contest between Great Britain and her American Colonies. With reflections concerning the future settlement of these colonies.
London: printed for
T. Cadell,
m,dcc,lxxvii
. [1777.]
First Edition. 80 leaves in twos.
Halkett and Laing III, 79.
Sabin 3644a.
McCulloch, page 90.
Not initialled by Jefferson. Numbered 1 in ink on the title-page.
William Barron, d. 1803, Scottish economist and scholar, was professor in the University of St. Andrews. His lectures on Belles Lettres
and Logic were published in 1806.
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Remarks on the History on the colonization of the free states of antiquity. By Symonds.
2. SYMONDS,
John.
Remarks upon an essay, intituled, The History of the colonization of the Free States of Antiquity, applied to the present
contest between Great Britain and her American Colonies. By John Symonds, LL.D. Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge.
London: printed by
J. Nichols, Successor to W. Bowyer; and sold by
T. Payne, Mews-Gate;
W. Owen, Temple-Bar;
P. Elmsly, Strand;
T. Evans, Pater-noster Row;
J. Woodyer,
Cambridge; and
J. Fletcher,
Oxford.
mdcclxxviii
. [1778.]
First Edition. 28 leaves including the half-title.
Sabin 94124.
McCulloch, page 90.
Not initialled by Jefferson. Numbered 2 in ink on the title-page.
John Symonds, 1730-1807, succeeded Thomas Gray, the poet, as professor of modern history at Cambridge University.
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J. 273
Bougainville sur les droits des Metropoles Grecques.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 60, as above.
BOUGAINVILLE,
Jean Pierre.
Dissertation qui a remporte le prix de l’Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, en l’année 1745, par M. de Bougainville. A
Paris: chez
Desaint &
Salliant,
m. dcc. xlv
. [1745.]
JV93 .B7
First Edition. 12mo. 91 leaves in twelves;
Fautes à corriger on the last leaf.
French marbled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, blue silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815
bookplate.
Jean Pierre Bougainville, 1722-1763, French writer, was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres. The subject of the Prix was:
Quels étoient les droits des Métropoles Grecques sur les colonies; les devoirs des colonies envers les Métropoles; & les engagemens
réciproques des unes & des autres
.
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J. 274
Deslandes sur l’Importance de la revolution Americaine.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 61, as above.
DESLANDES,
le Chevalier.
Discours sur la grandeur & l’importance de la révolution qui vient de s’opérer dans l’Amérique Septentrionale; sujet proposé
par l’Académie des Jeux Floraux.
