24mo. 216 leaves, engraved title-page, separate pagination but continuous signatures for the
Breviarium totius Orbis Terrarum . . . auctore Petr. Bertio, with half-title.
Pieters, page 283, no. 261.
Willems 1242.
Phillips 4261.
In his undated manuscript catalogue Jefferson calls for an Elzevir edition, 1677, in 24s.
Philip Clüver, 1580-1623, German geographer and historian, eventually settled in Leyden, where his works were published. The first edition
of this book was posthumously published in 1624, and subsequently appeared in many editions.
Petrus Bertius, 1565-1629, went to Leyden at the age of twelve and was for a time Librarian of the University. Later he became the official
historiographer to Louis XIII of France. His
Breviarum Orbis Terrarum was separately publsihed, but is usually found attached to Clüver’s
Introductionis.
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Atlas by Arrowsmith & Lewis.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 231, as above.
ARROWSMITH,
Aaron
and
LEWIS, Samuel.
A New and Elegant General Atlas, comprising all the new Discoveries, to the present Time; containing Sixty-Three Maps, drawn
by Arrowsmith and Lewis.
Published by
John Conrad & Co.
Philadelphia;
M. & J. Conrad & Co.
Baltimore;
Rapin, Conrad & Co. Washington City;
Somervell & Conrad,
Petersburg;
Bonsal, Conrad & Co.
Norfolk,
1804.
G1019 .A77 1804
First American Edition. 4to. 2 leaves (title and list of maps), 63 engraved maps by various engravers, the first 2 folded. Twenty-seven
maps (no. 33 to no. 59) relate to America, in addition to the two folded maps of the world at the beginning.
It is not absolutely certain that this was the edition owned by Jefferson.
The maps include two of the world, the Pacific Ocean, North America, the United States, 20 maps of the separate states, the
British possessions in America, the Spanish dominions in North America, the West Indies, South America.
Arrowsmith’s map of Mexico was mentioned in the correspondence between Von Humboldt and Jefferson concerning the works of
the former, q.v. In a letter dated from Paris, December 20, 1811, Von Humboldt complained that “
Mr. Arrowsmith à Londres m’a volé ma grande Carte du México.”
Jefferson mentioned this in his reply dated December 6, 1813. At the end of a passage on “Anglo-mercantile cupidity” he wrote: “
. . . That their Arrowsmith should have stolen your map of Mexico, was in the pyratical spirit of his country . . .”
Aaron Arrowsmith, 1750-1823, English geographer and cartographer.
Samuel Lewis, 1754?-1822, Philadelphia engraver.
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Atlas portatif de Grenet et Bonne.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 230, as above.
GRENET,
L’Abbé
and BONNE,
Rigobert.
Atlas portatif à l’usage des Colleges, pour servir à l’intelligence des auteurs classiques par M. l’Abbé Grenet professeur au College de Lisieux. Dédié à l’Université de Paris. Without name of place, n.d. [
Paris,
1779-82.]
G1015 .G7
4to. double-page engraved title by C. N. Warin, 44 double-page engraved maps by R. Bonne, each one dated with the month and the year from 1779 to 1782; the maps all signed André
scrip. and Perrier
sculp.
A copy of this work, with Grenet’s
Géographie ancienne et moderne
(the next following number), is in Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue, with the price
31.0. for the two books. The copy of the
Atlas purchased by Jefferson from Charles Pougens of Paris on June 8, 1803, at the reduced price of 27 francs (from 36), was probably
intended for the Library of Congress.
