8vo. The two editions cut to size and conflated by Jefferson; bound for him in 2 vol. calf, gilt backs, plain endpapers. Initialled
by Jefferson at sigs. I and T, and with marginal reference numerals by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.
Graesse III, pages 253 and 254.
Lowndes II, page 1052.
Herodianus, fl. 3rd cent. A.D., Greek historian. His history covers the period from 180-238 A.D. and supplements that of Dio Cassius.
The first separate edition of his Historiarum was published by Aldus in 1524.
Angelo Poliziano, 1454-1499, Italian humanist, the translator into Latin.
[85]
J.86
Biographia Classica.
2. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 34, as above.
[HARWOOD,
Edward.]
Biographia Classica: The Lives and Characters of all the Classic Authors, the Grecian and Roman Poets, Historians, Orators,
and Biographers. With an Historical and Critical Account of them and their Writings . . . The
Second Edition, corrected and improv’d. To which is now added, at the end of every Life, a List of the best and most curious editions
of each Classic Author. In
Two Volumes
.
London: Printed for
Daniel Browne,
M DCC L. [1750.]
PA3005 .H3 1750
2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 173 leaves: A
5, B-P
12, publisher’s advertisement on the last leaf; vol. II, 150 leaves: [ ]
2, B-M
12, N, O
6, P
4.
This edition not in Lowndes, and not in the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.
Old mottled calf, gilt back, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in both volumes.
From the Library of Reuben Skelton, with his armorial bookplate.
Edward Harwood, 1729-1794, English classical scholar. The 1750 edition appears to be the earliest recorded of this work.
Reuben Skelton was the brother of Bathurst Skelton, the first husband of Jefferson’s wife.
[86]
J.87
Orosius.
small 4
to.
Paris
1506.
1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 86, as above, but with the reading p. 4to.
OROSIUS,
Paulus.
Pauli Orosii Historiographi clarissimi opus prestantissimum. Parhisiis: pro
Ioanne petit,
1506, 21 Jan.
PA6518 .O8 1506
Large 12mo. 142 leaves;
Petit’s criblé device on the title-page, woodcut initials, colophon.
Old calf, gilt back, marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. i
i and t
i, an autograph signature in an early sixteenth century hand on the title-page; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Purchased from
Froullé on May 17, 1788, price
6 (livres) and entered at this price on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue.
Paulus Orosius, fl. 415 A.D., Spanish historian and theologian. This edition of his History was edited by L. Thibault.
[87]
J.88
Juliani imperatoris Caesares.
Gr.
Lat.
8
vo.
Erlangae.
1785.
1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 35, as above.
JULIANUS,
Flavius Claudius.
Ivliani Imperatoris Cæsares ex recensione et cvm adnotationibvs Theoph. Christoph. Harles. Erlangæ: svmtv
Wolfgangi Waltheri,
cI cIɔ cclxxxv. [1785.]
PA4225 .J4C3 1785
