Jefferson’s copy was sent to him by Thomas Brand Hollis, from London on April 17, 1787. In his letter Hollis described the
book as having “many singular notes & circumstances.” Jefferson wrote to thank Hollis from Paris, on July 2. This reply and Hollis’s presentation letter are quoted in no. 389, q.v.
On the last leaf of the book is a list of
References Omitted including on the part of the United States,
| Tho. Jefferson, Paris, July 28, 1785. |
| B. Franklin, Passy, July 9, 1785. |
| John Adams, London, Aug. 5, 1785. |
Entered in Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue.
Capell Lofft, 1751-1824, the translator, English miscellaneous writer.
Thomas Brand Hollis was originally Thomas Brand but took the name Hollis on inheriting the property of Thomas Hollis the Republican. See the Index.
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Tracts historical. viz.
Eloge de Marie Therese par Frisi.
}
Histoire de la guerre et des negociañs qui ont precedé le traité de Teschen
}
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 130, Tracts historical, to wit, Marie Therse, [
sic?] et la guerre et traité de Teschen, 8vo.
Two tracts, bound together in 1 volume 8vo (no longer in the Library of Congress).
Eloge de Marie Therese par Frisi
i. FRISI,
Paolo.
Eloge de l’imperatrice reine Marie-Thérèse, par M. l’abbé Frisi, traduit de l’
Italien, par M. l’abbé M***.
Amsterdam, et
Paris:
Leroy,
1785.
First Edition. 8vo. No copy was located for collation.
Not in Barbier.
Not in Quérard.
Paolo Frisi, 1727-1784, Italian mathematician, and a member of the Barnabite order. In addition to the mathematical works for which he
is celebrated he wrote several
Eloges including this one of his patron, the Empress Marie-Thérèse.
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Histoire de la guerre et des negociañs qui ont precedé le traité de Teschen.
ii.
Histoire de la Guerre et des Négociations qui ont précedé le Traité de Teschen. A
Neuchatel, de l’Imprimerie de
la Société Typographique, & a
Geneve: chez
Barthélemi Chirol,
1783.
8vo. 76 leaves; the half-title for the
Traité de Paix . . . conclu & signé a Teschen . . . on G
7 recto.
Not in Barbier.
Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de Neuchatel II, 13025.
Reference is made to the American Revolution.
These two tracts are entered together on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue, with the price
1.16.
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Antiquitates Fuldenses.
folio. small.
1815 Catalogue, page 9. no. 153, Antiquitates Fuldenses, p. fol.
[BROUWER,
Christoph.]
Fvldensivm Antiqvitatvm Libri IIII. Avctore R. P. Christophoro Brovvero Societatis Iesv Presbytero. Antverpiae: ex Officina
Plantiniana, apud Viduam & Filios
Ioannis Moreti,
1612.
First Edition. 4to. 200 leaves, including the engraved frontispiece and full page and smaller engravings in the text, engraved
vignette on the title-page, woodcut initials and ornaments, woodcut
Plantin device (Haeghen no. 80) on the recto of the last leaf, otherwise
blank.
Van der Aa II, 1424.
Backer II, 219.
Listed without price in Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue:
Antiquitates Fuldenses (Germany) fol.
Christoph or Kristoffel Brouwer, 1560-1617, native of Arnheim, was for some time rector of Jesuit College in Fulda, to the abbot of which this work is dedicated.
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