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|[[New System, or, an Analysis of Ancient Mythology|Bryant’s Mythology]]. 3.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
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|[[New System, or, an Analysis of Ancient Mythology|Bryant's Mythology]]. 3.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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|''[Mo]drn'' <br />
 
|''[Mo]drn'' <br />
 
[''Histo]ry''  }  
 
[''Histo]ry''  }  
|[[Chronology and History of the World|Blair’s Chronology]]. fol.   
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|[[Chronology and History of the World|Blair's Chronology]]. fol.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe|Puffendorf’s introdn to the hist. of Europe]] 1st. v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe|Puffendorf's introdn to the hist. of Europe]] 1st. v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[Eccles]astl''.     
 
|''[Eccles]astl''.     
|[[New History of the Holy Bible|Stackhouse’s history of the Bible]]. 5.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[New History of the Holy Bible|Stackhouse's history of the Bible]]. 5.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|''[Agricu]ltre''.     
 
|''[Agricu]ltre''.     
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|''[Chemi]stry''.     
 
|''[Chemi]stry''.     
|[[Medical Commentary on Fixed Air|Dobson’s Commentary on fixed air]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Medical Commentary on Fixed Air|Dobson's Commentary on fixed air]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|''[H]is[t]''     
 
|''[H]is[t]''     
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|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[History of the Earth, and Animated Nature|Goldsmith’s Animated Nature]]. 4.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[History of the Earth, and Animated Nature|Goldsmith's Animated Nature]]. 4.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Arithmetical Warlike Treatise Named Stratioticos|Digges’s Stratioticos.]] 8<sup>vo</sup>.
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|[[Arithmetical Warlike Treatise Named Stratioticos|Digges's Stratioticos.]] 8<sup>vo</sup>.
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|[[Description and Use of Nairne's Patent Electrical Machine|Description of Nairne’s electrical machine.]] 8<sup>vo</sup>  
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|[[Description and Use of Nairne's Patent Electrical Machine|Description of Nairne's electrical machine.]] 8<sup>vo</sup>  
 
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|[[Essays|Hume’s essays.]] 1st. vol. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Essays|Hume's essays.]] 1st. vol. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|''[Relig]ion''     
 
|''[Relig]ion''     
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|[[Brief Concordance to the Holy Bible|Clarke’s Concordance.]] 12<sup>mo</sup>   
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|[[Brief Concordance to the Holy Bible|Clarke's Concordance.]] 12<sup>mo</sup>   
 
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|[[Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery|Vernon’s reports]]. 2.v. fol.   
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|[[Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery|Vernon's reports]]. 2.v. fol.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|[[Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery|Wythe’s Chancery decisions]]. fol. & 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery|Wythe's Chancery decisions]]. fol. & 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|''[Commo]n law''.     
 
|''[Commo]n law''.     
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|[[Treatise of the Laws of England, on the Various Branches of Conveyancing|Perkins’s treatise on the law of England.]] p.f.   
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|[[Treatise of the Laws of England, on the Various Branches of Conveyancing|Perkins's treatise on the law of England.]] p.f.   
 
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|[[General Abridgment of Law and Equity|Viner’s abr]]. F. to Y. inclus. 10.v. fol.   
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|[[General Abridgment of Law and Equity|Viner's abr]]. F. to Y. inclus. 10.v. fol.   
 
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|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Commentaries on the Laws of England|Blackstone’s commentaries]]. 1<sup>st</sup>. & 4<sup>th</sup>. vols. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
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|[[Commentaries on the Laws of England|Blackstone's commentaries]]. 1<sup>st</sup>. & 4<sup>th</sup>. vols. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
|[[Brownlow Latine Redivivus|Brownlow’s entries]]   
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|[[Brownlow Latine Redivivus|Brownlow's entries]]   
 
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|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Clerks Guide|Clerk’s guide by Manly]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Clerks Guide|Clerk's guide by Manly]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|-
 
|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum|Brown’s Modus intrandi]]. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum|Brown's Modus intrandi]]. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[New Precedents in Conveyancing|Pigott’s conveyancing]]. fol.   
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|[[New Precedents in Conveyancing|Pigott's conveyancing]]. fol.   
 
|-
 
|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Ars Transferendi Dominium, the Second Part|Brydall’s conveyancer]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Ars Transferendi Dominium, the Second Part|Brydall's conveyancer]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|[[Commentaries, ou Reportes de Edmunde Plowden|Plowden’s reports]]. French. fol   
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|[[Commentaries, ou Reportes de Edmunde Plowden|Plowden's reports]]. French. fol   
 
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|[[First-Third Parts of the Reports of Sr George Croke|Croke’s rep]]. 3.v. fol.   
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|[[First-Third Part of the Reports of Sr George Croke|Croke's rep]]. 3.v. fol.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|[[Reports des Divers Special Cases|Siderfin’s]]   fol.   
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|[[Reports des Divers Special Cases|Siderfin's]]   fol.   
 
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|[[Reports of Sir Bartholomew Shower|Shower’s]]   2.v. fol.   
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|[[Reports of Sir Bartholomew Shower|Shower's]]   2.v. fol.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Reports de Sr. Creswell Levinz|Levinz’s]]    2.v. fol.   
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|[[Reports de Sr. Creswell Levinz|Levinz's]]    2.v. fol.   
 
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|[[Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench|Andrews’]]   fol.   
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|[[Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench|Andrews']]   fol.   
 
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|[[Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Virginia|Call’s reports]]. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Virginia|Call's reports]]. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|''Law Ecclesl''.   
 
|''Law Ecclesl''.   
|[[Lex Testamentaria|Nelson’s letters testamentary]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Lex Testamentaria|Nelson's letters testamentary]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|''Politics''.   
 
|''Politics''.   
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|''Mathematics''.   
 
|''Mathematics''.   
|[[Treatise of Algebra|Emerson’s Algebra]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Treatise of Algebra|Emerson's Algebra]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|''pure''.
 
|''pure''.
|[[Treatise of Algebra (Simpson)|Simpson’s Algebra]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Treatise of Algebra (Simpson)|Simpson's Algebra]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|[[Rowlett's Tables of Discount|Rowlett’s tables]]. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
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|[[Rowlett's Tables of Discount|Rowlett's tables]]. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|[[Principles of the Doctrine of Life-Annuities|Masere’s principles of life annuities]]. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
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|[[Principles of the Doctrine of Life-Annuities|Masere's principles of life annuities]]. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|[[Treatise of Practical Surveying|Gibson’s surveying]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Treatise of Practical Surveying|Gibson's surveying]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|''Astronomy''   
 
|''Astronomy''   
|[[Genethlialogia, or, The Doctrine of Nativities|Gadberry’s doctrine of nativities]]. p. fol.   
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|[[Genethlialogia, or, The Doctrine of Nativities|Gadberry's doctrine of nativities]]. p. fol.   
 
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|''Geography''   
 
|''Geography''   
|[[New System of Modern Geography|Guthrie’s geography]] 2.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
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|[[New System of Modern Geography|Guthrie's geography]] 2.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|[[Modern Geography|Pinkerton’s geography]]. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Modern Geography|Pinkerton's geography]]. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|[[Sandys Travels|Sandy’s travels]]. fol.   
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|[[Sandys Travels|Sandy's travels]]. fol.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|''Architecture''.   
 
|''Architecture''.   
|[[Ruins of Athens|LeRoy’s Ruins of Athens]]. fol   
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|[[Ruins of Athens|LeRoy's Ruins of Athens]]. fol   
 
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|-
 
|''Sculpture''   
 
|''Sculpture''   
|[[Polymetis|Spence’s Polymetis]]. fol.   
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|[[Polymetis|Spence's Polymetis]]. fol.   
 
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|''Poetry. Epic''.   
 
|''Poetry. Epic''.   
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|&nbsp;
 
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|[[Works of Virgil, Containing His Pastorals, Georgics and Æneis|Dryden’s Virgil]]. 3.v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
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|[[Works of Virgil, Containing His Pastorals, Georgics and Æneis|Dryden's Virgil]]. 3.v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|[[Paradise Lost|Milton’s Paradise lost]] & [[Paradise Regain'd|regained]]. Baskerville. 2.v. 8<sup>[vo]</sup>
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|[[Paradise Lost|Milton's Paradise lost]] & [[Paradise Regain'd|regained]]. Baskerville. 2.v. 8<sup>[vo]</sup>
 
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|[[Tragedies of Euripides|Potter’s Euripides]]. 2.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
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|[[Tragedies of Euripides|Potter's Euripides]]. 2.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|[[Illustrations of Euripides on the Alcestis|Joddrell’s illustrations of Euripides]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Illustrations of Euripides on the Alcestis|Joddrell's illustrations of Euripides]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|''[?]''   
 
|''[?]''   
|[[Idylliums of Theocritus|Fawkes’s Theocritus]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Idylliums of Theocritus|Fawkes's Theocritus]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|[[Odes of Anacreon|Moore’s Anacreon]]. p. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Odes of Anacreon|Moore's Anacreon]]. p. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|[[Works of Abraham Cowley|Cowley’s works]]. fol.   
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|[[Works of Abraham Cowley|Cowley's works]]. fol.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae ad Pisones, et Augustum|Hurd’s Horace]]. 2.v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
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|[[Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae ad Pisones, et Augustum|Hurd's Horace]]. 2.v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift|Swift’s works]]. 13.v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
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|[[Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift|Swift's works]]. 13.v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Discours de Lycurgue, d'Andocide, d'Isée, de Dinarque|Discours de Lycurgue, d’Andocide etc]] par Auger. Fr. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Discours de Lycurgue, d'Andocide, d'Isée, de Dinarque|Discours de Lycurgue, d'Andocide etc]] par Auger. Fr. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|-
 
|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Œuvres Complettes d'Isocrate|Isocrate d’Auger]]. 3.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Œuvres Complettes d'Isocrate|Isocrate d'Auger]]. 3.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|-
 
|''[Critici]sm''.   
 
|''[Critici]sm''.   
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|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Latine Dictionary in Four Parts|Littleton’s Latin dict]]. Lat. Eng. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
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|[[Latine Dictionary in Four Parts|Littleton's Latin dict]]. Lat. Eng. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Ainsworth's Dictionary|Ainsworth’s dict]]. Lat. Eng. abridged. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Ainsworth's Dictionary|Ainsworth's dict]]. Lat. Eng. abridged. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
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|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Grammatical Institutes|Ash’s Introduction to Lowthe’s grammar]]. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
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|[[Grammatical Institutes|Ash’s Introduction to Lowthe's grammar]]. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
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|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language|Walker’s dictionary]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language|Walker's dictionary]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Philological Inquiries|Harris’s Philological enquiries]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
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|[[Philological Inquiries|Harris's Philological enquiries]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|-
 
|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Sacred Classics Defended and Illustrated|Blackwell’s sacred classics]]. 2.v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
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|[[Sacred Classics Defended and Illustrated|Blackwell's sacred classics]]. 2.v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
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|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
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|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Morning and Evening Prayer, the Litany, Church Catechism|Claesse’s Mohawk liturgy]]. p. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
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|[[Morning and Evening Prayer, the Litany, Church Catechism|Claesse's Mohawk liturgy]]. p. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[Polygra]phic''.   
 
|''[Polygra]phic''.   
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|-
 
|&nbsp;
 
|&nbsp;
|[[Of the Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning|Bacon’s advancement of learning]]. p. fol. Eng.     
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|[[Of the Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning|Bacon's advancement of learning]]. p. fol. Eng.     
 
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Revision as of 12:04, 7 August 2015

George Wythe, Last Will and Testament with Codicil, June 11, 1806. Image from the The Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress.

Before his death, George Wythe bequeathed his books to his friend and former student, Thomas Jefferson:

I give my books and small philosophical apparatus to Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America: a legacie considered abstractlie, perhaps not deserving a place in his musaeum, but, estimated by my good will to him, the most valuable to him of any thing which I have the power to bestow.[1]

Wythe's executor, William DuVal created an inventory before turning the collection over to George Jefferson, the president's cousin and agent, who received the items and sent the inventory to Washington, D.C.[2] DuVal's inventory has not been found, but in 2008, while examining a manuscript book catalog which Jefferson kept from the late 1770s through 1812,[3] Endrina Tay and Jeremy Dibbel, librarians from Monticello's Jefferson Library and the Massachusetts Historical Society, discovered a different inventory—one Thomas Jefferson composed as he decided what to do with individual titles from Wythe's Library.[4] Jefferson divided the list into nine sections. Seven of these sections are headed by the name(s) of recipients, the other two—for Dabney Carr and Jefferson himself—have no headers.

Recipients of Wythe's Books

Jefferson gave away 183 titles to various family members, a joiner at Monticello, and his grandson's tutor. Click on each name below to learn more about the individual and see a list of the titles they received.

Books Retained by Jefferson

Jefferson kept 149 titles for his own library. The list follows, and is subdivided into categories assigned by Jefferson.[5] Click on the titles to learn more about the works.

JeffersonInventoryP6.jpg

Page six of Jefferson's inventory of books received from George Wythe's estate, September, 1806. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to keep for himself. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

JeffersonInventoryP7.jpg

Page seven of Jefferson's inventory. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society

JeffersonInventoryP8.jpg

Page eight of Jefferson's inventory. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society

  [Th]ucydides Gr. Lat. notis variorum. Dukeri fol.
  Thucydides Eng. by Smith. 2.v. 4tto.
  Xenophontis Cyropaedia. Gr. Lat. Hutchinson. 4to.
  Bryant's Mythology. 3.v. 4to.
  Sallust. Delph. 8vo.
  Aelianus Perizonii notis. 2.v. 8vo. [ed. Perizonii inserted with carat]
[Mo]drn

[Histo]ry }

Blair's Chronology. fol.
  Puffendorf's introdn to the hist. of Europe 1st. v. 8vo.
[Eccles]astl. Stackhouse's history of the Bible. 5.v. 8vo.
[Agricu]ltre. Auctores rei rusticate. Cato, Varro etc p. 8vo.
[Chemi]stry. Dobson's Commentary on fixed air. 8vo.
[H]is[t] Plinii historia Naturalis. Varior. 3.v. 8vo.
  Goldsmith's Animated Nature. 4.v. 8vo.
  Digges's Stratioticos. 8vo.
  Description of Nairne's electrical machine. 8vo
  Epicteti Manuel Gr. Lat. 4to.
  Theophrasti careteres. Gr. Lat. 12mo. Foulis
  Boetius de Consolationes. 12mo. Foulis.
  Minuciius Felicis Octavius. 12mo. Foulis
  Hume's essays. 1st. vol. 8vo.
[Relig]ion The Bible 4to.
  Novum testamentum. Gr. 8vo. Lond. 1728.
  do. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   12mo. Lond. 1743. Bower
  do. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  12mo. Lond. 1730. Tonson [ed. entry inserted later?]
  Testamentum vetus LXXII. et novum. 3.v. 12mo. Cantab. 1665.
  Hammond’s New testament. fol.
  Clarke's Concordance. 12mo
  Liturgia Anglicana Gr. 12mo.
  do. _ _ _ _ _ _   Lat. 12mo.
  Mori opera. 2.v fol.
  Puffendorf de officio hominis et civis. Johnson 8vo.
  Carey’s reports in Chancery 16s.
  Reports in Chancery tempore Finch. fol.
  Vernon's reports. 2.v. fol.
  Wythe's Chancery decisions. fol. & 8vo.
[Commo]n law. Cragii Jus feudale. fol.
  Glanvil. 12mo.
  Bracton. fol.
  Les tenures de Monsr. Littleton. p.f.
  Perkins's treatise on the law of England. p.f.
  Coke on Littleton. fol. defective.
  Coke’s Institutes. 3.v. fol.
  Viner's abr. F. to Y. inclus. 10.v. fol.
  Blackstone's commentaries. 1st. & 4th. vols. 4to.
  Laws of the US. 4.v. 8vo.
  Laws of Virgā. various edns.
  Brownlow's entries
  Clerk's guide by Manly. 8vo.
  Brown's Modus intrandi. 2.v. 8vo.
  Pigott's conveyancing. fol.
  Brydall's conveyancer. 8vo.
  [L]aw of bailments. 8vo.
  Trover. 8vo. [entry partially shaved]
  Plowden's reports. French. fol
  do. _ _ _ _ _ _   English. fol.
  Croke's rep. 3.v. fol.
  Siderfin's   fol.
  Shower's   2.v. fol.
  Levinz's   2.v. fol.
  Andrews'   fol.
  Cases in L. & Eq. or 10th. Modern. fol.
  Report of the case of Kampier & Hawkins in the G.C. of Virga. 8vo.[6]
  Washington’s reports. 2.v. 8vo.
  Call's reports. 2.v. 8vo.
Law Ecclesl. Nelson's letters testamentary. 8vo.
Politics. Xenophontis Hiero. sive de regno. 12mo. Foul. [ed. checkmark in pencil precedes entry]
  Proceedings of the Virginia convention
Mathematics. Emerson's Algebra. 8vo.
pure. Simpson's Algebra. 8vo.
  Rowlett's tables. 4to.
  Masere's principles of life annuities. 4to.
  Euclid by Simpson. 4to.
  Gibson's surveying. 8vo.
  Treatise on gauging. 8vo.
Astronomy Gadberry's doctrine of nativities. p. fol.
Geography Guthrie's geography 2.v. 4to.
  Pinkerton's geography. 2.v. 8vo.
  Sandy's travels. fol.
  Notes on Virginia. 8vo. 2.copies.
  Atlas by Arrowsmith & Lewis 4to.
  Plans of forts in America 8vo.
Poetry - Epic.
Fine arts.  
Architecture. LeRoy's Ruins of Athens. fol
Sculpture Spence's Polymetis. fol.
Poetry. Epic. Homeri Ilias et Odyssea. Barnes. 2.v. 4to.
  Homeri Odysseus. Gr. Oxon. 8vo.
  Virgil. 12mo.
  Dryden's Virgil. 3.v. 12mo.
  Milton's Paradise lost & regained. Baskerville. 2.v. 8[vo]
  Ossian. 2.v. 8vo.
  Statius. varior. 8vo.
Romance. Ovidii Metamorphoseon. Delph. 8vo.
  Constantia Philips. 2d. & 3d. v. 12mo.
Tragedy. Francklin’s Sophocles. 2.v. in 1. 4to.
  Aeschylus. Gr. Lat. 2.v. p. 4to. Foul.
  Euripidis Medea et Phoenissae. Gr. Lat. Piers. cum scholii
  Euripedes
  Potter's Euripides. 2.v. 4to.
  Joddrell's illustrations of Euripides. 8vo.
  Shakespear by Johnson & Steevens with the Supplement 12.v.
  [ed. possible additional entry at foot]
  [Plautus] notis varior. 2.v. 8vo.
[?] Fawkes's Theocritus. 8vo.
  Bion et Moschus. Gr. Lat. notis Heskin. 8vo.
  Virgilii Bucolica Rami. 12mo.
  Callimachus. Gr. fol. Foul.
  Tyrtaeus. Gr. Lat. 4to. Foul.
  Anacreon, Sappho, et Alcaeus. Gr. Lat. 12mo.
  Anacreon. Gr. Forster. 12mo.
  Moore's Anacreon. p. 8vo.
  Tibullus et Propertius. 12mo. Foul.
  Vida. 12mo.
  Musae Anglicanae. 3.v. 12mo.
  Cowley's works. fol.
  Psalterion. Gr. Lat. 12mo.
[Dialo]gue. Luciani opera. Gr. Lat. Gesneri. sholiis et notis 3.v. 4to. Amst. 1743.
[Didac]tic. Lucretius. Lond. Tonson. 1712. 4to.
  do. _ _ _ _  Tanaquil Fabri. 12mo.
  Hurd's Horace. 2.v. 12mo.
  Petronius. notis varior. 8vo.
  Swift's works. 13.v. 12mo.
  Praedium Rusticum.
  Pursuits of Literature. 8vo.
  Hudibras. p.f.
  Plinii epistolae. 12mo.
[Orat]ory. Artis Logicae. Aldrich. 12mo.
  Demetrius Phalereus de elocutione. Gr. Lat. Foulis. 8vo.
  Cambray on eloquence. 12mo.
  Demosthenis orationes selectae. Mounteney. 8vo.
  Oeuvres de Demosthene & do Eschine par Auger. Fr. 5.v. 8vo.
  Discours de Lycurgue, d'Andocide etc par Auger. Fr. 8vo.
  Isocrate d'Auger. 3.v. 8vo.
[Critici]sm. Greek grammar of Gloucester. 8vo.
  Basilii Fabri thesaurus eruditionis Scholasticae. fol. [ed. entry inserted later?]
  Thesaurus linguae Latinae Cowper. fol.
  Littleton's Latin dict. Lat. Eng. 4to.
  Ainsworth's dict. Lat. Eng. abridged. 8vo.
  Gradus ad Parnsassum. 12mo.
  Ash’s Introduction to Lowthe's grammar. 12mo.
  Walker's dictionary. 8vo.
  Harris's Philological enquiries. 8vo.
  Blackwell's sacred classics. 2.v. 12mo.
  Lowth de Poesi Hebraeorum. 8vo.
  Longinus. Gr. Lat. Tollii 4to.
  Claesse's Mohawk liturgy. p. 4to.
[Polygra]phic. American Encyclopedia. 18.v. 4to.
  Erasmi Adagiorum epitome. p.f.
  Bacon's advancement of learning. p. fol. Eng.

See also

References

  1. George Wythe, Last Will and Testament with Codicil, June 11, 1806, Library of Congress, The Thomas Jefferson Papers.
  2. Jeremy Dibbell, "Mr. Wythe's books &c are packed up...," Object of the Month (blog), Massachusetts Historical Society (June 2009).
  3. Thomas Jefferson, 1783 Catalog of Books, c. 1775-1812, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
  4. Endrina Tay and Jeremy Dibbell, "Reconstructing a Lost Library: George Wythe's 'Legacie' to President Thomas Jefferson," Tales from the Vault, Common-Place (January 2009).
  5. This list was adapted from the "Library of George Wythe" in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello. See: "Library of George Wythe," Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013. For the manuscript version, see "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806," Massachusetts Historical Society, accessed July 2, 2013.
  6. The parties reported are Peter Kamper (not Kampier) and Mary Hawkins. See Report of Kamper v. Hawkins.