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|[[Kl. Ailianou Sophistou Poikilē Historia|Aelianus Perizonii notis]]. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>. [ed. Perizonii inserted with carat]
 
|[[Kl. Ailianou Sophistou Poikilē Historia|Aelianus Perizonii notis]]. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>. [ed. Perizonii inserted with carat]
 
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|[Mo]drn <br />
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|''[Mo]drn'' <br />
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[Histo]ry  }  
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[''Histo]ry'' }  
 
|[[Chronology and History of the World|Blair’s Chronology]]. fol.   
 
|[[Chronology and History of the World|Blair’s Chronology]]. fol.   
 
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|Puffendorf’s introdn to the hist. of Europe 1st. v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|Puffendorf’s introdn to the hist. of Europe 1st. v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|[Eccles]astl.     
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|''[Eccles]astl''.     
 
|[[New History of the Holy Bible|Stackhouse’s history of the Bible]]. 5.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|[[New History of the Holy Bible|Stackhouse’s history of the Bible]]. 5.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|-
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|[Agricu]ltre.     
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|''[Agricu]ltre''.     
 
|Auctores rei rusticate. Cato, Varro etc p. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|Auctores rei rusticate. Cato, Varro etc p. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|-
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|[Chemi]stry.     
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|''[Chemi]stry''.     
 
|[[Medical Commentary on Fixed Air|Dobson’s Commentary on fixed air]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|[[Medical Commentary on Fixed Air|Dobson’s Commentary on fixed air]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|-
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|[H]is[t]     
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|''[H]is[t]''    
 
|[[C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis Historiæ|Plinii historia Naturalis. Varior]]. 3.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|[[C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis Historiæ|Plinii historia Naturalis. Varior]]. 3.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|Hume’s essays. 1st. vol. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|Hume’s essays. 1st. vol. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|[Relig]ion     
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|''[Relig]ion''    
 
|[[Holy Bible|The Bible]] 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
|[[Holy Bible|The Bible]] 4<sup>to</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>.   
 
|[[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.     
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|''[Commo]n law''.     
 
|[[Jus Feudale|Cragii Jus feudale]]. fol.   
 
|[[Jus Feudale|Cragii Jus feudale]]. 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>.   
 
|[[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.   
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|''Law Ecclesl''.   
 
|[[Lex Testamentaria|Nelson’s letters testamentary]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|[[Lex Testamentaria|Nelson’s letters testamentary]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|Politics.   
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|''Politics''.   
 
|Xenophontis Hiero. sive de regno. 12<sup>mo</sup>. Foul. [ed. checkmark in pencil precedes entry]   
 
|Xenophontis Hiero. sive de regno. 12<sup>mo</sup>. Foul. [ed. checkmark in pencil precedes entry]   
 
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|Proceedings of the Virginia convention   
 
|Proceedings of the Virginia convention   
 
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|Mathematics.   
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|''Mathematics''.   
 
|Emerson’s Algebra. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|Emerson’s Algebra. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|-
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|pure.
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|''pure''.
 
|Simpson’s Algebra. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|Simpson’s Algebra. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|Treatise on gauging. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|Treatise on gauging. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|Astronomy   
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|''Astronomy''  
 
|[[Genethlialogia, or, The Doctrine of Nativities|Gadberry’s doctrine of nativities]]. p. fol.   
 
|[[Genethlialogia, or, The Doctrine of Nativities|Gadberry’s doctrine of nativities]]. p. fol.   
 
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|Geography   
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|''Geography''  
 
|[[New System of Modern Geography|Guthrie’s geography]] 2.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
|[[New System of Modern Geography|Guthrie’s geography]] 2.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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|<s>Poetry - Epic.</s>     
 
|<s>Poetry - Epic.</s>     
 
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|-
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|Fine arts.
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|''Fine arts''.
 
|&nbsp;     
 
|&nbsp;     
 
|-
 
|-
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|Architecture.   
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|''Architecture''.   
 
|LeRoy’s Ruins of Athens. fol   
 
|LeRoy’s Ruins of Athens. fol   
 
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|-
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|Sculpture   
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|''Sculpture''  
 
|[[Polymetis|Spence’s Polymetis]]. fol.   
 
|[[Polymetis|Spence’s Polymetis]]. fol.   
 
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|-
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|Poetry. Epic.   
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|''Poetry. Epic''.   
 
|Homeri Ilias et Odyssea. Barnes. 2.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
|Homeri Ilias et Odyssea. Barnes. 2.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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|Statius. varior. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|Statius. varior. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|-
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|Romance.   
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|''Romance''.   
 
|[[Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon Libri XV|Ovidii Metamorphoseon]]. Delph. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|[[Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon Libri XV|Ovidii Metamorphoseon]]. Delph. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|Constantia Philips. 2d. & 3d. v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
|Constantia Philips. 2d. & 3d. v. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
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|-
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|Tragedy.   
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|''Tragedy''.   
 
|[[Tragedies of Sophocles|Francklin’s Sophocles]]. 2.v. in 1. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
|[[Tragedies of Sophocles|Francklin’s Sophocles]]. 2.v. in 1. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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|[[M. Acci Plauti Comoediae|[Plautus] notis varior]]. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|[[M. Acci Plauti Comoediae|[Plautus] notis varior]]. 2.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|[?]   
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|''[?]''  
 
|[[Idylliums of Theocritus|Fawkes’s Theocritus]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|[[Idylliums of Theocritus|Fawkes’s Theocritus]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|Psalterion. Gr. Lat. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
|Psalterion. Gr. Lat. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
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|-
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|[Dialo]gue.   
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|''[Dialo]gue''.   
 
|[[Loukianou Samosateōs Hapanta|Luciani opera]]. Gr. Lat. Gesneri. sholiis et notis 3.v. 4<sup>to</sup>. Amst. 1743.   
 
|[[Loukianou Samosateōs Hapanta|Luciani opera]]. Gr. Lat. Gesneri. sholiis et notis 3.v. 4<sup>to</sup>. Amst. 1743.   
 
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|[Didac]tic.   
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|''[Didac]tic''.   
 
|Lucretius. Lond. Tonson. 1712. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
|Lucretius. Lond. Tonson. 1712. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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|[[C. Plinii Cæcilii Secvndi Epistolæ et Panegyricus|Plinii epistolae]]. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
|[[C. Plinii Cæcilii Secvndi Epistolæ et Panegyricus|Plinii epistolae]]. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
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|-
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|[Orat]ory.   
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|''[Orat]ory''.   
 
|Artis Logicae. Aldrich. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
|Artis Logicae. Aldrich. 12<sup>mo</sup>.   
 
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|[[Œuvres Complettes d'Isocrate|Isocrate d’Auger]]. 3.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|[[Œuvres Complettes d'Isocrate|Isocrate d’Auger]]. 3.v. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|[Critici]sm.   
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|''[Critici]sm''.   
 
|[[Grammar of the Greek Language|Greek grammar of Gloucester]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
|[[Grammar of the Greek Language|Greek grammar of Gloucester]]. 8<sup>vo</sup>.   
 
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|Claesse’s Mohawk liturgy. p. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
|Claesse’s Mohawk liturgy. p. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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|[Polygra]phic.   
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|''[Polygra]phic''.   
 
|[[Encyclopaedia, or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature|American Encyclopedia]]. 18.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
|[[Encyclopaedia, or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature|American Encyclopedia]]. 18.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.   
 
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Revision as of 16:03, 6 August 2013

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.

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.[1] That inventory has not been found, but in 2008, Endrina Tay, from Monticello's Jefferson Library, and Jeremy Dibbell, a librarian at 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.[2] Jefferson divided the list into nine sections. Seven of these sections are headed by the name(s) of recipients, the other two—the ones 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 he or she received.

Books Retained by Jefferson

Jefferson kept 149 titles for his own library. The list[3] follows, and is subdivided into categories assigned by Jefferson. The titles in blue link to copies in the Wolf Law Library's George Wythe Collection.

  [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. [ed. 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.
  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.
  [[Works of Virgil|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.

References

  1. ↑ Jeremy Dibbell, "Mr. Wythe's books &c are packed up...," Object of the Month (blog), Massachusetts Historical Society, June 2009, http://www.masshist.org/object-of-the-month/objects/mr-wythes-books-are-packed-up-2009-06-01.
  2. ↑ Endrina Tay & Jeremy Dibbell, "Reconstructing a Lost Library: George Wythe's 'Legacie' to President Thomas Jefferson, Tales from the Vault, Common-Place, Jan. 2009, http://www.common-place.org/vol-10/no-02/tales.
  3. ↑ 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, http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/2.html. 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, http://www.masshist.org/database/doc-viewer.php?item_id=1768.
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