12mo. 120 leaves in sixes;
Greek and
Latin text on alternate leaves.
STC E3148.
This edition not in Dibdin.
Oldfather 114.
Madan 3264.
Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
According to Madan this was probably a Fell New Year Book for 1680.
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J. 66
Theophrasti Caracteres.
Gr.
Lat.
12
mo.
Foul.
1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 5, as above.
THEOPHRASTUS.
Θεοφραστου Χαρακτηρες ηθικοι. Theophrasti Characteres Ethici. Ex recensione Petri Needham, et versione
Latina Isaaci Casauboni.
Glasguæ: In aedibus academicis excudebant
Robertus et Andreas Foulis academiæ typographi,
m dcclviii
. [1758.]
BF819 .T3
8vo. 68 leaves: A-H
8, I
4, the last 2 blanks; the
Greek text occupies the first part of the book, to page 83, F
2 recto (verso blank), and is followed by the
Latin beginning on F
3 recto, page 85.
Graesse VI, 125.
Lowndes V, 2663.
Original calf, gilt back; not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Theophrastus, c. 372-287 B.C. Greek philosopher and the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. The Characters form the first
recorded attempt at systematic character writing. The first Foulis edition was published in 1743.
Peter Needham, 1680-1731, English classical scholar.
Isaac Casaubon, 1559-1614, classical scholar, was a native of Geneva.
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J. 67
Marci Antonini Commentarii ad seipsum.
Gr.
Lat.
12
mo.
Foul.
1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 18, as above.
ANTONINUS,
Marcus Aurelius[.]
Μαρκου Αντωνινου αυτοκρατορος των εις εαυτον βιβλια ιβ΄. Marci Antonini Imperatoris eorum quæ ad seipsum Libri XII. Post Gatakerum, ceterosque, recogniti, et notis illustrati, a doctissimo viro R. I. [R. Ibbetson] Oxoniensi. Glasguæ: in ædibus Academicis, excudebat
R. Foulis Academiæ Typographus,
mdccxliv
. [1744.]
PA3939 .A2 1744
8vo. 178 leaves;
Greek and
Latin text on alternate leaves.
Graesse I, 152.
Ebert 740.
Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1904. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. The signature
Gardner written on the title-page.
Jefferson bought a copy of this edition from
Lackington (through
Donald & Co.) billed on December 31, 1791, price
2/6. Lackington’s bill gives the number, 12425, the key word,
Antoninus, and the price, the other details are written in by Jefferson in his own hand:
Gr. Lat. Foul. 12
mo. 1744.
The price as given on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue is
2.10., not 2.6. as on Lackington’s bill, with +2. added, possibly for the binding, or may refer to another copy. Jefferson had
originally entered the book as an 8vo in his dated manuscript catalogue, altered in ink to 12mo; in the undated catalogue the format is given as 8vo.
Thomas Gataker, 1574-1654, English Puritan divine. His first edition of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus appeared in 1652.
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