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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)
An Ode to Jefferson’s Administration
Thomas Erskine Birch, comp. (1760–1820)
The Virginian Orator: Being a Variety of Original and Selected Poems Orations and Dramatic Scenes; to Improve the American Youth in the Ornamental and Useful Art of Eloquence & Gesture. Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, 1808. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4680) (47.00.00)
Bilingual Version of Aristotle’s Poetica
Aristotle (384 BC–322 BC)
Aristotelis De Poetica. Accedunt Versio Latina Theodori Goulstoni et insigniores Lectiones variantes. Glasgow: Robertus Foulis Academiae Typographus, 1745. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4692) (48.00.00)
Account of European Theater
Luigi Riccoboni (1674–1738)
An Historical and Critical Account of the Theatres in Europe. Viz. The Italian-Spanish, French, English, Dutch, Flemish, and German Theatres. . . . London, 1741. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4706) (49.00.00)
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