... edited by Christian Heyne and published in Goettingen in 1782. The small p before the size of certain volumes, such as the first entry in chapter 7, indicates that the volume is petit or a smaller format than usual. Thus "p folio" shows that the book is a folio but smaller than most other folios. The initial number assigned to each entry refers not to its catalog ... the beginning of the duodecimos at the top. Thus the numbering (and arrangement) of the books on the shelves was perfectly orderly, though in the catalog it appeared chaotic. As Jefferson explained the system to Watterston, ...

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