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Thomas Jefferson’s Copy Of The Memoirs Of The Duke Of Sully, With His Ownership Initials

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JEFFERSON, Thomas. Memoires de Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de Sully, Principal Ministre de Henri le Grand;… Nouvelle Edition…. Londres [but actually Paris], 1767. Eight volumes. 12mo, contemporary French mottled calf gilt, morocco spine labels. Housed in four separate chemise and custom clamshell boxes.$115,000.

Thomas Jefferson's copy of the memoirs of the Duke de Sully, with Jefferson's manuscript initial "T" written in front of the letter "I" (substituting for "J") signature in each volume, and with his manuscript initial "I" written after the letter "T" signature in each volume (save for the final volume, which has no "T" signature). The front fly leaf of the third volume is signed in pencil by Thomas Jefferson Randolph (Thomas Jefferson's grandson and the executor of his estate), the signature reading "Th. J. Randolph/Edge Hill/Virginia." Sarah N. Randolph (T.J. Randolph's daughter and Thomas Jefferson's great-granddaughter), also of Edge Hill, has also signed her name on a slip of paper laid into the third volume. This set was sold by Hammer Galleries in 1941 as part of the sale of books from William Randolph Hearst's library. Jefferson's initials as here are as found in most of his own books, which are rarely ever seen on the market.

Sowerby notes that Sully's
Memoires "are usually included in Jefferson's lists of recommended historical reading." Sowerby further notes that the first set that Jefferson owned, the set that was part of the library he sold the to Library of Congress, was the 1778 edition, purchased from Frullé in September, 1788, and noted as "8 vol. in 12, br. 16." The present set was almost certainly purchased by Jefferson to replace the set sold to the Library of Congress in 1815. This set is listed in the 1829 auction catalogue of Jefferson's library (item 75: 8 volumes, 12mo), but it was apparently kept by Thomas Jefferson Randolph.
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