Europe, Asia, and Africa, in which the real Author of that new and curious Asiatic Atalantis, his Character and Abilities,
are fully made known to the Public
, by Captain Joseph Price, published in 1782. Jefferson owned a copy of Price’s book; it is the next entry to MacIntosh’s
Travels in both his dated and his undated manuscript catalogues. In the undated manuscript catalogue the prices for both books are entered, 21.12 and 30 respectively.
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Voyage de le Gentil dans les mers de l’Inde.
5. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 145, as above.
LE GENTIL
de la GALAISIÈRE, Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean Baptiste.
Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde, fait par Ordre du Roi, a l’occasion du passage de Vénus sur le disque du soleil le 6 juin
1761, & le 3 du même mois 1769. Par M. Le Gentil, de l’Académie royale des Sciences. Tome Premier. [-Second.]
En
Suisse: Chez
les Libraires Associés.
m. dcc. lxxx
. [1780.]
Q115 .L53
5 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 173 leaves, Vol. II, 183 leaves, engraved frontispieces and plates, some folded. Volumes III, IV, and
V were unavailable for examination, having disappeared from the shelves of the Library of Congress.
Quérard V, 95.
This edition not in Pardo de Tavera.
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
18.0.
Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière, 1725-1792, French astronomer, was chosen by the Academy to observe the transit of Venus in 1761 at Pondicherry. He found
the town in the hands of the British, and had to return to Mauritius, the transit taking place during the voyage when it was
impossible for him to make the necessary instrumental observations. Le Gentil de la Galaisière decided to wait in the East
until the next transit of Venus in 1769, and spent much time in the Philippines and the Marianas. He was in Pondicherry for
the transit, but the weather prevented his making observations, whereas the weather in the Philippines, in the site chosen
by him, was perfect, and observations were made there under his instructions. This book is of great value for its observations
on the Philippines and on India.
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15
Voyage de Schouten aux Indes orientales.
2. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 40, as above, but reading
Voiage.
SCHOUTEN,
Wouter.
Voyage de Gautier Schouten aux Indes Orientales, commencé l’an 1658. & fini l’an 1665. Traduit du
Hollandois. Ou l’on void plusieurs Descriptions de Païs, Roïaumes, Isles & Villes, Siéges, Combats sur terre & sur mer, Coútumes, Maniéres,
Religions de divers Peuples, Animaux, Plantes, Fruits, & autres Curiositez naturelles. Tome I [-II] Nouvelle Edition, revûë par l’Auteur & considerablement augmentée. Enrichie d’un grand nombre de Figures en Taille-douce.
A
Rouen: chez
Jean-Baptiste Machuel le jeune,
m. dcc. xxv
. Avec Aprobation & Privilege du Roy. [1725.]
DS411.1 .S4
2 vol. 12mo. 302 and 292 leaves, engraved title in both volumes, printed titles in red and black, engraved plates, some folded.
Quérard VIII, 545.
Ebert 20646.
Not in Van der Aa.
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
5.10.
Wouter Schouten, 1638-1704, Dutch surgeon on a vessel belonging to the East India Company. He visited many countries, and published the account
of his experiences in Dutch in Amsterdam, 1676. The first translation into
French appeared in 1708.
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