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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
| + | Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Quintus Curtius varior. 8vo." [[Thomas Jefferson]] gave Wythe's copy to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on April 21, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates this without suggesting a particular edition. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012, rev. 2014) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> lists a 1673 edition published in Amsterdam based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress in 1815.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 1:13 [no.27].</ref> Because we do not know the precise edition Wythe owned, the Wolf Law Library purchased an available copy of the 1796 London edition. | ||
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ||
Bbound in period vellum with yapped edges, faint manuscript title to head of spine. Engraved title page colored by a contemporary hand. Signed "Henricus Gurphaas, van Eyck Anno 1701, ??? kal. Octobris" on front free endpaper. Front flyleaf inscribed " undio Wilhelm Christianides, vetus Sujus possessor, Mitto tibi navem, prora puppiq carentem deficiente pecu deficit omne nia, furtum ablatum est restituendum." Rear free endpaper inscribed "Symbolum, veritas primitur, non tamen opprimitur, Mitto tibi navem, prora puppiq carentem." | Bbound in period vellum with yapped edges, faint manuscript title to head of spine. Engraved title page colored by a contemporary hand. Signed "Henricus Gurphaas, van Eyck Anno 1701, ??? kal. Octobris" on front free endpaper. Front flyleaf inscribed " undio Wilhelm Christianides, vetus Sujus possessor, Mitto tibi navem, prora puppiq carentem deficiente pecu deficit omne nia, furtum ablatum est restituendum." Rear free endpaper inscribed "Symbolum, veritas primitur, non tamen opprimitur, Mitto tibi navem, prora puppiq carentem." | ||
Revision as of 12:13, 31 July 2015
by Quintus Curtius Rufus
| Historia Alexandri Magni | |
 Title page from Q. Curtii Rufi Historiarum Alexandri Magni, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | Quintus Curtius Rufus |
| Published | Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Iohannem Elsevirium ... |
| Date | 1658 |
| Edition | Editio accuratissima |
| Language | Latin |
| Pages | [4], 751, [1], 93, [47] |
| Desc. | 8vo. (18 cm.) |
| Location | Shelf J-4 |
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Quintus Curtius varior. 8vo." Thomas Jefferson gave Wythe's copy to his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. George Wythe's Library[1] on LibraryThing indicates this without suggesting a particular edition. The Brown Bibliography[2] lists a 1673 edition published in Amsterdam based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress in 1815.[3] Because we do not know the precise edition Wythe owned, the Wolf Law Library purchased an available copy of the 1796 London edition.
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bbound in period vellum with yapped edges, faint manuscript title to head of spine. Engraved title page colored by a contemporary hand. Signed "Henricus Gurphaas, van Eyck Anno 1701, ??? kal. Octobris" on front free endpaper. Front flyleaf inscribed " undio Wilhelm Christianides, vetus Sujus possessor, Mitto tibi navem, prora puppiq carentem deficiente pecu deficit omne nia, furtum ablatum est restituendum." Rear free endpaper inscribed "Symbolum, veritas primitur, non tamen opprimitur, Mitto tibi navem, prora puppiq carentem."
View the record for this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
See also
References
- ↑ LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on April 21, 2013.
- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012, rev. 2014) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.
- ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 1:13 [no.27].
External Links
Read the 1673 Amsterdam edition of this book in Google Books
