sold by
P. Byrne,
Dublin,
m. dcc. lxxxviii
.--
Præfationis ad tres Gulielmi Bellendeni Libros, de statu, editio
secunda.
Londini: typis excudebant
W. Browne &
J. Warren,
1788.
JC176 .P32
8vo. 2 parts in 1,
first edition of the first part. I, 64 leaves only, should be 72, lacks sig. G. M., 4 leaves each “pages 41 to 48 & 81 to 88 both
inclusive”, sig. N omitted and sig. O mismarked H; II, 75 leaves including the last blank; Corrigenda slip pasted on the verso
of the penultimate leaf.
Halkett and Laing II, 232.
Lowndes IV, 1787.
Tree calf, gilt back (destroyed by fire), marbled endpapers, by Joseph Milligan. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Jefferson acquired this book from
Patrick Byrne, formerly of Dublin, now in Philadelphia, in February, 1805, supplied without charge on account of its imperfect condition,
as described above. Byrne wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson on February 22, sending a parcel of books and a bill, and explained:
“. . . I have the misfortune not to have a complete copy of Belendenus, by D
r. Parr--that you receive wants pages 41 to 48 & 81 to 88 both inclusive, it being incomplete, no charge is made for it if
I should meet a complete copy in any time hence I will forward it . . .”
Jefferson waited until 1808 to have the copy bound. Milligan’s bill (50 cents) is dated May 2, 1808. A “
Bellendeni 8vo. full bound, 0.75.” appears also in Milligan’s bill presented in August 1815.
Jefferson had ordered a copy from J. [for John] Payne, the publisher, soon after its publication. On January 28, 1789, he ordered a number
of books from him, including: “
Præfationis ad libro Bellendeni editis secunda. Brown & Warren. I think I had named this in my former catalogue, tho you have
not named it among those not yet sent (as noted in your acc
t.)
”
Samuel Parr, 1747-1825, English pedagogue, the “Whig Johnson”, was a friend of Priestley and Bentham. In 1787 he republished the works
of William Bellenden (died c. 1633) with this
Preface, used as an occasion for writing panegyrics upon his contemporaries.
William Beloe, 1756-1817, the translator into English of the
Preface, was at one time a pupil of Parr.
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Tracts. English Politics. viz.........................................................................
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A reply to the Treasury pamphlet on the system of trade with Irel
d.
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Answer to the reply to the Treasury pamphlet.
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Address to the landed, trading, & funded interests.
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Short review of the Political state of Gr. Brit. in 1787.
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8
vo.
The people’s answer to the Short review.
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Retrospect of the portraits in the Short review.
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Prospects on the Rubicon by Tho
s. Paine.
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Speech of Henry Beaufoy in 1788. on the fisheries.
}
A collection of eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers,
new labels on the back lettered:
Political /
Pamphlets. /
Vol. 29. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
JA36 .P8 vol. 29
On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above (with slight variations as shown below), to which the numbers 1 to 8 have been added,
and the tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages.
