Scans & Facsimilies: A
Few
Days
in
Athens:
Being the Translation of a Greek Manuscript Found in Herculaneum
by Fanny Wright
(New York: Peter Eckler, Publisher, 1822)
[a philosophical novel]
left to
right: The Complaint: or,
Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, by Edward Young -- a favorite from Mr.
Jefferson's youth; he copied several passage in his commonplace book Logick: or, The
Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry After Truth, by Isaac Watts -- probably used as a
textbook Astronomy
Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, by James Ferguson -- the same book
mathematician Benjamin Banneker used to learn astronomical calculation The Book of Common
Prayer ... According to the Use of the United Church of England and
Ireland (note: Mr. Jefferson owned these
titles, but the photos are not of his actual books; they are editions
printed during his lifetime, although not the editions he owned.)
