THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington, From Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative. [With] ATLAS TO MARSHALL’S LIFE OF WASHINGTON

3 volumes. Second Edition, revised and corrected by the author. With a frontispiece engraved portrait of Washington in Volume I and engraved title-page and ten double-page coloured maps in the atlas. 8vo, the two text volumes are in bound in full contemporary polished calf, the spines with ruled bands and two black morocco labels lettered in gilt. The atlas volume is in publisher’s original buff boards green cloth corner-pieces and spine, the upper cover with original paper label as issued. iv, 460, 42, viii; 448, 32, v; + atlas volume. A handsome and pleasing set of this rarely encountered complete set including the atlas volume, solid and uncommonly clean with far less then normal spotting or foxing. The title-page to Volume I with top right corner excised . The atlas volume with the usual foxing to the endpapers and engraved title. The maps themselves are quite fresh and well preserved though do have some of the browning or offsetting that is typically encountered. Rear board to Vol. I detached.

Edizione: rare and important printing of one of the earliest and greatest biographies of washington by another of the founding brothers. this set with the fine atlas depicting locations and battles engaged in the american revolutionary war. one of the great early works on george washington. the atlas contains maps of important revolutionary battles in virginia, the carolinas, new york, massachusetts, rhode island and new jersey. still today among the very best and most complete biographies of the “father of the country.”