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Jefferson’s Copy of the Koran
George Sale, trans. (1697–1736)
The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from the Original Arabic; . . . 2 vols. London, 1764. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1457) (27.00.00)
First Bible with Numbered Verses
Robert Stephanus [Robert Estienne] (1503–1559)
Biblia. R. Stephanus Lectori. En tibi Bibliorũ vulgata editio, in qua iuxta Hebraicorum versuum rationem singula capita versibus distincta sunt, . . . Geneva: R. Stephanus, 1555. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1465) (28.00.00)
Blackstone’s Law Commentaries
Sir William Blackstone (1723–1780)
Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. 4 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1770. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1806) (30.00.00)
Laws Concerning Women
[Sir John Dodderidge (1555–1625)]
The Lawes Resolutions of Women’s Rights: or, the Law’s Provision for Women. London: John More, 1632. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1999) (32.00.00)
Book of Maritime Law
Arthur Browne (1756?–1805)
A Compendious View of the Civil Law, and of the Law of the Admiralty, Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Read in the University of Dublin. 2 vols. London: G. Woodfall, 1802. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 2109) (33.00.00)
Institutes of Justinian in English Translation
Justinian (482–565)
The Institutes of Justinian. With Notes by Thomas Cooper, Esq. Professor of Chemistry at Carlisle College, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1812. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 2192) (34.00.00)
Priestly’s Political Thinking
Joseph Priestley (1733–1804)
An Essay on the First Principles of Government, and on the Nature of Political Civil, and Religious Liberty, . . . London, 1771. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 2332) (35.00.00)
Sir Thomas More’s Utopia
Sir Thomas More (1478–1535)
De optimo reipublicae statu deque nova insula Utopia libri duo. . . . Cologne: Arnold Birckmann, 1555. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 2336) (36.00.00)
Machiavelli’s Politics
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)
Opere di Niccolò Macchiavelli, coll aggiunta della inedite. vols. 4 and 5. London and Paris, 1768. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 2351) (07.00.00)
Adams’s Defense of the U.S. Constitution
John Adams (1735–1826)
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. 2 vols. London, 1787. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 3004) (37.00.00)
Imagination
“Among the Most Important Arts”
Andrea Palladio (1508–1580)
The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books. . . . 2 vols. London, 1742. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4174) (05.00.00)
Builder’s Dictionary Consulted by Jefferson
The Builder’s Dictionary: or, Gentleman and Architect’s Companion. . . . 2 vols. London, 1734. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4187) (38.00.00)
Architectural Inspiration for Jefferson
Leonbatista Alberti (1404–1472)
Cosimo Bartoli, trans. (ca. 1503–ca. 1572)
L’Architettura di Leonbatista Alberti. . . . Venice: Francesco Franceschi Sanese, 1565. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4199) (39.00.00)
A Book about Harpsichord Playing
Peter Prelleur (1728–1750)
The Compleat Tutor for the Harpsichord or Spinnet wherein is Shewn the Italian Manner of Fingering. . . . London: Peter Thompson, n.d. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4247) (06.00.00)
Jefferson’s Music Technique Book
Francesco Geminiani (1680–1762)
Rules for Playing in a True Taste on the Violin German, Flute, Violoncello, and Harpsicord. . . . London: J. Johnson, 1751. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4255) (40.00.00)
Petronius’s Satryicon
Titus [or Gaius] Petronius Arbiter (ca. 27–66)
Titi Petroni Arbitri Equitis Romani Satyricon; Et diversorum Poëtarum Lusus in Priapum. Cum selectis variorum Commentariis. . . . Utrecht: Gisberti á Zyll and Theodori ab Ackersdyck, 1654. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4489) (42.00.00)
Otway’s Works
Thomas Otway (1652–1685)
The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway; in Three Volumes. Consisting of his Plays, Poems, and Letters. London, 1768. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4544) (43.00.00)
Works of Humanist Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536)
Des. Erasmi Roterodami Colloquia, cum notis selectis variorum, addito indice novo. Amsterdam: Blaviana, 1693. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4622) (44.00.00)
Pliny’s Letters
Caius Caecilius Plinius Secundus (ca. 61–ca. 113)
C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi Episotlae et Panegyricus nervae Traiano dictus curante Ioanne Petro Millero Berolini.—Lettres et Panegyrique de Trajan par Pline le Jeune traduits par Mr. de Sacy de L’Academie Françoise. Berlin: 1750. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4631) (45.00.00)
John Adams’s Gift to Jefferson
John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)
Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory, Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophistors in Harvard University. 2 vols. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1810. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4659) (46.00.00)
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