The publication of editions and translations of Locke’s works is one indication of the spread of Lockean ideas. This list covers Locke’s writings published through 1800. The basic list was compiled by Mark Goldie and published in Locke studies, vol. 5 (2005), and is posted here with permission. The information derives from Jean S. Yolton, John Locke: a descriptive bibliography (Bristol, 1998), and “Addenda and errata to John Locke: a descriptive bibliography” (2004).

Four arrangements are provided:

• Arranged by the title of work
• Arranged by the place of publication
• Arranged by the date of publication
• Language index to translations

Arranged by Title of Work

Works are listed in declining order of popularity, except that associated writings are grouped together. Place of publication was London unless otherwise stated. Republications of writings in collections are not separately listed. Figures in square brackets indicate number of editions.

Some thoughts concerning education [66]

English [25]: 1693 (twice), 1695, 1699, 1705, 1709, 1710, 1712, 1721, 1725, 1728 (Dublin), 1732, 1737 (Dublin), 1738, 1738 (Dublin), 1745, 1752, 1752 (Edinburgh), 1764, 1769, 1772, 1778, 1778 (Dublin), 1779 (Edinburgh?), 1800

French [20]: 1695 (Amsterdam), 1699 ([Geneva?]), 1708 (Amsterdam), 1711 (Paris), 1715 (“Amsterdam” [Berne?]), 1721 (Amsterdam), 1727 (“Amsterdam” [Geneva?]), 1730 (“Amsterdam” [Geneva?]), 1733 (Amsterdam), 1737 (Amsterdam), 1743 (Amsterdam, twice), 1744 (Amsterdam), 1746 (Lausanne), 1747 (Paris), 1760 (Lausanne), 1776 (Amsterdam), 1783 (Paris), 1798 (Paris)

Italian [8]: 1735 (Lucca), 1735 (Venice), 1736 (Verona; selections), 1750 (Lucca), 1751 (Venice), 1781 (Naples), 1782 (Venice), 1792 (Venice)

German [6]: 1708 (Greifswald), 1708 (Leipzig), 1729 (Hanover), 1761 (Leipzig), 1787 (Vienna and Wolfenbüttel), 1787 (Leipzig)

Russian [3]: 1759 (Moscow), 1760 (Moscow), 1788 (Moscow)

Dutch [2]: 1698 (Rotterdam), 1753 (Amsterdam)

Swedish [1]: 1709 (Stockholm)

Polish [1]: 1781 (unverified)

An essay concerning human understanding [54]

English [30]: “1690” [i.e. 1689], 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706, 1710, 1715-16, 1721, 1726, 1731, 1735, 1741, 1748, 1753 (London; Berwick), 1759 (Glasgow), 1760, 1765 (Edinburgh), 1768, 1772 (Dublin), 1775, 1777 (Dublin), 1777 (Edinburgh), 1786, 1786 (Dublin), 1788, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1798 (Edinburgh and Glasgow)

French [16]: 1700 (Amsterdam), 1714 (The Hague), 1723 (“Amsterdam” [Basel?]), 1729 (Amsterdam), 1735 (Amsterdam), 1742 (Amsterdam), 1750 (“Amsterdam” [Paris?]), 1755 (Amsterdam and Leipzig), 1758 (“Amsterdam” [Paris?]), 1774 (Amsterdam, twice), 1786-7 (Paris), 1791 (Amsterdam), 1795 (Paris), 1799 (Paris), 1800 (Bern, unverified)

Latin [5]: 1701, 1709 (Leipzig), 1741 (Leipzig), 1758 (Leipzig), 1788-91 (Naples)

German [2]: 1757 (Altenburg), 1795-7 (Jena and Leipzig)

Polish [1]: Cracow (1784; selections)

An Abridgment of Mr. Locke’s Essay (Wynne) [34]

English [19]: 1696, 1700, 1721, 1728 (Dublin), 1731, 1734 (Dublin), 1737, 1744 (Glasgow), 1751 (Dublin), 1752 (Glasgow), 1767 (Edinburgh), 1769 (Dublin), 1770 (Edinburgh), 1774, 1778 (Edinburgh and London), 1779, 1782, 1791 (Dresden), 1794 (Boston, Mass.)

French [9]: 1720, 1738 (Geneva), 1741 (‘London’, Paris?), 1741 (Geneva), 1746 (‘London’, Paris?), 1751 (‘London’, Paris?), 1788 (Geneva), 1788 (Dresden, unverified), 1792 (Uppsala)

Italian [3]: 1775 (Milan), 1790 (Venice), 1794 (Venice)

Dutch [1]: 1766 (Antwerp)

German [1]: 1791 (Mannheim)

Greek [1]: 1796 (Venice)

An abstract of the Essay of human understanding (Gilbert) [8]

English: 1709, 1728, 1728 (Dublin), 1735 (Dublin), 1751, 1752 (London and York), 1781 (Cambridge), 1791

A syllabus of Locke’s Essay [1]

English: 1796

A letter to Edward Lord Bishop of Worcester [1]

English: 1697

Mr. Locke’s Reply to the Right Revd the Lord Bishop of Worcester [1]

English: 1697

Mr. Locke’s Reply to the Right Revd the Lord Bishop of Worcester’s Answer [1]

English: 1699

Two treatises of government [32]
2T = Second treatise only

English [16]: “1690” [i.e. 1689], 1694, 1698, 1713, 1728, 1753 (selections from 2T), 1764, 1766 (Dublin), 1772, 1773 (Boston, Mass., 2T), 1779 (Dublin), 1794 (Dublin), 1794? (Sheffield, selections from 2T), 1796 (Glasgow), 1798 (Dublin, twice, 2T)

French (all 2T) [11]: 1691 (Amsterdam), 1724 (Geneva), 1749 (Brussels? [Paris?]), 1754 (Brussels? [Paris?]), 1755 (Amsterdam), 1780 (Amsterdam), 1783 (Paris), 1790 (Paris, selections), 1795 (Paris), 1795 (Paris), 1795 (Paris)

German [2]: 1716 (Jena, unverified), 1718 (Frankfurt and Leipzig, 2T)

Swedish [1]: 1726 (Stockholm, 2T)

Dutch [1]: 1728 (Groningen, 2T, unverified)

Italian [1]: 1773 (‘Amsterdam’, 2T)

Epistola de tolerantia / A letter concerning toleration [26]

Latin [2]: 1689 (Gouda), 1705 (Amsterdam)

English [13]: 1689, 1690, 1740 (n.p.), 1743 (Boston, Mass.), 1757 (Glasgow), 1762, 1764 (Wilmington, Delaware), 1784, 1788 (Windsor, Vermont), 1788 (York), 1790 (Stockbridge, Mass., unverified), 1796 (Huddersfield), 1800

German [5]: 1710 (n.p.), 1714 (n.p.), 1724 (n.p.), 1728 (Hamburg and Leipzig), 1796 (Leipzig)

Dutch [4]: 1689 (Rotterdam), 1730 (Harlingen, unverified), 1734 (Amsterdam), 1774 (Amsterdam)

French [1]: 1764 (n.p., Geneva?)

Swedish [1]: 1793 (Stockholm)

A second letter concerning toleration [2]

English: 1690

Dutch: 1774 (Amsterdam)

A third letter concerning toleration [1]

English: 1692

Four letters concerning toleration [1]

English: 1765

The reasonableness of Christianity [16]
R = Reasonableness; V = Vindication; S = Second vindication; ^a = abridged

English [8]: 1695, 1696, 1731 (with V), 1736 (with V and S), 1748 (with V and S), 1764, 1785, 1791

French [5]: 1696 (Amsterdam), 1715 (Amsterdam, with V^a and S^a), 1730 (Hague, unverified), 1731 (Amsterdam, with V^a and S^a), 1740 (Amsterdam, with V^a and S^a)

German [2]: 1733 (Braunschweig, with V^a and S^a), 1758-9 (Berlin and Leipzig, with V^a and S^a)

Dutch [1]: 1729 (Amsterdam)

A vindication of The reasonableness of Christianity [10]

English [4]: 1695, 1731 (with R), 1736 (with R and S), 1748 (ditto)

French [4]: 1703 (Amsterdam; V^a, with S^a), 1715 (Amsterdam; V^a, with R and S^a), 1731 (Amsterdam; V^a, with R and S^a), 1740 (Amsterdam; V^a, with R and S^a)

German [2]: 1733 (Braunschweig; V^a, with R and S^a), 1758-9 (Berlin and Leipzig; V^a, with R and S^a)

A second vindication of The Reasonableness of Christianity [9]

English [3]: 1697, 1736 (with R and V), 1748 (with R and V)

French [4]: 1703 (Amsterdam; S^a, with V^a), 1715 (Amsterdam; S^a, with R and V^a), 1731 (Amsterdam; S^a, with R and V^a), 1740 (Amsterdam; S^a, with R and V^a)

German [2]: 1733 (Braunschweig; S^a, with R and V^a), 1758-9 (Berlin and Leipzig; S^a, with R and V^a)

Of the conduct of the understanding [10]

English [8]: First published in Posthumous works (1706); 1741, 1754 (Glasgow), 1762, 1763 (Glasgow), 1781 (Cambridge), 1782 (Dublin), 1794, 1800

German [1]: 1755 (Königsberg)

Dutch [1]: 1766 (Antwerp, unverified)

Italian [1]: 1776 (Milan)

A paraphrase and notes on the Epistles of St Paul [11]

English [9]: 1707, 1709, 1733, 1738 (Dublin), 1742 (twice), 1751, 1763, 1794

Dutch [1]: 1768 (Amsterdam)

German [1]: 1768-9 (Frankfurt)

The five component works also appeared separately: Galatians (1704, 1706, 1708, 1718), 1 Corinthians (1706, 1718), 2 Corinthians (1706), Romans (1707), Ephesians (1707), and the introductory essay (1707)

Works [9]

English: 1714, 1722, 1727, 1740, 1751, 1759, 1768, 1777, 1794

Selected works [2]

French: 1710 (Rotterdam), 1732 (Amsterdam)

Methode nouvelle de dresser des recueils / A new method of making commonplace books [7]

French [1]: 1686 (Amsterdam, in Bibliotheque universelle)

English [1]: 1706

German [1]: 1711 (Frankfurt and Leipzig)

Dutch [4]: 1739 (Amsterdam), 1757 (Amsterdam), 1762 (Amsterdam), 1769 (Amsterdam, unverified)

Elements of natural philosophy [7]

English [5]: First published in A collection of several pieces (1720, 1724, 1739); 1750 (undated, twice), 1751 (Glasgow), 1754 (Berwick), 1758 (Glasgow), 1764 (Whitehaven) [all but the 1758 ed. also included Some thoughts concerning reading and study for a gentleman].

French [1]: 1757 (Amsterdam and Leipzig)

Russian [1]: 1774 (St Petersburg)

Some considerations of the consequences of the lowering of interest [3]

English [3]: 1692, 1696, 1718 (abr.)

Short observations on a printed paper [2]

English: 1695, 1696

Further considerations concerning raising the value of money [3]

English: 1695 (twice), 1696

Several papers relating to money, interest and trade [2]

English: 1696

Italian: 1751 (Florence)

A discourse of miracles [2]

English [1]: 1743 (Glasgow)

Swedish [1]: 1795 (Stockholm)

Observations upon the growth and culture of vines and olives [1]

English: 1766