First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 42 leaves, 16 full-page and 2 folded engraved plans.
Not in Sabin.
U.S. War Department Library, Alphabetical Index, page 83.
Jefferson’s copy was a gift from the translator, Colonel Jonathan Williams, who on October 24, 1808, wrote to the former from
New York: “In behalf of the U. S. Military Philosophical Society, I beg leave to present to you a Copy of the Translation of General
Kosciusko’s manoeuvres for Horse Artillery . . . Jon
n Williams.”
Jefferson replied from Washington, on October 28: “
I thank you for the copy of Gen
l. Kozciusko’s treatise on the flying artillery. it is a branch of the military art which I wish extremely to see understood
here to the height of the European level.
”
Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko, 1746-1817, Polish soldier and statesman, visited America in 1776, joined the Revolutionary army, and for his successes was
rewarded by Congress with the rank of brigadier general.
He and Thomas Jefferson were on terms of close friendship, carried on a constant correspondence, and met frequently when in
the same country. “
I see him often” wrote Jefferson to General Gates from Philadelphia on February 21, 1798, “
and with great pleasure mixed with commiseration. he is as pure a son of liberty, as I have ever known, and of that liberty
which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.
”
Jonathan Williams, 1750-1815, merchant and soldier, a nephew of Benjamin Franklin, was born in Boston. He held several appointments at West
Point and, at the instance of Jefferson, was its first superintendent; he was the founder of the Military Philosophical Society.
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9
Rules for the government of an army.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 58, as above.
Rules for the Government and Conduct of an Army.
London,
1744.
8vo. No copy of this work was located for collation.
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10
De Rohan. Abregé des guerres de Gaule.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 96, as above.
[ROHAN,
Henri, Duc de.]
Le Parfaict Capitaine, autrement, l’Abrégé des Guerres de Gaule des Commentaires de César, avec quelques Remarques sur icelles,
suivy d’un Recueil de l’Ordre de guerre des Anciens, ensemble d’un Traicté particulier de la Guerre. Reveu par l’autheur,
et augmenté d’un traicté de l’Interest des princes et estats de la Chrestienté.
Paris:
A. Courbé,
1638.
4to. 2 parts in 1 vol., frontispiece, plates; no copy was seen for collation.
Barbier III, col. 785.
This edition not in Quérard.
Cockle, no. 645.
Bibliothèque du Dépot de la Guerre
Catalogue I, II, 63.
Henri, Duc de Rohan, 1579-1638, French soldier, writer, and leader of the Huguenots. This book, dealing with the application of Cæsar’s campaigns
to modern warfare[,] was originally published in 1636 and was frequently reprinted and translated into other languages.
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11
Memoires historiques & militaires par le Marquis de Feuquieres.
2. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 10, as above.
FEUQUIÈRES,
Antoine Manassès de pas, Marquis de.
Mémoires historiques et militaires, composés par feu . . . le marquis de Feuquières . . .
Amsterdam:
J. F. Bernard,
1735.
No copy was seen for collation.
See the next entry.
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