J. 163
DeLolme sur la constitñ d’Angleterre.
2. v. in 1.
12
mo.
Lond.
1785
1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 43, as above, omitting
Lond. 1785.
LOLME,
Jean Louis de.
Constitution de l’Angleterre, ou état du gouvernement anglois, comparé avec la forme républicaine & avec les autres monarchies
de l’Europe. Par M. de Lolme . . .
Quatrieme édition, entièrement revue & augumentée
[
sic
--
Ed.
] de la moitié, sur l’édition
angloise, dédiée au Roi par l’auteur . . . Tome premier [-second].
A
Londres: chez
G. Robinson,
J. Murray.
m. dcc. lxxxv
. [1785.]
JN117 .L6 1785
2 vol. in 1. 8vo. 132 and 132 leaves in eights, with the cancel leaves in vol. I.
Contemporary French calf, gilt back, r.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in vol. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Jean Louis de Lolme, 1740-1806, was a member of the Conseil des Deux Cents at Geneva. The first edition was published in Amsterdam in 1771.
[2719]
J. 164
Burgh’s Political disquisitions.
3. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 160, as above.
BURGH,
James.
Political disquisitions; or, an enquiry into public errors, defects, and abuses. Illustrated by, and established upon facts
and remarks, extracted from a variety of authors, ancient and modern . . . By J. Burgh, gentleman; author of the Dignity of human nature, and other works. Volume the first [-the third and last].
Philadelphia: printed and sold by
Robert Bell, and
William Woodhouse.
m,dcc,lxxv
. [1775.]
JC176 .B8
3 vol. 8vo. 260, 248, and 266 leaves in fours. Vol. I has printer’s advertisements at the beginning and the end, dated May
30, 1775; vol. II has advertisements at the foot of the last page; vol. III has
Bell’s advertisements at the beginning and at the end, undated; vol. I
and II have lists of books referred to or quoted from; vol. III contains
a list
of “Names of the Encouragers” which includes that of Thomas Jefferson,
Esq; one
of the Delegates, for the Province of Virginia, in the Honorable, the
American
Continental Congress. The first name in this list is that of George
Washington.
Evans 13851.
Hildeburn 3170.
Original sheep (repaired). Initialled by Jefferson in each volume at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
In a letter to Thomas Mann Randolph dated from New York, May 30, 1790, Jefferson recommended this book to his attention for
his law studies: “
. . . Burgh’s Political disquisitions are good also, especially after reading De Losme
[
sic
]
. . .” [see the preceding entry.]
James Burgh, 1714-1775, Scottish political writer, was the nephew of William Robertson, the historian. The first two volumes of this
work originally appeared in London in 1774, and the third in 1775.
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J. 165
Spelman’s works.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 421, as above.
SPELMAN,
Sir Henry.
The
English works of Sir Henry Spelman, K
t. publish’d in his life-time; together with his posthumous works, relating to the laws and antiquities of England;
