pendix, Printed by
Geo. James, and sold by
R. Sare and F. Gyles,
B. and S. Tooke,
G. Strahan,
W. Taylor,
J. Bowyer and
W. and J. Innys,
1721.
D9 .M82; D9 .M83
Second edition of vol. I and II.
First Edition of the Supplement and the Appendix. Folio. Vol. I, 411 leaves; vol. II, 315 leaves; Supplement, 346 leaves; Appendix,
280 leaves; engraved portrait of Collier by R. White as frontispiece in vol. I; titles printed in red and black; lists of Subscribers in the Supplement and in the Appendix (include
the name of Narcissus Luttrell).
For a note on Moreri see the previous number.
Jeremy Collier, 1650-1726, English non-juror, founded his dictionary, originally published in 1701, on that of Moreri from which it was
in part translated. It was compiled during the controversy caused by his
Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage
. The Preface in the first volume gives an account of previous dictionaries.
Narcissus Luttrell, 1657-1732, English book-collector and bibliographer.
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Dictionnaire historique et bibliographique par l’Abbé Lavocat.
4. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 3, as above.
LADVOCAT,
Jean-Baptiste.
Dictionnaire Historique et Bibliographique Portatif; contenant l’Historie
[
sic
] des Patriarches, des Princes Hebreux, des Empereurs, des Rois, et des grands Capitaines . . . Avec leurs principaux Ouvrages
& leurs meilleures Editions . . . Par M. l’Abbé Ladvocat, Docteur, Bibliothéquaire, & Professeur de la Chaire d’Orléans, en Sorbonne. Nouvelle Edition corrigée et augmentée . . .
Tome Premier [-Troisieme]. Supplément au Dictionnaire Historique . . .
A
Paris: Du Fonds de la Veuve
Didot, chez
Le Clerc,
1777,
89.
YA 15933
Together 4 vol. 8vo.
First Edition of the Supplément. vol. I, 368 leaves; vol. II, 394 leaves, vol. III, 422 leaves; Supplément, 354 leaves; folded
printed genealogical table of the Estienne family. The imprint of
P. Fr. Gueffier is at the end of vol. I and of
Lottin at the end of the Supplément.
On August 8, 1789, Jefferson purchased an edition of this work in four volumes from Froullé, price 17 livres. He bought other
editions in the same year as follows: July 23, 1 volume, 21 livres; July 26, 9 vol. 8vo., 46 livres, and another in 1 volume,
17 livres. In 1803 he tried to buy a copy for the Library of Congress from Charles Pougens, who in a letter to Jefferson dated
from Paris, June 9, reported the “
Dictionnaire historique et bibliographique par Ladvocat 4 vol. in 12,” to be “
Epuisé et peu estimé.”
The edition in 4 vol. 12mo. is listed without price in Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue.
Jean-Baptiste Ladvocat, 1709-1765, for a time Librarian at the Sorbonne, first published this work, an abridgment of Moreri’s Dictionary (see no.
144 above) in 1747.
Charles Guillaume Leclerc, 1723-1793, published Ladvocat’s work, and added the Supplement.
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Dictionnaire historique par un societé de gens de lettres.
9. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 90, as above.
[CHAUDON,
Louis Mayeul.]
Nouveau Dictionnaire Historique; ou Histoire Abrégée de tous les Hommes qui se sont fait un nom par des Talens, des Vertus,
des Forfaits, des Erreurs, &c. Depuis le Commencement du Monde jusqu’a nos Jours . . . Avec des Tables
