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*Carthew, Thomas. ''[[Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench|Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, from the Third Year of King James the Second, to the Twelfth Year of King William the Third]]''. London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt for R. Gosling, 1728.  
 
*Carthew, Thomas. ''[[Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench|Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, from the Third Year of King James the Second, to the Twelfth Year of King William the Third]]''. London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt for R. Gosling, 1728.  
  
*Comberbach, Roger. ''[[The Report of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster|The Report of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster: From the First Year of King James the Second, to the Tenth Year of King William the Third]]''. London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for J. Walthoe, 1724.
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*Comberbach, Roger. ''[[Report of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster|The Report of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster: From the First Year of King James the Second, to the Tenth Year of King William the Third]]''. London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for J. Walthoe, 1724.
  
 
*Fortescue-Aland, John. ''[[Reports of Select Cases in All the Courts of Westminster-Hall|Reports of Select Cases in All the Courts of Westminster-Hall: Also the Opinion of All the Judges of England Relating to the Grandest Prerogative of the Royal Family, and Some Observations Relating to the Prerogative of a Queen Consort]]''. London, In the Savoy: Printed for H. Lintot, 1748.
 
*Fortescue-Aland, John. ''[[Reports of Select Cases in All the Courts of Westminster-Hall|Reports of Select Cases in All the Courts of Westminster-Hall: Also the Opinion of All the Judges of England Relating to the Grandest Prerogative of the Royal Family, and Some Observations Relating to the Prerogative of a Queen Consort]]''. London, In the Savoy: Printed for H. Lintot, 1748.
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*''[[Modern Reports|Modern Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster: in the Reign of Her Late Majesty Q. Anne, in the Time when Sir John Holt sat Chief-Justice There]]''. 2nd ed. London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, assigns of Edward Sayer, for John Walthoe, 1725.
 
*''[[Modern Reports|Modern Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster: in the Reign of Her Late Majesty Q. Anne, in the Time when Sir John Holt sat Chief-Justice There]]''. 2nd ed. London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, assigns of Edward Sayer, for John Walthoe, 1725.
  
*Palmer, Gefrey, Sir. ''[[Les Reports de Sir Gefrey Palmer|Les Reports de Sir Gefrey Palmer, Chevalier & Baronet ...: Imprime & Publie per l'Original]]''. London: Printed by the assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, for Robert Pawlet, 1678.  
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*Palmer, Gefrey, Sir. ''[[Reports de Sir Gefrey Palmer|Les Reports de Sir Gefrey Palmer, Chevalier & Baronet ...: Imprime & Publie per l'Original]]''. London: Printed by the assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, for Robert Pawlet, 1678.  
  
*''[[Les Reports des Cases Argue and Adjudge in le Temps del'Roy: Edward I - Henrie VIII]]''. London: 1678-1680.
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*''[[Reports des Cases Argue and Adjudge in le Temps del'Roy: Edward I - Henrie VIII]]''. London: 1678-1680.
  
*Rolle, Henry. ''[[Les Reports de Henry Rolle|Les Reports de Henry Rolle, Serjeant del' Ley, de Divers Cases en le Court del' Banke le Roy en le Temps del' Reign de Roy Jacques]]''. London: Printed for A. Roper, F. Titon, J. Starkey, T. Basset, 1675-1676.  
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*Rolle, Henry. ''[[Reports de Henry Rolle|Les Reports de Henry Rolle, Serjeant del' Ley, de Divers Cases en le Court del' Banke le Roy en le Temps del' Reign de Roy Jacques]]''. London: Printed for A. Roper, F. Titon, J. Starkey, T. Basset, 1675-1676.  
  
 
*Salkeld, William. ''[[Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench|Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: with Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer, from the first year of K. William and Q. Mary, to the tenth year of Queen Anne]]''. London, In the Savoy: J. Walthoe and J. Walthoe, jun., 1717-1718.  
 
*Salkeld, William. ''[[Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench|Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: with Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer, from the first year of K. William and Q. Mary, to the tenth year of Queen Anne]]''. London, In the Savoy: J. Walthoe and J. Walthoe, jun., 1717-1718.  
  
*Saunders, Edmund, Sir. ''[[Les Reports du Tres Erudite Edmund Saunders|Les Reports du Tres Erudite Edmund Saunders ... des Divers Pleadings et Cases en le Court del Bank le Roy en le Temps del Reign sa Tres Excellent Majesty le Roy Charles le II]]''. London, In the Savoy, D. Browne ..., 1722.
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*Saunders, Edmund, Sir. ''[[Reports du Tres Erudite Edmund Saunders|Les Reports du Tres Erudite Edmund Saunders ... des Divers Pleadings et Cases en le Court del Bank le Roy en le Temps del Reign sa Tres Excellent Majesty le Roy Charles le II]]''. London, In the Savoy, D. Browne ..., 1722.
  
*Shower, Bartholomew, Sir. ''[[The Reports of Sir Bartholomew Shower|The Reports of Sir Bartholomew Shower, Knt. of Cases Adjudg'd in the Court of King's Bench, in the Reign of His Late Majesty King William III]]''. London: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esqs; for Danial Borwne .. and J. Walthoe, 1708-20.  
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*Shower, Bartholomew, Sir. ''[[Reports of Sir Bartholomew Shower|The Reports of Sir Bartholomew Shower, Knt. of Cases Adjudg'd in the Court of King's Bench, in the Reign of His Late Majesty King William III]]''. London: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esqs; for Danial Borwne .. and J. Walthoe, 1708-20.  
  
 
*Skinner, Robert. ''[[Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench|Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, from the Thirty-Third Year of King Charles the Second, to the Ninth Year of King William the Third]]''. London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for B. Lintot, 1728.  
 
*Skinner, Robert. ''[[Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench|Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, from the Thirty-Third Year of King Charles the Second, to the Ninth Year of King William the Third]]''. London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for B. Lintot, 1728.  
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*Style, William. ''[[Narrationes Modernae|Narrationes Modernae, or, Modern Reports Begun in the Now Upper Bench Court at Westminster: in the Beginning of Hillary Term 21 Caroli and Continued to the End of Michaelmas Term 1655]]''. London: Printed by F. L. for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, G. Bedel, and C. Adams, 1658.  
 
*Style, William. ''[[Narrationes Modernae|Narrationes Modernae, or, Modern Reports Begun in the Now Upper Bench Court at Westminster: in the Beginning of Hillary Term 21 Caroli and Continued to the End of Michaelmas Term 1655]]''. London: Printed by F. L. for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, G. Bedel, and C. Adams, 1658.  
  
*Yelverton, Henry, Sir. ''[[The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton|The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton, Knight and Baronet ... of Divers Special Cases in the Court of King's Bench, as Well in the Latter End of the Reign of Q. Elizabeth, as in the First Ten Years of K. James]]''. London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for W. Feales, 1735.
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*Yelverton, Henry, Sir. ''[[Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton|The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton, Knight and Baronet ... of Divers Special Cases in the Court of King's Bench, as Well in the Latter End of the Reign of Q. Elizabeth, as in the First Ten Years of K. James]]''. London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for W. Feales, 1735.
  
 
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Revision as of 11:54, 23 July 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

Art

Astrology

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

United States

Virginia

Cooking

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Legal

Other

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Economics and Finance

Geography and Travel

Government

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

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.
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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

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.
  • 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.
  • Town, Mr., pseud. The Connoisseur. 3rd ed. London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1757.

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.
  • Homer. Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias. Edited by J. Moor and G. Muirhead. Glasguae: In aedibus Academicis, Excudebant R. et A. Foulis, 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

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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Mathematics and Engineering

Philosophy

  • 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.
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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.

Science and Medicine

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