M.A. And other Gentlemen. The
Third Edition, Corrected.
London: Printed for
Edward and Charles Dilly, and
John Millan,
1763,
1764,
1766.
DD411 .E61
5 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 250 leaves; vol. II, 232 leaves; vol. III, 240 leaves; vol. IV, 240 leaves; vol. V, 248 leaves; 39 engraved
portraits in the five volumes including a frontispiece in each volume and 9 folded engraved maps; titles printed in black
and red.
Charles Dilly’s name occurs in the imprint of the first volume only.
Entered on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
19/-.
John Entick, 1703?-1773, English schoolmaster and author. This work is dedicated to William Pitt, and deals chiefly with the war in America.
Several editions were published during the years 1763-1766, all with the same collation.
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Annual register.
1761.
1778.
1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 45, Annual register for 1761 and 1778, 2 v 8vo.
The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politicks, and Literature, of the Year 1761 [-for the Year 1778].
London: Printed for
R. and J. Dodsley [
J. Dodsley],
1762,
1779.
Together 2 vol. 8vo. 1761, 316 leaves; 1778, 340 leaves; printed in double columns.
Lowndes I, page 48.
Sabin 1614.
The 1815 catalogue includes the two volumes as above. The later catalogues call for the volume for 1761 only; that for 1778
is included in the undated manuscript
List of Books missing from Congress Library.
In his letter to David Ramsay, from Paris, August 31, 1785, relative to his History of the Revolution in South Carolina, Jefferson
wrote: “
. . . it will then remain for France to produce a history. that to be desired from Great Britain is probably as well done
in the Annual register as any we may expect from them. . .
”
The
Annual Register, still in existence, was founded by Dodsley in 1758 with Burke as editor, and gives an account of current events, historical and otherwise. The two volumes originally in Jefferson’s library
contain important contributions to American history including, in the volume for 1778, an account of the American Revolution.
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L
d. Orrery’s hist. of England.
2. v. $
2
00.
A.C. 55.-1793.
[
Ed.:
shd. be “
12
mo.
” written over “
8
vo.
”]
1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 13, L. Orrery’s history of England, 55, A C-1793, 2 v 12mo.
[GOLDSMITH,
Oliver.]
An History of England, in a series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son.
Dublin,
1799.
2 vol. 12mo. No copy of a
Dublin edition was located for collation.
Halkett and Laing III, page 67.
This edition not in Lowndes, not in Iolo Williams and not in Temple Scott.
This is the first entry in Jefferson’s dated catalogue in which he has entered the price, $2.00 as above. [
Ed.--This is a misreading of the dated catalogue entry. It appears that Jefferson originally entered the work as “8
vo.” but, recognizing his error, changed the entry to “12
mo.”. The superposition of the “1” over the “8” does look a little bit like “$”, but not very much, whereas the outline of
the “
vo” is clearly visible in the superscription.] The entry for this book in the undated catalogue, with the price
8., is crossed through with the pen.
Oliver Goldsmith, 1728-1774, is now known to be the author of this book, formerly ascribed to the Earl of Orrery, to Lord Lyttleton
[
sic
] and to the Earl of Chesterfield. It was written for
John Newbery who first published it in 1764. An edition was printed in London in 1799, but a Dublin edition for that year has not been
found.
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