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Abbreviations
Bruce Philip Alexander Bruce. History of the University of Virginia.
5 vols. New York, 1926.
DNB Dictionary of National Biography.
1828 Catalogue A Catalogue of the Library of the University of
Virginia. Arranged Alphabetically under Different Heads, with the
Number and Size of the Volumes of Each Work, and Its Edition
Specified. A Notice of Such Donations of Books as Have Been Made
to the University. Charlottesville, Va., 1828.
1829 sale catalogue Nathaniel P. Poor. Catalogue: President Jefferson's
Library. . . . Washington, D.C., 1829.
Kean John V. Kean. "Catalogue of the Library of the University of
Virginia," May 16, 1825. Manuscript, U. Va. Library.
Kimball Fiske Kimball. Thomas Jefferson, Architect. Boston, 1916.
N Frederick Doveton Nichols. Thomas Jefferson's Architectural
Drawings: Compiled and with Commentary and a Check List. 2d ed.
Boston and Charlottesville, Va., 1961.
Sowerby E. Millicent Sowerby. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas
Jefferson. 5 vols. Washington, D.C., 1952-59.
Note: The capsule biographies of engravers, authors, and translators
have been derived from standard reference works. It has not been
deemed necessary to cite these references except when a direct quotation
was made.
Parentheses enclosing the abbreviation "No." and an Arabic numeral
indicate one of the titles in this study.
In the Descriptive Catalogue, the books from Jefferson's personal
library are indicated with an M. Those that were ordered for the
University of Virginia or present before May 1825 are indicated with
a U. Va.
An asterisk appearing before the library number of a title now
owned by the University indicates that it is located in the Rare Book
Department of the University Library.
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