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Desiderata List
Books needed by the University of Virginia in its reconstruction
of Jefferson's original fine arts library, or in duplicating
Jefferson's private architectural collections.
ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON-GORDON, 4TH EARL
OF. AN INQUIRY INTO THE PRINCIPLES OF BEAUTY IN
GRECIAN ARCHITECTURE. London, 1822. Jefferson ordered
it for the University, and a copy had been received by 1828, but
the library now has only the 1860 reprint in Weale's Scientific and
Technical Series. [1]
ALBERTI, LEONE BATTISTA. L'ARCHITECTURA DI
LEONBATISTA ALBERTI; TRADOTTA IN LINGUA FIORENTINA
DA COSIMO BARTOLI . . . CON LA AGGIUNTA
DE' DISEGNI. Venice, 1565. Jefferson sold his copy to Congress:
Sowerby 4199. [2]
ARTEAGA, ESTEBAN. LE RIVOLUZIONI DEL TEATRO
MUSICALE ITALIANO. Bologna, 1783-88. 3 vols. Jefferson
ordered all three volumes, but only two were received by the University,
and these have not survived. Jefferson himself owned and
sold to Congress the 3-volume edition of Venice 1785: Sowerby
4256. [3]
BARLOW, PETER. AN ESSAY ON THE STRENGTH AND
STRESS OF TIMBER. London, 1818. This was the second edition,
which it may be assumed Jefferson had in mind when he ordered
the book for the University. The first edition was 1817. The library
has a copy of the 3rd edition of 1826, but this was issued after
Jefferson's list was made up, perhaps even after Jefferson's death.
There is no record of the library's having acquired any edition in
Jefferson's lifetime. [4]
BARTOLI, PIETRO SANTI. RACCOLTA DI GEMME
ANTICHE FIGURATE, INCISE DA PIETRO SANTI BARTOLI
ED ILLUSTRATE DA MICHELANGELO CAUSEO DE LA
CHAUSSE. Rome, 1805. 2 vols. 2nd ed. Jefferson ordered it for the
University, but there is no record of its ever having been received.
The library now has of Bartoli's works, only his Admiranda Romanorum
Antiquitatum, 1693. [5]
BASAN, PIERRE FRANCOIS. DICTIONNAIRE DES GRAVEURS
ANCIENS ET MODERNES DEPUIS L'ORIGINE DE LA
GRAVURE; AVEC UNE NOTICE DES PRINCIPALES
ESTAMPES QU'ILS ONT GRAVEES. SUIVI DES CATALOGUES
DES OEUVRES DE JACQUES JORDANS, & DE CORNEILLE
VISSCHER. PAR F. BASAN. Paris, 1767. 3 vols. Jefferson
apparently knew that the 3rd volume of this edition was omitted
in the 1789 edition. He ordered the 1767 edition for the University,
and it was in the collection by 1828, but it has not survived. [6]
BECKER, WILHELM GOTTLIEB. NEUE GARTEN- UND
LANDSCHAFTS-GABAUDE. Leipzig, 1798-99. 34 plates with descriptive
text, issued in 4 folders. Jefferson's French title, "Plans
d'architecture," is not on the book, but that this was the book
ordered for the University in 1825 seems certain from Jefferson's
use of the same title for the same work on the copy he sold to
Congress: Sowerby 4223. [7]
BIRCH, WILLIAM. THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA NORTH AMERICA: AS IT APPEARED
IN THE YEAR 1800 CONSISTING OF TWENTY
EIGHT PLATES. Springfield Cot, Pa., 1800. Jefferson sold his
copy to Congress: Sowerby 4161. The library has only a microcard
edition. [8]
BORGHINI, RAFAELLO. IL REPOSO, IN CUI DELLE PITTURA
E DELLA SCULPTURA SI FAVELLA. Milan, 1807. 3 vols.
The set was in the library before Jefferson made up his want list.
It was more fully identified in the 1828 Catalogue. [9]
BRUSCO, GIACOMO. DESCRIPTION DES BEAUTES DE
GENES ET DE SES ENVIRONS, ORNEES DE DIFFERENTES
DE LA VILLE. Genes, 1781. Jefferson sold his copy to
Congress: Sowerby 3910. [10]
BUILDER'S PRICE-BOOK; CONTAINING A CORRECT LIST
OF THE PRICES ALLOWED BY THE MOST EMINENT SURVEYORS
IN LONDON, TO THE SEVERAL ARTIFICERS CONCERNED
IN BUILDING. THE FIFTH EDITION, CORRECT
ED. BY AN EXPERIENCED SURVEYOR. London, 1788. Jefferson
sold his copy to Congress: Sowerby 1181. [11]
BUILDERS' PRICES, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON, AND
PITTSBURGH. [Philadelphia? post 1815? and ante 1826]. A copy
was in Jefferson's library at the time of his death. The title, otherwise
identified only as an 8vo, is from the 1829 sale catalogue,
lot 243, but see also Thurlow & Berkeley No. 1605. [12]
CASLON, WILLIAM. A SPECIMEN OF PRINTING TYPES.
London, 1764. Jefferson sold his copy to Congress: Sowerby 1135.
The library has only the 1785 edition of this title, issued by the
younger William Caslon. [13]
CASTELL, ROBERT. THE VILLAS OF THE ANCIENTS ILLUSTRATED.
London, 1728. Although ordered for the University,
there is no record of its having been acquired. Jefferson's own copy
was sold to Congress: Sowerby 4191. [14]
CELLINI, BENVENUTO. OPERE. Milan, 1806-11. 3 vols. The
first two volumes, comprising the VITA, were edited by Gio.
Palamede Carpani. The third volume included the DUE TRATTI,
etc. The work was already in the University's collection when Jefferson
made up his want list. [15]
CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM. DESIGNS OF CHINESE BUILDINGS,
FURNITURE, DRESSES, MACHINES, AND UTENSILS.
London, 1757. Jefferson ordered it, but there is no record of the
library's ever having received the book. Jefferson's copy was sold to
Congress: Sowerby 4220. The library has only a photo-copy of the
5-leaf preface to this work, of which Samuel Johnson was the supposed
author. [16]
CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM. PLANS, ELEVATIONS, SECTIONS,
AND PERSPECTIVE VIEWS OF THE GARDENS AND
BUILDINGS AT KEW, IN SURRY. London, 1763. Jefferson
ordered it, and the library received a copy, but it has not survived.
Jefferson's own copy was sold to Congress: Sowerby 4225. [17]
CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL. GREEK MARBLES BROUGHT
FROM THE SHORES OF THE EUXINE, ARCHIPELAGO,
AND MEDITERRANEAN, AND DEPOSITED IN THE VESTIBULE
OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CAMBRIDGE. Cambridge, 1809. Jefferson's "4" annotation on the
order for this book either indicates an error on his part as to the
number of volumes or else doubt as to whether the format was
quarto or octavo. The book was in the collection by 1828 but has
not survived. [18]
CLENDENIN, JOHN. THE PRACTICAL SURVEYOR'S ASSISTANT.
Philadelphia, 1793. Jefferson sold his copy to Congress:
Sowerby 3709. [19]
COETNEMPREN DE KERSAINT, ARMAND GUY SIMON,
COMTE DE. DISCOURS SUR LES MONUMENS PUBLIQUES,
PRONONCE AU CONSEIL DU DEPARTMENT DE PARIS, LE
15 DECEMBRE 1791, PAR ARMAND-GUY KERSAINT. Paris,
1792. This was ordered by Jefferson, but there is no record of the
library's ever having acquired it. Jefferson's own copy was sold to
Congress: Sowerby 4212. [20]
COINTERAUX, FRANCOIS. ECOLE D'ARCHITECTURE
RURALE. Paris, 1791. Jefferson sold his copy to Congress: Sowerby
1177. [21]
COLLECTION OF PAPERS ON NAVAL ARCHITECTURE,
ORIGINALLY COMMUNICATED THROUGH THE CHANNEL
OF THE EUROPEAN MAGAZINE. THE SECOND EDITION.
London, 1791-1800. 2 vols. Ordered by Jefferson for the
University, but there is no record of the library's ever having received
a copy. Jefferson's own copy, or at least part of it, he sold
to Congress: Sowerby 1227. Miss Sowerby's annotation on the
Museum description has been copied. [22]
DATI, CARLO ROBERTO. VITE DE' PITTORI ANTICHI.
Milan, 1806. The work was in the library before Jefferson made
up his want list. It was more fully identified in the 1828 Catalogue.
[23]
DELORME, PHILIBERT. NOUVELLES INVENTIONS POUR
BIEN BASTIR ET A PETIT FRAIZ, TROUVEES N'A GUERES
PAR PHILIBERT DE L'ORME. Paris, 1576. The library has an
earlier edition of 1567, under the title Le Premier Tome de l'Architecture,
but the first edition of this work under the 1576 title was
in 1561. This is the same edition that Jefferson sold to Congress:
Sowerby 4183. [24]
DESGODETZ, ANTOINE BABUTY. LES EDIFICES ANTIQUES
DE ROME. Paris, 1779. It was the Jombert edition that Jefferson
owned: Sowerby 4198. And it was certainly also this edition that the
1828 catalogue described as "1729", presumably from a misreading
of the Roman numerals. [25]
DONATI, ALESSANDRO. ALEXANDRI DONATI . . . ROMA
VETUS AC RECENS UTRIUSQUE. AEDIFICIIS ILLUSTRATA.
Amsterdam, 1695. Jefferson ordered it, but there is no record of the
library's having acquired it. Jefferson's own copy was sold to Congress:
Sowerby 4185. [26]
DURAND, JEAN NICOLAS LOUIS. RECUEIL ET PARALLELE
DES EDIFICES DE TOUT GENRE. Paris, 1800. The date on the
title page reads "An IX," which the 1828 catalogue took to mean
1801. [27]
ENCYCLOPEDIE METHODIQUE, OU PAR ORDRE DE MATIERES,
PAR UNE SOCIETE DE GENS DE LETTRES. Paris,
1782-1816. Not completed until 1832, this encyclopedia was to reach
eventually to 102 numbers, or 337 parts, comprising 166 and a half
volumes of quarto text and 51 parts of illustrations with a total of
6439 plates. Jefferson's own set, which he sold to Congress, contained
136 ½ volumes: Sowerby 4888. In 1828, the library had 162
these, only the volumes concerning Mathematics are now in the
library, but these alone are enough to confirm that the dating of
the set in the printed Catalogue of 1828 is wrong. The beginning
date of 1787 given there is almost certainly a misprint for 1782,
when the printing of the encyclopedia actually began. Jefferson,
presumably to distinguish the set from the alphabetically arranged
work of Diderot and D'Alembert, referred to it under the name of
its first publisher, Panckoucke. Since the present listing concerns
the fine arts, the following sections only are relevant, and indeed,
as Brunet pointed out long ago, the volumes on the different subject
matters have, for more than a century, usually been sold
separately.
ANTIQUITES ET MYTHOLOGIE. 10 parts in 5 vols., plus
2 vols. of 380 plates.
ARCHITECTURE. 3 vols.
ART ARATOIRE ET DU JARDINAGE. 1 vol. and 54 plates.
ARTS AT METIERS. 16 parts in 8 vols., and 1509 plates.
BEAUX-ARTS. 2 parts in 4 vols., and 1 vol. of 115 plates.
MUSIQUE. 3 parts in 2 vols., with 188 plates. [28]
ETIENNE, JEAN D'. MEMOIRE SUR LA DECOUVERTE D'UN
CIMENT IMPENETRABLE A L'EAU; ET SUR L'APPLICATION
DE CE MEME CIMENT A UNE TERRASSE DE LA
MAISON DE L'AUTEUR. Paris, 1782. Jefferson ordered it for the
University, but there is no record of its having been received by the
library. Jefferson's copy was sold to Congress: Sowerby 4204. This
edition was printed by Philippe-Denys Pierres, who a few years later
was to print Jefferson's Notes on Virginia. [29]
FELIBIEN, ANDRE, SIEUR DES AVAUX ET DE JAVERCY.
ENTRETIENS SUR LES VIES ET SUR LES OUVRAGES DES
PLUS EXCELLENS PEINTURES ANCIENS ET MODERNES:
AVEC LA VIE DES ARCHITECTS. Amsterdam, 1706. 5 vols. This
is the edition Jefferson sold to Congress: Sowerby 4248. See the note
under Félibien in the appendix. [30]
FERGUSON, JAMES. THE ART OF DRAWING IN PERSPECTIVE.
London, 1775. The evidence for a copy of this work's having
the Massachusetts Historical Society. The book was apparently not
sold to Congress, and does not appear in the 1829 sale catalogue.
[30a]
FICORONI, FRANCESCO. LE VESTIGIA E RARITE DI ROMA
ANTICA. Rome, 1744. 2 vols. Jefferson ordered this in a single
volume, and it is apparently sometimes so bound. There is no record
of the library's ever having acquired the book, but Jefferson's own
copy was sold to Congress: Sowerby 4196. [31]
FREART DE CHAMBRAY, ROLAND. PARALLELE DE
L'ARCHITECTURE ANTIQUE, SUIVANT LES DIX PRINCIPAUX
QUI ONT ECRIT SUR LES CINQ ORDRES. PAR MM.
ERRARD & DE CHAMBRAY. Paris, 1766. See the entry under
Jombert. The library has only the 4th edition, 1733, in the John
Evelyn English translation. [32]
GELL, SIR WILLIAM. POMPEIANA: THE TOPOGRAPHY,
EDIFICES, AND ORNAMENTS OF POMPEII. BY SIR WILLIAM
GELL . . . AND JOHN P. GANDY. London, 1817-19. Jefferson
ordered it, but there is no record of the library's ever having
received it. The library has only the partial reprint of 1880. under
the title Pompeii, its Destruction and Re-Discovery. [33]
GIBBS, JAMES. RULES FOR DRAWING THE SEVERAL
PARTS OF ARCHITECTURE, IN A MORE EXACT AND EASY
MANNER THAN HAS BEEN HERETOFORE PRACTISED.
London, 1732. Jefferson in 1825 ordered the 1732 edition for the
University, perhaps forgetting that it was the 1738 edition he had
sold to Congress. See the next entry. There is no record of the University's
ever having received the book. [34]
GIBBS, JAMES. RULES FOR DRAWING THE SEVERAL
PARTS OF ARCHITECTURE . . . THE SECOND EDITION.
London, 1738. This is the edition Jefferson sold to Congress:
Sowerby 4184. The library has an undated 20th-century reprint of
it only. Kimball incorrectly identified the volume Jefferson sold to
Congress as the 3rd edition of 1753. [35]
GIBSON, ROBERT. A TREATISE OF PRACTICAL SURVEYING
. . . THE SIXTH EDITION. Philadelphia, 1790. Jefferson
sold his copy of this edition to Congress: Sowerby 3707. The earliest
editions now in the library are those of 1792 and 1796. For a note
on other editions of this book, see the Appendix. [36]
HALFPENNY, WILLIAM, PRACTICAL ARCHITECTURE, OR
A SURE GUIDE TO THE TRUE WORKING ACCORDING TO
THE RULES OF THAT SCIENCE, REPRESENTING THE
FIVE ORDERS, WITH THEIR SEVERAL DOORS AND WINDOWS,
TAKEN FROM INIGO JONES AND OTHER CELEBRATED
ARCHITECTS . . . London, 1724. The edition sold by
Jefferson to Congress has not been postively identified: Sowerby
4186. The 1724 is Kimball's conjecture. The library has only his
Twelve Beautiful Designs of 1750. [37]
HANCARVILLE, PIERRE FRANCOIS HUGHES CALLED
D'HANCARVILLE. RECHERCHES SUR L'ORIGINE, L'ESPRIT
ET LES PROGRES DES ARTS DE LA GRECE. London,
1785. 3 vols. Ordered by Jefferson for the University, but there is
no record of the library's ever having received a set. [38]
HEELY, JOSEPH. LETTERS ON THE BEAUTIES OF HAGLEY,
ENVIL, AND THE LEASOWES. WITH CRITICAL REMARKS:
AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE MODERN TASTE
IN GARDENING. London, 1777. 2 vols. The library has only a
poor copy of the first volume, acquired in recent years. Jefferson
ordered a copy for the University, but none was received in his
lifetime. His own copy was sold to Congress: Sowerby 4228. [39]
JESS, ZACHARIAH. A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL
SURVEYING, AND DIVIDING OF LAND. 2d ed. Philadelphia,
1814. Jefferson had a copy in his private library at the time
of his death. The 1829 sale catalogue (lot 414) does not specify the
edition, but it seems unlikely that Jefferson would have owned the
Wilmington 1799 first edition. [40]
JOHNSON, STEPHEN WILLIAM. RURAL ECONOMY: CONTAINING
A TREATISE ON PISE BUILDING. New-Brunswick,
N.J., 1806. Jefferson sold his copy to Congress: Sowerby 1178. [41]
JOMBERT, CHARLES ANTOINE. BIBLIOTHEQUE PORTATIVE
D'ARCHITECTURE ELEMENTAIRE, A L'USAGE DES
ARTISTES, DIVISEE EN 6 PARTIES. Paris, 1764-66. 4 parts,
generally in 2 vols. The four parts, separately entered in this list,
are entitled: 1. Règles de Cinq Ordres d'Architecture, par Jacques
Barrozzio de Vignole; 2. L'Architecture de Palladio; 3. OEuvres
d'Architecture de Vincent Scamozzi; 4. Parallèle de l'Architecture
Antique avec la Moderne, suivant les dix principaux auteurs qui
ont écrit sur les cinq ordres, par MM. Errard et de Chambray.
Jefferson ordered the work, but there is no record of the library's
having acquired it. Jefferson's own copies of the second and fourth
parts were sold to Congress: Sowerby 4215-6. And all four of the
parts were in his private library at the time of his death. They
were sold as lot 723 in the 1829 sale. [42]
JONES, INIGO. THE DESIGNS OF INIGO JONES, CONSISTING
OF PLANS AND ELEVATIONS FOR PUBLICK AND
PRIVATE BUILDINGS. PUBLISH'D BY WILLIAM KENT.
London, 1727. 2 vols. in one. For a note on this edition, a copy of
which Jefferson sold to Congress (Sowerby 4217), and on the edition
of 1770, see the Appendix. [43]
KELSALL, CHARLES. PHANTASM OF AN UNIVERSITY. London,
1814. The second part contains the architectural detail. The
copy received by Jefferson for the University before he made up the
want list was the gift of James Madison, but it has not survived. [44]
KENNET, BASIL. ROMAE ANTIQUAE NOTITIA: OR, THE
ANTIQUITIES OF ROME . . . WITH COPPER CUTTS OF
THE PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS . . . ELEVENTH EDITION
CORRECTED AND IMPROVED. London, 1746. This is the
edition that Jefferson sold to Congress: Sowerby 114. For another
edition, see the Appendix. [45]
KIRBY, JOHN JOSHUA. THE PERSPECTIVE OF ARCHITECTURE.
A WORK ENTIRELY NEW; DEDUCED FROM THE
PRINCIPLES OF DR. BROOK TAYLOR; AND PERFORMED
BY TWO RULES ONLY OF UNIVERSAL APPLICATION.
London, 1761. 2 vols. Jefferson specifically ordered this edition,
though there is no record of the library's having acquired it. Jefferson's
the 3rd edition of 1765. [46]
KRAFFT, JOHANN KARL. PLANS, COUPES, ELEVATIONS
DES PLUS BELLES MAISONS ET DES HOTELS CONSTRUITS
A PARIS ET DANS LES ENVIRONS, PUBLIES PAR J.-CH.
KRAFFT, ARCHITECTE, ET RANSONNETTE, GRAVEUR.
Paris, 1801-1802. Issued in 20 parts. Text in French, German, and
English, in parallel columns. Jefferson ordered it, but there is no
record of the library's having acquired the book. Jefferson's own
copy was sold to Congress: Sowerby 4214. [47]
LA FAYE, POLYCARPE DE. RECHERCHES SUR LA PREPARATION
QUE LES ROMAINS DONNOIENT A LA CHAUX,
DONT ILS SE SERVOIENT POUR LEURS CONSTRUCTIONS,
& SUR LA COMPOSITION & L'EMPLOI DE LEURS MORTIERS.
Paris, 1777. Ordered by Jefferson for the University, but
there is no record of the library's ever having received a copy.
Jefferson sold his own copy to Congress: Sowerby 1176 and 4205.
[48]
LANDON, CHARLES PAUL. ANNALES DU MUSEE ET DE
L'ECOLE MODERNE DES BEAUX-ARTS. Paris, 1800-09. 17 vols.
and 4 vols. of Supplement. The library lacks volumes 1-3, and 17;
see the entry in the Appendix. [49]
LANGLEY, BATTY. PRACTICAL GEOMETRY, APPLIED TO
THE ARTS OF BUILDING, SURVEYING, GARDENING AND
MENSURATION . . . THE SECOND EDITION. London, 1729.
This is the edition Jefferson sold to Congress: Sowerby 4185. The
library has only this author's City and Country Builder's, and
Workman's Treasury of 1740. [50]
LE CLERC, SEBASTIEN. TRAITE DE GEOMETRIE THEORIQUE
ET PRATIQUE, A L'USAGE DES ARTISTES. Paris, 1774.
Jefferson sold his copy to Congress: Sowerby 3710. The library has
only the 1764 edition of Jombert. [51]
LE ROY, JULIEN DAVID. LES RUINS DES PLUS BEAUX
MONUMENTS DE LA GRECE. Paris, 1758. 2 vols. This is the
also in Jefferson's possession a London edition of 1759 in English,
with the title RUINS OF ATHENS remains in doubt. See Sowerby
4189. [52]
LIPSIUS, JUSTUS. ROMA ILLUSTRATA . . . ET GEORGII
FABRICII CHEMNICENSIS VETERIS ROMAE . . . EX NOVA
RECENSIONE ANTONII THYSII . . . London, 1692. Jefferson
sold his copy to Congress: Sowerby 117. [53]
LUBERSAC DE LIVRON, CHARLES FRANCOIS DE. DISCOURS
SUR LES MONUMENS PUBLICS DE TOUS LES AGES
ET DE TOUS LES PEUPLES CONNUS, SUIVI D'UNE DESCRIPTION
DE MONUMENT PROJETE A LA GLOIRE DE
LOUIS XVI ET DE LA FRANCE. Paris, 1775. 2 parts in one
volume. This was ordered by Jefferson and bought for the University,
but the copy has not survived. Jefferson's own copy was sold to
Congress (Sowerby 4210) and has also disappeared. [54]
MAPS. COLLECTION OF PLANS OF TOWNS. A large folio
with this binder's title was sold by Jefferson to Congress. Miss
Sowerby's note on it (No. 3859) gives the known details. In 1805
it was bound into an Atlas 16 × 22 inches. Before April 10, 1791,
the collection contained plans of Frankfort on the Mayne, Carlsruhe,
Amsterdam, Strasburg, Paris, Orleans, Bordeaux, Lyons,
Montpelier, Marseilles, Turin, and Milan. Some of Jefferson's later
purchases of American maps are also detailed by Miss Sowerby,
though the chief group of these may have remained in Jefferson's
private library until his death. Cf., for example, lot 347 in the 1829
sale catalogue: PLANS AND FORTS OF AMERICA, 8vo. [55]
MARECHAL, PIERRE SYLVAIN. LES ANTIQUITES D'HERCULANUM.
Paris, 1780-1803. 12 vols. The library lacks volumes
10-12. See the entry in the Appendix. [56]
MASCHERONI, LORENZO. NUOVE RICERCHE SULL' EQUILIBRIO
DELLE VOLTE. Bergamo, 1785. Jefferson's copy was sold
to Congress: Sowerby 4203. The library has several of Mascheroni's
geometrical works. [57]
MAUCOMBLE, JEAN FRANCOIS DIEUDONNE. HISTOIRE
ABREGEE DE LA VILLE DE NISMES, AVEC LA DESCRIPTION
DE SES ANTIQUITES. Amsterdam, 1767. 2 parts in one vol.
Plate 5 is of the Maison Carrée. Jefferson sold his copy to Congress:
Sowerby 3886. [58]
MEINERT, FRIEDERICH. SCHONE LANDBAUKUNST. Leipzig,
1798. This was ordered by Jefferson for the University, but there
is no record of the library's ever having received a copy. Jefferson
sold his own copy to Congress: Sowerby 4224. The identification of
the work is incomplete, since the LC copy has not survived, but
see Jefferson's own queries concerning its "4 cahiers" under Sowerby
4222. [59]
MIGNERON DE BROQUEVILLE. DESCRIPTION DU PONT
DE BRIENNE, CONSTRUIT A BORDEAUX . . . Bordeaux, 1788?
Jefferson's copy, bound with other works, was sold to Congress:
Sowerby 4200. [60]
MILIZIA, FRANCESCO. PRINCIPJ DI ARCHITETTURA
CIVILE, EDIZ. RIVEDUTA DA GIOV.-BATT. CIPRIANI. Bassano,
1813. 3 vols. Jefferson's University order was presumably for
this edition, the latest he could have known of, since he is not likely
to have heard of the 1825 reprint, and would likely have preferred
the 1813 edition to that of 1804. There is no record of the library's
ever having received the set. But there was a copy of this edition
in Jefferson's private library at the time of his death. It was sold
as lot 720 in the 1829 sale. [61]
MITCHELL, ROBERT. PLANS AND VIEWS IN PERSPECTIVE,
WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF BUILDINGS ERECTED IN
ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND; AND ALSO AN ESSAY, TO
ELUCIDATE THE GRECIAN, ROMAN AND GOTHIC
ARCHITECTURE. London, 1801. Text in English and French.
Jefferson ordered it, but there is no record that the library ever
acquired the book. Jefferson's copy was sold to Congress: Sowerby
4208. [62]
MITFORD, WILLIAM. PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE
TRACED IN OBSERVATIONS ON BUILDINGS
ROMAN. London, 1819. This was in Jefferson's private
library at the time of his death, and was sold as lot 730 in the 1829
sale. The identification of the edition is Kimball's. [63]
MONTFAUCON, BERNARD DE. ANTIQUITY EXPLAINED,
AND REPRESENTED IN SCULPTURES. BY THE LEARNED
FATHER MONTFAUCON. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH
BY DAVID HUMPHREYS. London, 1721-22 and 1725. Of the ten
volumes issued, the library lacks only the first. Jefferson, perhaps
ignorant of the 1725 volume, ordered a 9-volume folio edition, but
there is no record of any of the volumes having been received in
Jefferson's lifetime. [64]
NICHOLSON, PETER. THE CARPENTER'S AND JOINER'S
ASSISTANT. London, 1797. The work was first published in 1792.
This was the 2nd edition that Jefferson ordered in 1825 for the
University, but there is no record of its ever having been received
by the library. [65]
NICHOLSON, PETER. CARPENTER'S NEW GUIDE. London,
1808. The library has the 11th edition of 1834. Jefferson in ordering
this for the University did not specify in the way of edition anything
more than "London," and there were London editions in 1792,
1797, 1801, 1805, and 1808 that he could have meant. There is no
record of any edition having been recived by the library in Jefferson's
lifetime. [66]
NICHOLSON, PETER. THE PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE;
CONTAINING THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF
THE ART IN GEOMETRY, ARITHMETIC AND MENSURATION.
London, 1809. 3 vols. Jefferson in ordering this for the University
specified only a 3-volume edition in octavo, which could
also have referred to the original edition of 1795-98. There is no
record of either edition having been received by the library. [67]
PALLADIO, ANDREA. ARCHITECTURE DE PALLADIO,
CONTENANT LES CINQ ORDRES D'ARCHITECTURE, SUIVANT
CET AUTEUR, SES OBSERVATIONS SUR LA MANIERE
DE BIEN BATIR, & SON TRAITE DES GRANDS CHEMINS
MACONNERIE. Paris, 1764. See the entry under Jombert. The
library has no French editions. [68]
PALLADIO, ANDREA. THE ARCHITECTURE OF A. PALLADIO;
IN FOUR BOOKS . . . REVIS'D, DESIGN'D, AND PUBLISH'D
BY GIACOMO LEONI . . . THE 3D ED. COR. WITH
NOTES AND REMARKS OF INIGO JONES . . . AND ALSO AN
APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME.
WRITTEN BY A. PALLADIO. AND A DISCOURSE OF THE
FIRES OF THE ANCIENTS . . . London, 1742. This is one of
the editions of Palladio that Jefferson sold to Congress: Sowerby
4174. It is the third Leoni edition. For notes on the two earlier
editions, see the Appendix. [69]
PALLADIO, ANDREA. I CINQUE ORDINI DELL' ARCHITETTURA.
Rome, 1801. This was the quarto edition of Cipriani.
It is known from the Kean list to have been in the library at a time
when only Jefferson controlled the acquisitions. Later records of
this volume (e.g., 1828 Catalogue entries on pages 105 and 108)
make one wonder whether there were two copies of this edition in
the library, or (if there was only one) whether it was given to
Jefferson for the library by Joseph Coolidge or James Madison. [70]
PALLADIO, ANDREA. LES QUATRE LIVRES DE L'ARCHITECTURE.
Paris, 1650. This was the French translation of the
Sieur de Chambrai. Jefferson sold a copy to Congress: Sowerby
No. 4181. [71]
PATTE, PIERRE. MONUMENS ERIGES EN FRANCE A LA
GLOIRE DE LOUIS XV, PRECEDES D'UN TABLEAU DU PROGRESS
DES ARTS & DES SCIENCES SOUS CE REGNE. Paris,
1765. This was ordered by Jefferson for the University and received
by the library, but the copy has not survived. Jefferson's own copy
was sold to Congress: Sowerby 4211. [72]
PERRAULT, CLAUDE. ORDONNANCE DES CINQ ESPECES
DE COLONNES SELON LA METHODE DES ANCIENS. Paris,
1683. Ordered by Jefferson and received by the library, but the copy
has not survived. [73]
PERRAULT, CLAUDE. A TREATISE OF THE FIVE ORDERS
OF COLUMNS IN ARCHITECTURE, VIZ., TOSCAN, DORIC,
IONIC, CORINTHIAN AND COMPOSITE . . . TO WHICH IS
ANNEX'D A DISCOURSE CONCERNING PILASTERS: AND
OF SEVERAL ABUSES INTRODUCED INTO ARCHITECTURE
. . . WRITTEN IN FRENCH BY CLAUDE PERRAULT
. . . MADE ENGLISH BY JOHN JAMES. . . SECOND EDITION.
London, 1722. This is the edition that Jefferson sold to Congress:
Sowerby 4182. Kimball in identifying it misprinted 1708. [74]
PERRIER, FRANCOIS. ILLMO. M. D. ROGERIO DU PLESSEIS
. . . HEROI VIRTUTUM ET MAGNARUM ARTIUM EXIMIO
CULTORI . . . SEGMENTA NOBILIUM SIGNORUM E STATUARUM.
Rome, 1638-53. Jefferson ordered this for the University
but there is no record of its ever having been received. His
own copy was sold to Congress: Sowerby 4231. [75]
PILKINGTON, MATTHEW. THE GENTLEMAN'S AND
CONOISSEUR'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS . . . A NEW
EDITION, WITH . . . ADDITIONS, AN APPENDIX, AND AN
INDEX, BY H. FUSELI. London, 1810. Ordered by Jefferson for
the University, but not supplied to the library. See the next entry.
The library has the 1797 and 1857 editions. [76]
PILKINGTON, MATTHEW. THE GENTLEMAN'S AND
CONOISSEUR'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS. London, 1824.
2 vols. This was the edition revised and corrected by Watkins, and
was the one supplied to Jefferson despite his order for the 1810
edition. See the preceding entry. It is worth noting that half a
century later, in 1871, Lowndes was still saying that the 1810 edition
was the "best." The set originally received has not survived. [77]
PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. VEDUTE DI ROMA
ANTICA ET MODERNA. Rome, 1748. The title given here, after
Sowerby 4197, is something of a composite, which will surprise no
one familiar with the bibliography of Piranesi. The restrikes from
the Piranesi plates have been so numerous and so unsystematized
that it is difficult to determine either what Jefferson was ordering
for the University or what he himself bought for his private library.
volume entitled "Vedute di Roma antica et moderna del Piranesi."
The volume in his own library, later sold to Congress, was described
in 1840 as a Rome, 1748, quarto edition with the (binder's?)
title "Varie Vedute di Roma antica e Moderna," but the volume is
not now known to be in existence, and thus escapes further analysis.
It seems clear enough that Jefferson did not own the two folio
volume edition of the late 1760's issued by Piranesi, the 127 plates
of which were to make up vols. 16 and 17 of the 1800 collected
restrike. [78]
PIROLI, TOMMASO. ANTIQUITES D'HERCULANUM. Paris.
1804-05. 6 vols. The library lacks vols. 5-6. See the entry in the
Appendix. [79]
PLUMIER, CHARLES. L'ART DE TOURNER, OU DE FAIRE
EN PERFECTION TOUTES SORTES D'OUVRAGES AU
TOUR. Lyon, 1701. Jefferson sold his copy to Congress: Sowerby
1183. [80]
PORTEFEUILLE DES ARTISTS, OU DESSINS DE CHATEAUX.
Leipzig, 1800. See the entry under Stieglitz. [81]
PRETI, FRANCESCO MARIA. ELEMENTI DI ARCHITETTURA.
Venice, 1780. Jefferson's copy was sold to Congress: Sowerby
4202. [82]
REPERTORY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND AGRICULTURE.
London, 1794-1802. 16 vols. Jefferson's order called for 15
volumes only, so he was apparently thinking only of the first series or
else was ignorant of the fact that the journal ran much longer. As
a result of the original order, the University actually bought more
than the 16 volumes in its first years of operation. Of the first series,
the library now has only a mutilated copy of the fourth volume. [83]
ROLAND LE VIRLOYS, CHARLES FRANCOIS. DICTIONNAIRE.
D'ARCHITECTURE, CIVILE, MILITAIRE ET
NAVALE, ANTIQUE, ANCIENNE ET MODERNE, ET DE
TOUS LES ARTS ET METIERS QUI EN DEPENDENT. Paris,
Sowerby 4206. [84]
RONDELET, JEAN BAPTISTE. TRAITE THEORIQUE ET
PRACTIQUE DE L'ART DE BATIR. Paris, 1812-17. 8 vols.
Ordered by Jefferson for the University, but there is no record of
its ever having been received. [85]
ROSSI, FILIPPO DE. RITRATTO DI ROMA ANTICA, NEL
QUALE SONO FIGURATI I PRINCIPALI TEMPIJ, THEATRI,
ANFITEATRI, CERCHI, NAUMACHIE, ARCHI TRIONFALI,
CURIE, BASILICHE, COLONNE, ORDINE DEL TRIONFO,
DIGNITA MILITARI, E CIVILE, RITI, CERIMONIE, &
ALTRE COSE NOTABILI. Rome, 1654. Jefferson ordered it for
the University, but there is no record of the library's having acquired
it. Jefferson's own copy was sold to Congress: Sowerby 4192,
q.v. for a comment on Kimball's effort to redate it 1645. [86]
ROSSI, FILIPPO DE. RITRATTO DI ROMA MODERNA, NEL
QUALE SONO EFFIGIATI CHIESE, CORPI SANTI, RELIQUIE,
INDULGENZE, MONASTERIJ, HOSPEDALE, ORATORIJ,
COMPAGNIE DE' SECOLARI, COLEGIJ . . . & ALTRE
COSE NOTABILI. Rome, 1652. Jefferson ordered it for the University,
but there is no record of the library's having acquired it.
Jefferson's own copy was sold to Congress: Sowerby 4193. [87]
SANVITALE, FEDERIGO. ELEMENTI DI ARCHITETTURA
CIVILE. Brescia, 1765. Jefferson's copy was sold to Congress: Sowerby
4201. [87a]
SCAMOZZI, VICENZO. LES CINQ ORDRES D'ARCHITECTURE
DE VINCENT SCAMOZZI . . . TIREZ DU SIXIEME
LIVRE DE SON IDEE GENERALE D'ARCHITECTURE; AVEC
LES PLANCHES ORIGINALES. PAR AUGUSTIN CHARLES
D'AVILER. Paris, 1685. A copy of this edition was sold by Jefferson
to Congress: Sowerby 4178. [88]
SCAMOZZI, VICENZO. DISCORSI SOPRA L'ANTICHITA DI
ROMA. Venice, 1582. This was the edition of Girolamo Porro.
Jefferson ordered it for the University, but there is no record of the
Sowerby 4194. [89]
SCAMOZZI, VICENZO. THE MIRROR OF ARCHITECTURE:
OR, THE GROUND-RULES OF THE ART OF BUILDING.
EXACTLY LAID DOWN BY VINCENT SCAMOZZI . . . WITH
THE DESCRIPTION AND USE OF A JOINT RULE . . . BY
JOHN BROWN. THE 7TH ED. WHEREUNTO IS ADDED A
COMPENDIUM OF THE ART OF BUILDING . . . BY WILLIAM
LEYBUBN. London, 1734. The curious spelling "Leybubn"
is a misprint for Leybourn. Jefferson sold a copy of this edition to
Congress: Sowerby 4179. [90]
SCAMOZZI, VICENZO. OEUVRES D'ARCHITECTURE. Paris,
1764. See the entry under Jombert. [91]
SERLIO, SEBASTIANO. IL SETTIMO LIBRO D'ARCHITETTURA
DI SEBASTIANO SERGLIO, NEL QUAL SI TRATTA
DI MOLTI ACCIDENTI, CHE POSSANO OCCORRER' AL
ARCHITETTO. Frankfurt am Main, 1575. Text in Italian and
Latin. Jefferson sold his copy to Congress: Sowerby 4176. [92]
SMEATON, JOHN. A NARRATIVE OF THE BUILDING AND
A DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EDYSTONE
LIGHTHOUSE WITH STONE: TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED,
AN APPENDIX, GIVING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE
LIGHTHOUSE ON THE SPURN POINT, BUILT UPON A
SAND. London, 1791. Jefferson's copy (See the following entry)
was sold to Congress: Sowerby 4213. Of Smeaton's works, the library
has only his Reports, 1812, and Miscellaneous Papers, 1814. [93]
SMEATON, JOHN. A NARRATIVE OF THE BUILDING AND
A DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EDYSTONE
LIGHTHOUSE. London, 1813. Jefferson himself owned
the 1791 edition (See the preceding entry), so perhaps it was that
edition he was ordering for the University even after the library
had acquired the 1813 edition, though he is presumed to have been
a party to the acquisition of the 1813 edition and may simply have
forgotten that the title had already been acquired. The identification
from the 1828 Catalogue annotation. [94]
SOCIETY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE,
London. THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
FOR CONDUCTING THE EXPERIMENTS OF THE SOCIETY.
London, 1800? Jefferson ordered a copy for the University, but
there is no record of the library's ever having received a copy. [95]
STIEGLITZ, CHRISTIAN LUDWIG. PLANS ET DESSINS
TIRES DE LA BELLE ARCHITECTURE. Leipzig, 1800. Jefferson's
description ("Portefeuille des artists, ou dessins de chateaux
etc." one volume, quarto, "Leips. 1800") leaves some ground for
doubt about the identification of this volume, and the library has
only a German translation of 1805 of the Stieglitz work, acquired
in modern times. That Jefferson made his desideratum note from a
recollection of the copy he had sold to Congress seems certain, but
the LC copy has not survived, Hilliard never found a copy for the
University, and Miss Sowerby (No. 4222) despaired of identifying
the book. [96]
STOW: A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAGNIFICENT HOUSE
AND GARDENS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE
GREENVILLE NUGENT TEMPLE . . . A NEW EDITION . . .
Buckingham, B. Seeley, etc., 1783. In 1825 Jefferson ordered only
a single octavo volume. Under this specification the University acquired
the 1797 edition described in the Appendix. The 1783
edition described here, however, is the one that Jefferson sold to
Congress: Sowerby 4229. [97]
TREDGOLD, THOMAS. ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF
CARPENTRY. London and Oxford, 1820. Ordered by Jefferson for
the University, but there is no record that it was ever received. The
library has only later editions. [98]
VASARI, GIORGIO. LE VITE DE' PIU ECCELLENTI PITTORI,
SCULTORI, ET ARCHITETTI. Bologna, 1648-1663. 3
vols. This is both the edition ordered by Jefferson for the University
and the edition that Jefferson sold to Congress: Sowerby 4240. The
record of the original order's having been filled. [99]
VIGNOLA, GIACOMO BAROZZIO, CALLED VIGNOLA.
REGLES DES CINQ ORDERS D'ARCHITECTURE. Paris, 1764.
See the entry under Jombert. The library has only a French edition
of 1786 and what appears to be a sophisticated copy of the first
edition of Venice 1563. [100]
VIGNOLA, GIACOMO BAROZZIO, CALLED VIGNOLA.
REGOLA DELI CINQUE ORDINI D'ARCHITETTURA . . .
CON LA NUOVA AGGIONTA DI M. A. BUONAROTI. Amsterdam,
1619. This is the edition of Vignola that Jefferson sold to Congress:
Sowerby 4177. [101]
VISCONTI, ENNIO QUIRINO. A LETTER FROM THE
CHEVALIER CANOVA TO THE EARL OF ELGIN. London,
1816. Ordered by Jefferson for the University, and in the library by
1828, but the copy has not survived. [102]
VITRUVIUS POLLIO. ABREGE DES DIX LIVRES DE
L'ARCHITECTURE DE VITRUVE, PAR PERRAULT. Paris,
1674, or Amsterdam, 1682. A copy of one of these two editions was
in Jefferson's private library at the time of his death and was sold
as lot 722 in the 1829 sale. Kimball identifies it as the Paris 1674
edition, but there is nothing in the sale catalogue to indicate which
of the duodecimo editions it actually was. [103]
VITRUVIUS POLLIO. LES DIX LIVRES D'ARCHITECTURE
DE VITRUVE, CORRIGEZ ET TRADUITS NOUVELLEMENT
EN FRANCOIS, AVEC DES NOTES & DES FIGURES. SECONDE
EDITION . . . PAR M. PERRAULT. Paris, 1684. Ordered by
Jefferson, and in the library by 1828, but it has not survived. Jefferson
also sold a copy of this edition to Congress: Sowerby 4173. [104]
VITRUVIUS POLLIO. DE ARCHITECTURA LIBRI DECEM.
OPE CODICIS GUELFERBYTANI, EDITIONIS PRINCIPIS,
CETERORUMQUE SUBSIDIORUM RECENSUIT, ET GLOSSARIO
IN QUO VOCABULA ARTIS PROPRIA GERM. ITAL.
RODE. Berlin, 1800-01. 2 vols. Ordered by Jefferson for the
University, but never received. [105]
WARE, ISAAC. A COMPLETE BODY OF ARCHITECTURE,
ADORNED WITH PLANS AND ELEVATIONS, FROM ORIGINAL
DESIGNS. BY ISAAC WARE . . . IN WHICH ARE INTERSPERSED
SOME DESIGNS OF INIGO JONES, NEVER BEFORE
PUBLISHED. London, 1756, or the later edition of 1767. The
library has Ware's Designs of Inigo Jones of 1735? which the DNB
calls the first edition of this work, though Kimball calls the 1767
edition the second rather than the third. In any case, the copy
Jefferson ordered for the library can be identified as either the
1756 or the 1757 edition from the title, though there is no record
of the library's ever having received it. There was, however, a copy
of one of these two editions in Jefferson's private library at the time
of his death, and it was sold as lot 721 in the 1829 sale. [106]
WHATELY, THOMAS. OBSERVATIONS ON MODERN GARDENING,
ILLUSTRATED BY DESCRIPTIONS . . . SECOND
EDITION. London, 1770. This is the edition Jefferson sold to
Congress: Sowerby 4227. [107]
WHATELY, THOMAS. OBSERVATIONS ON MODERN GARDENING.
London, 1777. Jefferson did not specify to Hilliard which
edition of this book he wanted for the University, but this is the
one Hilliard supplied him with, though the copy has not survived.
It is perhaps also this edition that was in Jefferson's private library
at the time of his death and was sold as lot 727 in the 1829 sale. [108]
WINCKELMANN, JOHANN JOACHIM. STORIA DELLE
ARTI DEL DISEGNO PRESSO GLI ANTICHI. Milan, 1779. 2
vols. This is the edition Jefferson sold to Congress: Sowerby 4247.
For a note on the edition he ordered for the University, see the
Appendix. [109]
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