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Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 59, Poems, [Labelled Fine Arts,] 8vo.

1831 Catalogue, page 234, no. J. 63, Poems (labelled Fine Arts,) 8vo.
In the later Library of Congress catalogues, no. J. 63 is broken down as follows:

[LAW, Thomas.]
Ballston Springs . . . [Additions to Ballston Springs.] New-York: Printed by S. Gould, 1806.
PS2232 .L75
First Edition. 12mo, 2 parts in 1, 24 and 30 leaves including the half-title and the last blank; one line of Erratta [sic] at the end of the first part.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Not in Sabin.
Wegelin 1031.
Thomas Law, 1756-1834, was in correspondence with Jefferson, and sometimes sent him copies of his works. For another work by him, see no. 3250.
[4453]
[MORELL, Thomas.]
Judas Maccabæus, a Sacred Drama . . . Set to Musick by Mr. Handel. London, 1755.
8vo. This edition has the words only; a copy was not available for collation.
Halkett and Laing III, 203.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Thomas Morell, 1703-1784, English classical scholar, supplied the libretti for a number of the oratorios of Handel. His Judas Maccabæus was first printed in 1746.
[4454]
TASSO, Torquato.
Aminta Fabula Pastoril de Torquato Taso traducida por Don Juan de Jáuregui. Madrid: Edicion Estereotípica, 1804.
PQ4642 .S22 J3 1804
Sm. 8vo. 46 leaves including 2 blanks.
Palau VII, 14.
Graesse VI, 38.
For an Italian edition of Aminta, see no. 4385.
Juan Martinez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, 1583-1641, Spanish poet, first published his translation of Aminta in Rome in 1607. For other works by Tasso, see the Index.
[4455]
BOOKS LISTED IN THE 1783-1814 CATALOGUE WHICH WERE NOT SOLD TO CONGRESS
Anacreon, Sappho et Alcasus. Gr. Lat. 12 mo.
Aurelius Prudentius. Amst. Ianssonii 1625. 24 s.
Claudianus. Amst. Elzevir. 1677. 24 s
Ausonius. Wetsten. 1750. 24 s.
Ausonius. Amst. Blaeu. 1669. 24 s
Rochester. 12 mo.
Collins’s poetical works. 12 mo.
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