A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenæum / compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ; with an appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenæum collection, by William Coolidge Lane.

  • Boston Athenaeum.
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[1897]
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Credit: A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenæum / compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ; with an appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenæum collection, by William Coolidge Lane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mount Vernon. — According to DocU Edwards account, Fulton’s System is putting Navigation out of vogue. — I have not read a page in the Book, — but if the Potomack Company can extract any thing useful from it I shall feel happy in having sent it to you.” 433 The Solitary, or Carthusian Gardener, i vol. Gentil, Francis. Le jardinier solitaire. The solitary or Carthusian gard’ner, being Dialogues between a gentleman and a gard’ner. Also, The compleat florist, by Louis Liger D’Auxerre. London. 1706. 8°. A copy with autograph of “ Martha Washington ” and “ Patty Washington,” and inscribed on one of the plates “ October the gth, 1779, this Book given to me from John Parke Curtis, Esq. William Skilling Gardinier, at Abington, the pomegranate tree,” was sold at Thomas’s in 1876 (lot 464), and again at Birch’s at the sale of the Baker collection in Feb. 1891 (lot 35) when it was bought by Sabin for $60. If the inscription noted above means that John Parke Custis gave the book in 1779 to William Skilling, it could hardly have been among Washington’s books at the time of his death, yet it appeared in the 1876 sale among other books which had belonged to Washington, but bore ho mark of his ownership. 19 Gibson’s Diseases of Horses, i vol. Gibson, William. Treatise on the diseases of horses, illustrated with 32 copper-plates. London. 1751. 4°. A (1760). Bought at the 1876 sale (lot 97) by J. Duross O’Brien for $13. Received by Washington in an invoice from R. Cary & Co. August, 1759, charged at £i.i. 456 *Reports of the National Agricultural Society of Great Britain 100 Nos. 4to. Great Britain. Board of Agriculture. Publications. See the detailed list on pp. 89-95 this Catalogue. 418 *Hale on Husbandry, 4 vols. Hale, Thomas. A compleat body of husbandry. London. 1758-59. A. 169 Higgins on Cements, i vol. Higgins, Benjamin. Experiments and observations on cements. London. 1780. 8°. A. Sold in the 1876 sale (lot 17) for $iy to “Smedley.” 427 ^Gentleman Farmer, i vol. [Home, Henry, Lord Rizmes.] The gentleman farmer. Dublin. 1779. A. 417 ^Kennedy on Gardening, 2 vols. Kennedy, John. A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the man- agement of the hot-house. London. 1777- A. 35 $1.00 3.00 25.00 6.00 1.00 1.50 2.00