Sm. 8vo. 123 leaves, engraving of the Sheldonian on the title-page by Burghers.
Rebound in half red morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
In a letter to John Garland Jefferson, dated from Philadelphia, April 14, 1793, and containing advice on his studies, Jefferson
wrote: “
. . . in the mean while study well Blair, Mason, Quinctilian, and endeavor to catch the oratorical stile of Bolingbroke .
. .
”
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, c. A.D. 35-95, Roman rhetorician.
This is the
first
English edition of any part of the Declamations, and was edited by Roger Altham of Christ Church. The
Dialogus is usually ascribed to Tacitus.
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Speeches of the Lords in Hamilton v. Douglass.
8
vo.
For Jefferson’s copy of this work see no. 218.
J. 38
Orations, viz.......................................................................................
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Oratio inauguralis Ezra Stiles.
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Oratio de Antiqua Medico-Philosophia. a Coste.
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Dissertatio inauguralis de Cholerâ. à Lyons.
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8
vo.
Oration on the influence of Physical causes on the moral faculty. by Rush......
}
1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 36, Orations--to wit, Inauguralis of Ezra Stiles, de Antiqua Medico-Philosophia à Coste, Inauguralis
de Cholera a Lyons, on the influence of Physical Causes, &c. by Rush, 8vo.
Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark (possibly the volume of Orations
originally bound by Milligan in February 1809). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
JA36 .P3 Vol. 4
On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above.
Oratio inauguralis Ezra Stiles.
i. STILES,
Ezra.
Oratio Inauguralis habita in Sacello Collegii Yalensis, quod est Novo-Portu Connecticuttensium, in Nov’ Anglia, VIII. Id.
Quintil.
m.dcc.lxxviii. Quum,
[
sic
--
Ed.
] autoritate Senatus Academici, Ezra Stiles, S. S. T. D. præses adacemiæ
[
sic
--
Ed.
] ejusdem, et in eadem historiæ ecclesiasticæ professor, præpositus et constitutus fuit. Oratore præside.
Hartfordiæ: typis
Watsoni et
Goodwini.
m.dcc.lxxviii
. Annoque Independentiæ Americanæ Tertio. [1778.]
20 leaves.
Sabin 91744.
Evans 16083.
Dexter II, 95, 4.
Presentation copy to Jefferson from the author, who has written on the title-page:
Excellentissimo viro Thomæ Jefferson Am[ ]
Congressu Ame(
~
r)
ad Aulais Gentium Europarum Legatu tum politicis tum Comerciat D. D. Q. Ezra Stiles. [Cut into in the margin.] Mentions Franklin on page 11.
Ezra Stiles, 1727-1795, succeeded Professor Dagget as President of Yale College. He was the father-in-law of Abiel Homes,
[
sic
--
Ed.
] q.v., and a friend of Jefferson.
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