2 vol. (only), 12mo., first volume lacking; engraved title with portrait by Matheus.
Old calf, repaired and rebacked with new morocco labels. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With his
Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
According to his manuscript catalogue Jefferson had two editions of this work; the second entry reads:
Essais de Montaigne. 3. v. 12
mo. Bruxelles. Foppens. 1659.
This entry is also in the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
30.
In the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue the two entries have been mixed. The contemporary working copy of this catalogue
has
1st vol. missing written beside the entry. The later catalogues are also in error, calling for the
Essais de Montaigne, 2d and 3d v. 12mo. Bruxelles, 1669.
Jefferson bought a copy of the Amsterdam edition, 3 vol. 1669, from Froullé on March 1789,
[
sic
--
Ed.
] price 30.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French essayist; the original edition of the Essais appeared in 1580.
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103
Maximes de la Rochefoucauld.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 54, as above.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD,
François de.
Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales.
12mo.
This book was either not delivered to Congress, or was lost at an early date. It is entered in the 1815 catalogue, as above,
but in the contemporary working copy is not checked as present. The entry was omitted from the later catalogues.
There is no indication as to what edition was in Jefferson’s library.
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J. 104
The Rule of life.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 34, as above.
The Rule of Life, in select Sentences: Collected from the greatest authors, ancient and modern. Know Thyself. Del. Orac. The
Eleventh Edition, corrected, with additions.
London: Printed for
W. Bent,
1794.
BJ1561 .R73
12mo. 138 leaves.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.
The date of the first edition of this compilation has not been ascertained. The eighth edition appeared in 1766 and a ninth
in 1769.
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J. 105
Meilhan sur l’esprit et les moeurs.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 115, as above.
[SENAC
de MEILHAN,
Gabriel.]
Considérations sur l’Esprit et les Mœurs. A
Londres: et se trouve à
Paris chez les
Marchands de Nouveautés,
1787.
PQ2066 .S8 A65
First Edition. 8vo. 195 leaves the last with the errata.
Barbier I, col. 708.
Quérard IX, 47 (with date 1788).
Contemporary calf, pale blue endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
Par Meilhan written on the title-page in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Entered without price on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue.
Gabriel Senac de Meilhan, 1736-1803, French publicist.
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