2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 172 leaves; vol. II, 206 leaves; collating in fours.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Not in the
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.
Not in Sabin.
Contemporary tree calf, repaired, gilt lines forming the compartments of the backs (backs scorched), marbled endpapers. Initialled
by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Sent to Jefferson by Thomas Leiper, who wrote to him from Philadelphia on January 15, 1809: “My friend Mr Carswell informs he has delivered you Doctor Towers Illustration of Prophecy--When I sent you the Book I took
it for granted you had never seen the Book and by reading it you would see in a Concise point of view what God in his Providence
intends to do with the Ten Kings and the Ten Kingdoms of Europe--The Title page I suppose you have already read . . .”
Jefferson replied on January 21: “
Your letter of the 15
th. was duly recieved, and before that Towers’s book, which you had been so kind as to send me, had come to hand, for which
I pray you to recieve my thanks. you judge rightly that
here
, I have no time to read. a cursory view of the book shews me that the author is a man of much learning in his line. I have
heard of some other late writer (the name I forget) who has undertaken to prove contrary events from the same sources . .
.
”
Joseph Lomas Towers, 1767-1831, English Unitarian and librarian. The first edition was anonymously printed in 1796.
Thomas Leiper, 1745-1825, was born in Scotland, and emigrated to Colonial America in 1763. He fought on the side of the colonists in the Revolution and settled in Philadelphia where he built turnpikes, tramways, etc. He became a director of the Bank of Pennsylvania and was one of the founders of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
[1548]
J. 94
Newton’s prophecies of Daniel.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 166, as above.
NEWTON,
Sir Isaac.
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John. In Two Parts. By Sir Isaac Newton.
London: Printed by
J. Darby and
T. Browne, and sold by
J. Roberts [and others],
1733.
BS1556 .N37
First Edition. 4to. 166 leaves.
Lowndes III, 1675.
Gray 328.
Old calf repaired, with later marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
This book is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and is included in
a manuscript list of missing books, made between 1815 and 1830. It was returned at an early date and is credited to the Jefferson
collection in the later Library of Congress catalogues.
This work, which gives an interpretation of Daniel’s dreams, and considers the relation of the Apocalypse to the Books of
Moses and to the prophecy of Daniel, was dedicated by Benjamin Smith to Peter King, first baron King of Ockham, the lord chancellor,
whose arms are engraved at the head of the dedication.
[1549]
J. 95
Peters on Job.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 167, as above.
PETERS,
Charles.
A critical Dissertation on the Book of Job. Wherein the Account given of that Book by the Author of The Divine Legation of
Moses demonstrated, &c. is particularly considered; The Antiquity of the Book vindicated; The great Text (Chap. xix. 25--)
explained; And a Future State shewn to have been the Popular Belief of the ancient Jews or Hebrews. By Charles Peters, A.M. Rector of St. Mabyn, Cornwall.
London: Printed by
E. Owen, and sold by
S. Birt and
B. Dod,
C. Bathurst, London;
J. Fletcher,
Oxford;
W. Thurlbourn,
Cambridge, and
E. Score, Junior,
Exeter,
1751.
BS1415 .P45
