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by Hugo Grotius

De Veritate Religionis Christianae
Title page from De Veritate Religionis Christianae, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.
Author	Hugo Grotius
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Published	Amstelaedami: Apud Henricum Wetstenium
Date	1696
Edition	Editio novissima
Language	Greek
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Pages	296
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Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Grotius de veritate religionis Christianae. 8vo. and given by Thomas Jefferson to his son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph. Later appears on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Grotius on Christ: Religion (latin)' ($1.50 value)." We do not have enough information to conclusively identify which edition Wythe owned. George Wythe's Library^[1] on LibraryThing indicates this without naming a specific edition. The Brown Bibliography^[2] lists the 1745 edition published in Glasgow. The Wolf Law Library purchased the 1696 edition published in Amsterdam.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Half-title.

Bound in contemporary vellum with manuscript title and "626" or "bzb" on spine.

View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

External Links

Google Books

References

1. ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on November 13, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe
2. ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433

Illustration from first page of text.