Graesse II, 183.
Ebert 4653, 4654.
Harrisse,
L’Abbé Prévost, pages 366 and 344.
Contemporary French marbled calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, r.e. Vol. VI in plain calf, and different tooling in the
compartments of the back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate
in each volume.
In Volume VI, which does not bear Prévost’s name, Jefferson has written
par l’Abbé Prevost and on a blank leaf at the beginning of this volume he has written:
The Abbé Prevost published a translation into French of Middleton’s life of Cicero in 4. vols. 12
mo. after which he translated also the letters between Cicero & Brutus and Middleton’s Preface to his English translation of
the same letters, in the same format with the translation of Middleton’s life of Cicero and made it a V
th. volume to that work. this is that 5
th. vol. detached from the others. and to be considered in fact at
[
sic
--
Ed.
]
the VI
th. vol. of the Lettres familieres de Ciceron par Prevost.
Antoine François Prévost, 1697-1763, French author, was educated at the Jesuit school of Hesdin, but left the Jesuits in 1716. He later became a Benedictine
and in 1735 was dispensed from residence in a monastery by becoming almoner to the Prince de Conti. He is chiefly known for
his novel
Manon Lescaut
.
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Ciceronis epistolae ad Atticum. Varior.
2. v.
8
vo.
Ciceronis epistolae ad familiares. Varior.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 153, unnumbered. [Ciceronis Epistolæ ad Fimiliares (sic)] in Op. [Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum] in Operibus.
For Cicero’s Opera, see Chapter 44.
J. 22
Cicero’s epistles by Guthrie.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 23, as above, reading
Eng. by Guthrie.
CICERO,
Marcus Tullius.
Cicero’s Epistles to Atticus. With notes historical, explanatory, and critical. Translated into
English, by William Guthrie, Esq; in
Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] . . .
London: printed for
T. Waller,
m dcclii
. [1752.]
PA6308 .E6 G8
2 vol. 8vo. 220 and 269 leaves.
Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the armorial bookplate
of Reuben Skelton and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in both volumes.
William Guthrie, 1708-1770, Scottish miscellaneous writer and translator.
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Le Blanc’s letters.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 25, as above.
LE BLANC,
Jean Bernard.
Letters on the English and French Nations; containing curious and useful Observations on their Constitutions Natural and Political;
nervous and humorous descriptions of the Virtues, Vices, Ridicules and Foibles of the Inhabitants: Critical Remarks on their
Writers; together with Moral Reflections interspersed throughout the work. In
Two Volumes. By Mons. L’Abbé le Blanc . . . Vol. I [-II]. Translated from the original
French.
London: printed for
J. Brindley;
R. Francklin;
C. Davis; and
J. Hodges,
mdccxlvii
. [1747.]
DA620 .L5
2 vol. 8vo. 200 and 219 leaves; list of errata at the end of both volumes.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the original bookmarks preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig.
I and T in both volumes. The armorial
