[ Locke Bibliography ] – [ Part One: Works by Locke ]

  Part 1. WORKS BY LOCKE

Works (1714- )

In 1714, ten years after Locke’s death, his publisher John Churchill brought out an edition of his complete works. The three handsome folio volumes contained the works which Locke had acknowledged during his lifetime – An essay concerning human understanding and its defenses against Stillingfleet, the papers on money, and Some thoughts concerning education. In addition, they also included several works which Locke had only acknowledged in his will and which therefore appeared for the first time under his name – Two treatises of government, the letters on toleration, The reasonableness of Christianity and its vindications. Finally, there were the posthumous pieces – Paraphrase and notes on the Epistles of St. Paul, Posthumous works and Some familiar letters. The collected edition was apparently a successful venture. For over a century, successive editions appeared, with additional works included as they were published from the manuscripts. The “standard” edition of 1823 comprised ten 8o volumes. It will eventually be superseded by the Clarendon edition of Locke’s works, which is to include new critical editions of all the published works, supplemented by relevant manuscript material.

Complete works

    848   The works of John Locke Esq; In three volumes. The contents of which follow in the next leaf. With alphabetical tables. … London, printed for John Churchill, and Sam. Manship. 1714. 3 vols. ([6], xxviii, 575, [17]; [2], 671, [17]; [6], 668, [16] p.) 2o.
Vol. 2-3 have imprint: London, printed for John Churchill. 1714.
J 107; C 87-88
    849   The works of John Locke Esq; In three volumes. The contents of which follow in the next leaf. With alphabetical tables. … The second edition. London, printed for A. Churchill, and A. Manship, and sold by W. Taylor. 1722. 3 vols. ([6], xxviii, 575, [17]; [2], 671, [17]; [6], 668, [16] p.) 2o.
Vol. 2 has imprint: London: printed for Awnsham Churchill. 1722. Vol. 3 has imprint: London: printed for Awnsham Churchill; and sold by William Taylor. 1722; lacks edition statement.
Reprint of the 1714 edition; no new material.
J 108; C 88
    850   The works of John Locke Esq; In three volumes. The contents of which follow in the next leaf. With alphabetical tables. … The third edition. London, printed for A. Bettesworth; Edmund Parker; John Pemberton; and Edward Symon. 1727. 3 vols. ([6], xxviii, 575, [17]; [2], 671, [17]; [6], 668, [16] p.) 2o.
Vol. 2: The third edition corrected. … London: printed for Arthur Bettesworth, John Pemberton, and Edward Symon. 1727. Vol. 3 has no edition statement.
Reprint of the 1714 edition; no new material.
J 109; C 88
    851   The works of John Locke Esq; In three volumes. The contents of which follow in the next leaf. With alphabetical tables. … The fourth edition. London, printed for Edmund Parker; Edward Symon; Charles Hitch; and John Pemberton. 1740. 3 vols. (xxxii, 608, [16]; [2], 504, 505*-519*, 505-724, [12]; [6], 430, 451-586, 583-687, [15] p.) 2o.
Reprint of the 1714 edition; no new material.
J 110; C 88
J 111; C 88
    853   The works of John Locke, Esq; In three volumes. The contents of which follow in the next leaf. The sixth edition. To which is added, The life of the author; and A collection of several of his pieces published by Mr. Desmaizeaux. … London: printed for D. Browne, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Shuckburgh, A. Millar, J. Beecroft [and 11 others in London]. 1759. 3 vols. (xv, [14], xviii-xxxii, 587, [17]; [2], 719, [13]; [6], 357, [1], 367-757, [13] p.) 2o.
Reprint of the 1751 edition; no new material.
J 112; C 88
    854   The works of John Locke. In four volumes. The seventh edition. … London, printed for H. Woodfall, A. Millar, I. Beecroft, I. and F. Rivington, I. Whiston [and 18 others in London]. 1768. 4 vols. (lvi, 774, [16]; [2], 713, [11]; [2], 610, [8]; [6], 670, [10] p.) 4o.
The first quarto edition; edited by John Noorthouck for Thomas Hollis; information on the history of this edition may be found in: Memoirs of Thomas Hollis, Esq. F.R. and A.S.S. [By Francis Blackburne]. London printed 1780. 2o.
J 113; C 88
    855   The works of John Locke, in four volumes. The eighth edition. … London: printed for W. Strahan, J.F. and C. Rivington, L. Davis, W. Owen, S. Baker and G. Leigh [and 18 others in London]. 1777. 4 vols. (lvi, 788, [14]; [2], 681, [11]; [2], 610, [8]; [6], 644, 645*-652*, 645-670, [10] p.) 4o.
Edited by Bishop Law; includes his “Life of the author” (v. 1:xv-xxviii), his “Analysis of Mr. Locke’s doctrine of ideas” (fold. plate in v. 1) and his “Defence of Mr. Locke’s opinion concerning personal identity” (v. 1:775-788); all included in later editions of the works; omits the Latin “Epistola de tolerantia.”
J 114; C 88-89
    856   The works of John Locke, in nine volumes. The ninth edition. … London: printed for T. Longman, B. Law and Son, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G.G. and J. Robinson [and 14 others in London]. 1794. 9 vols. port. 8o.
Based on Bishop Law’s edition; the first octavo edition; new material: “The whole history of navigation” (in v. 9)
J 115; C 89
    857   The works of John Locke : in ten volumes. – 10th ed. – London : printed for J. Johnson [and others], 1801. – 10 v.
No new material.
J 116; C 89
    858   The works of John Locke : in ten volumes. – 11th ed. – London : printed for W. Otridge [and others], 1812. – 10 v.
J 117; C 89
    859   The works of John Locke. – New ed., corrected. – London : printed for Thomas Tegg [and others], 1823. – 10 v.
Vols. 1-3 are the 1828 edition of the Essay [Locke #255, reprint 12]; v. 4-10 are reprints from the 10th edition of Works.
J 118; C 89
    860   The works of John Locke : in nine volumes. – 12th ed. – London : printed for C. and J. Rivington [and others], 1824. – 9 v.
Reprint of the 9th edition, except that v. 7 is a reprint of v. 8 of the 11th edition.
Reprinted 1826 and 1854.
J 119; C 89
 Rev!     861   The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke / general editor, P.H. Nidditch. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1975-   .
The current general editor (1999) is M.A. Stewart. The following volumes have appeared thus far:

Selected works

        Posthumous works of Mr. John Locke … (1706). See Locke #724.
        A collection of several pieces of Mr. John Locke … (1720). See Locke #787.
        A collection of several pieces of Mr. John Locke … (1724). See Locke #787A.
        A collection of several pieces of Mr. John Locke … (1739). See Locke #788.
    862   Philosophical beauties / selected from the works of John Locke, Esq. ; containing The conduct of the understanding, Elements of natural philosophy, The studies necessary for a gentleman, and A discourse on miracles ; with several other subjects treated on by this great philosopher ; to which is prefixed some account of his life. – London : printed by J. Cundee for T. Hurst [and others], 1802. – v, 276 p.
    863   Philosophical beauties / selected from the works of John Locke, Esq. ; containing The conduct of the understanding, Elements of natural philosophy, The studies necessary for a gentleman, and A discourse on miracles ; with several other subjects treated on by this great philosopher ; to which is prefixed some account of his life. – 1st American ed. – New York : Langdon, 1828. – 258 p.
Also published: (1) New York : S. & D.A. Forbes, 1829 [unverified] and (2) Cooperstown [N.Y.] : H. & E. Phinney, 1844.
    864   The philosophical works of John Locke / with a preliminary discourse and notes by J.A. St. John, Esq. – London : G. Virtue, 1843. – 610 p.
An expanded (?) edition included St. John’s summary of the Locke-Stillingfleet controversy; London : G. Bell, 1892. – 2 v. – (Bohn’s standard library); also published as: (1) The works of John Locke. Philosophical works. – London : H.G. Bohn, 1854. – 2 v. (iv, 542; viii, 528 p.). – (Bohn’s standard library); (2) London : Bell & Daldy, 1872; (3) London : G. Bell, 1882.
This collection was translated into Russian; see Locke #875.
J 120-123; C 89-90
    865   Essays / by John Locke. – London ; New York : Ward, Lock, [1883?]. – 703 p. – (The world’s library of standard books ; v. 67)
C 90
    866   The works of John Locke : including An essay on the human understanding, Four letters on toleration, Some thoughts on education, and an essay on the value of money. – New ed., carefully revised. – London : Ward, Lock, [1899?]. – 4 v.
    867   A letter concerning toleration ; Concerning government, second essay ; An essay concerning human understanding / John Locke. The principles of human knowledge / by George Berkeley. An enquiry concerning human understanding / by David Hume. – Chicago : Encyclopaedia Britannica, c1952. – (Great books of the Western world ; [35])
See “Letter concerning toleration” (p. 1-22) – “Concerning government” [from Sherman’s edition, Locke #124] (p. 23-81) and “Essay concerning human understanding” [from Fraser’s edition, Locke #263] (p. 83-395)
   New!  867+  Political writings / John Locke ; edited and with an introduction by David Wootton. – London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1993. – ix, 479 p.
ISBN 0-14-043310-4.
Reprinted: Indianapolis : Hackett, 2003. – ISBD 0-87220-677-7; 0-87220-676-9 (pbk.)
   New!  867+  Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – (Cambridge texts in the history of political thought). – xl, 409 p.
ISBN 0-521-47269-5; 0-521-47861-8 (pbk.)
Abstract: PhI 1998:658.
LNL 28:7
Japanese translation: ロック政治論集 / ジョン・ロック[著] ; マーク・ゴルディ編 ; 山田園子,吉村伸夫訳. – 東京 : 法政大学出版局, 2007. – 448, 9 p. – (叢書・ウニベルシタス ; 844)   Rokku seiji ronshū. – Tōkyō : Hōseidaigakushuppankyoku, 2007. – (Sōsho uniberushitasu ; 844). – Translated by Sonoko Yamada and Nobuo Yoshimura. – ISBN 978-4-588-00844-7.
   New!  867+  Writings on religion / John Locke ; edited by Victor Nuovo. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2002. – lvii, 290 p.
ISBN 0-19-924341-7; 0-19-924342-5 (pbk.)
For the introduction, see entry in Chapter 5.
Review: M.A. Stewart, LS 5 (2005):241-251.
Abstract: PhI 2003.
LS 2:8
   New!  867+  The selected political writings of John Locke : texts, background selections, sources, interpretations / edited by Paul E. Sigmund. – New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, c2005. – (Norton critical editions in the history of ideas)
ISBN 0-393-96451-5 (pbk.)
For the introduction, see entry in Chapter 7.
LS 5:13

Selected works.   French
    868   Œuvres diverses de monsieur Jean Locke. A Rotterdam, chez Fritsch et Böhm, 1710. [8], xcix, [1], 468 p. 12o
Probably edited by Jean Le Clerc and consisting primarily of translations formerly appearing in reviews in the Bibliotheque universelle.
C 90
    869   Œuvres diverses de monsieur Locke. Nouvelle édition considérablement augmentée. A Amsterdam, chez Jean Frederic Bernard, 1732. 2 vols. (xcix, [1], 329, [1]; 420 p.) 12o.
C 90
    870   OEuvres philosophiques de Locke. – Nouvelle éditon / revue par M. Thurot. – A Paris : de l’imprimerie de Firmin Didot, 1821-25. – 7 v.
Contents: v. 1. De l’éducation des enfants – v. 2-6. De l’entendement humain – v. 7. De la conduite de l’entendement. Examen de l’opinion de Père Malebranche, que nous voyons toutes choses en Dieu. Remarques sur quelques parties des ouvrages de M. Norris. Méthode nouvelle de dresser des recueils. Mémoirs pour servir à la vie d’Antoine Ashley, comte de Shaftesbury. Table analytique de la doctrine de Locke, sur les idées; v. 2 includes “Avant-propos de Leibnitz” (p. xli-lxvii) and v. 6, “Morceaux insérés à la suite des Nouveaux essais de Leibnitz” (p. 317-350)
C 90-91

Selected works.   German
  *871   [Neal Wood [The politics of Locke’s philosophy (1983), p. 48] mentions a German edition of Locke’s collected works, published in Halle in 1717. This could be a translation of the 1714 collected works [Locke #848], but is more likely a translation of the French Oeuvres diverses (1710) [Locke #868]. I have not seen any other reference to this collection.]
Contains: Traktat über die Obrigkeit [the Latin tract on the magistrate] (p. 7-74) – Essays über das Naturrecht [the 7th and 8th of the Essays on the laws of nature] (p. 75-93) – Abhandlung über den Staat [the Second treatise] (p. 95-268) – Plan zur Beseitigung des Arbeitslosigkeit 1697 [Report to the Board of Trade, Locke #804] (p. 269-288) – Zu unserer Ausgabe / Hermann Klenner, Klaus Udo Szudra (p. 291-294) – Mr. Locke beginnt zu publizieren oder Das Ende der Revolution / Hermann Klenner (p. 295-328).
Reviews: R. Brandt, Phil.Rund. 28:148-152; H. Seidel, Dt.Zt.Phil. 29:1533-1536.

Selected works.   Italian
    873   Scritti filosofici e religiosi / John Locke ; introduzione, traduzione e note di Mario Sina. – Milano : Rusconi, 1979. – 813 p. – (I classici del pensiero. Sezione 3, Filosofia moderna)

Selected works.   Portuguese
  *874   Carta acerca da tolerância ; Segundo tratado sobre o governo ; Ensaio acerca do ententimento humano / John Locke ; trad. de Anoar Aiex e E. Jacy Monteiro. – São Paolo : Abril Cultural, 1973. – 353 p.
Unverified; source: RBP 28:4997.

Selected works.   Russian
    875   Izbrannye filosofskie proizvedeni͡ia / D. Lokk ; [pod obshcheĭ redak͡tsieĭ I.S. Narskogo (t.1), A.A. Makarovskogo (t.2)]. – Moskva : Izdatel’stvo So͡tsial’no-Ėkonomicheskoĭ Literatury, 1960. – 2 v.
Translation of St. John’s Philosophical works [Locke #863]; contains: v. 1. “Dzhon Lokk i ego filosofi͡ia” / I. Narskiĭ (p. 5-54) – “Opyt o chelovecheskom razume” / [perevod A.N. Savina]; v. 2. “O gosudarstvennom pravlenii” / perevod ͡IU.V. Semenova – “Pis’mo o veroterpimosti” / perevod A.S. Bogomolova – “O pol’zovanii razumom” / perevod ͡IU.M. Davidsona – “Issledovanie mneni͡ia ot͡tsa Mal’bransha o videnii vsekh veshcheĭ v boge” / perevod A.A. Frenkina – “Zamechani͡ia k nekotorym knigam g. Norrisa, v kotorykh on otstaivaet mnenie ot͡tsa Mal’bransha o nashem videnii vsekh veshcheĭ v boge” / perevod A.A. Frenkina – [Otryvki iz trekh “Pisem” D. Lokka k Ėd. Stillingflitu, episkopu Vusterskomu] / perevod F.A. Reznikovskoĭ i V.L. ͡IUkhta – “Prilozhenie : Ėlementy estestvennoĭ filosofii” / perevod A.A. Frenkina.

Anthologies | Selections

    876   “Selection from the works of John Locke.” // IN: A collection of essays and tracts in theology : from various authors / with biographical and critical notices by Jared Sparks. – Boston : D. Reed, 1826. – v. 6:165-235.
Contains “An essay for the understanding of St. Paul’s Epistles” – “On enthusiasm” [from the Essay] 2 “Advantages of the appearance of our Saviour among men” [from The reasonableness of Christianity]
C 76
    877   The beauties of Locke : consisting of selections from his philosophical, moral and theological works / [selected] by Alfred Howard, Esq. – London : printed by T. Davison for T. Tegg [and others, 1833]. – 212 p. – (The beauties of literature ; v. 14)
C 90 [1834]
    878   Gleanings from John Locke and other authors / selected, prepared and published by Ross Winans. – Baltimore : J.P. des Forges, 1872. – 20 p.
    879   Essays of British essayists : including biographical and critical sketches / with a special introduction by Chauncey C. Starkweather. – New York : Colonial Press, 1900.
See v. 1:115-135: “Of practice and habits” – “Of principles” – “Of prejudices” – “Of observation” – “Of reading” – “Some thoughts concerning education.”
    880   Selections / Locke ; edited by Sterling P. Lamprecht. – New York : C. Scribner, c1928. – lv, 349 p.
For Lamprecht’s introduction, see entry in Chapter 2.
C 90
    881   “John Locke.” // IN: Philosophers speak for themselves : from Descartes to Locke / edited by T.V. Smith and Marjorie Grene. – Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1940. – p. 339-481.
Selections from the Essay, Second treatise.
    882   John Locke on politics and education / edited with an introduction by Howard R. Penniman. – New York : D. Van Nostrand, c1947. – 414 p. – (Classics Club college edition)
Selections from A letter concerning toleration, Second treatise, Some thoughts concerning education, and The fundamental constitutions of Carolina.
Also published: New York : for the Classics Club by W.J. Black, 1947.
A Am-5,6
Unverified; source: RBP 5:2738.
    884   The portable age of reason reader / edited, and with an introduction, by Crane Brinton. – New York : Viking Press, 1956.
See “Progressive education” [from Some thoughts concerning education] (p. 113-121) – “Property and society” [from Two treatises of government] (p. 142-158) – “There are no innate ideas” [from the Essay] (p. 247-250) and “From On Locke’s Essay on human understanding” [from Leibniz’s New essays] (p. 251-254)
Selections from the Essay, Some thoughts concerning education, Letter concerning toleration, and Two treatises of government.
For Salvadori’s introduction, “Why Locke?” see entry in Chapter 2.
Review: Anon., T.L.S. 25 Mar. 1960:196.
H&W 263
Includes selections from Some thoughts concerning education, An essay concerning human understanding, and the Second treatise (p. 270-295)
    887   Locke on politics, religion and education / John Locke ; edited, with an introduction by Maurice Cranston. – New York : Collier Books ; London : Collier-Macmillan, 1965. – 286 p.
Contains selections from Two treatises, Letter concerning toleration, Note on happiness [“Thus I think 1688”], Sound mind [from Some thoughts concerning education], Reasonableness of Christianity and Of the conduct of the understanding.
For Cranston’s introduction, see entry in Chapter 2.
LNL 4:21
    888   “John Locke on self-government, property, and toleration.” // IN: European liberalism / edited by Massimo Salvadori. – New York ; London : J. Wiley, c1972. – (Major issues in history). – p. 34-45.
Reprinted from Locke #885.
    889   The Locke reader : selections from the works of John Locke / with a general introduction and commentary by John W. Yolton. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1977. – xv, 335 p.
For Yolton’s introduction, see entry in Chapter 2.
LNL 8:8

Selections.   French
    890   “Choix de textes.” // IN: Locke, ou, La raisonnabilité / préesentation, choix de textes, biographie, bibliographie par Émilienne Naert (1973). – Paris : Seghers, c1973. – (Philosophes de tous les temps). – p. 87-166.

Selections.   Italian
  *891   I grandi scrittori inglesi dal secolo XIV ai giorni nostri / con biografie e note di Carlo Allario ; con aggiunta di commenti storici e filologici di Giacomo Richeri. – Torino : Paravia, 1890.
M 2
    892   Locke / a cura di Armando Carlini. – [Milano] : Garzanti, 1949. – 300 p. – (I filosofi ; 19)
Selections translated from the Essay, Examination of Malebranche, Some thoughts concerning education, Two treatises, Letter concerning toleration, and Reasonableness of Christianity.
Reviews: A. Droetto, Riv.Fil. 1950:112-113; E. Garin, Belfagor 1950:373.
M 35
    893   “John Locke” / Carlo A. Viano. // IN: Grande antologia filosofica / diretta da Umberto Antonio Padovani. – Milano : Marzorati, 1954-78. – v. 13 (1968):581-665.
M 55
    894   “John Locke.“ // IN: Filosofi antichi e nuovi : antologia filosofica per le scuole medie superiori / [a cura di] Nicola Abbagnano. – Torino : Paravia, 1975. – p. 142-156.
Selections translated from the Essay, Two treatises.
M 64
   New!   *894A   La libertà religiosa nel pensiero di John Locke / [a cura di] Mario Tedeschi. – Torino : Giappichelli, 1990. – 245 p. – (Classici sulla libertà religiosa ; 2)
Unverified.