4to. 491 leaves: A-Z, AA-ZZ, Aaa-Zzz, Aaaa-Zzzz, Aaaaa-Zzzzz, Aaaaaa-Hhhhhh
3 in fours;
Greek and
Latin text on opposite pages, the latter in Italic letter.
This edition not in Brunet, not in Graesse, and not in Backer.
Rebound in half brown morocco in 1906 by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. On the title, in an old hand, is the signature
formentin.
Bought from
Froullé on March 19, 1789, price
9 (livres) Listed without the price on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue.
Matthew Rader, 1561-1634, German jesuit. His first edition of the
Chronicon Paschale was printed in Munich in 1615.
[105]
J.106
Valerius Maximus. not. var.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 95, as above.
VALERIUS MAXIMUS.
[
Valerii Maximi dictorum factorumque memorabilium libri IX, ex recensione Ant. Thysii Lugduni-Batavorum,
1670.]
PA6791 .V6 1670
8vo. 445 leaves only, should be 446; lacks the first leaf with title.
Graesse VI, ii, page 245.
Ebert 23330.
Dibdin 418.
Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, with a modern bookplate, the 1815 bookplate preserved, pasted down
on to a fly-leaf on which another pasted slip has a manuscript transcription of the title. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. The few
manuscript notes in the book are not in his hand.
Valerius Maximus, fl. A.D. 14, Latin writer. The
Maximi dictorum factorumque is a commonplace book of historical anecdotes for the use of schools, taken from Cicero, Livy, Sallust and other authors.
[106]
J.107
Frontini stratagemata. Gaesbeeck.
1675.
16
s.
Frontini strategemata. Amst.
1675.
}
Astutiae militari del Frontino. Ven.
1537
}
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 44 [should be “41”--
Ed.], Frontini Stratagemata Gæsbeeck, 1675, 16, and Ital. Ven. 1537, 12mo.
FRONTINUS,
Sextus Julius.
Sexti Julii Frontini viri consularis Strategematicωn sive De solertibus Ducum Factis & Dictis Libri Quatuor. Samuel Tennulius variis Mss. contulit
. . .
Lugduni-Batav. &
Amstelædami: ex officina
Abrahami & Adriani à Gaesbeeck, Anno
M DC LXXV. [1675.]--
Astvtie Militari di Sesto Iulio Frontino huomo consolare, di tvtti li famosi et eccellenti Capitani Romani, Greci, Barbari, et Hesterni . . .
MDXXXVII [Tradotta da Fr. Lucio Durantino].
Vinegia: stampato par
Giouan’ Antonio di Nicolini da Sabio, ad instantia di
M. Andrea Ariuabeni. [1536
[
sic
]].
PA6389 .F418 1537
12mo. and small 8vo. These two editions conflated by Jefferson, cut to size and bound in 1 volume.
First edition of the
Italian translation; title within a woodcut border and the text printed in italic letter throughout. The
Amsterdam edition has an engraved frontispiece by Decker.
Calf; rebound by the Library of Congress in 1902, probably copied from Jefferson’s binding; the 1815 bookplate preserved on
the new white endpapers. Each of the books is signed by Jefferson at sigs. I and T where they occur.
Bought from
Van Damme of Amsterdam in 1788.
On March 23 of that year Jefferson wrote to Van Damme requesting him to send to his Paris address a number of books from his
catalogue including
“
No. 218. Frontini Stratagematum. Lugd. Bat. 1675. 12
mo.
Frontino. Astutie militare. Venetia. 1537. 12
mo.
”
