First Edition. 8vo. 2 vol. with separate title-pages, continuous signatures and pagination, 167 and 181 leaves.
Halkett and Laing VI, 107.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 662.
Original panelled calf, gilt backs. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes (Ii and Tt in vol. II). With the
Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Philip Wharton,
Duke of Wharton, 1698-1731, supposed to have been the original of Lovelace in Samuel Richardson’s
Clarissa
, and of Lorenzo in Young’s
Night Thoughts
, is also well known from Pope’s portrait of him in his
Epistle to Sir Richard Temple
.
The True Briton was a bi-weekly opposition paper started by Wharton on June 23, 1723, and finished on February 17, 1724.
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185
Junius’s lres.
2. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 53, as above,
Letters.
This copy of Junius’s Letters is marked “Missing” in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue and the entry
is omitted from the later catalogues. It is included in the manuscript list of Missing books from the Library of Congress
made at a later date.
It was probably the copy Jefferson bought from the Rev. Samuel Henley (with other books from his library) in 1785, described
by the former as “
Junius 2. v. 12
mo. patent binding
.”
See the next entry.
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186
Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 173, Junius, Woodfall’s Edition, 2 v 8vo.
Junius: including letters by the same writer, under other signatures, (now first collected) to which are added, his confidential
correspondence with Mr. Wilkes, and his private letters addressed to Mr. H. S. Woodfall. With a preliminary essay, notes, fac-similes, &c. In
two volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] . . .
Philadelphia: published by
Bradford and Inskeep, and
Inskeep and Bradford,
New-York.
William Fry, printer,
1813.
DA508 .A2 1813a
2 vol. 8vo. 252 and 264 leaves, plates and facsimiles.
This edition not in Lowndes, and not in the
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.
Edmands 104.
Jefferson bought his copy of this edition from
Samuel Pleasants, of Richmond, Virginia. His order, sent on August 11, 1813, shortly after the publication of the book, was for “
Junius, the new edition with facsimiles.”
The book was sent on August 17, price $
5.00.
This edition is a reprint of the Woodfall edition of 1812. For a discussion of the authorship see the bibliographies mentioned
above.
John Wilkes, 1727-1797, famous English politician, was the reputed author.
Henry Sampson Woodfall, 1739-1805, printer and journalist. His first edition of the Letters of Junius appeared in 1772. He is equally well known
as the author of the ballad of
Darby and Joan
, named after his printing master, John Darby, and his wife.
The Introduction and notes are by
John Mason Good, 1764-1827, English physician and miscellaneous writer.
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J. 187
Political tracts. 1707.-1773.
3. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 103:
no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo.
no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo.
no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.
A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:
