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Appendix
A list of books now in the University of Virginia Library,
remaining from, or replacing, books from the original fine
arts collection assembled by Thomas Jefferson, or duplicating
books from Jefferson's private architectural collec.tions
ADAM, ALEXANDER. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. New York,
1819. Jefferson ordered this for the University, but there is no record
of its having been received. The library now has Jefferson's copy,
acquired in recent years by the McGregor Library. *A1819.A332.
ADAM, ROBERT. RUINS OF THE PALACE OF THE EMPEROR
DIOCLETIAN AT SPALATRO IN DALMATIA. London,
1764. Ordered by Jefferson for the University, but there is no record
of its having been received in Jefferson's lifetime. (A) NA320.A3.1764.
ALDRICH, HENRY. THE ELEMENTS OF CIVIL ARCHITECTURE,
ACCORDING TO VITRUVIUS AND OTHER ANCIENTS,
AND THE MOST APPROVED PRACTICE OF MODERN
AUTHORS, ESPECIALLY PALLADIO. . . TRANSLATED BY
THE REV. PHILIP SMYTH. . . SECOND EDITION. Oxford,
1818. The copy of this book presented by Joseph Coolidge to Jefferson
for the library was replaced in the 19th century with one inscribed
on the leaf following the title page: University Library,
June 1840, John Beaford, London." *NA2515.A4.1818.
ATWOOD, GEORGE. A DISSERTATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION
AND PROPERTIES OF ARCHES. London, 1801.
The copy now in the library, and, so far as can be determined, the
copy received by Jefferson for the University, lacked the 1804 Supplement.
(E) TG327.A88.
BALDINUCCI, FILIPPO. OPERE. Milan, 1808-1812. 14 vols. This
is a set that was already in the library in the Spring of 1825 when
Jefferson was making up his want list. *N27.B2.1808.
BUILDER'S DICTIONARY: OR, GENTLEMAN AND ARCHITECT'S
COMPANION. London, 1734. 2 vols. Though not directly
associated with Jefferson, the library's copy is from the books of
Joseph C. Cabell, and is thus intimately associated with the beginnings
of the University. Jefferson not only ordered this book for
the University, he also sold a copy to Congress: Sowerby 4187.
*NA31.B82.1734.
BURNEY, CHARLES. THE PRESENT STATE OF MUSIC IN
FRANCE AND ITALY. London, 1771; and 2D ED., COR. London,
1773. Jefferson ordered the work for the University without specifying
the edition, and, as with the following item, neither edition
was received, though it may be presumed that he would have preferred
that of 1773. Nevertheless, it was a copy of the 1771 edition
that he sold to Congress: Sowerby 4253. The library's present
copies of these two editions are from the Mackay-Smith Collection.
*ML195.B96.1771 & 1773.
BURNEY, CHARLES. THE PRESENT STATE OF MUSIC IN
GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, AND UNITED PROVINCES
. . . 2D ED., COR. London, 1775. 2 vols. Jefferson ordered
the work for the University without specifying the edition, though
his general instructions to Hilliard would certainly have produced
the corrected edition if they had produced either. No copy of this,
however, is known to have been acquired in Jefferson's lifetime.
The copy Jefferson sold Congress was the 1773 edition: Sowerby
4254. The library's present copy of the 1775 edition is from the
Mackay-Smith Collection. *ML195.B963.1775.
CHARNOCK, JOHN. HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.
London, 1801-2. 3 vols. The set ordered by Jefferson for the
University is still in the library, though it now lacks a frontispiece.
*VM15.C48.1801.
CHIPPENDALE, THOMAS. THE GENTLEMAN AND CABINET-MAKER'S
DIRECTOR. . . THE SECOND EDITION. London,
duplicates the copy Jefferson sold to Congress (Sowerby 4221),
which Kimball incorrectly called the "3d". *NK.2542.C5A3.
CLERISSEAU, CHARLES LOUIS. ANTIQUITES DE LA
FRANCE. Paris, 1778. The half-title of the "Première Partie"
(which is all that ever appeared) is "Monumens de Nismes." This
edition was printed by P. D. Pierres, who a few years later was to
print the first edition of Jefferson's Notes on Virginia. Jefferson
ordered this book for the University, but there is no record that
it was acquired in his lifetime. His own copy was sold to Congress:
Sowerby 4209. (A)NA335.N5C6.1778.
CRESSWELL, DANIEL. THE ELEMENTS OF LINEAR PERSPECTIVE,
DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS IN
THE UNIVERSITY. Cambridge, 1811. The volume is now bound
with Cresswell's TREATISE ON SPHERICS, and there is evidence
from the nature of the 1825 Kean entry and the 1828 printed entry
that the binding was done between these years. *QA535.C7.
CUTBUSH, JAMES. THE AMERICAN ARTIST'S MANUAL.
Philadelphia, 1814. 2 vols. Jefferson ordered this, but there is no
evidence that a copy was acquired before 1828. The library's present
copy was the gift of A. C. Taylor. *T9.C95.1814.
DEZALLIER D'ARGENTVILLE, ANTOINE JOSEPH. THEORY
AND PRACTICE OF GARDENING. . . BY LESIEUR ALEXANDER
LE BLOND. DONE FROM THE LATE EDITION
PRINTED AT PARIS, BY JOHN JAMES. . . THE SECOND
EDITION. London, 1728. The library's present copy duplicates the
one Jefferson sold to Congress: Sowerby 4226. *SB461.D48.
DOSSIE, ROBERT. THE HANDMAID TO THE ARTS. 2D ED.
London, 1764. 2 vols. The library still owns the set acquired on
Jefferson's order. The copy Jefferson sold to Congress was also this
edition: Sowerby 1094. *TP144.D72.1764.
FELIBIEN, ANDRE, SIEUR DES AVAUX ET DE JAVERCY.
ENTRETIENS SUR LES VIES ET SUR LES OUVRAGES DES
AVEC LA VIE DES ARCHITECTES. Trevoux, 1775. 6 vols. Jefferson
originally ordered for the University a 5-volume set in 12mo,
thus indicating that he had the Amsterdam 1706 edition in mind:
See the entry in the Desiderata list. What Hilliard bought for him
was a 6-volume set, which is still in the library. *N27.F3.1725.
GIBBS, JAMES. A BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE, CONTAINING
DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS AND ORNAMENTS. London, 1728.
Not only ordered by Jefferson for the University and actually received,
but Jefferson also had a copy which he sold to Congress:
Sowerby 4218. (A) NA2620.G5.1728.
GIBSON, ROBERT. THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SURVEYING
. . . WITH . . . A NEW SET OF ACCURATE MATHEMATICAL
TABLES. BY D. P. ADAMS. New York, 1811 or 1814.
There was a copy in Jefferson's private library at the time of his
death, but the 1829 sale catalogue (lot 413), except to show that
it was one of the Adams editions, did not exactly identify the volume.
Either of the ones now in the University library, as described
above, could be a duplicate of the one Jefferson had. Furthermore,
it was probably one of these editions Jefferson ordered for the University
in 1825. For an earlier edition under another title, see the
Desiderata list. *TA545.G4.1811 and 1814.
GIBSON, ROBERT. THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SURVEYING.
New York, 1821. This edition has the tables of James
Ryan. In ordering the book for the University, Jefferson did not
specify the edition, but this is the one that was actually supplied,
though neither of the copies now in the library is the one Jefferson
bought for the University. *TA545.G4.1821.
GROSE, FRANCIS. RULES FOR DRAWING CARICATURAS.
London, 1791? See the entry under Hogarth.
HEELY, JOSEPH. LETTERS ON THE BEAUTIES OF HAGLEY.
London, 1777. 2 vols. Ordered by Jefferson, but there is no record
that the library received a copy before 1828. The library now has
only a poor copy of the first volume. See the description in the
Desiderata list. DA660.H45.
HOGARTH, WILLIAM. HOGARTH'S ANALYSIS OF BEAUTY.
London, 1791? The library's copy is bound with Francis Grose's
Rules for Drawing Caricaturas, is the copy purchased for the University
on Jefferson's order, and is the one that the 1828 Catalogue
dated 1776. *N70.H7.
JONES, INIGO. THE DESIGNS OF INIGO JONES, CONSISTING
OF PLANS AND ELEVATIONS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
BUILDINGS. PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM KENT, WITH
SOME ADDITIONAL DESIGNS. London, 1770. 2 vols. in one.
This is the edition ordered by Jefferson for the University, and the
one actually bought, but Jefferson's own copy which he sold to
Congress (Sowerby 4217), was the less expensive edition of 1727.
See the Desiderata list. (A) NA997.57K4.1770.
KENNETT, BASIL. ROMAE ANTIQUA NOTITIA; OR; THE
ANTIQUITIES OF ROME .Philadelphia, 1822. The library still
owns the copy acquired on Jefferson's order. Jefferson's own copy,
which he sold to Congress, was the 11th London edition of 1746:
Sowerby 114. *DG76.K34.1822.
LANDON, CHARLES PAUL. ANNALES DU MUSEE ET DE
L'ECOLE MODERNE DES BEAUX-ARTS. Paris, 1800-09. 17 vols.
and supplement (PAYSAGES ET TABLEAUX DE GENRE) 1805.
4 vols. Jefferson's order for 20 vols. shows that he was aware of the
supplement. Hilliard apparently filled the order with a 17-volume
set consisting of the supplement and volumes 4-16 of the main set.
This is the 17-vol. set described in the 1828 Catalogue. It is still in
the library, still lacking vol. 17 and the first three volumes. Jefferson
himself owned and sold to Congress a 10-volume set, complete only
for volumes issued to 1806: Sowerby 4244. *N2010.L3.1800.
LE CLERC, SEBASTIEN. TRAITE D'ARCHITECTURE. Paris,
1714. 2 vols. The library still owns the copy acquired on Jefferson's
order, which is in 2 volumes, not one as specified. The copy that
Jefferson sold to Congress, however, had the 4 parts bound in one
volume: Sowerby 4181. *NA2515.L46.1714.
LE GRAND, AUGUSTIN. GALERIE DES ANTIQUES. Paris,
1803. Jefferson ordered it, and it was in the library by 1828. Jefferson's
LEONARDO DA VINCI. A TREATISE ON PAINTING. London,
1721. Ordered by Jefferson for the University, but there is no record
of its having been received. Jefferson's own copy was sold to Congress:
Sowerby 4237. The present library copy is from the collection
of T. W. Tottie. *ND1130.L6.1721.
MAJOR, THOMAS. THE RUINS OF PAESTUM. London, 1768.
Jefferson ordered it and it was received by 1828, but the copy has
not survived. The library's present copy is from the collection of
William Arthur, sixth Duke of Portland. *NA285.P3M2.1768.
MARECHAL, PIERRE SYLVAIN. LES ANTIQUITES D'HERCULANUM,
AVEC LES EXPLICATIONS. Paris, 1780-1803. 12
vols. This was the edition engraved by François Anne David, under
whose name Brunet enters it, and though it was issued in both
4to and 8vo, there still remains some doubt as to whether this was
the set Jefferson had in mind when he ordered a 7-volume 8vo set.
One thing, however, is sure: that this set is what Jefferson got from
his order, because the 1828 Catalogue acknowledges the presence of
the 12-volume set. Of this, only the first nine volumes have survived.
*DG70.H5M2.1780.
MONTFAUCON, BERNARD DE. ANTIQUITY EXPLAINED.
London, 1721-22 and 1725. Ordered by Jefferson, but there is no
record that the set was received before 1828. The library lacks the
first volume only. See the description in the Desiderata list. *DE57.- M79.
MORRIS, ROBERT. SELECT ARCHITECTURE: BEING
REGULAR DESIGNS OF PLANS AND ELEVATIONS WELL
SUITED TO BOTH TOWN AND COUNTRY. London, 1755.
The library's copy is a duplicate of the one Jefferson sold to Congress:
Sowerby 4219. The University also has a copy of Morris's
Lectures on Architecture, 1734. (A)NA7328.M6.1755.
PALLADIO, ANDREA. THE ARCHITECTURE . . . REVIS'D,
DESIGN'D, AND PUBLISH'D BY GIACOMO LEONI . . . London,
Leoni edition; the two following editions were also associated with
Jefferson. This one was in the library Jefferson sold to Congress:
Sowerby 4175. *NA2517.P3.1715.
PALLADIO, ANDREA. THE ARCHITECTURE . . . REVIS'D,
DESIGN'D, AND PUBLISH'D BY GIACOMO LEONI . . . SECOND
EDITION. London, 1721. 2 vols. The copy now in the library
was the gift of Thomas Nelson Page. The case for this having been
the edition recorded by Kean as being in the University's collection
in 1825, though physically the books were then "at Monticello,"
rests on the certainty that this was one of the editions used during
the construction of the University. The volumes apparently never
got back from Monticello because they do not appear in the 1828
printed catalogue. *NA2517.P3.1721.
PALLADIO, ANDREA. THE FIRST BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE
. . . WITH AN APPENDIX TOUCHING DOORS AND
WINDOWS BY PR. LE MUET . . . TRANSLATED . . . BY GODFREY
RICHARDS. London, 1700. That Jefferson owned a copy is
clear from the annotation "Palladio's 1st book of architecture, with
Le Muet on doors & windows" in his manuscript library catalogue
now at the Massachusetts Historical Society, but the copy apparently
did not go to Congress in 1815, and there is no record of it in the
1829 sale catalogue. Which edition Jefferson owned is a matter,
therefore, of speculation. Kimball, p.97-8, listed as possibilities the
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, and 12 editions (of 1663, 1668, 1676, 1708, and
1733 respectively, though he misprinted two of these dates). The
edition now at the University, the gift of the Rev. Lee M. Dean, is
as likely as any other, so far as is now known. *NA2517.P3.1700.
PIROLI, TOMMASO. ANTIQUITES D'HERCULANUM,
GRAVEES PAR TH. PIROLI, ET PUBLIEES PAR F. ET P.
PIRANESI, FRERES. Paris, 1804-05. 6 vols. The library still has
the first four of the six volumes acquired on Jefferson's original
order. *DG70.H5P6.1804.
POTTER, JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. ARCHAEOLOGIA
GRAECA: OR, THE ANTIQUITIES OF GREECE
. . . AND A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES AND
WRITINGS OF THE MOST CELEBRATED GREEK AUTHORS;
BY GEORGE DUNBAR. Edinburgh, 1824. 2 vols. Ordered
by Jefferson, this set was in the library by 1828, but the original
copies have not survived. The library's present set was the gift of
R. L. Harrison. DF76.P86.1824.
REPERTORY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND AGRICULTURE.
London, 1794-1802. 16 vols. The library has only the 4th
volume. See the entry in the Desiderata list. T1.R4.
RUMFORD, SIR BENJAMIN THOMPSON, COUNT. ESSAYS,
POLITICAL, ECONOMICAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL. Boston,
1798-1804. 3 vols. All three volumes were ordered by Jefferson for
the library, but there is no evidence that they had been received by
1828. Jefferson himself owned the first two volumes (Sowerby 1182),
and some of the chapters in this work had a notable influence on
Jefferson as a practicing architect; e.g., Essay IV in Volume One
(1798) OF CHIMNEY FIRE-PLACES, and ESSAY I in Volume
Two (1799) OF THE MANAGEMENT OF FIRE, AND THE
ECONOMY OF FUEL. In modern times, the library has acquired
a set of the books. *Q113.R92.1798.
SPENCE, JOSEPH. POLYMETIS. London, 1747. The library's
present copy is the one ordered by Jefferson. The 1828 Catalogue
entry indicating that the one Hilliard sent was an 1818 edition is
an error, brought about by an accidental transfer of imprint from
the preceding item. The copy Jefferson sold to Congress was also
this edition: Sowerby 4230. *N5613.S7.1747.
STOWE. A DESCRIPTION OF THE HOUSE AND GARDENS
OF THE MOST NOBLE & PUISSANT PRINCE, GEORGE-GRENVILLE-NUGENT-TEMPLE,
MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM.
London, 1797. Ordered by Jefferson and received by 1828.
For a note on the 1783 edition, see the Desiderata list. (A) DA664.-S8.1797.
STUART, JAMES. THE ANTIQUITIES OF ATHENS, MEASURED
AND DELINEATED BY JAMES STUART . . . AND
Jefferson, but there is no record that the library acquired a set before
1828. The library's present set was the gift of G. Harris. Jefferson
accurately specified 4 volumes. The 5th appeared after his death.
He himself owned another copy of the first volume, which he sold
to Congress: Sowerby 4190. *NA280.S9.1762.
TOULONGEON, FRANCOIS EMMANUEL. MANUEL DU
MUSEUM FRANCAIS. Paris, 1802-08. 10 parts in 5 vols. The
library still has the set acquired on Jefferson's order. Jefferson's own
set, which he sold to Congress, was originally bound in four volumes
and was later bound into three: Sowerby 4245. *N2030.T7.1802.
WINCKELMANN, JOHANN JOACHIM. STORIA DELLE
ARTI DEL DESIGNO PRESSO GLI ANTICHI, DI GIOVANNI
WINKELMANN. TRADOTTA DAL TEDESCO E IN QUESTA
EDIZIONE CORRETTA E AUMENTATA DALL ABATE
CARLO FEA. Rome, 1783-86. 3 vols. This is clearly the edition
Jefferson ordered for the University, but there is no record of its
ever having been received. The library's present set was the gift
of the Virginia State Library. Jefferson himself owned the 1779
edition. See the Desiderata list. (A) N5330.W77.1783.
WOOD, ROBERT. THE RUINS OF BALBEC. London, 1757.
Ordered by Jefferson and received by 1828, but the copy has not
survived. Jefferson himself had another copy, which he sold to
Congress: Sowerby 4188. The library's present copy was the gift
of G. Harris. (A)NA335.B2W8.1757.
WOOD, ROBERT. THE RUINS OF PALMYRA. London, 1753.
Ordered by Jefferson and received by 1828, but the copy has not
survived. The library's present copy was the gift of G. Harris.
(A) NA335.P2W8.
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