Bilingual Version of Aristotle’s Poetica 

This bilingual Greek and Latin edition of Aristotle’s Poetica was printed in Glasgow by the famed Foulis Press, an important publishing venture that produced numerous scholarly editions of classical authors. The work is an early attempt by Aristotle to arrive at the principles of poetics, especially tragedy.

It is likely that Jefferson acquired this classical title because of the bilingual nature of the publication. Jefferson often used multilingual editions to hone his classical languages and teach himself modern romance languages.

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