J. 106
L
d. Kaim’s art of thinking.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 56, as above.
[HOME,
Henry, lord kames.]
Introduction to the Art of Thinking.
Second Edition, enlarged with additional Maxims and Illustrations.
Edinburgh: Printed for
A. Kincaid and
J. Bell,
mdcclxiv
. [1764.]
BJ1520 .K3
12mo. 148 leaves, the last a blank.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Not in Lowndes.
Jessop, page 141.
Rebound by the Library of Congress in 1929 in ruby buckram. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
This book was sold to Congress in 1815, but was not checked with the other books in the contemporary working copy of the 1815
Library catalogue. The entry has the
missing mark and a manuscript note:
returned by Mr. Watterston, July 30th.
Henry Home, Lord Kames, 1696-1782, Scottish judge. The first edition of this book was printed in Edinburgh in 1761. Several of his works, agricultural,
philosophical and legal, appear in this catalogue.
[1345]
107
Oeconomy of human life.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 33, as above.
The Economy of Human Life. Translated from an Indian Manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin. To which is prefixed, An Account
of the Manner in which the said Manuscript was discovered; in a Letter from an English Gentleman now residing in China, to
the Earl of E****.
London: Printed for
G. Sael,
1797.
BJ1561 .D6
8vo. 64 leaves, engraved frontispiece by Angus after Stothard, publishers’ advertisement on the last leaf.
Halkett and Laing IV, page 237.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Jefferson’s copy is no longer extant. It is not checked as having been received in the contemporary working copy of the 1815
Library of Congress catalogue, but has a marginal manuscript note, as in Lord Kames’
Art of thinking
above:
returned by Mr. Watterston, July 30th.
Jefferson also had copies of the translation into French by DeBordes, sent to him by the translator. In writing to thank him
on July 7, 1807, Jefferson mentioned that “
this elegant little morsel of morality has always been a great favorite of mine.”
The Oeconomy of Human Life, first published in 1751 and frequently reprinted, is ascribed to Robert Dodsley, 1703-1764, English poet, dramatist, and
bookseller, and to Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, 1694-1773.
[1346]
J. 108
Caracteres de la Bruyere. 1
st. vol.
Eng.
8
vo.
2
d. vol.
Fr.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 56. nos. 55 and 112, as above.
THEOPHRASTUS--LA BRUYÈRE,
Jean de.
[
The Moral Characters of Theophrastus made
English from the
Greek . . .
London: for
E. Curll,
1713.]--
Les Caracteres de Theophraste traduits du
Grec, avec les caracteres ou les moeurs de ce Siecle. Par Mr. de la Bruyere, de l’Academie Françoise. Et la clef, en marge & par ordre alphabetique. Tome Second. Nouvelle edition augmentée.
A
Amsterdam: chez
Pierre Marteau,
1701.
PQ1803 .A6
