“
3 vols. calf, gilt. $
10.50.
” He had at one time tried to buy a copy in London. An undated note in Jefferson’s writing lists a number of books
to be sent from London including
Middleton’s Life of Cicero. the 8
vo. edition & no other.
This work has a place on most of Jefferson’s recommended reading lists. His opinion of it is expressed in a letter to Mrs.
Anne Cary Bankhead, dated from Washington, December 8, 1800: “
I like much your choice of books for your winter’s reading. Middleton’s life of Cicero is among the most valuable accounts
we have of the period of which he writes . . .
”
[See also Tacitus, no. 80.]
Conyers Middleton, 1683-1750, English divine, and ‘Protobibliothecarius’ of the University Library of Cambridge. The list of subscribers to
this work, which numbers three thousand, is exceptionally interesting. Only two of the names have American addresses: Jonathan
Blenman, Esq; attorney general of Barbadoes, and John Peare, of Antigua, Esq. Other names of American interest are the right
hon. the Lord Delawar and Thomas Hollis.
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J.75
Velleius Paterculus. not. var.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 80, as above.
VELLEIUS PATERCULUS,
Marcus.
[C. Velleii Paterculi quæ supersunt ex Historiæ Romanæ voluminibus duobus. Cum integris scholiis, notis, variis lectionibus, et animadversionibus
doctorum. Curante Petro Brumanno.
[
sic
]
Lugduni Batavorum: apud
Samuelem Luchtmans,
1719.]
PA6798 .A2 1719
8vo. 452 leaves only, should be 454, lacks the title, engraved frontispiece and the last leaf, probably blank.
Graesse V, 163.
Ebert 23481
note.
Dibdin 421.
Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress in 1921. Initialled at sigs. I and T by Jefferson, who has supplied the title
in ink on a blank leaf at the beginning: “
Velleius Paterculus cum notis Variorum curâ P. Burmanni Lugd. Batav. 1719.”
Additions are made in another hand (possibly that of Thomas Mann Randolph) below which has been added the title written in
pencil.
Marcus Velleius Paterculus, c. 19 B.C.-c. A.D. 31, Roman historian.
Pieter Burmann, 1668-1741, Dutch classical scholar, was a pupil of Grævius and Gronovius and succeeded Perizonius to the chair of history
and Greek eloquence at Leiden.
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J.76
id.
8
vo.
Oxoniae.
1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 81, Id. Oxoniae, 8vo.
VELLEIUS PATERCULUS,
Marcus.
M. Velleii Paterculi quæ supersunt: cum variis Lectionibus optimarum editionum; doctorum virorum conjecturis & castigationibus; et Indice locupletissimo.
Accedit annotationum libellus.
Oxoniæ: E
Theatro Sheldoniano, Anno. Dom.
MDCCXI. Prostant apud
Joan. Wilmot [1711.]
PA6798 .A2 1711
8vo. 130 leaves, engraving of the Sheldonian Theatre by MB [M. Burghers] on the title-page,
Wilmot’s advertisement below the imprint.
Lowndes IV, page 1798.
Graesse V, page 162.
Ebert 23479 (note).
Original panelled calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The name of the editor
Joh. Hudson and the marginal entries of the corresponding arabic numerals to the roman numerals in the text are probably not by Jefferson.
The early Library of Congress catalogues erroneously date this copy 1791. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
For a note on
John Hudson, 1622-1719, see no. 7. This is the second edition of his
Velleius Paterculus, originally printed in Oxford in 1693.
Michael Burghers, d. 1723, was the official engraver to the Oxford press.
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