To Thomas Jefferson from Philippe Reibelt, 16 February 1805
From Philippe Reibelt
Baltimore le 16 fevr. 1805.
Monsieur le President!
Conformement a Vos ordres du 14—recus ce Matin il partira demain a Votre Adresse un paquet renfermant:
| Cents. | |||
| 2 Exempl. | Dict. de poche de Catineau, reliè a 190 Cents | 380 | — |
| 1 | Fables de Lafontaine 2 Vol in 18-brochè | 64 | — |
| 1 | Contes—ditto | 64 | . |
| 5,08 | — | ||
| Aux quels j’ai pris la Libertè d’ajouter: | |||
| le dernier Exemplaire—du Dict. de prononciation de Tardy—reliè | 195 | — | |
| et Un Ouvrage politique d’Arnould, qui me paroit interessant pour la Biblioth. du Secretariat d’Etat, Cartonnè à | 150 | ||
Ayant—en decaissant une petite Caisse—trouvè encore un Elzevirien en 32 format, Scotia et Hibernia—qui n’a pas etè portè aux Catalogues imprimès jusqu’ici—je le crois de mon devoir, de Vous anoncer cette petite decouverte, afin, que, si çet Ouvrage manquoit a votre Collection, Vous puissiez me donner Vos ordres.
Daignez agreèr mes profonds respects.
Reibelt
Editors’ Translation
Baltimore, 16 Feb. 1805
Mister President!
In accordance with your order from the 14th, received this morning, a package will leave tomorrow to your address containing:
| Two bound copies of the Dictionnaire de poche by Catineau at 190 cents | 380 |
| One copy of La Fontaine’s Fables, two volumes in 18mo.—softcover | 64 |
| One copy of La Fontaine’s Contes, the same | 64 |
| 5.08 | |
| To which I have taken the liberty of adding: | |
| The last copy of Tardy’s dictionary of pronunciation, bound | 195 |
| A political work by Arnould, in paperboard, which I thought would be of interest for the secretary of state’s library |
150 |
Opening a small box I found another Elzevir publication in 32mo. format, Scotiæ et Hiberniæ, which does not yet appear in the printed catalogues. I felt obliged to announce this small discovery so you might order the work if it is not in your collection.
Please accept my deep respect.
Reibelt
RC (DLC); above signature: “Le Depot Americ. General de Levrault, Schoell et Comp. Impr. Libraires a Paris”; endorsed by TJ as received 18 Feb. and so recorded in SJL.
Dict. de prononciation: L’Abbé Tardy, An Explanatory Pronouncing Dictionary of the French Language (London, 1799).
Un Ouvrage politique d’Arnould: Ambroise Marie Arnould, Résultats des guerres, des négociations et des traités qui ont précédé et suivi la coalition contre la France (Paris, 1803).