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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
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Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Poetae minores. 12mo Foul.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The Foulis Press published an octavo edition of the minor Latin poets in 1752. It is the only edition they published.<ref>Philip Gaskell, ''A Bibliography of the Foulis Press'', 2nd ed. (Winchester, Hampshire, England: St Paul's Bibliographies, 1986), 174.</ref> Both [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on November 13, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing and 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 Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> list this edition.
  
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
Bound in contemporary full calf. Spine elaborately decorated with gilt flowers and red morocco label with gilt lettering. Boards feature triple fillets, edges gilt.
 
Bound in contemporary full calf. Spine elaborately decorated with gilt flowers and red morocco label with gilt lettering. Boards feature triple fillets, edges gilt.
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View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3679296 William & Mary's online catalog.]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=zbw9AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Poetae+Latini+Minores+1752&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XWTlUaWXIPeo4AOgqIG4AQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Poetae%20Latini%20Minores%201752&f=false Google Books]
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=zbw9AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Poetae+Latini+Minores+1752&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XWTlUaWXIPeo4AOgqIG4AQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Poetae%20Latini%20Minores%201752&f=false Google Books]
  
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Title: Poetae Latini Minores: ex Editione Petri Burmanni Fideliter Expressi

Publication Info: Glasguae: In aedibus Academicis : Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1752.

Edition:

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Poetae minores. 12mo Foul. and given by Thomas Jefferson to his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph. The Foulis Press published an octavo edition of the minor Latin poets in 1752. It is the only edition they published.[1] Both George Wythe's Library[2] on LibraryThing and the Brown Bibliography[3] list this edition.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in contemporary full calf. Spine elaborately decorated with gilt flowers and red morocco label with gilt lettering. Boards feature triple fillets, edges gilt.

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

External Links

Google Books

References

  1. Philip Gaskell, A Bibliography of the Foulis Press, 2nd ed. (Winchester, Hampshire, England: St Paul's Bibliographies, 1986), 174.
  2. LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on November 13, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe
  3. 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