37
Opere Istoriche del Machiavelli.
2. v.
12
mo.
[2
d. wanting
]
1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 13, as above, 1st v 12mo.
MACHIAVELLI,
Niccolo.
Opere di Niccolò Macciavelli, coll’aggiunta delle inedite. Tomo I. Londra: si trova in
Parigi Appresso
Marcello Prault,
1768.
Vol. I only. 12mo. 216 leaves; engraved title by J. M. Moreau after F. Godefroy, engraved portrait of the author by Littret.
The entry on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue does not record the loss of a volume:
Opere Istoriche del Machiavelli. 2 v. 12mo.
8.0
(livres). These two volumes, though separately priced as above, form a part of an edition in 8 volumes. Jefferson, followed by the
1815 and later Library of Congress catalogues, divided the set, the remaining volumes of which will be found in chapter 24,
Politics.
Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Florentine statesman and historian.
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38
Roscoe’s life of Lorenzo de’Medici.
8
vo.
3. vols.
1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 95, as above.
ROSCOE,
William.
The Life of Lorenzo de’Medici, called the Magnificent. By William Roscoe. The First American, from the Fourth London Edition, Corrected, in
Three Volumes. Vol I [-III].
Philadelphia: Printed for
Bronson & Chauncey,
1803.
3 vol. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 229 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece of Laurentius Medices by D. Edwin; vol. II, 216 leaves; vol. III, 228 leaves; engraved vignettes on the title-pages (the Medici arms and the device of Lorenzo),
engraved medallion head and tail pieces.
This edition not in Lowndes.
This edition not in Moreni,
Serie d’Avtore di Opere risgvardanti la celebre Famiglia Medici.
Jefferson’s copy was bound by J. March on September 30, 1805, at a cost of $3.00 ($1.00 each volume).
William Roscoe, 1753-1831, English historian, writer of verses for children, and banker. The first edition of this work was published in
Liverpool, 1796, and the Fourth London edition in 1800. See the next entry.
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Roscoe’s life of Leo X.
4. v.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 144, as above.
ROSCOE,
William.
The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth. In
Four Volumes. By William Roscoe. Vol. I [-IV].
Liverpool: Printed by
J. McCreery; for
T. Cadell and
W. Davies,
London,
1805.
First Edition. 4 vol. 4to. vol. I, 249 leaves; vol. II, 241 leaves; vol. III, 265 leaves; vol. IV, 234 leaves; deMedici arms on
each title-page, 4 engraved portrait frontispieces, vignette headpieces and medallion tailpieces.
Jefferson’s copy was bound for him in calf, gilt, by John March in 1807, cost $12.00. It was sent to him by the author, who
wrote from Allerton near Liverpool, 4th June, 1805: “It is with particular pleasure that I avail myself of the opportunity afforded me by the publication of my history of
The Life & Pontificate of Leo X. of requesting you will do me the honour of accepting a Copy, as a humble but very sincere token of the respectful esteem
& attachment of the author . . . I also flatter myself with the hope that the principles avowed in this work will be found
in unison with those ”
