Marshall's Life of Washington 1st Edition w/ later
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Author: Marshall, John
Title: The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces...and First President of the United States
Place Published: Philadelphia
Publisher:C.P. Wayne
Date Published: 1804-1807
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Five volumes + atlas. Stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait. Atlas with engraved title page, 10 double-page copper-engraved maps with hand-coloring. (8vo) 21x12.5 cm (8¼x5¼"), text volumes in period tree calf with gilt-decorated spines, marbled endpapers; atlas in original half cloth and boards, paper cover label. The Atlas is a later edition, published by J. Crissy, with no date on title page, [c.1832]. Text Volumes are First Editions.
First edition of Marshall's seminal biography of George Washington. Sabin notes that later histories did not contain the Colonial History. He also quotes Jared Sparks as stating that "after the able, accurate and comprehensive work of Chief Justice Marshall, it would be presumptuous to attempt a historical biography of Washington." Howes M317; Sabin 44788. Ownership marks on front free endpapers.
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