2 vol. 12mo. 238 and 214 leaves.
Quérard V, 405 (with Paris imprint).
Original French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, m.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.
With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates, that in vol. I pasted on the verso of the end leaf.
Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price
6-0.
[2400]
J. 69
[Mably
] principes de Morale.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 34, as above.
Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de.
Principes de Morale. Par M. l’Abbé de Mably. A
Paris: chez
Alexandre Jombert jeune,
m.dcc.lxxxiv
. Avec approbation & privilege du Roi. [1784.]
BJ1054 .M35
12mo. 188 leaves.
This edition not in Quérard.
Original French mottled calf, marbled endpapers, r.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815
bookplate, a later one pasted over it.
On the fly-leaf, in Jefferson’s autograph, is an obituary of Mably in Latin, 25 lines.
Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price
5-5.
First published in 1774.
[2401]
J. 70
[Mably
] des droits et des devoirs du citoyen.
12
mo.
Kehl.
1789.
1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 35, as above.
Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de.
Des droits et des devoirs du citoyen. Par M. l’Abbé de Mably. A
Kell,
m.dcc.lxxxix
. [1789.]
JC179 .N22
First Edition. 12mo. 186 leaves.
Original French mottled calf, gilt back, pale blue endpapers, m.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the verso of the
first fly-leaf is written in ink the number 42 (not by Jefferson). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.
This work, written in 1758, predicted the French Revolution.
[2402]
J. 71
[Mably
] sur la Pologne.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 36, as above.
[MABLY,
Gabriel Bonnot de.]
Du Gouvernement et des loix de la Pologne. A
Londres, [
Paris]
m. dcc. lxxxi
. [1781.]
JN6753 1781
First Edition. 12mo. 182 leaves, 4 pages of errata at the beginning.
Not in Barbier.
This edition not in Quérard.
Original French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, r.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress
1815 bookplate preserved and pasted on the verso of the first fly leaf.
Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.
In 1770 Mably had accepted an invitation to frame a constitution for Poland. This work is included in the collections of Mably’s
complete works. See the following entry.
[2403]
