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L’Espion Chinois.
6. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 19, as above.
[GOUDAR,
Ange.]
L’Espion Chinois: ou, L’Envoye Secret de la Cour de Pekin, pour examiner l’Etat présent de l’Europe. Traduit du
Chinois. Tome Premier [-Sixieme].
A
Cologne.
mdcclxiv
. [?
London, 1764.]
CB411 .G6
First Edition. 6 vol. 8vo., 156, 157, 155, 167, 143 and 143 leaves, engraved portrait frontispieces in Vol. I, II, and III.
Barbier II, 176.
Quérard III, 418.
Monthly Review, Vol. 31, pages 534-538.
Weller II, page 167.
Hatin, page 61.
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price
18.0.
Ange Goudar, 1720-1791, French economist and author. The imprint in this book is fictitious; the
Monthly Review states that the book was printed in London, but Weller, in his
Die falschen und fingirten Druckorte, gives Holland as the place of printing. The work is in the form of letters between mandarins in Europe and in Pekin.
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Vie privée des François par Le Grand d’Aussy.
3. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 130, as above.
LEGRAND D’AUSSY,
Pierre Jean Baptiste.
Histoire de la Vie privée des Français, depuis l’origine de la Nation jusqu’à nos jours. Par M. Le Grand d’Aussy. Premiere partie . . . Tome
Premier [-Troisieme].
A
Paris: de l’Imprimerie de
Ph.-D. Pierres, Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi, &c. rue S. Jacques,
m. dcc. lxxxii.
Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi. [1782.]
DC33 .L51
First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. 195, 186 and 184 leaves, half-title in each volume, with advertisements of Eugene Onfroy of Paris and
Dufour of Maestricht on the back, list of errata in all volumes.
Quérard V, 109 (with date 1783).
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue without price.
Pierre Jean Baptiste Legrand D’Aussy, 1737-1800, was curator of manuscripts in the Bibliothèque Nationale.
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Tableau de Paris de Mercier.
6. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 18, as above.
[MERCIER,
Louis Sebastien.]
Tableau de Paris. Nouvelle Édition corrigée & augmentée . . . Tome I. [-VI.] A
Amsterdam,
1782-3.
6 vol. 8vo., a different motto and woodcut vignette on each title.
Barbier IV, 636.
Quérard VI, 58.
Tourneux 20036a.
Lacombe 304.
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue (again as 6 vol. 12mo.) with the price,
18-0.
In a letter to James Madison, dated from Paris, August 2, 1787, Jefferson wrote: “
. . . I put among the books sent you, two somewhat voluminous, & the object of which will need explanation; these are the
Tableau de Paris &
L’espion Anglois. the former is truly a picture of private manners in Paris, but presented on the dark side & a little darkened moreover.
but there is so much truth in it’s ground work that it will be well worth your reading. you will then know Paris (& probably
the other large cities of Europe) as well as if you had been here years . . .
”
