Not in Graesse or Ebert.
Van der Aa XVII, page 635.
Smith,
Catalogue of Friends’ Books II, 560.
Jefferson’s copy was bought from
Van Damme of Amsterdam, ordered in a letter dated from Amsterdam, March 18, 1788. The book was sent on June 25, price
14.10. It is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with that price.
William Sewel, 1654-1720, a Dutch Quaker of English descent, published the first edition of this work in 1691. It was reissued in 1708,
1719, 1721 and 1735 before this edition of 1754. The early Library of Congress catalogues credit the Jefferson collection
with a non-existent edition of 1749, assumedly taken from the engraved frontispiece of this edition, which bears that date.
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137
Horne Tooke’s Epea pteroenta, or Diversions of Purley.
8
vo.
2. vols.
1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 89, as above.
1839 Catalogue, page 660, no.
J. 94, Tooke, J. Horne: Diversions of Purley, 2 v. 8vo; London, 1786, and Philadelphia, 1807.
TOOKE,
John Horne.
Επεα Πτεροεντα. Or, The Diversions of Purley. Part I. By John Horne Tooke, A. M. Late of St. John’s College, Cambridge.
London: Printed for
J. Johnson
1786. [-Part II. The
First American Edition. From the Second London Edition.
Philadelphia: Printed by
Wm. Duane,
1807.]
2 vol. Vol. I the
first edition, of which only the first part was printed, engraved folded frontispiece by W. Kneass; vol. II, 480 leaves. A copy of the
London edition was not available.
Lowndes V, 2696 (first edition).
The Philadelphia edition not in Lowndes or Sabin.
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price
7
f. (probably referring to Vol. I only).
Jefferson ordered a copy of this work in his letter to John Payne of London, dated from Paris Jan. 28, 1789.
John Horne Tooke, 1736-1812, English politician. His name was originally John Horne; he added the name Tooke at the request of his friend
William Tooke, who owned an estate at Purley. The first edition of the second part was published in 1798, with a new edition
of Part I.
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138
Grose’s Provincial Glossary.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 94, as above.
GROSE,
Francis.
A Provincial Glossary; with a Collection of Local Proverbs, and popular Superstitions. By Francis Grose, Esq. F. A. S.
London: Printed for
S. Hooper,
m.dcc.lxxxvii
. [1787.]
First Edition. 8vo. 185 leaves; the pages of the Preface and Popular Superstitions are numbered, those of the Glossary are not
numbered. A copy of the
first edition was not seen; the copy used is one of the
second edition (1790 by the same printer) in the Library of Congress collated with available information concerning the
first edition.
“
Grose’s provincial glossary. Hooper.” was one of the books ordered by Jefferson in a letter to Payne of London in a letter dated from Paris
[
sic
--
Ed.
] January 28, 1789. It is entered in the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
5/-
. A copy was bound for Jefferson on January 25. 1804, [punct.
sic.--
Ed.] in calf, gilt, by John March, cost $1.50.
Francis Grose, 1731?-1791, English antiquary and artist, was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
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139
The Mariner’s dictionary.
Duane.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 42, as above.
MOORE, J. J.
The Mariner’s Dictionary, or American Seaman’s Vocabulary of Technical Terms, and Sea Phrases, used in the Construction, Equipment,
Management, and
