Wynne, of the Middle-Temple, Esq.
London: Printed for
Joseph Downing,
William Taylor,
William and John Innys and
John Osborn,
1724.
DA447 .J5 W9
First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. vol. I, 338 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by G. Vdr. Gucht, 1723, after H. Tuer, 1679; vol. II, 390 leaves; the two general title-pages printed in red and black, the separate titles for the different parts
in black; names of the Subscribers on 3 pages at the beginning.
Lowndes V, 3006.
Grose 2679.
This book was missing from Jefferson’s library at the time of the sale, having been borrowed some years previously by Madison.
On May 17, 1814, in a postscript to a letter to Madison, Jefferson wrote: “
I have this moment been called on for Wynne’s life of Jenkins, & find it not in the library. the last I remember of it was
the carrying it to Washington for your use while engaged on the subject of neutral rights. I suspect therefore it may still
be in the Office of state. can you recollect, or will you be so good as to enquire after it. I have re-opened my letter to
state this.
”
On March 28, 1815, in sending to
Milligan a list of books missing from the library, with instructions to him to try and obtain copies, Jefferson wrote: “
When the President, while Secretary of state, was engaged in writing on Neutral rights, I lent him Wynne’s life of Jenkins,
2. large folios . . . they were never returned, and are now probably with the books in the office of state, if they were saved
from conflagration. will you be so good as to enquire, and if there, have them brought on with the waggon?
”
In the catalogue printed in October 1815, the books are listed but unnumbered; in the later catalogues the copy of this work
is credited to the Jefferson collection.
Sir Leoline Jenkins, 1623-1685, Welsh civilian and diplomat. In 1679 he was stationed at Nimeguen, where the portrait was painted from which
the frontispiece for this book was engraved.
William Wynne, 1692-1765, of the Middle Temple, serjeant-at-law.
The names of the subscribers include: His Excellency William Burnet, Esq; Governour of New-York; the Right Hon. the Earl of
Dunmore [father of the future Governor of Virginia]; Narcissus Luttrell of Chelsea, Esq; John Michel, of Pyhankitane in Virginia,
Esq; and many others, with a striking number of Welsh names.
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Fox’s history of James II.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 35, as above.
FOX,
Charles James.
A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter. By the Right Hon. Charles James Fox. To which is added, An Appendix.
Philadelphia: Printed by
Abraham Small, for
Birch and Small,
C. and A. Conrad and Co.,
Mathew Carey,
Bradford and Inskeep,
Hopkins and Earle; and for
E. Morford,
Charleston, South Carolina,
1808.
DA450 .F78
8vo. in fours. 222 leaves, the last leaf with the publisher’s advertisement.
This edition not in Lowndes and not in Grose.
Jefferson bought from
Milligan on October 14, 1808, a copy of
Foxes Historical Work, price $
2.50. On February 24, 1809, Milligan bound
Foxs History in calf, gilt, price $1.00.
Charles James Fox, 1749-1806, English statesman. This work, originally published in London in quarto earlier in the same year, 1808, was a
posthumous publication edited by Lord Holland.
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Birch’s life of Tillotson.
8
vo.
1629-1694.
1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 37, as above.
BIRCH,
Thomas.
The Life of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. Compiled chiefly from his original Papers
and Letters. By Thomas
