Fernagus De Gelone to Thomas Jefferson, 15 December 1818
From Fernagus De Gelone
New York Decemb. 15 1818.
Sir,
According to your orders to Mr Belair, I have laid aside for you
| 1o | Ducange Glossarium. 3. folio bound in vellum. | |
| 2o | Cabanis, affections catharrales, 8vo | |
| 3o | Sallustii Catilin. &a Dureau La Malle. 8vo bound. french Latin | |
| 4o | Suetone, 4 8vo Latin french. bound. De la pause. 1771. | |
| 5o | henri quatre, par Perefixe. 12o broché. | |
| 6o | Appien, Guerres Civiles de Rome.— | |
| 7o | Planche, Dictionnaire, Grec français. gros 8vo |
| . | Tacite, Dureau La Malle. | ) | I will lay these books aside at the prices mentioned by Mr Belair. the thesaurus Costs in cash 375 francs. the London Copy which is reprinting will Cost in England at least 20. guineas. | |
| Pline le Jeune— | ||||
| Denis d’halicarnasse. | ||||
| . . | Stephani Thesaurus Græcæ linguæ. 5. folio. | |||
| . . | La Place Systême du Monde. | |||
| . | Sacrorum Bibliorum Concordantiæ. | |||
| . . | Persoon’s Synopsis fungorum | |||
| . . | do plantarum. | |||
| . . | La Place, Mecanique Celeste. | |||
| . | Dictionnaire de Medecine, avec Lexicon. | |||
Epictetus. Greek and Italian. Bodoni. very Scarce in Europe. vellum.
I open more books received by the Tybee and the factor.
Dictionnaire Bibliographique has not been Sent. there was only one copy which is not found in the Store. after I have put order in my books, if it is here or in Philadelphia, I will direct it to you. I have Journal Bibliographique de la france. it relates only to the four or five years past. it has tables and a dictionnaire raisonné.
from this day, I will take orders for Europe, for books and maps of all descriptions and languages.
If I am at last encouraged as a Man fit for the purpose, I intend to have the most useful book-Store in America. I will be in Europe again next Spring. I think I could be useful to the General Government. I do not want money, but when the property is received and accepted.
Pray, Sir, be So good as to give me your opinion about the probability of Success of another branch of my establishment in Georgetown, or Washington City, Richmond or Charleston S.C. I ask your pardon for this liberty.
| fernagus De Gelone |
| 96. Broad Way |
I have a Store or rather a book establishment in Paris, and I have been an American for Sixteen years.
RC (MHi); with dots preceding titles evidently added by TJ and relating to his 27 Dec. 1818 reply; endorsed by TJ as received 20 Dec. 1818 and so recorded in SJL. RC (MHi); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to Nathaniel Gordon, 1 Apr. 1819, on verso; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticelo—Milton. Virga”; franked; postmarked New York, 15 Dec.
gros 8vo: “large octavo.” The journal bibliographique de la france was Bibliographie de la France, ou Journal Général de l’Imprimerie et de la Librairie (, 14 [no. 928]). dictionnaire raisonné: “critical dictionary.”
Index Entries
- Appian; Histoire des Guerres Civiles de la République Romaine (trans. J. I. Combes-Dounous) search
- Belair, Lewis Descoins; as bookseller search
- Belair, Lewis Descoins; TJ orders books from search
- Bellanger, François; translatesLes Antiquités Romaines (Dionysius of Halicarnassus) search
- Bible; TJ orders search
- Bibliographie de la France, ou Journal Général de l’Imprimerie et de la Librairie search
- Bodoni, Giambattista; as publisher search
- books; classical search
- books; on botany search
- books; on medicine search
- botany; books on search
- Brunet, Jacques Charles; editsDictionnaire Bibliographique, Historique et Critique des Livres Rares search
- Cabanis, Pierre Jean Georges; Observations sur les Affections Catarrhales search
- Combes-Dounous, Jean Isaac; translatesHistoire des Guerres Civiles de la République Romaine (Appian) search
- Delisle de Sales, Jean Baptiste Claude (“Henri Ophellot de La Pause”); translatesHistoire Des Douze Césars de Suétone, … Avec des Mêlanges Philosophiques & des Notes (Suetonius) search
- de Sacy, Louis; translatesLettres de Pline le Jeune, en Latin et en Français, Suivies du Panégyrique de Trajan (Pliny the Younger) search
- de Sacy, Louis; translatesPanégyrique de Trajan, par Pline le Jeune, en Latin et en Français (Pliny the Younger) search
- Dictionnaire Bibliographique, Historique et Critique des Livres Rares (eds. R. Duclos and J. C. Brunet) search
- Dictionnaire de Médecine (P. H. Nysten) search
- Dictionnaire Grec-Français, composé sur l’ouvrage intitulé Thesaurus Linguæ Græcæ, de Henri Étienne (J. Planche) search
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus; Les Antiquités Romaines (trans. F. Bellanger) search
- Du Cange, Charles Du Fresne; Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediæ & Infimæ Latinitatis search
- Duclos, R.; editsDictionnaire Bibliographique, Historique et Critique des Livres Rares search
- Dureau de la Malle, Jean Baptiste; translatesOeuvres de Salluste (Sallust) search
- Dureau de la Malle, Jean Baptiste; translatesTacite (Tacitus) search
- Enchiridion (Epictetus); Ἐπικτήτου Ἐγχειρίδιον. Manuale di Epitteto (trans. “E. Pilenejo” [G. M. Pagnini]) search
- Epictetus (Greek philosopher); Ἐπικτήτου Ἐγχειρίδιον. Manuale di Epitteto (trans. “E. Pilenejo” [G. M. Pagnini]) search
- Estienne, Henri (Stepani; Stephani); editsΘησαυρὸς τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς Γλώσσης. Thesaurus Graecae Linguae search
- Exposition du Systême du Monde (P. S. Laplace) search
- Fernagus De Gelone, Jean Louis; as bookseller search
- Fernagus De Gelone, Jean Louis; imports books from Europe search
- Fernagus De Gelone, Jean Louis; letters from search
- Fernagus De Gelone, Jean Louis; proposed bookstore of search
- Fernagus De Gelone, Jean Louis; TJ orders books from search
- Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediæ & Infimæ Latinitatis (C. D. F. Du Cange) search
- Greek language; dictionaries search
- Greek language; thesauri search
- Henry IV, king of France; biography of search
- Histoire Des Douze Césars de Suétone, … Avec des Mêlanges Philosophiques & des Notes (Suetonius; trans. J. B. C. Delisle de Sales [writing as “Henri Ophellot de La Pause”]) search
- Histoire des Guerres Civiles de la République Romaine (Appian; trans. J. I. Combes-Dounous) search
- Histoire du Roy Henry Le Grand (H. de Péréfixe) search
- Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de; Exposition du Systême du Monde search
- Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de; Traité de Mécanique Céleste search
- Latin language; glossaries search
- Les Antiquités Romaines (Dionysius of Halicarnassus; trans. F. Bellanger) search
- Lettres de Pline le Jeune, en Latin et en Français, Suivies du Panégyrique de Trajan (Pliny the Younger; trans. L. de Sacy) search
- medicine; books on search
- Nysten, Pierre Hubert; Dictionnaire de Médecine search
- Observations sur les Affections Catarrhales (P. J. G. Cabanis) search
- Oeuvres de Salluste (Sallust; trans. J. B. Dureau de la Malle) search
- Pagnini, Giuseppe Maria; translatesἘπικτήτου Ἐγχειρίδιον. Manuale di Epitteto (Epictetus) search
- Panégyrique de Trajan, par Pline le Jeune, en Latin et en Français (Pliny the Younger; trans. L. de Sacy) search
- Péréfixe, Hardouin de Beaumont de; Histoire du Roy Henry Le Grand search
- Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik; Synopsis Methodica Fungorum search
- Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik; Synopsis Plantarum, seu Enchiridium Botanicum search
- Planche, Joseph; Dictionnaire Grec-Français, composé sur l’ouvrage intitulé Thesaurus Linguæ Græcæ, de Henri Étienne search
- Pliny the Younger; Lettres de Pline le Jeune, en Latin et en Français, Suivies du Panégyrique de Trajan (trans. L. de Sacy) search
- Pliny the Younger; Panégyrique de Trajan, par Pline le Jeune, en Latin et en Français (trans. L. de Sacy) search
- Sallust; Oeuvres de Sallust (trans. J. B. Dureau de la Malle) search
- Suetonius; Histoire Des Douze Césars de Suétone, … Avec des Mêlanges Philosophiques & des Notes (trans. “Henri Ophellot de La Pause” [J. B. C. Delisle de Sales]) search
- Synopsis Methodica Fungorum (C. H. Persoon) search
- Synopsis Plantarum, seu Enchiridium Botanicum (C. H. Persoon) search
- Tacite (Tacitus; trans. J. B. Dureau de la Malle) search
- Tacitus; Tacite (trans. J. B. Dureau de la Malle) search
- Traité de Mécanique Céleste (P. S. Laplace) search
- Tybee (ship) search
- Θησαυρὸς τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς Γλώσσης. Thesaurus Graecae Linguae (ed. H. Estienne) search
- Ἐπικτήτου Ἐγχειρίδιον. Manuale di Epitteto (Epictetus; trans. “E. Pilenejo” [G. M. Pagnini]) search