Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Invoice of Books from de Bure Frères, 24 August 1821

Enclosure

Invoice of Books from de Bure Frères

facture des Livres Remis en une Caisse cordée et emballée en toile grasse et maigre, marquée Libri. 6. M.T.J. plombée a la Douane, et accompagnée d’un acquit a Caution, expediée le 24 Aout 1821.

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q. Calaber, gr. et lat. cum not. var. cur. Corn. de Paw. Lugd. Bat. 1734, 8o vel.	26.		〃
ammianus marcellinus, edente Ernesti. Lipsiæ, 1773, in—8o dem. rel	9.		〃
hauy, traité elementaire de physique. paris, 1821, 2 vol. in—8o v. m.	19.		80
Biot, traité d’astronomie physique. Paris, 1810, 3 vol. in—8o v. rac	32.		20
Obras poeticas de huerta. en Madrid, 1778, 2 vol. in—8o v. j.	18.		80
la Araucana, por D. Alonso de Ercilla. en madrid, 1776. 2 vol. in—12. v. rac	20.		50
la Poetica de Aristoteles, por D. alonso florez. en Madrid, 1778, in—8o rel1	8.		〃
Demosthene, trad. par Auger. Angers, 1804, 6 vol. in—8o v. porph.	44.		40
Isocrate, trad. par le meme. Paris, 1781. 3 vol. in—8o v. j.	22.		20
Discours de Lycurgue, trad. par le meme. Paris, 1783, in—8o bas.	6.		50
Voltaire, Siecle de Louis XIV et de Louis XV, Paris, 1818. 3 vol. in—8o v. m	23.		70
______ histoire de Charles XII. Paris, 1816. in—8o v. m	7.		90
______ histoire de Pierre le grand. Paris, 1809, in—8o v. m	7.		90
Ovidii metamorphoses, cum annot. Min-Ellii. Roterod. 1686,2 in—12. v. porph.	4.		50
______ ejusdem epistolæ, cum not. ejusdem. Roterod. 1698, in—12. v. porph.	3.		〃
Virgilius, cum notis ejusdem. amst. 1730, in—12. v. porph	4.		50
horatius, cum notis ejusdem. Lugd. Bat. 1744, in—12. v. porph.	6.		50
Terentius, cum notis ejusdem. venetiis, 1769, in—12. v. porph.	4.		50
le theatre d’Agriculture, par Olivier de Serres. Paris, 1804, 2 vol. 4o v. j.	45.		〃
Moralistes françois, par Amaury Duval. in—8o Tomes 3. 7 et 8, faisant le Tome 3 de Montaigne, et les Tomes 1 et 2 de Charron	15.		〃
frais de Caisse, de Douane, d’Emballage, &c	15.		〃
	344.	ƒ	90.c
[Remainder, in TJ’s hand, added to Tripl:]
former debit	38.		40
	383.		30
remittance of May—Sep. 21. 100.D. @ 5₶.25	525.
balance overpaid	141.		70

MS (MHi); conjoined with RC of covering letter; in the hand of a representative of de Bure Frères; with certification at foot of text signed by Jonathan Thompson as New York City “Collector”: “I Certify this Invoice has been presented me on Entry,” and with the additional signatures of Charles Duryee and Edward Seabury (employed in New York as weigher and customs clerk, respectively). Dupl (MHi); on verso of address cover of Dupl of covering letter; in the hand of the same representative of de Bure Frères; lacking certification and signatures; endorsed by TJ at head of text: “1821. Aug.” Tripl (MHi); on verso of address cover of Tripl of covering letter; in the hand of the same representative of de Bure Frères; lacking certification and signatures; with numbers penciled in left margin by TJ, possibly corresponding to page numbers of a book catalogue; additional notations by TJ at foot of text as shown above. Also enclosed in Reuben G. Beasley to TJ, 8 Oct. 1821, TJ to Thompson, 23 Dec. 1821, and Thompson to TJ, 4 Jan. 1822.

facture des livres … le 24 aout 1821: “invoice of books sent in a crate tied with rope, wrapped in a thin oilcloth, marked Libri. 6. M.T.J., sealed at customs, and accompanied with a customhouse bond, shipped 24 August 1821.” TJ received the 1778 Madrid edition of La Poetica de Aristoteles, which was based on a translation into Spanish by alonso Ordoñez das Seijas y Tobar with later corrections by Casimiro florez Canseco. ejusdem: “same.”

As they were being printed, de Bure Frères was sending TJ volumes of Collection de Moralistes Français, (Montaigne,—Charron,—Pascal,—La Rouchefoucauld,—La Bruyère,—Vauvenargues,—Duclos); publiée avec des commentaires et de nouvelles notices biographiques, a series edited by amaury duval. With this shipment TJ received tomes 3. 7 et 8, faisant le tome 3 de montaigne, et les tomes 1 et 2 de charron (“volumes 3, 7, and 8, consisting of volume 3 of Montaigne, and volumes 1 and 2 of Charron”), which represented the third of six volumes of Michel de Montaigne, Essais de Montaigne (Paris, 1820; Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 9 [no. 483]), and the first two of the three volumes of Pierre Charron, De la Sagesse (Paris, 1820–21; Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 9 [no. 463]; TJ’s copy of vol. 2 in MoSW).

frais de caisse, de douane, d’emballage, &c: “cost of the crate, customs, packing, etc.”

1. Dupl and Tripl: “vel.”

2. MS: “1688.” Dupl and Tripl: “1686.”

Index Entries

Aeschines; Œuvres complettes de Dêmosthene et d’Eschine (trans. A. Auger) search
agriculture; books on search
Ammiani Marcellini rerum gestarum libri qui supersunt (Ammianus Marcellinus; ed. A. W. Ernesti) search
Ammianus Marcellinus; Ammiani Marcellini rerum gestarum libri qui supersunt (ed. A. W. Ernesti) search
Andocides; Discours de Lycurgue, d’Andocide, d’Isée, de Dinarque, avec un Fragment sous le Nom de Démade (trans. A. Auger) search
Aristotle; La Poetica de Aristoteles (trans. A. Ordoñez das Seijas y Tobar) search
astronomy; books on search
Auger, Athanese; translatesDiscours de Lycurgue, d’Andocide, d’Isée, de Dinarque, avec un Fragment sous le Nom de Démade search
Auger, Athanese; translatesŒuvres complettes de Dêmosthene et d’Eschine (Demosthenes; Aeschines) search
Biot, Jean Baptiste; Traité Élémentaire d’Astronomie Physique search
books; classical search
books; of poetry search
books; on agriculture search
books; on astronomy search
books; on physics search
Charles XII, king of Sweden; works on search
Charron, Pierre; Collection de Moralistes Français, (Montaigne,—Charron,—Pascal,—La Rouchefoucauld,—La Bruyère,—Vauvenargues,—Duclos) publiée avec des commentaires et de nouvelles notices biographiques (ed. A. Duval) search
Charron, Pierre; De La Sagesse search
Collection de Moralistes Français, (Montaigne,—Charron,—Pascal,—La Rouchefoucauld,—La Bruyère,—Vauvenargues,—Duclos); publiée avec des commentaires et de nouvelles notices biographiques (ed. A. Duval) search
de Bure Frères (Paris firm); invoices from search
de Bure Frères (Paris firm); TJ’s account with search
De La Sagesse (P. Charron) search
Demades; Discours de Lycurgue, d’Andocide, d’Isée, de Dinarque, avec un Fragment sous le Nom de Démade (trans. A. Auger) search
Demosthenes; Œuvres complettes de Dêmosthene et d’Eschine (trans. A. Auger) search
Dinarchus; Discours de Lycurgue, d’Andocide, d’Isée, de Dinarque, avec un Fragment sous le Nom de Démade (trans. A. Auger) search
Discours de Lycurgue, d’Andocide, d’Isée, de Dinarque, avec un Fragment sous le Nom de Démade (trans. A. Auger) search
Duryee, Charles; as weigher at New York search
Duval, Amaury; editsCollection de Moralistes Français, (Montaigne,—Charron,—Pascal,—La Rouchefoucauld,—La Bruyère,—Vauvenargues,—Duclos); publiée avec des commentaires et de nouvelles notices biographiques search
Ercilla y Zúñiga, Alonso de; La Araucana search
Ernesti, August Wilhelm; editsAmmiani Marcellini rerum gestarum libri qui supersunt (Ammianus Marcellinus) search
Essais de Montaigne (M. de Montaigne) search
Flórez Canseco, Casimiro; reprintsLa Poetica de Aristoteles (Aristotle; trans. A. Ordoñez das Seijas y Tobar) search
French language; documents in, by; de Bure Frères search
García de la Huerta y Muñoz, Vicente Antonio; Obras Poeticas de Don Vicente Garcia de la Huerta search
Haüy, René Just; Traité Élémentaire de Physique search
Histoire de Charles XII, roi de Suède (Voltaire) search
Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand (Voltaire) search
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus); Quinti Horatii Flacci Poemata (ed. J. Minell) search
Isaeus; Discours de Lycurgue, d’Andocide, d’Isée, de Dinarque, avec un Fragment sous le Nom de Démade (trans. A. Auger) search
Isocrates (Athenian orator); Œuvres Complettes d’Isocrate (trans. A. Auger) search
Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; purchases from de Bure Frères search
Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with de Bure Frères search
La Araucana (A. de Ercilla y Zúñiga) search
La Poetica de Aristoteles (Aristotle; trans. A. Ordoñez das Seijas y Tobar) search
Le Théâtre d’Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs (O. de Serres) search
Louis XIV, king of France; works on search
Louis XV, king of France; works on search
Lycurgus (Athenian statesman); Discours de Lycurgue, d’Andocide, d’Isée, de Dinarque, avec un Fragment sous le Nom de Démade (trans. A. Auger) search
Minell, Jan; editsP. Ovidii Nasonis Epistolarum Heroidum (Ovid) search
Minell, Jan; editsPub. Virgilii Maronis Opera (Virgil) search
Minell, Jan; editsPublii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseωn (Ovid) search
Minell, Jan; editsPublii Terentii Comodiae Sex (Terence) search
Minell, Jan; editsQuinti Horatii Flacci Poemata (Horace) search
Montaigne, Michel de; Collection de Moralistes Français, (Montaigne,—Charron,—Pascal,—La Rouchefoucauld,—La Bruyère,—Vauvenargues,—Duclos) publiée avec des commentaires et de nouvelles notices biographiques (ed. A. Duval) search
Montaigne, Michel de; Essais de Montaigne search
Obras Poeticas de Don Vicente Garcia de la Huerta (V. A. García de la Huerta y Muñoz) search
Œuvres complettes de Dêmosthene et d’Eschine (Demosthenes; Aeschines; trans. A. Auger) search
Œuvres Complettes d’Isocrate (Isocrates; trans. A. Auger) search
Ordoñez das Seijas y Tobar, Alonso; translatesLa Poetica de Aristoteles search
Ovid; P. Ovidii Nasonis Epistolarum Heroidum (ed. J. Minell) search
Ovid; Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseωn (ed. J. Minell) search
P. Ovidii Nasonis Epistolarum Heroidum (Ovid; ed. J. Minell) search
Pauw, Jan Cornelius de; editsQuinti Calabri Prætermissorum ab Homero (Quintus Smyrnaeus) search
Peter I (“the Great”), emperor of Russia; works on search
physics; books on search
poetry; TJ orders search
Précis du Siècle de Louis XV (Voltaire) search
Pub. Virgilii Maronis Opera (Virgil; ed. J. Minell) search
Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseωn (Ovid; ed. J. Minell) search
Publii Terentii Comodiae Sex (Terence; ed. J. Minell) search
Quinti Calabri Prætermissorum ab Homero (Quintus Smyrnaeus; ed. J. C. de Pauw) search
Quinti Horatii Flacci Poemata (Horace; ed. J. Minell) search
Quintus Smyrnaeus; Quinti Calabri Prætermissorum ab Homero (ed. J. C. de Pauw) search
Seabury, Edward; as customs clerk at New York search
Serres, Olivier de; Le Théâtre d’Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs search
Siècle de Louis XIV (Voltaire) search
Spanish language; works in search
Terence (Publius Terentius Afer); Publii Terentii Comodiae Sex (ed. J. Minell) search
Thompson, Jonathan; as collector at New York search
Traité Élémentaire de Physique (R. J. Haüy) search
Traité Élémentaire d’Astronomie Physique (J. B. Biot) search
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro); Pub. Virgilii Maronis Opera (ed. J. Minell) search
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet); Histoire de Charles XII, roi de Suède search
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet); Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand search
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet); Précis du Siècle de Louis XV search
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet); Siècle de Louis XIV search

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Invoice of Books from de Bure Frères, 24 August 1821
Authors: de Bure Frères
Thompson, Jonathan
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 24 August 1821

Reference

Cite as: “Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Invoice of Books from de Bure Frères, 24 August 1821,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-17-02-0396-0002. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 17, 1 March to 30 November 1821, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020, pp. 447–448.]