First Edition. 12mo. 143 leaves: [ ]
2, B-Z, Aa
[4?--
Ed
.], Bb
3; woodcut frontispiece by James Poupard; half-title for the
Desultory Letter on X
2; Bb
2 has the advertisement for the publication of the author’s
Avenia; or, A Tragical Poem . . .
Sabin 7379.
Not in Ragatz.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, by John March, with Jefferson’s shelf mark,
16.1/65, written in ink, tipped in at the beginning. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on May 7, 1805: “It is with great diffidence as it respects myselfe, and with distinguished deference to you, that I take the liberty to send
you a copy of my “preliminary Essay on Slavery;” being well convinced that, the subject matter of it, will attract your attention,
and perhaps; prove a stimulus to your encouraging the “Tragical Poem” which the enclosed Essay is merely intended as an introduction
too . . .”
Jefferson answered this letter verbally through Dr. George Logan; see the note to Branagan’s
Avenia, chapter 36.
[1394]
J. 132
Branagan’s Beauties of Philanthropy.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 66, as above.
BRANAGAN,
Thomas.
The Beauties of Philanthropy: or, The Moral Likeness of God delineated, in miniature: Being an intellectual Mirror for the
dignified Clergy, as well as the subordinate Laiety.
Second Edition, enlarged. To which is added, The Impartiality of Jehovah vindicated . . . By Thomas Branagan . . .
Philadelphia: Printed by
Joseph Rakestraw,
1808.
BJ1533 .P5 B8
12mo. 185 leaves: [ ]
1, A-Z, Aa-Gg
6, Hh
4; the title-page for
The Impartiality of Jehovah vindicated . . . on Ff
i; the verso of the first leaf contains
To the Public. This Book is not to be sold, but given away.
This edition not in Sabin.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, by John March, with Jefferson’s shelf mark
Ch 16, 1. 66. bound in at the beginning.
The date of this publication makes it probable that it was the work referred to by Branagan in the following letter, written
to Jefferson from Philadelphia on February 11, 1809, and was a gift from him: “Confiding in the native generosity of your heart I once more take the liberty to send you a few lines with a copy of one of
my recent publications (in boards) which I most humbly present to your excellency as a small token of my accumulating admiration
veneration & esteem . . .”
The first edition, Sabin 7376, was published earlier in the same year.
[1395]
J. 133
Frazer’s history of Man.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 123, as above.
FRASER,
Donald.
The History of Man; or, a View of the Virtues and Vices of Human Nature in both Sexes, with examples ancient & modern: together
with some original Essays on a variety of subjects, tending to promote the principles of Virtue, Prudence, and Politeness.
The whole work being interspersed with useful and entertaining Narratives. By D. Fraser, Author of the Columbian Monitor, Select Biography, &c. The
first American, from the third European Edition. [Copy
