[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. Caption title: "Washingtoniana: A Sketch of the Inauguration of George Washington, April 30th, 1789 as First President of the united States and other Sketches of Washington. Excerpts from Magazines Bound 1916."  


4to (302 x 235 mm). Letterpress title-page; 8 periodical publications about Washington, each neatly inlaid and bound in (see below); approximately 76 engraved portraits and plates.   Contemporary navy morocco gilt, stamp-signed by MacDonald. Provenance: William H. Bartlett (gift card and note from Henry A. Smith, Milford, Connecticut, 22 February 1916).  

A gift from Henry A. Smith to William H. Bartlett (see previous lot). A unique album, including 18th- and 19th-century periodical publications about Washington and his inauguration, comprising: LAMB, Martha. "The Inauguration of Washington, 1789." In: Magazine of American History, Vol. XX, No. 6, pp. 433-460. -- LAMB, Martha. "Washington as President, 1789-1790." In: Magazine of American History, Vol. XXI, No. 2, pp. 89-112. -- "Washington's Visit to New England in 1789." In an unidentified publication, pp.345-350. -- "United States." Clipping from the Columbian Magazine, [1 April 1789], pp. 264-268. -- "United States." Clipping from the Columbian Magazine, n.d. [1789], pp. 321-324. -- "Life Portraits of George Washington." In: McClure's magazine, Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 1897, pp. 291-308. -- HART, Charles Henry. "An Unpublished Life Portrait of Washington." In an unidentified publication. -- "New York as George Washington Saw It in 1789." In: The New York Times Magazine, 20 February 1916, pp. 12-13 (laid-in).