Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Notes on the State of Virginia
Title
Notes on the State of Virginia
Date
1785
Medium
Book
Description
Thomas Jefferson’s copy of Notes on the State of Virginia, his only book, inscribed to the Abbé Morellet, and used by the latter to make the first French translation.
Credit Line
Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
