First Edition. 12mo. 150 leaves collating in twelves. At the foot of the last page is printed:
Incessament les Nuits de Ste. Madelaine penitente. With the autograph signature of the author,
H. Gazzera, at the end.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, sprinkled edges, marbled end papers, silk bookmark. Initialled
at sig. I by Jefferson and with his shelf-mark,
C. 17. 37, written on a slip and pasted down on the half-title. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Presentation copy from the author. See no. 1521, where it is also explained by the author that this work is in imitation of Young’s
Night Thoughts
.
[1553]
J. 99
Les Nuits de S
te. Marie Madelaine par Gazzera.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 38, as above.
[GAZZERA,
Henri.]
Les Nuits de Ste Marie-Magdelaine pénitente, ouvrage traduit de l’
Italien; Par M. l’Auteur des Veilles de Saint-Augustin . . .
A
Paris: chez
Samson,
1807.
BX2185 .G3
First Edition. 12mo. 97 leaves including the half title: [ ]
5, 1-7
12, 8
8. The guarantee signed by the publisher
Samson.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, sprinkled edges, marbled end papers, some leaves partly unopened.
Initialled by Jefferson with a T before signature 1. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Presentation copy from the author. This work was also written in imitation of Young’s
Night Thoughts
.
[1554]
J. 100
Point de croix point de Couronne. par Guillaume Penn.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 109, as above.
PENN,
William.
Point de Croix, Point de Couronne. Discours dans lequel en expliquant la Nature et la Discipline de la Sainte Croix de Christ,
l’Auteur fait voir que la seule voie pour arriver au repos et au Royaume de Dieu, est de se renoncer soi-même, et de porter
chaque jour la Croix de Christ: Auquel il a ajouté, Les Témoignages de plusieurs Personnages savans et célèbres, tant anciens
que modernes, qui viennent à l’appui des Vérités contenues dans ce Traité. En Deux Parties. Par Guillaume Penn . . . Traduit de l’
Anglois, par Ed. P. Bridel.
A
Londres: de l’Imprimerie de
Jacques Phillips,
m, dcc, xciii
. [1793]
BX7617 .P5 N65
First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 270 leaves.
Old calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
William Penn, 1644-1718, English Quaker, and founder of Pennsylvania. The first edition of
No Cross, No Crown was printed in 1669. This is the first edition of Bridel’s translation, but not the first translation into French.
[1555]
J. 101
Histoire du Calvinisme de Maimbourg.
16
s.
Par.
1682.
1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 44, as above.
MAIMBOURG,
Louis.
Histoire du Calvinisme. Par Monsieur Maimbourg. Nouvelle Edition, revue & corrigée. Suivant la Copie imprimée à
Paris: chez
Sebastien Mabre Cramoisy,
m. dc. lxxxii
. [1682]
BX9421 .M3
