[Contains a chapter on
standard
authors.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v08
B.
His MS
collections are in Lambeth palace library; his sermons preached before
archbishop Sancroft, whose chaplain he was, were published in 1728.
Wilkins, John. The mathematical and philosophical Works of. . . . To
which is prefix'd the author's life, and an account of his Works. 4 pts.
1707-8. 2nd ed. 2 vols. 1802.
The Discovery of a World in the Moone. 1638.
Ecclesiastes; or, a discourse concerning the Gift of Preaching, eto.
1646.
Mathematicall Magick. . . . In two books. 1648.
A discourse concerning the Gift of Prayer. 1651.
An essay towards a real character and a philosophical language. 2 pts.
1668.
Of the principles and duties of Natural Religion, [Ed. Ibbotson, J. ]
1675.
Sermons preach'd upon several occasions. . . . To which is added a discourse
concerning the beauty of Providence. 1677.
Henderson, P. A. W. , The Life and Times of John Wilkins, 1910;
Martin, B. , Biographia Philosophica, p. 289, 1764.
B. GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND CRITICISM
Abbey, C. J. The English Church and its Bishops, 1700-1800. 2 vols. 1887.
Aubrey, J. Brief Lives. Ed. Clark, A. 2 vols. Oxford, 1898.
Baxter, R. Reliquiae Baxterianae. 1696.
Burnet, Gilbert. History of my own Time. Ed. Foxcroft, H. C. 3 vols.
Oxford, 1897–1902.
Evelyn, John. Diary. Ed. Wheatley, H. B. 4 vols. 1879.
Hearne, T. Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne. Ed. Doble, C. E.
1885 ff.
Hunt, J. Religious Thought in England to the end of the 18th century.
3 vols. 1870-3.
Hutton, W. H. The English Church from the Accession of Charles I to the
death of Anne. 1903. [The bibliographies in this work and the books
referred to in the preface should be noted. ]
Lathbury, T. History of the Nonjurors. 1845.
Neal, D. History of the Puritans, vol. iv. 1822.
Nelson, R. Works. 2 pts. 1715.
Overton, J. H. Life in the English Church, 1660-1717. 1885.
The Nonjurors. 1902.
Pepys, Samuel. Diary. Ed. Wheatley, H. B. 9 vols. 1893-9.
Wood, A. à. Athenae Oxonienses. Ed. Bliss, P. 1813-20.
See, also, bibliography to vol. VII, chap. VI.
G. A. BROWN,
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CHAPTER XIII
LEGAL LITERATURE
I
A. GENERAL AUTHORITIES FOR THE HISTORY OF
ENGLISH LEGAL LITERATURE
Brunner, H. Überblick über die Geschichte der französischen, norman-
nischen und englischen Rechtsquellen. In Holtzendorff's Encyclopädie
der Rechtswissenschaft, 1880. Translated by Hastie, W. , under title
Essay on the Sources of the Law of England, 1888.
Deutsche Rechtsgeschichte. 2 vols. 1887-92.
Crabb, G. History of the English Law. 1829.
Dugdale, Sir W. Origines Juridiciales. 1666, 1671, 1680.
Glasson, E. Histoire du Droit et des Institutions politiques, civiles et judi-
ciaires de l'Angleterre. 6 vols. 1882-3.
Holdsworth, W. S. A History of English Law. 1903. (In progress. )
Kent, J. Commentaries on American Law. 4 vols. 1826-30. 12th ed. Ed.
Holmes, 0. W. 1873.
Pollock, Sir F. and Maitland, F. W. History of English Law before the time
of Edward I. 2nd ed. 2 vols. 1898.
Reeves, John. History of English Law, to the death of Elizabeth. 3rd ed.
5 vols. 1814–29. Ed. Finlason, W. F. 3 vols. 1869.
Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History. 3 vols. Cambridge and
Boston. 1908–10.
B. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF ENGLISH LEGAL LITERATURE
Arber, Edward. The Term Catalogues 1668–1709. 3 vols. 1903-6.
Basset, Thomas. Catalogue of Common and Statute Law Books. 1673.
Other eds. 1682, 1684, 1694, 1699, 1700.
Bridgman, R. W. A Short View of Legal Bibliography, containing some
critical observations on the Authority of the Reporters and other Law
Writers. 1807.
Encyclopaedia of the Laws of England. 2nd ed. 15 vols. 1906-9.
Gives bibliographies to all the principal articles and a list of Law
Reports, vol. VIII, sub tit.
Fulbecke, W. A Direction or Preparative to the Study of Law. 1600.
[Contains a chapter on standard authors. ]
Harvard University. Catalogue of the Library of the Law School. 2 vols.
1909.
London, W. A catalogue of the most vendible Books in England. 1658.
Supplement. 1660.
Contains a section on Books of the Common and Civil Law.
Maitland, F. W. English Law and the Renaissance. 1901.
Contains, among the notes pp. 90-94, lists of law books available 1550
and 1600.
Middle Temple. Bibliotheca . . . Societatis in Ordinem juxta rerum naturam
Redacta ac digesta: V Iduum Sept. MDCC. Auspicio et Sumptu Barth.
Shower, Militis. 1700.
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Boston, 1883.
An indispensable work of reference for bibliographical information
about the reports both old and new.
Year Book Bibliography. Harvard Law Review, vol. xiv. 1901.
Wallace, J. W. The Reporters. 4th ed. 1882.
C. THE CHIEF WORKS IN ENGLISH LEGAL LITERATURE
I. Anglo-Saxon
The chief remains of the period will be found in :
Liebermann, F. Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen. Halle, 1898-1903.
Schmid, R. Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen. 1832. 2nd ed. 1858.
Thorpe, B. Ancient Laws and Institutes of England. 1840.
II. Norman and Angevin
Bracton and Azo. Ed. Maitland, F. W. Selden Society. 1895.
Bracton, H. de. Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae. Written
c. 1256; printed 1569, 1640. Ed. Twiss, T. 6 vols. 1878-83.
Bracton's Note Book. Ed. Maitland, F. W. 3 vols. 1887.
Britton. Written c. 1290; printed c. 1530. Under superintendence of
Wingate, E. 1640. Ed. Nichols, F. M. 2 vols. 1855. With an intro-
duction by Baldwin, S. E. Washington, 1901.
Fleta. Written c. 1290; printed with a preliminary dissertation by Selden,
John, 1647, 1685.
Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts, by Woodbine, G. E. 1910.
Their titles are: Fet Asaver, Judicium Essoniorum, Modus Compo-
nendi Brevia and Exceptiones ad Cassandum Brevia.
Glanvil. Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Regni Angliae. Written
c. 1189; printed 1554 (? ), 1557, 1604, 1673 ff. Translated by Beames 1812,
with introduction by Beale, J. H. Washington, 1900.
Hengham, R. de. Summa Magna and Summa Parva, prefixed to editions of
Fortescue, De Laudibus Legum Angliae.
Horne, A. The Mirror of Justices. Written in the 13th century; printed 1642.
Modern ed. by Whittaker, W. J. , with critical introduction by Maitland,
F. W. Selden Society. 1895.
Leges Anglorum saeculo XII ineunte Londiniis collectae. Ed. Liebermann,
F. 1894.
Leges Edwardi Confessoris. Ed. Liebermann, F. 1896.
Leges Henrici I. Ed. Liebermann, F. 1901.
Leges Willelmi I. Ed. Schmid, R. 1858.
Magna Carta . . . with an historical introduction by McKechnie, W. S. 1905.
Part v contains a descriptive account of original versions, printed
editions and commentaries.
Novae Narrationes. Written early in Edward III's reign; first printed about
1515 and again in 1561 with Articuli ad Novas Narrationes and the Booke
of Diversities of Courtes.
Olde Tenures. Written probably in Edward III's reign; first published in 1525
and several times in 16th century; is included in Coke's Tracts and other
modern works.
Placita Anglo-Normannica: Law Cases from William I. to Richard I. Ed.
Bigelow, M. M. 1879.
Quadripartitus, ein Englisches Rechtsbuch von 1114. Ed. Liebermann, F.
1892.
Rectitudines Singularum Personarum. Ed. Schmid, R. 1858.
E. L. VIII.
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III. Fifteenth Century
Articuli ad Novas Narrationes. Written in earlier half of the century; first
printed about 1525, again in 1528 and 1545, and see Novae Narrationes,
ante.
Fortescue, Sir John. De Laudibus Legum Angliae. Written c. 1470; printed
1537. Many editions during 16th and 17th centuries. Translated 1573.
Commentary by Waterhouse, E. 1663.
De Natura Legis Naturae. Written c. 1462; first published by lord Cler.
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On the Governance of the Kingdom of England. Written c. 1471; first
published in 1714. Ed. Plummer, C. 1885.
Littleton, Sir Thomas. Tenures. Written c. 1475-80; printed c. 1481. Many
editions during 16th and 17th centuries. Commentary Coke. 1628.
Ed. Wambaugh, E. 1901. [Contains detailed bibliography. ]
Lyndewood, William. Constitutiones Provinciales Ecclesiae Anglicanae.
collections are in Lambeth palace library; his sermons preached before
archbishop Sancroft, whose chaplain he was, were published in 1728.
Wilkins, John. The mathematical and philosophical Works of. . . . To
which is prefix'd the author's life, and an account of his Works. 4 pts.
1707-8. 2nd ed. 2 vols. 1802.
The Discovery of a World in the Moone. 1638.
Ecclesiastes; or, a discourse concerning the Gift of Preaching, eto.
1646.
Mathematicall Magick. . . . In two books. 1648.
A discourse concerning the Gift of Prayer. 1651.
An essay towards a real character and a philosophical language. 2 pts.
1668.
Of the principles and duties of Natural Religion, [Ed. Ibbotson, J. ]
1675.
Sermons preach'd upon several occasions. . . . To which is added a discourse
concerning the beauty of Providence. 1677.
Henderson, P. A. W. , The Life and Times of John Wilkins, 1910;
Martin, B. , Biographia Philosophica, p. 289, 1764.
B. GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND CRITICISM
Abbey, C. J. The English Church and its Bishops, 1700-1800. 2 vols. 1887.
Aubrey, J. Brief Lives. Ed. Clark, A. 2 vols. Oxford, 1898.
Baxter, R. Reliquiae Baxterianae. 1696.
Burnet, Gilbert. History of my own Time. Ed. Foxcroft, H. C. 3 vols.
Oxford, 1897–1902.
Evelyn, John. Diary. Ed. Wheatley, H. B. 4 vols. 1879.
Hearne, T. Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne. Ed. Doble, C. E.
1885 ff.
Hunt, J. Religious Thought in England to the end of the 18th century.
3 vols. 1870-3.
Hutton, W. H. The English Church from the Accession of Charles I to the
death of Anne. 1903. [The bibliographies in this work and the books
referred to in the preface should be noted. ]
Lathbury, T. History of the Nonjurors. 1845.
Neal, D. History of the Puritans, vol. iv. 1822.
Nelson, R. Works. 2 pts. 1715.
Overton, J. H. Life in the English Church, 1660-1717. 1885.
The Nonjurors. 1902.
Pepys, Samuel. Diary. Ed. Wheatley, H. B. 9 vols. 1893-9.
Wood, A. à. Athenae Oxonienses. Ed. Bliss, P. 1813-20.
See, also, bibliography to vol. VII, chap. VI.
G. A. BROWN,
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464
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CHAPTER XIII
LEGAL LITERATURE
I
A. GENERAL AUTHORITIES FOR THE HISTORY OF
ENGLISH LEGAL LITERATURE
Brunner, H. Überblick über die Geschichte der französischen, norman-
nischen und englischen Rechtsquellen. In Holtzendorff's Encyclopädie
der Rechtswissenschaft, 1880. Translated by Hastie, W. , under title
Essay on the Sources of the Law of England, 1888.
Deutsche Rechtsgeschichte. 2 vols. 1887-92.
Crabb, G. History of the English Law. 1829.
Dugdale, Sir W. Origines Juridiciales. 1666, 1671, 1680.
Glasson, E. Histoire du Droit et des Institutions politiques, civiles et judi-
ciaires de l'Angleterre. 6 vols. 1882-3.
Holdsworth, W. S. A History of English Law. 1903. (In progress. )
Kent, J. Commentaries on American Law. 4 vols. 1826-30. 12th ed. Ed.
Holmes, 0. W. 1873.
Pollock, Sir F. and Maitland, F. W. History of English Law before the time
of Edward I. 2nd ed. 2 vols. 1898.
Reeves, John. History of English Law, to the death of Elizabeth. 3rd ed.
5 vols. 1814–29. Ed. Finlason, W. F. 3 vols. 1869.
Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History. 3 vols. Cambridge and
Boston. 1908–10.
B. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF ENGLISH LEGAL LITERATURE
Arber, Edward. The Term Catalogues 1668–1709. 3 vols. 1903-6.
Basset, Thomas. Catalogue of Common and Statute Law Books. 1673.
Other eds. 1682, 1684, 1694, 1699, 1700.
Bridgman, R. W. A Short View of Legal Bibliography, containing some
critical observations on the Authority of the Reporters and other Law
Writers. 1807.
Encyclopaedia of the Laws of England. 2nd ed. 15 vols. 1906-9.
Gives bibliographies to all the principal articles and a list of Law
Reports, vol. VIII, sub tit.
Fulbecke, W. A Direction or Preparative to the Study of Law. 1600.
[Contains a chapter on standard authors. ]
Harvard University. Catalogue of the Library of the Law School. 2 vols.
1909.
London, W. A catalogue of the most vendible Books in England. 1658.
Supplement. 1660.
Contains a section on Books of the Common and Civil Law.
Maitland, F. W. English Law and the Renaissance. 1901.
Contains, among the notes pp. 90-94, lists of law books available 1550
and 1600.
Middle Temple. Bibliotheca . . . Societatis in Ordinem juxta rerum naturam
Redacta ac digesta: V Iduum Sept. MDCC. Auspicio et Sumptu Barth.
Shower, Militis. 1700.
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Chapter XIII
465
Soule, C. C. The Lawyer's Reference Manual of Law Books and Citations.
Boston, 1883.
An indispensable work of reference for bibliographical information
about the reports both old and new.
Year Book Bibliography. Harvard Law Review, vol. xiv. 1901.
Wallace, J. W. The Reporters. 4th ed. 1882.
C. THE CHIEF WORKS IN ENGLISH LEGAL LITERATURE
I. Anglo-Saxon
The chief remains of the period will be found in :
Liebermann, F. Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen. Halle, 1898-1903.
Schmid, R. Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen. 1832. 2nd ed. 1858.
Thorpe, B. Ancient Laws and Institutes of England. 1840.
II. Norman and Angevin
Bracton and Azo. Ed. Maitland, F. W. Selden Society. 1895.
Bracton, H. de. Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae. Written
c. 1256; printed 1569, 1640. Ed. Twiss, T. 6 vols. 1878-83.
Bracton's Note Book. Ed. Maitland, F. W. 3 vols. 1887.
Britton. Written c. 1290; printed c. 1530. Under superintendence of
Wingate, E. 1640. Ed. Nichols, F. M. 2 vols. 1855. With an intro-
duction by Baldwin, S. E. Washington, 1901.
Fleta. Written c. 1290; printed with a preliminary dissertation by Selden,
John, 1647, 1685.
Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts, by Woodbine, G. E. 1910.
Their titles are: Fet Asaver, Judicium Essoniorum, Modus Compo-
nendi Brevia and Exceptiones ad Cassandum Brevia.
Glanvil. Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Regni Angliae. Written
c. 1189; printed 1554 (? ), 1557, 1604, 1673 ff. Translated by Beames 1812,
with introduction by Beale, J. H. Washington, 1900.
Hengham, R. de. Summa Magna and Summa Parva, prefixed to editions of
Fortescue, De Laudibus Legum Angliae.
Horne, A. The Mirror of Justices. Written in the 13th century; printed 1642.
Modern ed. by Whittaker, W. J. , with critical introduction by Maitland,
F. W. Selden Society. 1895.
Leges Anglorum saeculo XII ineunte Londiniis collectae. Ed. Liebermann,
F. 1894.
Leges Edwardi Confessoris. Ed. Liebermann, F. 1896.
Leges Henrici I. Ed. Liebermann, F. 1901.
Leges Willelmi I. Ed. Schmid, R. 1858.
Magna Carta . . . with an historical introduction by McKechnie, W. S. 1905.
Part v contains a descriptive account of original versions, printed
editions and commentaries.
Novae Narrationes. Written early in Edward III's reign; first printed about
1515 and again in 1561 with Articuli ad Novas Narrationes and the Booke
of Diversities of Courtes.
Olde Tenures. Written probably in Edward III's reign; first published in 1525
and several times in 16th century; is included in Coke's Tracts and other
modern works.
Placita Anglo-Normannica: Law Cases from William I. to Richard I. Ed.
Bigelow, M. M. 1879.
Quadripartitus, ein Englisches Rechtsbuch von 1114. Ed. Liebermann, F.
1892.
Rectitudines Singularum Personarum. Ed. Schmid, R. 1858.
E. L. VIII.
30
## p. 466 (#488) ############################################
466
Bibliography
The Year Books. For early eds. , see Soule's Year Book Bibliography
modern editions of selected years in Rolls Series and Selden Society's
publications, and edition collected by Maynard, Sir John, 1678-80.
III. Fifteenth Century
Articuli ad Novas Narrationes. Written in earlier half of the century; first
printed about 1525, again in 1528 and 1545, and see Novae Narrationes,
ante.
Fortescue, Sir John. De Laudibus Legum Angliae. Written c. 1470; printed
1537. Many editions during 16th and 17th centuries. Translated 1573.
Commentary by Waterhouse, E. 1663.
De Natura Legis Naturae. Written c. 1462; first published by lord Cler.
mont in 1864.
On the Governance of the Kingdom of England. Written c. 1471; first
published in 1714. Ed. Plummer, C. 1885.
Littleton, Sir Thomas. Tenures. Written c. 1475-80; printed c. 1481. Many
editions during 16th and 17th centuries. Commentary Coke. 1628.
Ed. Wambaugh, E. 1901. [Contains detailed bibliography. ]
Lyndewood, William. Constitutiones Provinciales Ecclesiae Anglicanae.
