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Jefferson’s Copy of Works by Caesar (9.1)

Jefferson’s Copy of Works by Caesar

Caius Julius Caesar (130 BC–87 BC)
John Davies, ed. (1679–1732)
C. Julii Caesaris et Auli Hirtii quae exstant omnia.… 2 vols. Cambridge: Typis Academicis, 1727. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 60) (9)
 
History of the Discovery and Settlement of Virginia (13)

History of the Discovery and Settlement of Virginia

William Stith (1707–1755)
The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia: Being an Essay towards a General History of this Colony. Williamsburg: Williams Parks, 1747. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 463) (13)
 
Mercy Otis Warren’s History of the Revolution (1)

Mercy Otis Warren’s History of the Revolution

Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814)
History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution.… 3 vols. Boston: Manning and Loring, 1805. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 508) (1)
 
Lavoisier’s Ground-Breaking Book on Chemistry (17)

Lavoisier’s Ground-Breaking Book on Chemistry

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794)
Traité élémentaire de chimie, présenté dans un ordre nouveau et d’aprés les découvertes modernes;… 2 vols. Paris: Chardon, 1789. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 830) (17)
 

Reason

First Bible with Numbered Verses (28)

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)
 
Laws Concerning Women (32)

Laws Concerning Women

[Sir John Dodderidge (1555–1625)]
The Lawes Resolutions of Women’s Rights: or, the Lavv’s Provision for Women. London: John More, 1632. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 1999) (32)
 
Machiavelli’s Politics (7)

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) (7)
 
Adams’s Defense of the U.S. Constitution (37)

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)
 

Imagination

Builder’s Dictionary Consulted by Jefferson (38)

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)
 
A Book about Harpsichord Playing (6)

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) (6)
 
Otway’s Works (43)

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)
 
John Adams’s Gift to Jefferson (46)

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)
 

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