London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1727.  
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*Polybius. ''[[Historiōn ta Sōzomena|Historiōn ta Sōzomena: Polybii Lycortae F. Megalopolitani Historiarum Libri qui Supersunt]]''. Amstelodami: Officina Johannis Janssonii à Waesberge, & Johannis van Someren, 1670.
  
 
*Potter. John. ''[[Archæologia Græca|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.
 
*Potter. John. ''[[Archæologia Græca|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.
  
 
*Savary, M. Claude Etienne. ''[[Lettres Sur l'Égypte|Lettres Sur l'Égypte, Où L'on Offre Le Parallèle Des Moeurs Anciennes & Modernes De Ses Habitans, Où L'on Décrit L'état, Le Commerce, L'agriculture, Le Gouvernement Du Pays, & La Descente De S. Louis À Damiette, Tirée De Joinville & Des Auteurs Arabes, Avec Des Cartes Géographiques]]''. Paris: Onfroi, 1785-86.  
 
*Savary, M. Claude Etienne. ''[[Lettres Sur l'Égypte|Lettres Sur l'Égypte, Où L'on Offre Le Parallèle Des Moeurs Anciennes & Modernes De Ses Habitans, Où L'on Décrit L'état, Le Commerce, L'agriculture, Le Gouvernement Du Pays, & La Descente De S. Louis À Damiette, Tirée De Joinville & Des Auteurs Arabes, Avec Des Cartes Géographiques]]''. Paris: Onfroi, 1785-86.  
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*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.
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*Tacitus, Cornelius. ''[[C. Cornelii Taciti Opera, Quae Exstant|C. Cornelii Taciti Opera, Quae Exstant: J. Lipsii, Rhennani, Ursini ... & Selectis Aliorum Commentariis Illustrata]]''. Amstelodami: Apud Danielem Elsevirium, 1672-1673.
  
 
*Thucydides. ''[[The History of the Peloponnesian War]]''. Translated by William Smith. London: Printed by John Watts, 1753.
 
*Thucydides. ''[[The History of the Peloponnesian War]]''. Translated by William Smith. London: Printed by John Watts, 1753.
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*Thucydides. ''[[Thoukydidou peri tou Peloponnēsiakou Polemou Biblia Oktō|Thoukydidou peri tou Peloponnēsiakou Polemou Biblia Oktō = Thucydidis de Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo]]''. Amstelædami : Apud R. & J. Wetstenios & Gul. Smith., 1731.
  
 
*Tyrtaeus. ''[[Spartan Lessons|Spartan Lessons; Or, The Praise Of Valour: In The Verses Of Tyrtaeus, An Ancient Athenian Poet, Adopted By The Republic Of Lacedaemon, And Employed To Inspire Their Youth With Warlike Sentiments]]''. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1759.
 
*Tyrtaeus. ''[[Spartan Lessons|Spartan Lessons; Or, The Praise Of Valour: In The Verses Of Tyrtaeus, An Ancient Athenian Poet, Adopted By The Republic Of Lacedaemon, And Employed To Inspire Their Youth With Warlike Sentiments]]''. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1759.
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*Xenophon. ''[[Ta tou Xenophontos Hellenika|Ta tou Xenophontos Hellenika: kai ho Agesilaos = Xenophontis Graecorum res Gestae: et Agesilaus]]''. Glasguae: R. et A. Foulis, 1762.
  
 
=== British ===
 
=== British ===

Revision as of 18:56, 20 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.
  • 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

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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