First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 104 leaves; 3 engraved plates.
Sabin 59666.
Evans 22757.
Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Jefferson mentioned Dr. Penington’s work in a letter to Thomas Ewell, quoted above (no. 833).
John Penington, 1768-1793, Quaker, member of the American Philosophical Society, practised medicine in Philadelphia, where he died of yellow
fever. The dedication to Caspar Wistar, Junior, M.D. is dated from Philadelphia, May 25, 1790.
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Smith’s oration or Sketch of the revolutions in chemistry.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 36. no. 25, as above.
SMITH,
Thomas Peters.
A Sketch of the Revolutions in Chemistry. By Thomas P. Smith.
Philadelphia: Printed by
Samuel H. Smith.
M,DCC,XCVIII. [1798.]
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First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 20 leaves. The half-title reads:
Annual Oration delivered before the Chemical Society of Philadelphia, April 11th, 1798
.
Sabin 84411.
Evans 34559.
Not in Ferguson.
Tree calf. Presentation copy to Thomas Jefferson, with the author’s inscription on the half-title:
To Tho
s. Jeffeson
(sic)
with the compliments of The Author. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Thomas Peters Smith was a member of the American Philosophical Society and contributed several articles to its
Transactions
.
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Jacobs’s Chemical pocket companion.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 6, as above.
JACOBS,
William Stephen.
The Student’s Chemical Pocket Companion. By W. S. Jacobs, M.D. . . .
Philadelphia: Printed for the author, by
S. W. Conrad,
1802. Copy-right secured.
QD30 .J17
First Edition. 12mo. 61 leaves: [ ]
3, B-K
6, L
4.
Not in Sabin.
This edition not in the
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, padded with blanks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815
bookplate.
This and the book next described were sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from Philadelphia on November 18, 1802: “I take the liberty of sending you my Inaugural Dissertation, with a copy of “the Students Chemical Pocket Companion.” In doing
this, I am directed more by a desire of evincing to you, the grateful sensations created by a recollection of the politeness
you shew me, when I had the honor of living with Doctor Wistar, than a desire of praise, if there should be any real merit
in the performance.”
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J.27
Jacobs’s experiments on Urinary & Intestinal Calculi.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 26, as above.
JACOBS,
William Stephen.
Experiments and observations in urinary and intestinal calculi. With engravings. By William Stephen Jacobs, of Brabant; Honorary Member of the Philadelphia Medical and Chemical Societies . . .
Philadelphia: Printed by
Carr & Smith,
1801.
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