8vo. 87 leaves;
Greek and
Latin text on each page, notes in double columns below.
Calf, gilt line border, marbled end papers, m.e.; 2 ll. unopened; many leaves waterstained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig.
I
2, which is placed below the Greek text, and above the Latin. Sig. I is at the foot of the preceding leaf, below the notes,
and may have been overlooked.
Entered on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
1-10 + 2. (livres).
Demetrius Cydonius, fl. 1335-1384. The first edition of this book was published in 1553.
Christianus Theophilus Kuinoel [Christian Gottlieb Kühnoel] 1768-1841, German scholar and theologian.
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J. 96
Alexander Aphrodisiensis de Fato.
Gr.
Lat.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 21, as above.
ALEXANDER
of APHRODISIAS.
Αλεξανδρου Αφροδισιεως πρ(`ο)ς το(`υ)ς ’Αυτοκράτορας περ(`ι) ειμαρμενης και το(^υ)εφ’ ημιν. Alexandri Aphrodisiensis ad Imperatores de Fato & de eo quod nostræ potestatis est. Cui accessit, Αμμωνιου το(^υ) Ερμειου εισ το το(^υ) ’Αριστοτέλοις
περ(`ι) ερμηνειας τμ(^η)μα δεύτερον υπόμνημα. Ammonii Hermiæ in libri Aristotelis de interpretatione sectionem secundam commentarius.
Cum
Latina utriusque Versione.
Londini: Typis
Thomæ Roycroft, impensis
Jo Martin,
Jacobi Allestrye, &
Tho. Dicas,
1658.
PA3864 .A2 F3 1658
8vo. 2 parts in 1, 108 leaves,
Greek and
Latin text on alternate leaves.
Original vellum. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the fly-leaf is written in an early hand:
Biblioth. de son Eminen
ce le Card
al Jansen. Le traité Grec & latin de Fato d’Alexandre Aphrodise. Rare.
With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Entered on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue with the price
1f.16.
Alexander of Aphrodisias, 2nd century A.D. Greek scholar and philosopher.
Cornelius Jansen, 1585-1638, the father of the religious revival known as Jansenism. [Cornelius Jansen, 1585-1638, never attained the rank
of cardinal. Furthermore, the compiler fails to explain how a volume published in 1658 is traced to the library of a man
who died in 1638. Most likely another Jansen is indicated.--
Ed.]
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J. 97
Blount’s Philostratus concerning the life of Apollonius the Tyanaean.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 139, Philostratus, concerning the life of Apollonius the Tyanean, by Blount, fol.
PHILOSTRATUS,
Flavius--
BLOUNT, Charles.
[
The Two First Books of Philostratus, concerning the Life of Apollonius Tyaneus: Written Originally in
Greek, and now Published in
English: Together with philological Notes upon each Chapter. By Charles Blount, Gent . . .
London: Printed for
Nathaniel Thompson,
1680.]
B536 .A22 E5
First Edition. Folio. 124 leaves only, should be 126, lacks the first leaf with title (supplied in manuscript), and the last leaf;
several leaves defective and mended.
Lowndes IV, 1860.
STC P2132
Old sheep, marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.
From the library of Benjamin Franklin. Purchased by Jefferson from
Dufief in 1803, price $
1.00, billed on March 1. See the note to Athenæi Deipnosophistæ, no. 42.
Flavius Philostratus, The Athenian, c. 170-245, Greek sophist.
Charles Blount, 1654-1693, English deist.
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