Jefferson owned also the Foulis edition of Pindar in the 3 volume edition known with other classics as the
Editiones minimae
. In the Foulis’ lists these are described as
32s pure Greek. In Jefferson’s dated catalogue he has entered them as 48s. He had two copies, one printed on paper, the other on satin, or as he describes it, on silk.
The paper copy seems to have been purchased while he was in France; it is entered in his undated manuscript catalogue,
Pindar. Gr. 3. v. p.p.f. Foul
5/6.
Pindar, c. 518-438 B.C., Greek lyric poet.
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Callimachus.
Gr.
Lat.
Foul.
1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 65, Callimachus, gr. Foulis, fol.
CALLIMACHUS.
Οι του Καλλιμαχου Κυρηναιου Υμνοι τε, και Επιγραμματα . . . Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis Excudebant
Robertus et Andreas Foulis Academiae Typographi
m dcc lv
. [1755.]
Folio. 35 leaves, text in
Greek letter throughout preceded by 1 leaf in roman letter
Lectori Typographus Salutem and 1 leaf with the dedication to the Hon. Charles Yorke; 3 plates (lacking in the copy examined).
Graesse II, 17.
Ebert 3346.
Dibdin I, 369.
Murray, page 29 and 81.
Callimachus, c. 305-c. 240, [punct.
sic.--
Ed.] B.C., was a cataloguer in the library of Ptolemy Philadelphus. This edition of his poems by Foulis was awarded the silver
medal by the Edinburgh Society for encouraging arts, sciences, manufactures and agriculture in Scotland.
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Tyrtaeus.
Gr.
Lat.
Foul.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 45, as above.
TYRTAEUS.
Spartan Lessons; or, The Praise of Valour; in the verses of Tyrtaeus; an ancient Athenian Poet, adopted by the Republic of Lacedaemon, and employed to inspire their Youth with Warlike Sentiments
. . .
Glasgow: Printed by
Robert and Andrew Foulis,
m dcc lix
. [1759.]
PA4490 .A2 1759
4to., in twos, 32 leaves including the half-title, engraved portrait lettered Hercules Victor on the following leaf, engraved
portrait, unlettered, at the end of the
Greek text. The
Greek text is preceded by Some Account of Tyrtaeus, and followed by Observations on the
Greek text, in double columns, and the translation into
Latin, in long lines.
Graesse VI, 220.
Ebert 23182.
Lowndes V, 2734.
Murray, page 28.
Tyrtaeus, 7th century B.C., Greek elegaic poet who lived at Sparta, and whose verses were written in part to stimulate the Spartans
to deeds of heroism in the field.
James Moor, 1712-1779, professor of Greek at Glasgow University, the editor and translator of this edition, prefaced it with the dedication:
“These Remains of ancient panegyric on martial spirit and personal valour; of old, the daily lessons of the Spartan youth;
are, with propriety, inscribed, to the Young Gentlemen; lately, bred at the University of Glasgow; at present, serving their
country, as officers of the Highland Battalions now in America”; that is in the Seven Years War, which, in America, resulted
in the capture of Quebec in 1759 and the conquest of Canada.
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Psalmi Davidici Johnstoni.
1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 6, as above, but adding
12mo.
PSALMS OF DAVID.
Psalmorum Davidis Paraphrasis Poetica et Canticorum Evangelicorum . . . Londini,
1741.
