Jacobi Vanierii è Societate Jesu Praedium Rusticum
by Jacques Vanière
| Jacobi Vanierii e Societate Jesu Praedium Rusticum | ||
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| Author | Jacques Vanière | |
| Published | Tolosæ: Apud Petrum Robert, Collegii Tolosani Societatis Jesu Typographum & Bibliopolam, sub Signo Nominis Jesu | |
| Date | 1742 | |
Jacques Vanière was a Jesuit priest and poet born March 9, 1664 in Causses within the diocese of Béziers.[1] He studied under a Jesuit priest, Father Joubert, who found that young Vanière had little talent for poetry.[2] Yet Vanière developed into a strong writer under Joubert's tutelage infusing his poetry with a deep admiration and respect for the countryside which he inherited from his parents.[3] Vanière entered the Jesuits to continue his study of the humanities and to teach students of his own. He died in Toulouse on August 22, 1739.[4]
Vanière gained prominence in France when he published two poems: Stagna and Columbae.[5] He also produced a volume of verses in Latin titled Recueil de vers latins and Dictionaire poetique, a dictionary for poetry. However, Praedium Rusticum is considered his greatest poetic work. It is comprised of 16 chants in the style of Virgil's Georgics.[6]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Thomas Jefferson listed "Praedium Rusticum" in his inventory of Wythe's Library in the section of titles he kept for himself. He later sold a copy to the Library of Congress. Both Brown's Bibliography[7] and George Wythe's Library[8] on LibraryThing include the 1742 edition published in Toulouse based on the copy Jefferson sold as described in Millicent Sowerby's Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson.[9] Unfortunately, this volume does not survive to verify the edition or Wythe's prior ownership. The Wolf Law Library has not yet found a copy of this title.
See also
References
- ↑ Reynaud, Florian. L’elevage bovin: De l’agronome au paysan (1700-1850). Rennes: PU, 2010.
- ↑ Pérennès, Francois and Jacques Paul Pérennès Migne. Dictionnaire de biographie chrétienne...: N-Z. Migne, 1851.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Reynaud, L’elevage bovin.
- ↑ Pérennès & Migne, Dictionnaire de biographie chrétienne.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, 2009, rev. 2023) Microsoft Word document (on file at the Wolf Law Library, William & Mary Law School).
- ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on July 11, 2025, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe
- ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,(Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:525, no.4517.
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