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[Washington, George], Marshall

THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, Commander in Chief of the American Forces.Compiled Under the Inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington, From Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative. To Which is Prefixed An Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America.

Richard Phillips, 1804-1807

4050,00 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, Stati Uniti d'America)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1804-1807
Luogo di stampa
London
Autore
[Washington, George], Marshall
Editori
Richard Phillips
Edizione
RARE FIRST EDITION OF MARSHALL'S MONUMENTAL WORK ON GEORGE
Prima edizione

Descrizione

5 volumes. First edition, the English Issue which Howes considered to be the best edition of Marshall's great biography. Published at the same time as the American issue. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Washington in Vol. 1, folding view plates in Vols. 2 and 3, a finely engraved vignette tailpiece at the end of Vol. 3, 12 large folding maps of the American colonies in Vols. 1 and 5, collated complete. Thick 8vo, bound in later tan buckram, the spines lettered in gilt, shelf numbers in gilt at the base of the spines. A very well preserved set, the later bindings in fine condition, tight and strong, some of the typical browning is present at the prelims while the text-blocks are quite fresh and clean, the maps have a bit of the expected browning but are in quite excellent condition without loss or faults.
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