J. 104
Petiti leges Atticae.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 412, as above.
PETIT,
Samuel.
Leges Atticæ. Sam. Petitvs collegit, digessit, et libro commentario illvstravit. Opvs ivris, literarvm, et rei antiquariæ studiosis vtilissimum,
viii. libris distinctum, in quo varij scriptorum veterum
Græcorum et
Latinorum loci explicantur et emendantur.
Parisiis: sumptibus
Caroli Morelli,
m. dc. xxxv
. Cvm privilegio Regis. [1635.]
JC72 .P4
First Edition. Folio. 318 leaves, including one blank, title-page printed in red and black; printer’s engraved device.
Old vellum, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of William
Byrd of Westover in Virginia. A manuscript inscription in an early hand on the verso of the fly-leaf reads:
Cum D. Adrianus Wolffius quam honorificentissime doctor utriusq juris renunciatus, discederet ex contubernio Engelberti ab
Engelen, placuit huic hoc leuidensi munere eum donare quo memoriam doctrinarum haustarum gratiorum circum ferret. Traject
ad Rhenum A
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From the library of William Byrd.
Samuel Petit, 1594-1643, French scholar.
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J. 105
Moyle’s tracts.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 21, as above.
MOYLE,
Walter.
A select collection of tracts. By Walter Moyle, Esq; containing, I. An essay upon the Roman government. II. Remarks upon Dr. Prideaux’s connection of the Old and New Testament.
III. An essay upon the Lacedaemonian government. IV. An argument against a standing army.
Glasgow: printed by
R. Urie,
mdccl
. [1750.]
JC83 .M93
12mo. 138 leaves, the last with a numbered list of 18 books printed by
Robert Urie; half-title for each essay.
Not in Lowndes.
Watt II, 689.
Rebound in buckram in 1913. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.
Walter Moyle, 1672-1721, English politician and student of ancient history.
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J. 106
Memoria inedita sulla republica Veneta dal fra Paolo.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 374, as above, with reading
Paola.
Memoria inedita presentata al Senato Veneto dal celebre Fra Paolo Sarpi Intorno al modo da tenersi dalla Repubblica per il
buono e durevol governo del suo Stato.
In
Colonia [i.e.
Livorno]: presso
Pietro Mortier,
1760.
JC143 .O5
4to. 60 leaves: a-p
4; printed in italic letter throughout.
See Bianchi-Giovini,
Biografia di fra Paolo Sarpi II, 390.
Old half-binding. Initialled by Jefferson with the letter T before sigs. i and l; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
According to Bianchi-Giovini, Sarpi was not the author of this book, originally published with the title
Opinione come debba governarsi internamente ed esternamente la repubblica di Venezia. Editions of Sarpi’s
History of the Council of Trent
, in Italian and in English, are in chapter 5 in this catalogue, q.v.
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