there are two under one roof, each raising that quantity . . .”
On January 2, 1788, William Jones, the mathematical instrument maker of London, in sending Jefferson a Thermometer and other
things [see no. 678] added a postscript to his letter, concerning a new edition of this work: “P.S. I have enlosed
[
sic
] the particulars of A
New Dictionary of
Arts and
Sciences. It is a Work that I have engagement in to make out and supply explanations &c of all the new Philosophical Instruments,
should it merit the favor of your purchase, I shall be happy in supplying you with the work having a concern in it. Under
the Word “
America”--They have made some extracts from your late publication. [i.e. the
Notes on the State of Virginia
]”
Many years later, in a letter of advice on the best books on certain subjects to Samuel R. Demaree, dated from Monticello
October 4, 1809, Jefferson wrote: “
. . . I am not acquainted with Rees’s
Encyclopedia; but I suppose it inferior to the British published by Dobson. but Owen’s is a very good supplement to any collection of
particular treatises, & costs in England but 8. Dollars . . .
”
For “the British published by Dobson”, see no. 4891.
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Les ecoles Normales. [some vols]
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 17, Les Ecoles Normales, 3 v 8vo.
1839 Catalogue, page 684, no.
J. 57, Séances des Ecoles Normales, 1, 2, et 6, 8vo; Paris.
Séances des Ecoles Normales, recueillies par des Stenographes et revues par les Professeurs.
Paris,
1796.
Vol. I, II and VI only. A copy was not available for examination. The only set traceable in a catalogue had seven volumes.
Volume VI was bound for Jefferson by Joseph Milligan on February 24, 1809, cost 50 cents.
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Gentleman’s magazine
1756-
67-68.
1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 20, The Gentleman’s Magazine, for 1756, 67, 68, 8vo 3 vols.
The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Volume XXVI. For the year
m.dcc.lvi. [-Volume XXVII. For the Year
m.dcc.lxvii. -Volume XXXVIII. For the Year
m.dcc.lxviii.] . . . By Sylvanus Urban, Gent.
London: Printed for
D. Henry, and
R. Cave, at St. John’s Gate [
1756]; at St. John’s Gate, for
D. Henry; and sold by
F. Newbery, the Corner of St. Paul’s Church [
1767,
1768].
AP4 .G3
3 vol. 8vo. Text printed in double columns, numerous plates, full-page and folded, diagrams.
Lowndes II, 876.
Welsh, pages 84, 224.
It is doubtful if these three volumes were delivered to Congress; they are marked
missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, and the entry is omitted from the later catalogues.
The volumes are entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.
The Gentleman’s Magazine was founded in 1731 by Edward Cave, 1691-1754, under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and was intended originally for reprinting
from the journals news and other articles of interest. Samuel Johnson became one of the principal contributors.
The Gentleman’s Magazine had many imitators, of which the first was
The London Magazine
, q.v.
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London magazine.
1759. to 1769.
1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 21, The London Magazine rom
[
sic
--
Ed.
] 1759 to 1769, 8vo. 11 vols.
The London Magazine or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer Vol. XXVIII.
