In
Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II].
Dublin: Printed for the
Company of Booksellers,
1779.
E208 .I33
First Edition. 8vo. vol. II only, 214 leaves.
Halkett and Laing II, page 91 (ascribed to Patrick Gordon).
This edition not in Lowndes (ascribed to P. Gordon).
Sabin 32226.
Catalogue of Books printed in Dublin, 1700-1791, page 78.
Jefferson evidently owned 2 volumes of this work, but only the second was sold to Congress. Of the two issues of volume II,
it is not possible to know which was in the Jefferson Library. A third volume was subsequently published. The book is plagiarized
from the
Annual Register
. The attribution to Gordon for which Lowndes appears to be the sole authority, is rejected by most bibliographers.
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Dauberteuil. Essais Historiques sur les Anglo-Americains.
2. v.
8
vo.
Essais historiques sur les Anglo-Americains par Hilliard d’Auberteuil.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 49, Essais historiques sur les Anglo-Americains, par D’Auberteuil, 2 v 8vo.
HILLIARD D’AUBERTEUIL,
Michel René.
Essais Historiques et Politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, par M. Hilliard d’Auberteuil. Tome Premier. Premiere [-Seconde] Partie. A
Bruxelles.
1781.--
Essais historiques et politiques sur la révolution de l’Amérique septentrionale . . . Tome Second. Première [-Seconde] Partie. A
Bruxelles, et se trouve a
Paris: chez l’auteur,
1782.
E208 .H63
First Edition. 8vo. 4 parts in 2 vol. with continuous signatures and pagination throughout each volume; lacking all the plates
and maps.
Quérard IV, page 108.
Sabin 31899.
Fäy, page 16.
Jefferson had two copies of this book (one of which was a presentation copy from the author), both of which were delivered
to Congress in 1815, though only one is called for in the Library catalogue of 1815. The entry in that catalogue is annotated by hand in an early working copy: 2
d part of vol. 2 missing. The whole of volume II is now missing, so that there is one complete copy and one copy of volume
I. Neither copy has any plates.
i. 2 vol. bound in American tree calf, gilt back with red and green morocco lettered labels, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmarks.
Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.
ii. Vol. I only. Misbound, the second part placed before the first. Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and
T in the Première Partie. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Hilliard D’Auberteuil sent Jefferson a copy of this book and of his
Histoire de l’Administration de Lord North
[see no. 476] in 1786, at which time he was collecting material for a larger history of the American Revolution, and wished Jefferson’s
advice on his project. On February 17, 1786, he wrote from Paris to Jefferson: “Je desirerais acquerir l’honneur de vous connaitre, votre merite personnel et la place dans laquelle vous succedez à un autre
grand homme m’en faut une necessité.
"Mr. Franklin et son fils m’accorderiez leur amitié, et le legislateur de la pensilvanie a bien voulu encourager mes essais
sur la revolution de l’amerique, en relisant lui même mes épreuves.
"Je ne vous citerai point cet ouvrage comme digne de votre attention, j’en connais les défauts mieux que qui que ce soit,
mais il a obtenu des passages en a été lu avec avidité . . . J’ai depuis formé un autre recueil de matieres, sur le même sujet,
considéré dans un autre point de vue, j’ai l’honneur de vous l’envoyer, parce qu’il contient au milieu des negligences ordinaires
dans un ouvrage du moment, des ”
