8vo. 444 leaves, engraved frontispiece, folded engraved map, title printed in red and black,
Greek and
Latin text in parallel columns.
Brunet I, page 497.
Graesse I, page 227.
Old half calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Bought from
Van Damme, Amsterdam, in March 1788, when Jefferson was himself in that city. On March 18 the latter sent a large order to Van Damme including a number of books from
De Bure's catalogue, of which no. 4771 was Arrianus Gr. Lat. Raphelii. Amstelodami Wetstenii. 1757. 8
vo.
On June 25 Van Damme reported to Jefferson (now in Paris) that he had purchased the De Bure books as requested, and had sent them to Paris. The price of
the Arrianus was
7-10.
The book is entered in Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue and with the same error in the date of printing, 1767, as in his entry quoted above. The error was copied in the 1815 Library
of Congress catalogue, but corrected in the later editions.
Van Damme, bookseller of Amsterdam. Jefferson bought books directly from him, and at auction sales through him, during the time of his residence in Paris as Minister Plenipotentiary.
Guillaume De Bure, 1734-1820, French bibliographer and auctioneer of rare books, was a member of the notable bibliographic family of that name.
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Quintus Curtius. Maittaire.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 12, as above.
CURTIUS RUFUS,
Quintus.
Quinti Curtii Rufi De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni Libri. [Edited by Michel Maittaire.]
Londini: Ex Officina
Jacobi Tonson, &
Johannis Watts,
M DCC XVI. Cum Privilegio. [1716.]
PA6376 .A2 1716
12mo. 120 leaves, title printed in red and black, woodcut ornaments.
Graesse II, page 311.
Ebert 5553.
Not in Dibdin.
Bound in tree calf, marbled endpapers, for Jefferson by John March; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. This copy formerly
belonged to Richard Strugnel, who has scribbled on the title-page and in other parts of the volume; the words
Anne R. below the Royal arms on the leaf of License have been crossed through, and
Geo: Rex written above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Quintus Curtius Rufus, fl. A.D. 41-54, is known only for his biography of Alexander the Great.
Michel Maittaire, 1668-1747, French bibliographer, was for some years tutor to Philip Stanhope, to whom Lord Chesterfield addressed his Letters.
John March, binder of Georgetown, had one of the earliest bookstores in that town.
This edition of Quintus Curtius’s work is dedicated by Maittaire to William Baron Wingham, Lord Chancellor, Cal. Dec. 1715.
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id. not. var.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 62, Quintus Curtius, not. var. 8vo Elzevir
CURTIUS RUFUS,
Quintus.
[Q. Curtii Rufi, Historia Alexandrii Magni. Cum notis selectissimis variorum Raderi, Freinshemii, Loccenii, Blancardi, etc. Editio accuratissima,
accurante C.S. [C. Schrevelio] M.D.
Amstelodami: ex officina
Elzeveriana [Daniel Elzevir],
1673.]
PA6376 .A2 1673
8vo. 44i leaves, folded engraved map, a few woodcut illustrations in the text;
J. Freinshemii Supplementorum in Q. Curtium on 70 leaves at the end has separate pagination. This copy is imperfect, and lacks the title-page (supplied in ink) and the
plate at page 184.
Graesse II, page 311.
Willems 1482.
Pieters, page 295.
Old calf, initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.
The Elzevirs published three editions of Quintus Curtius in octavo, in 1658, 1664 and 1673. Each was a reprint of the other.
In the absence of the title-page or other information it cannot be ascertained which was in the Jefferson collection.
The Elzevir editions of 1656 and 1670 are entered by Jefferson in his dated and undated catalogues (in the latter with the prices). These were not sold to Congress in 1815, but copies of these editions were in
the auction sale of 1829.
Cornelis Schrevelius, 1608-1669, Dutch physician and scholar.
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