1676

Sydenham, T.

Observationes medicæ circa morborum acutorum historiam et curationem. Authore Thoma Sydenham M.D. … Londini, typis A.C. impensis Gualteri Kettilby. 1676. 8o.

Dedication to Mapletoft includes comments on Locke (p. [7]); Locke’s poem on Sydenham [Locke #3] appears on sig. c3-c4r.

H&L 2814; Wing S6134; C 9

1692

Molyneux, W.

Dioptrica nova. A treatise of dioptricks, in two parts. Wherein the various effects and appearances of spherick glasses, both convex and concave, single and combined, in telescopes and microscopes, together with their usefulness in many concerns of humane life, are explained. By William Molyneux … London: printed for Benj. Tooke, 1692. [16], 301, [3] p. 4o.

Dedication mentions Locke (sig. A4v)

H&L 2011; Wing M2405; C 22

1705

[Anonymous].

“Locke (John).” // IN: A supplement to the great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary: being a curious miscellany of sacred and profane history … Collected from the best historians, chronologers, and lexicographers; … but more especially out of Lewis Morery, D.D., his 8th ed. corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clerc; in two volumes in folio. By Jer. Collier, A.M. Together with a continuation from the year 1688, to this time, by another hand. London, printed for Henry Rhodes; and Thomas Newborough; 1705. Addenda, sig. K2r.

Christophersen, citing Ballard’s Memoirs of British ladies, ascribes authorship of this life to Lady Masham; a 2nd edition of the Supplement appeared in 1727; a new edition of the Dictionary, with additions “by the Reverend Mr. John Peter Bernard; the Reverend Mr. Thomas Birch; Mr. John Lockman; and other hands” appeared in 1734-41.

C 85; A [692]

To be included in The early lives of John Locke, edited by Mark Goldie and Delphine Soulard (in preparation)

[Boyer, A.]

“Mr. Locke’s death.” // IN: The history of the reign of Queen Anne, digested into annals. Year the third. London: printed for A. Roper, 1705. 8o. Pages 261-263.

A [689]

[Coste, P.]

“Lettre de Mr. Coste à l’auteur de ces Nouvelles, à l’occasion de la mort de Monsieur Locke.” // IN: Nouvelles de la république des lettres. Par Jaques Bernard. Mois de février 1705:154-177.

An English translation was included in A collection of several pieces (1720) and (1739) [Locke #787-788]; reprinted as: “John Locke, Esqr. The character of Mr. Locke: in a letter to the author of the Nouvelles de la Republique des Lettres.” By Mr. P. Coste. // IN: Christian’s, scholar’s, and farmer’s magazine. – vol. 1:no. 5 (Dec. 1789/Jan.1790):615-619, vol. 1:no. 6 (Feb./Mar. 1790):735-738; reprinted [from A collection of several pieces (1720)] in: A Locke miscellany … / edited by Jean S. Yolton (1990). – p. 333-347; a German translation was included in Locke #378

C 85; Y&Y 1705.3, 1777.1, 1789.1; A [688]

To be included in The early lives of John Locke, edited by Mark Goldie and Delphine Soulard (in preparation)

[Jones, D.]

“Mr. Locke’s death.” // IN: A compleat history of Europe: or, A view of the affairs thereof, civil and military, for the year 1704. … London: printed for H. Rhodes; J. Nicholson; and Andr. Bell. 1705. Pages 589-592.

A [690]

[Le Clerc, J.]

“Eloge de feu Mr. Locke.” // IN: Bibliothèque choisie, pour servir de suite à la Bibliothèque universelle. Par Jean Le Clerc. Tome 6 (1705):342-411.

Based on letters from Lady Masham and from the 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury; included in Oeuvres diverses (1710, 1732) [Locke #868-869].

English translation: The life and character of Mr. John Locke, author of the Essay concerning humane understanding. Written in French, by Mr. Le Clerc. And done into English, by T.F.P. Gent. London: printed for John Clark. And are to be had at J. Nutts, 1706. [4],31,[1]p. 8o; also: An account of the life and writings of Mr. John Locke, author of the Essay concerning humane understanding. The second edition, enlarged. London: printed for John Clarke, and E. Curll. 1713. [6], 63, [1] p. 8o; The third edition enlarged. London, printed for J. Clarke, and E. Curll. 1714. 34 p. 2o; German translations: (1) “Lock (Johann).” // IN: Allgemeines historisches Lexikon … [By Johann Franz Buddeus]. Leipzig, verlegts Thomas Fritsch, 1709. Bd. 4:Anhang:18-24; and (2) “Lebens-Beschreibung Ioannis Lockii.” // IN: Acta philosophorum. Vol.1 (1715/16):972-1031.

The English translation of Le Clerc’s “Life” has been included in the 1742 edition of Some familiar letters [Locke #809]; in the fifth edition of Locke’s Works (1751) [Locke #852] and in all subsequent editions; and in Calkins’ abridgment of the Essay [Locke #307]; an Italian translation was included in Locke #873 and a Latin translation in Locke #424.

See comments by Roger North on Le Clerc’s description of the first Earl of Shaftesbury, in: Reflections upon some passages in Mr. Le Clerc’s life of Mr. John Locke … (1711)

C 83-84; A [691]; Y&Y 1705.5, 1706.3

To be included in The early lives of John Locke, edited by Mark Goldie and Delphine Soulard (in preparation)

Masham, D.

[Letter to Jean Le Clerc, 1705].

Used by Le Clerc in his obituary on Locke.

First published as “Lady Masham to Jean Le Clerc : University Library of Amsterdam, MS. J.57a MS. 557a” / [edited by Rosalie L. Colie]. // IN: History of ideas newsletter. – vol.1:no.4 (1955):13-18; vol.2 (1956):9-11, 35-37, 81-88; reprinted (from the 1706 English translation of Le Clerc’s obituary) as “The life and character of Mr John Locke” / Lady Damaris Masham. // IN: A Locke miscellany … / edited by Jean S. Yolton (1990). – p. 348-352; and in “Lady Masham’s account of Locke” / Roger Woolhouse (2003)

LNL 4:15; Y&Y 1955.5

To be included in The early lives of John Locke, edited by Mark Goldie and Delphine Soulard (in preparation)

Shaftesbury, A., 3rd Earl of.

[Letter to Jean Le Clerc, Feb. 8, 1705].

Used by Le Clerc in his obituary on Locke.

First printed as “Inedited letter from the Earl of Shaftesbury, author of the ‘Characteristics,’ to Le Clerc, respecting Locke.” // IN: Notes and queries. – 3 (1851):97-99; also printed by Rand [in Shaftesbury, The life, unpublished letters and philosophical regimen … (1900), p. 326-332]; reprinted (from Rand) in: A Locke miscellany … / edited by Jean S. Yolton (1990). – p. 27-33.

Y&Y 1851.2

To be included in The early lives of John Locke, edited by Mark Goldie and Delphine Soulard (in preparation)

1706

Le Clerc, J.

The life and character of Mr. John Locke, author of the Essay concerning humane understanding (1706). – See entry for French original under 1705.

1708

[Anonymous].

Posthumous works of Mr. John Locke …” [review]. // IN: Acta eruditorum. – Anno 1708:40-44.

Review of Locke #724.

1709

[Le Clerc, J.]

“Lock (Johann).” // IN: Allgemeines historisches Lexikon … (1709). – See entry for French original under 1705.

[Le Clerc, J.]

Some familiar letters between Mr. Locke and several of his friends. A Londres chez A. & J. Churchill, 1708 in 8o pagg. 540” [review]. // IN: Bibliotheque choisie, pour servir de suite a la Bibliotheque universelle. Par Jean Le Clerc. Année MDCCIX [1709]. Tome XVII. A Amsterdam Chez Henri Schelte, 1709. Pages 234-241.

Review of Some familiar letters (1708) [Locke #806], Locke’s correspondence with Limborch and the Molyneux brothers.

1711

Addison, J., Steele, R. & Budgell, E.

The spectator. No.1-634. Thursday, March 1. 1711 - Wednesday, December 15. 1714. London: printed for Sam. Buckley; and sold by A. Baldwin.

Essays by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele and Eustace Budgell; see esp. No. 62 (11 May 1711) [Addison] – No. 94 (18 June 1711) [Addison] – No. 121 (19 July 1711) [Addison] – No. 157 (30 August 1711) [Steele] – No. 291 (2 Feb. 1712) [Addison] – No. 313 (28 Feb. 1712) [Budgell] – No. 337 (27 March 1712) [Budgell] – No. 373 (8 May 1712) [Budgell] – No. 387 (24 May 1712) [Addison] – No. 519 (25 Oct. 1712) [Addison] – No. 531 (8 Nov. 1712) [Addison] – No. 533 (11 Nov. 1712) [Steele] – No. 578 (9 Aug. 1714) [Budgell]

Standard modern edition: The Spectator / edited with an introduction and notes by Donald F. Bond. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1965. – 5 vol.

French translation: Le Spectateur, ou le Socrate moderne, où l’on voit un portrait naïf des moeurs de ce siècle. Traduit de l’anglois. A Amsterdam, chez David Mortier, librarie, 1714. [2], xix, [15], 456, [32] p. 12o. See esp. 49, “Discours, esprit, jugement” (p. 315-316)

C 106 [nos. 157, 313, 337]

1712

[Anonymous].

Oeuvres diverses de Mr. Jean Locke … 1710” [review]. // IN: Méemoires pour l’histoire des sciences & des beaux arts (Trevoux). – 1712:1153-1176.

Review of Locke #868.

1713

[Le Clerc, J.]

An account of the life and writings of Mr. John Locke, author of the Essay concerning humane understanding. The second edition, enlarged (1713) – See entry for French original under 1705.

“The third edition enlarged” appeared in 1714.

1714

Bayle, P.

Lettres choisies de Mr. Bayle, avec des remarques. A Rotterdam, chez Fritsch et Böhm, 1714.

See esp. vol. 2:436-450.

1715

[Le Clerc, J.]

“Lebens-Beschreibung Ioannis Lockii.” // IN: Acta philosophorum. (1715/16). – See entry for French original under 1705.

1717

Cize, E. de.

Histoire du whigisme et du torisme, composéee par M. de Cize, ci-devant officier au service d’Angleterre. A Leipzig, imprimée par André Zeidler, et se trouve à Amsterdam, chez Jean-Frédéric Bernard, 1717.

Discussed by Hazard, “Note sur la connaissance de Locke en France” (1937)

[Miller, E.]

An account of the University of Cambridge and the colleges there : being a plain relation of many of their oaths, statutes, and charters : most humbly propos'd to both houses of Parliament. London : printed and sold by J. Baker …, 1717. 200 p.

See p. 196 for an account of a conversation between Locke and William III regarding reform of the universities.

1718

[Anonymous].

“Locke (Jean).” // IN: Le grand dictionnaire historique ou Le mélange curieux de l’histoire sacrée et profane: … par Mre Louis Moreri … Nouvelle et derniere édition revüe, corrigée et augmentée. A Paris, chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard. 1718. 2o. Tome 3:148-150.

Translation of the sketch in the 1705 English edition?

1719

[Gordon, T.]

The character of an independent Whig. London: printed for J. Roberts … 1719. 24 p. 8o.

See the account of a conversation between [Locke] and William III on the reform of the universities (p. 11).

1720

Coste, P.

“The character of Mr. Locke.” // IN: A collection of several pieces (1720; reprinted 1739) [Locke #787-788]. – See entry for original French publication in 1705.

1721

Wood, A.

Athenae Oxonienses. An exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the most antient and famous university of Oxford … By Anthony Wood … The second edition, very much corrected and enlarged; with the addition of above 500 new lives from the author’s original manuscript. London: printed for R. Knaplock, D. Midwinter, and J. Tonson. 1721.

See “John Lock” (vol. 2:col. 1046-1047)

Also: New ed. with additions and a continuation by Philip Bliss. – London : F.C. & J. Rivington [and others], 1813-20. – See vol. 4 (1820):col. 638-640.

To be included in The early lives of John Locke, edited by Mark Goldie and Delphine Soulard (in preparation)

Cs 92

1724

Fabricius, J.

Historia bibliothecæ fabricianæ. Qua singuli eius libri, eorumque contenta, et si quae dantur variae editiones, augmenta, epitomae, versiones scripta adversa et hisce opporitae apologiae sive defensiones, auctorum errores et vitae, doctorumque virorum de auctor. illis, eorumque libris iudicia, et alia ad rem librariam facientia recensentur, scriptoresque anonymi et pseudonymi, nec non scripta spuria indicantur. Auctore Ioanne Fabricio. Wolffenbuttelii, sumptibus Godofredi Freytagii, bibliopolæ. anno 1717-1724.

See Pars 6 (1724):465-467.

1729

Bayle, P.

Lettres de Mr. Bayle. Publiées sur les originaux: avec des remarques: par Mr Des Maizeaux … A Amsterdam, aux dépens de la Compagnie. 1729. 3 vols. 12o.

C 109

[Nicéron, J. P.]

Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des hommes illustres dans la république des lettres. Avec un catalogue raisonné de leurs ouvrages. A Paris, chez Briasson. 1729-45. 12o.

See tome 1:35-49; tome 10:pt. 1:7-8.

Y&Y 1729.1

Christophersen cites a German edition: Nachrichter von berümten Gelehrten (Halle, 1749-77).

C 87

1738

[Anonymous].

“Locke (John).” // IN: A general dictionary, historical and critical: in which a new and accurate translation of that of the celebrated Mr. Bayle, with the corrections printed in the late edition at Paris, is included; and interspersed with several thousand lives never before published … By the Reverend Mr. John Peter Bernard; the Reverend Mr. Thomas Birch; Mr. John Lockman; and other hands … London, printed by James Betterham for G. Strahan, J. Clarke, T. Hatchet; J. Gray; J. Batley [and 9 others in London]. 1734-41. 2o. 7 (1738):141-148. – See entry under 1705.

[Anonymous].

“Locke (Johann).” // IN: Grosses vollständiges universal Lexicon aller Wissenschafften und Künste … [Compiled by Johann Heinrich Zedler, edited by Carl Gunther Ludovici]. Halle und Leipzig, verlegts Johann Henirich Zedler, anno 1732-1750. Band 18 (1738):col. 107-113.

1742

[Anonymous].

Memoirs of the life and character of Mr. John Locke. London: printed for F. Noble; T. Wright; and J. Duncan, 1742. 15, [1] p. + port.

Based on Le Clerc’s “Eloge” (1705)

C 85; Y&Y 1742.3

1744

[Anonymous].

“An account of the life of John Locke, Esq; Extracted from Mr. Bayle’s Historical and critical dictionary.” // IN: American magazine. September, 1744:540-544.

Reprint of the anonymous sketch first published in 1705; follows a reprint of Locke’s “Essay for the understanding of St. Paul’s Epistles” [Locke #703A]

Y&Y 1744.1

1751

[Anonymous].

“Lock (Joh.).” // IN: Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon … herausgegeben von Christian Gottlieb Jöcher … Leipzig, in Johann Friecrich Gleditschens Bucchhandlung, 1750-51. – Band 2 (1751):col. 2487-2488.

1753

Chauffepié, J. G. de.

Nouveau dictionnaire historique et critique, pour servir de supplement ou de continuation au Dictionnaire historique et critique, de Mr. Pierre Bayle. Par Jaques George de Chaufepié. A Amsterdam, chez Z. Chatelain, H. Uytwerf, F. Chauguion, J. Wetstein, P. Mortier, Arkst et Merkus, M. Uytwerf, et M.M. Rey. A La Haye, chez Pierre de Hondt. 1750-56.

See “Locke (Jean)” (t. 3 (1753):100-106)

Based primarily on Le Clerc’s biographical sketch (1705)

C 87 [“Chaussepié”]; Y&Y 1753.1

1760

[Anonymous].

“Locke, John.” // IN: Biographia britannica: or, The lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, down to the present times; … London: printed for W. Meadows, J. Walthoe, T. Osborne, D. Browne, H. Whitridge [and 17 others], 1747-66. Vol. 5 (1760):2992-3009.

C 85; Y&Y 1760.1

1762

[Mortimer, T.]

The British Plutarch; or, Biographical entertainer. Being a select collection of the lives … of the most eminent men, natives of Great Brtiain and Ireland; from the reign of Henry VIII. to George II. … London: printed by the King’s authority, for Edward Dilly, 1762. 12o.

Compiled by Thomas Mortimer.

See “The life of John Locke” (vol. 10:124-181)

Bibliographical outline of works and controversies; relies of Coste & LeClerc; includes “Pax regit Augusta” and Sunderland letters, and a dreadful portrait “Aveline sculp.”

Also: A new edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged, by the editor, T. Mortimer, Esq; London: printed for E. & C. Dilly, 1776. 12o. See vol. 5:216-230.

Y&Y 1776.2

1765

[Diderot, D.]

“Locke, Philosophie de.” // IN: Encyclopédie … – See entry in Chapter 3.

1777

Law, E.

“The life of the author.” // IN: The works of John Locke, in four volumes. The eighth edition, 1777 [Locke #855]. – vol. 1:xv-xxviii.

Cs 92

Law, E.

“Preface by the editor.” // IN: The works of John Locke, in four volumes. The eighth edition, 1777 [Locke #855]. – vol. 1.

Reprinted in subsequent editions; and in Miscellaneous writings / Edmund Law. – Bristol : Thoemmes Press, 1997. – (The collected works of Edmund Law / edited and introduced by Victor Nuovo ; vol. 5). – Reprinted from Works (1794), vol. 1:i-xviii.

1789

Coste, P.

“John Locke, Esqr. The character of Mr. Locke: in a letter to the author of the Nouvelles de la Republique des Lettres.” – See entry for original French publication in 1705.

1792

Y., H. F.

“Historical account of the Locke family” / H.F.Y. // IN: The gentleman’s magazine. Vol. 62 (1792):798-801.

Y&Y 1792.1

1793

Liljenroth, F.

D.D. dissertatio vitam Johannis Lockii exponens. Quam, favente deo, veniam concedente amplissimo ordine philosophico, ad Reg. Acad. Bothor. Carolinam, miti eruditorum censurae subjiciet, praeside Franc. Liljenroth, philosoph. magistero, respondens Samuel Gumaelius, Smolandus. Die XIV Decembr. A.O.R. MDCCXCIII, loco horisque solitis. Lundae, typis Berlingianis. 20 p. 4o.