The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections is pleased to announce the publication of an entirely revised and reformatted online exhibit of the Law Dictionary Collection.
Tarlton began systematically adding to a core collection of early law dictionaries in the late 1980’s. The collection currently includes more than 200 editions including Tarlton’s Millionth Volume – the first English law dictionary ever printed – John Rastell, Exposiciones terminorum legum anglorum (London, c. 1530), the oldest book in the collection, Vocabularius utriusque juris (Strasbourg, 1476), and Tarlton’s Million-&-First Volume, Vocabularius utriusque juris (Basel, 1488).
The collection focuses on law dictionaries from Western Europe, the British Isles, and the Americas — the online exhibit showcases 30 of the finest editions in the collection.
