Images of law libraries

Michael Widener

The Law Librarians of New England are meeting today here at the Yale Law School. In honor of their visit, I’ve posted a new gallery in our Flickr site, “Law Libraries”, with images of both real and imaginary law libraries. Below is one of my favorites, the frontispiece for the 1743 edition of a popular legal bibliography, Bibliotheca iuris selecta by Burkhard Gotthelf von Struve (1671-1738). Struve’s legal bibliography was first published in 1703 and went through nine editions. It’s interesting to note that a direct descendent of the author, Henry Clay von Struve (1874-1933), was the first fulltime law librarian of the University of Texas Law Library, in 1895.

MIKE WIDENER

Rare Book Librarian



Related News

The Lillian Goldman Law Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of a four-volume set of lecture notes kept by James Hammond, a Maryland student...
Rare Books Blog
FLOWERS AT LAMBACH An exhibition on view in the Lillian Goldman Law Library Rare Book Exhibition Space, Library Level 3 January 13 – May 25, 2025 Read...
Rare Books Blog
Max & Trix Max and Beatrix Farrand: Memory and Landscape at Yale An Exhibit at the Lillian Goldman Law Library, Lower Level 2 January 13 - May 25...