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Enclosure: List of Books to be Acquired by de Bure Frères, [ca. 19 April 1821]

Enclosure

List of Books to be Acquired by de Bure Frères

[ca. 19 Apr. 1821]

Dionis Cassii Historia Romana. ed. Sturtz. Lips 8vo1

Quintus Calaber. Gr. Lat. 8vo Pauw. Lug. Bat. 1734.

Theocritus. Gr. Lat. cum scholiis Graecis. 8vo Oxon. 1699. & Lond. 1729.2

Ammianus Marcellinus 8vo Ernesti. Lipsiae 1773.

Haüy Traité elementaire de Physique. 2. v. 8vo

Dumeril. Traité elementaire d’Histoire naturelle. 2. v. 8vo3

Biot. Astronomie physique. 3. v. 8vo

Las Eroticas y Boecio de Villegas. 2. v. 8vo4		I think there were good editions published in Paris in petit 8vo of all or most of these
Obras Poeticas de De la Huerta. 2. v 8vo
Ocios del Conde de Rebolleda. 4.5 v. 8vo
Parnaso Española. 9. v. 8vo
La Araucana de De Ercilla et Zunigo. 2. v. 8vo
La Poetica de Aristoteles por das Saijas. Gr. Lat. Span. 8vo

Oeuvres de Demosthene et d’Aeschyne. Fr. par Auger. 5. v. 8vo

Isocrate d’Auger Fr. 3. v. 8vo

Discours de Lycurgue, d’Andocyde Etc par Auger. Fr. 8vo

Voltaire.	Louis XIV	all in 8vo distinct and independent of each other, & not lettered as consecutive volumes.6
	Louis XV.
	Charles XII.
	Pierre le grand.
	Essai sur les moeurs et l’esprit de7 nations.

Minellius’s editions of Ovid’s metamorphoses, Ovid’s epistles, Virgil Horace and Terence.

Theatre d’Agriculture de De Serres 4. v. 8vo

suite des moralistes français.8

Dupl (NNC); in TJ’s hand; on verso of covering letter; with slashes in an unidentified hand through each title, except as indicated below, with titles so marked corresponding to those sent to TJ by de Bure Frères on 24 Aug. 1821. PoC (MHi); on verso of covering letter; with check marks adjacent to titles similarly distinguishing those sent to TJ on 24 Aug. 1821; at foot of text in TJ’s hand: “original thro J. Vaughan Duplicate thro’ office of state & mr Gallatin.” MS (RuSpRNB); in TJ’s hand; on verso of RC of covering letter. Also enclosed in TJ to John Vaughan, 19 Apr. 1821, and TJ to Albert Gallatin, 25 May 1821.

The majority of the above books were in TJ’s library at Monticello at the time of his death and are listed in Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends . In most cases they are readily identifiable in the Editors’ index under author, editor, translator, or title. Exceptions are listed below, as are the titles for which the current whereabouts of TJ’s copy is known. For explanations of bookbinding terms and abbreviations, see note to Invoice of Books for TJ Purchased from de Bure Frères, 30 May 1816, enclosed in David Bailie Warden to TJ, 12 July 1816.

August Wilhelm ernesti, ed., Ammiani Marcellini rerum gestarum libri qui supersunt (Leipzig, 1773; Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 3 [no. 53]; another copy of same ed. owned earlier by TJ is in DLC: Rare Book and Special Collections, bound into 3 vols.; see Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952–59, 5 vols. description ends no. 93).

Athanase auger, trans., Oeuvres complettes de Démosthène et d’Eschine, 6 vols. (Angers, 1804; Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 13 [no. 822]; TJ’s copy in MoSW; another ed., Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952–59, 5 vols. description ends no. 4664, TJ’s copy in DLC: Rare Book and Special Collections).

isocrate d’auger: Athanase Auger, trans., Œuvres complettes d’Isocrate, 3 vols. (Paris, 1781; Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 13 [no. 824]; another copy of same ed. owned earlier by TJ is in DLC: Rare Book and Special Collections; see Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952–59, 5 vols. description ends no. 4668).

TJ received Voltaire’s works on louis xiv and louis xv as a three-volume set, the first two volumes of which were Siècle de Louis XIV and the third of which was Précis du Siècle de Louis XV (Paris, 1818; Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 4 [no. 78]).

Olivier de serres, Le Théâtre d’Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs, 2 vols. (Paris, 1804–05; Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 6 [no. 252]; TJ’s copy in DLC: Rare Book and Special Collections; for a copy he owned earlier, see Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952–59, 5 vols. description ends no. 693).

1. No slash or check mark related to this title in Dupl or PoC.

2. No slash or check mark related to this title in Dupl or PoC.

3. No slash or check mark related to this title in Dupl or PoC.

4. No slash or check mark related to this title in Dupl or PoC.

5. RC: “2.” No slashes or check marks related to this and following title in Dupl or PoC.

6. Instead of preceding phrase, RC reads “all in 8vo not numbered as consecutive volumes but as distinct & independant works.”

7. No slash or check mark related to this title in Dupl or PoC. RC: “des.”

8. Title added in an unidentified hand to Dupl, and not in PoC or RC.

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
Auger, Athanese; translatesŒuvres Complettes d’Isocrate (Isocrates) search
Biot, Jean Baptiste; Traité Élémentaire d’Astronomie Physique search
Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus; translation of work of search
books; classical search
books; of poetry search
books; on agriculture search
books; on astronomy search
books; on physics search
Cassius Dio; edition of by F. W. Sturz search
Charles XII, king of Sweden; works on 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); TJ purchases books from 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
Duméril, André Marie Constant; Traité élémentaire d’Histoire Naturelle 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
Essai sur les Mœurs et l’Esprit des Nations (Voltaire) search
Flórez Canseco, Casimiro; reprintsLa Poetica de Aristoteles (Aristotle; trans. A. Ordoñez das Seijas y Tobar) search
Gallatin, Albert; conveys letters and parcels 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; orders books search
Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; purchases from de Bure Frères search
Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; List of Books to be Acquired by 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
Las Eroticas, y Traduccion de Boecio (A. M. S. Boethius; E. M. de Villegas) search
Le Théâtre d’Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs (O. de Serres) search
López de Sedano y Pérez del Tero, Juan José; editsParnaso Español. Coleccion de Poesías Escogidas de los mas Célebres Poetas Castellanos 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
Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); library at search
Obras Poeticas de Don Vicente Garcia de la Huerta (V. A. García de la Huerta y Muñoz) search
Ocios del Conde Don Bernardino de Rebolledo (B. de Rebolledo) 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
Parnaso Español. Coleccion de Poesías Escogidas de los mas Célebres Poetas Castellanos (ed. J. J. López de Sedano y Pérez del Tero) 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
Rebolledo, Bernardino, Conde de; Ocios del Conde Don Bernardino de Rebolledo search
Serres, Olivier de; Le Théâtre d’Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs search
Siècle de Louis XIV (Voltaire) search
Spanish language; works in search
Sturz, Friedrich Wilhelm; edits works of Cassius Dio search
Terence (Publius Terentius Afer); Publii Terentii Comodiae Sex (ed. J. Minell) search
Theocritus; Θεοκρίτου τὰ Εὑρισκόμενα . Theocriti quæ extant Cum Græcis Scholiis search
Traité Élémentaire de Physique (R. J. Haüy) search
Traité Élémentaire d’Astronomie Physique (J. B. Biot) search
Traité élémentaire d’Histoire Naturelle (A. M. C. Duméril) search
Vaughan, John (1756–1841); TJ sends letters through search
Villegas, Esteban Manuel de; Las Eroticas, y Traduccion de Boecio (A. M. S. Boethius) search
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro); Pub. Virgilii Maronis Opera (ed. J. Minell) search
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet); Essai sur les Mœurs et l’Esprit des Nations 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
Θεοκρίτου τὰ Εὑρισκόμενα. Theocriti quæ extant Cum Græcis Scholiis (Theocritus) search

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Enclosure: List of Books to be Acquired by de Bure Frères, [ca. 19 April 1821]
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: de Bure Frères
Date: 19 April 1821

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Cite as: “Enclosure: List of Books to be Acquired by de Bure Frères, [ca. 19 April 1821],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-17-02-0136-0002. [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. 138–139.]

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