12mo. 2 vol. in 1. 191 and 186 leaves, errata on the last leaf.
Bound for Jefferson in calf, pale blue end papers. Initialled by him at sig. I in vol. 1; with the Library of Congress 1815
bookplate.
Bought from
Froullé on November 24, 1788, price
4. Entered at that price on the undated manuscript catalogue.
François de Callières, 1645-1717, French diplomat and man of letters, and member of the Académie Française. The first edition of this work was
published in Paris in 1716. Three editions appeared in 1716 (Paris, Amsterdam and Bruxelles). The Londres imprint of this
edition of 1750 is fictitious. The name of the editor is not known.
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J. 163
Bynkershoek du Juge competent des Ambassadeurs. avec les notes de Barbeyrac.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 27, as above.
BYNKERSHOEK,
Cornelius van.
Traité du Juge competent des Ambassadeurs, tant pour le Civil, que pour le Criminel. Traduit du
Latin de Mr. De Bynkershoek, Conseiller au Haut Conseil de Hollande &c. Par Jean Barbeyrac, Professeur en Droit Public & Privé à Groningue.
A
La Haye: chez
Thomas Johnson,
1723.
JX1655 .B92
8vo. 170 leaves, title-page printed in red and black, with engraved vignette.
Epitre dated
A Groningue, ce 9. Novembre 1722.
Quérard I, 579 (wrongly described as
2. v. in 4to).
Not in Van der Aa.
Vellum. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
4.0.
Cornelius van Bynkershoek, 1673-1743, Dutch jurist. The
Liber singularis de foro legatorum
from which this translation was made was published in 1702. The second French edition, 1746, was in two volumes quarto.
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J. 164
Wicquefort, de l’Ambassadeur.
2. v.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 43, as above.
WICQUEFORT,
Abraham de.
L’Ambassadeur et ses Fonctions par Monsieur de Wicquefort, Conseiller aux Conseils d’Estat & Privé du Duc de Brunsvvic & Lunebourg Zell, &c. Derniere Edition, augmentée des Reflexions
sur les Memoires pour les Ambassadeurs. De la Reponse à l’Auteur. Et du Discours Historique de l’Election de l’Empereur, &
des Electeurs par le mesme Auteur. Premiere [-Seconde] Partie.
A
Cologne: chez
Pierre Marteau,
m.dcc.xv
. [1715.]
JX1652 .W53
2 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 296 leaves; vol. II, 302 leaves; titles printed in red and black, printer’s woodcut devices; the title
of the Seconde Partie omits the passage from
Derniere Edition to
par le mesme Auteur inclusive.
Van der Aa XX, 180.
Quérard X, 507 cites only a 12mo. edition of this year.
Old calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, r.e., both volumes dampstained, volume I badly and some leaves damaged. With the
Library of Congress 1815 bookplates pasted on the fly-leaves (the linings being damaged). Not initialled by Jefferson; on
the fly-leaf has been written in pencil and partially erased:
Mr. Jefferson Hotel d’Orleans rue Pet. Serpent.
Listed on the undated manuscript catalogue, price
7.10.
The copy bought by Jefferson from Pougens on June 8, 1803, at the special price, 24., reduced from 30. was intended for the
Library of Congress.
Abraham de Wicquefort, 1606-1682, Dutch diplomat. The first edition of this work, which is dedicated to George Guillaume, Duc de Brunsvvic & Lunebourg,
was published in 1682.
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