“
with pleasure in the first leisure moment he prays him to accept his salutations & respects.”
This second edition was probably the second copy entered in Jefferson’s manuscript catalogue. It was not sold to Congress.
Nicolas Gouin Dufief, d. 1834, was born in France, but emigrated to the United States at an early age, though he never seemed to accustom himself
to the English language. In 1801 he opened a book store in South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, originally for the purpose of
selling Benjamin Franklin’s library.
Nature Displayed was his first publication. It contains another reference to Jefferson in addition to the one mentioned. In Volume II, on
page 45, Jefferson, Washington, and Franklin are used as examples to make a point:
Finally. Though proper names are in themselves sufficiently definite, and of course need no Article, yet they will sometimes
admit the Article before them; as,
les
Franklins, les
Washingtons & les
Jeffersons, font un honneur immortel a l’Amerique; The Franklins, Washingtons and Jeffersons reflect eternal honour on America.
By thus placing the Articles before their proper names, we form a distinct class, as separate species of them, the better
to convey to the mind the exalted opinion we entertain of such great men. Then, their names becoming
appellative
or common
, are liable to the accidents thereof.
For other works by Dufief, and references to him, see the Index.
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Dictionaire du vieux language de La Combe.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 81, Dictionnaire du Vieux Language, de la Combe, 2v 8vo.
LACOMBE,
François.
Dictionnaire du Vieux Langage
François, Enrichi de Passages tirés des Manuscrits en Vers & en Prose, des Actes Publics, des Ordonnances de nos Rois, &c. Ouvrage
Utile aux Legistes, Notaires, Archivistes, Généalogistes, &c. Propre à donner une idée du Génie, des Mœurs de chaque siecle,
& de la tournure d’esprit des Auteurs; & nécessaire pour l’intelligence des Loix d’Angleterre, publiées en
François depuis Guillaume le Conquérant, jusqu’à Edouard III. Dédié à Mgr le Duc d’Aiguillon. Par M. Lacombe. Prix,
cinq livres broché
A
Paris: Chez
Panckoucke, Libraire, rue & à côté de la Comédie Françoise, au Parnasse.
m. dcc. lxvi
;
m. dcc. lxvii
. Avec Approbation, et Privilege du Roi. [1766; 1767]
PC2889 .L3
First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 254 and 318 leaves. The title of Vol. II differs from that of Vol. I, and reads in part:
Dictionnaire du Vieux Langage
François . . . Avec Un Coup d’œil sur l’Origine, sur les Progrès de la Langue & de la Poésie
Françoise, des Fragmens des Troubadours & des autres Poëtes, depuis Charlemagne jusques à François I. Dédié a la Ville d’Avignon. Par
M. Lacombe. Supplement,
6 liv. broché.
A
Paris: Chez Nicolas Augustin Delalain . . . with date
m. dcc. lxvii
. The first volume collates with a 25 letter alphabet, including both
I and J, U and V, the letter W being the only one omitted.
Jefferson bought his copy from the Rev. Samuel Henley. The title is included in the list appended by him to his letter to Henley dated from Paris March 3, 1785, and is in the separate list of the books in this purchase made by Jefferson.
François Lacombe, 1733-1795, was a native of Avignon. At the time of his death he held the post of Commissioner of Police at Montpellier.
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Dictionaire de Miege.
Fr.
Eng.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 149, Dictionnaire Fr. Eng. de Miege, fol.
MIEGE,
Guy.
The Great
French Dictionary. In Two Parts. The First,
French and
English; The Second,
English and
French; According to the Ancient and Modern Orthog-
