Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson to Frederick A. Mayo, 9 April 1819

To Frederick A. Mayo

Monticello. Apr. 9. 19.

Sir

I am so well satisfied with your bindings that a box of books which I had made up to send to Millegan, I have addressed to you and sent it to Milton to be forwarded by Johnson’s boat, being the particular one I trust with all my water carriage. be pleased to bind them all in your best manner, gilt and letter according to the labels, & above all solidly pressed. when ready, deliver them to Capt Peyton & send me your account. I subjoin the list of the books and the lettering for each, which is an exact copy of the labels affixed to the books themselves separately. the 4. vols of Nov. test. Griesbach & Newcome having their leaves cut asunder, and interleaved, will require peculiar care not to misplace a single leaf. I salute you with respect.

Th: Jefferson

Nov. test. Griesbach. Newcome. 4. v.

Epictetus Bodoni.

Planche. Dict. Gr. Fr.

Geometrie de Legendre.

Plinii Epistolae. 2. v.

Logarithm. Sin. Tang. la Lande.

Plinii Panegyricus. Sacy.

Tacitus de Lamalle 6. v.

Denys d’Halicarn. Bellanger. 6. v.

PoC (MHi); on verso of portion of a reused address cover from Joseph C. Cabell to TJ; above book list: “Mr Mayo”; endorsed by TJ.

For griesbach & newcome, see note to TJ to Mathew Carey, 6 Oct. 1818. plinii epistolae was probably Louis de Sacy, trans., Lettres de Pline le Jeune, en Latin et en Français, Suivies du Panégyrique de Trajan, 2 vols. (Clermont, France, 1809; Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 13 [no. 793]).

Index Entries

  • Bellanger, François; translatesLes Antiquités Romaines (Dionysius of Halicarnassus) search
  • Bible; New Testament search
  • Bodoni, Giambattista; as publisher search
  • books; binding of for TJ search
  • books; classical search
  • books; dictionaries search
  • books; on mathematics 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 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
  • Dureau de la Malle, Jean Baptiste; translatesTacite (Tacitus) search
  • Éléments de Géométrie (A. M. Legendre) 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
  • French language; dictionaries search
  • Greek language; dictionaries search
  • Griesbach, Johann Jakob; Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη. Novum Testamentum Graece search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Books and Library; binding of books search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Books and Library; interleaving of books search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Business and Financial Affairs; account with F. A. Mayo search
  • Johnson, Mr. (boatman); transports goods search
  • Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de; Tables de Logarithmes pour les Nombres et Pour les Sinus search
  • Legendre, Adrien Marie; Éléments de Géométrie 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
  • mathematics; books on search
  • Mayo, Frederick August; binds books for TJ search
  • Mayo, Frederick August; letters to search
  • Mayo, Frederick August; TJ’s account with search
  • Milligan, Joseph; binds books for TJ 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
  • Peyton, Bernard; and goods for TJ 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
  • Tables de Logarithmes pour les Nombres et Pour les Sinus (Lalande) search
  • Tacite (Tacitus; trans. J. B. Dureau de la Malle) search
  • Tacitus, Cornelius; Tacite (trans. J. B. Dureau de la Malle) search
  • The New Testament, in an Improved Version, upon the basis of Archbishop Newcome’s New Translation: with A Corrected Text, and Notes Critical and Explanatory search
  • Ἐπικτήτου Ἐγχειρίδιον. Manuale di Epitteto (Epictetus; trans. “E. Pilenejo” [G. M. Pagnini]) search
  • Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη. Novum Testamentum Graece (J. J. Griesbach) search