“
of you to forward me my account. not having heard from you I have still to repeat the same requests . . .”
On June 4 of the following year, 1811, W. Rives wrote to Jefferson from Milton: “W. Rives offers his most respectful compliments to Mr. Jefferson, & informs him that he is at present unable to communicate
the precise amount of the costs of Mitford’s Greece & Mrs. Macauley’s England, but will procure the agent of Brown & Rives
in this place to obtain a particular statement of them from the house in Richmond. The manner in which Mr. Jefferson proposes
to discharge these costs will be perfectly convenient & satisfactory. -- If Mr. Jefferson should wish to retain Col. Barbour’s
Mitford for any other purpose than a comparison of it with his own, W. Rives is authorized to assure Mr. Jefferson of the
readiness & pleasure with which it will be continued in his use . . .”
William Mitford, 1744-1827, English historian. The
History of Greece was undertaken at the suggestion of Edward Gibbon, and the first volume originally published in 1784. A fifth volume appeared
in 1810.
Joseph Milligan, bookbinder, printer, bookseller, publisher, and owner of a circulating library in Georgetown. In one or another of his various capacities Milligan was constantly in communication with Jefferson, who considered him the finest binder in the United States: “for elegant bindings to choice books, there is no one in America to compare with him. his bindings are so tasty, so solid, and as heavy as blocks of metal.” Milligan was responsible for the appraisal of Jefferson’s library when it was sold to Congress and for arrangements to move it after the sale.
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Arriani expeditio Alexandri.
Gr.
Lat. Vulcanii.
fol.
Stephanus
1575.
1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 120, as above.
ARRIANUS,
Flavius.
Αρριανου περι αναβασεως Α’λεξαδρου, ίστοριων βιβλία η. Arriani (qui alter Xenophon vocatus fuit) De Expedit. Alex. Magni, Historiarum Libri VIII. Ex Bonavent. Vvlcanii Brvg. noua interpretatione. Ab eodem quamplurimi loci ope veteris exemplaris restituti. Cum Indice copiosissimo. Alexandri Vita,
ex Plvt. Eivsdem Libri II, De Fortvna vel virtute Alexandri. [
Geneva:] Anno
M. D. LXXV, Excudebat
Henr. Stephanus, Cvm Privilegio Cæs. Maiest. In decennium. [1575.]
PA3935 .A3 1575
Folio. 148 leaves; woodcut Estienne device on the title;
Greek and
Latin texts printed in parallel columns. On the last leaf is the
Nomina autorum qui ab Arriano citantur.
Graesse I, page 227.
Renouard,
Annales de l’Imprimerie des Estienne, page 142.
Old calf, initialled by Jefferson at sig. Ii. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.
Ordered by Jefferson from the 2d Part of
Lackington’s catalogue for 1787 in a letter to
Stockdale written from Paris on July 1, 1787.
The list as sent to Stockdale reads: “
4362. Arriani.
8/6.
” amplified in a memorandum in Jefferson’s handwriting:
4362. Arriani expeditio Alex. Gr. Lat. fol., neat.
8/6. Steph. 1575
.
The book is listed in Jefferson’s undated catalogue, with the price,
8/6.
Flavius Arrianus of Nicomedia, born about 96 A.D., Greek historian and philosopher, the friend and pupil of Epictetus.
Vulcanius [i. e. Bonaventura de Smet], 1538-1614, Belgian scholar, and Professor of Greek at Leyden. This is the first edition of his
Arrianus, which was the first critical edition with the Greek and Latin texts.
James Lackington, 1746-1815, London bookseller. His first catalogue was published in 1779. Lackington sold for cash only, at the lowest possible prices, and issued a large number of catalogues. His shop was known as the Temple of the Muses and was one of the sights of London.
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Arriani expeditio Alexandri.
Gr.
Lat. Raphelii.
8
vo.
Wetstenii
1767.
1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 61, as above.
ARRIANUS,
Flavius.
Arriani Nicomedensis Expeditionis Alexandri Libri Septem et Historia Indica
Græc. et
Lat. cum Annotationibus et Indice
Græco Locupletissimo Georgii Raphelii . . .
Amstelædami: Apud
Wetstenium,
MDCCLVII. [1757.]
PA3935 .A3 1757
