Musæ Anglicanæ sive Poemata Quædam Melioris Notæ
| Musae Anglicanae | ||
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| Edition | Precise edition unknown | |
| Desc. | 12mo | |
This book was apparently a collection of Latin poetry from a variety of authors with commentary by the English editors who made the compilation. [1] Apparently, the book contained medieval poetry as well as Roman classics.[2] The precise edition held in the Wythe library is unknown.
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in two different places of the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Musae Anglicanae. 3.v. 12mo." Thomas Jefferson gave one set to his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph and kept the other. He later sold a copy to the Library of Congress in 1815, but it no longer exists to verify the edition or Wythe's prior ownership.[3] The Brown Bibliography[4] identifies both copies as Musarum Anglicarum Analecta, comprising three volumes published in London and Oxford between 1714 and 1717.[5] George Wythe's Library[6] on LibraryThing includes the title Musae Anglicanae sive Poemata Quaedam for both copies, but composed of different editions. For the Jefferson copy, LibraryThing lists a 1741 London edition for volumes one and two with the 1717 Oxford edition of volume three of Musarum Anglicanarum Analecta, based on E. Millicent Sowerby's entry in Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson.[7] For Randolph's copy, LibraryThing suggests an edition published by J. & R. Tonson, & J. Watts with the notation "Precise edition unknown. Duodecimo editions in two volumes were published at London in 1741 and 1761. This perhaps was one of those plus a spare volume of an earlier edition." The Wolf Law Library has not purchased a copy of Musae Anglicanae sive Poemata Quaedam.
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References
- ↑ Catalog Record: Musæ anglicanæ, sive, Poemata quædam melioris notæ : seu hactenus inedita, seu sparsim edita | Hathi Trust Digital Library (Catalog Record: Musæ anglicanæ, sive, Poemata quædam...) [1]
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:480, no.4412.
- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, 2009, rev. 2023) Microsoft Word document (on file at the Wolf Law Library, William & Mary Law School).
- ↑ Londini: 1714-16, Volumes I & II; [Oxford] Oxon: 1717, Volume III [12mo.] Volume I - 3rd edition; Volume II - 2nd edition (Edited by Joseph Addison).
- ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe", accessed July 10, 2025.
- ↑ Sowerby determined that Jefferson's copy consisted of the 1741 London edition of volume one, a 1721 edition (also published by J. & R. Tonson, & J. Watts) of volume two and the 1717 Oxford edition of volume three.