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.TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN INTRODUCTION CONTAINING A COMPENDIUM VIEW OF THE COLONIES.
Marshall, John
Published by C.P. Wayne, Philadelphia, 1807
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Five text volumes plus quarto atlas. Text volumes: xxii,488,45; viii,560,72; vii,527,28; viii,626,[1],16; vii,779,36pp. Atlas: ten maps (all folding or two-page) and 22pp. subscriber list. Frontispiece portrait in first volume. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked in period style, gilt-decorated spines, red morocco labels, marbled endpapers. Atlas: Original half calf and marbled boards, printed paper label on the front board. Light shelf wear, light scattered foxing and toning, especially to frontispiece and titlepage of first volume. Atlas boards worn and hinges cracked but strong. Contemporary bookplate of Elizabeth Biddle on front pastedown of each text volume, contemporary ownership inscription of W.S. Biddle on titlepage of each text volume. A very good set. First issue of the text with the first edition quarto atlas. The classic biography of Washington. "After the able, accurate and comprehensive work of Chief Justice Marshall, it would be presumptuous to attempt a historical biography of Washington" - Jared Sparks. Later American editions omitted the history of the colonies, which is the subject of the first volume. The atlas volume contains ten maps relating to the Revolution. This set bears the bookplate on the front pastedown of the first four volumes of "Elizabeth B. Biddle 1500 Locust Street." Elizabeth Borden Biddle was the daughter of Joseph Hopkinson, who was the son of Francis Hopkinson, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Anne (Borden) Hopkinson. In addition, the titlepage of each text volume bears the signature, "W.S. Biddle." William Shepherd Biddle, Elizabeth's second husband (1781-1835) entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1794 and graduated with the class of 1797. He studied law and was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1801, eventually becoming one of its most distinguished members. He served as director of the Law Library Company of Philadelphia from 1809 to 1815. Biddle served as a witness against Justice Samuel Chase at his impeachment trial before the Senate in 1805. Chase, appointed by George Washington, served on the Supreme Court from 1796 until his death in 1811. Chase remains the only Supreme Court justice to have been impeached. HOWES M317, "aa." SABIN 44788. LARNED 1561. REESE, REVOLUTIONARY HUNDRED 92. Seller Inventory # WRCAM40970J
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Publisher: C.P. Wayne, Philadelphia
Publication Date: 1807
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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.TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN INTRODUCTION CONTAINING A COMPENDIUM VIEW OF THE COLONIES.
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Philadelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1804-1807., 1807
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Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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First issue of the text with the first edition quarto atlas. The classic biography of Washington. "After the able, accurate and comprehensive work of Chief Justice Marshall, it would be presumptuous to attempt a historical biography of Washington" - Jared Sparks. Later American editions omitted the history of the colonies, which is the subject of the first volume. The atlas volume contains ten maps relating to the Revolution. This set bears the bookplate on the front pastedown of the first four volumes of "Elizabeth B. Biddle 1500 Locust Street." Elizabeth Borden Biddle was the daughter of Joseph Hopkinson, who was the son of Francis Hopkinson, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Anne (Borden) Hopkinson. In addition, the titlepage of each text volume bears the signature, "W.S. Biddle." William Shepherd Biddle, Elizabeth's second husband (1781-1835) entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1794 and graduated with the class of 1797. He studied law and was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1801, eventually becoming one of its most distinguished members. He served as director of the Law Library Company of Philadelphia from 1809 to 1815. Biddle served as a witness against Justice Samuel Chase at his impeachment trial before the Senate in 1805. Chase, appointed by George Washington, served on the Supreme Court from 1796 until his death in 1811. Chase remains the only Supreme Court justice to have been impeached. HOWES M317, "aa." SABIN 44788. LARNED 1561. REESE, REVOLUTIONARY HUNDRED 92. Five text volumes plus quarto atlas. Text volumes: xxii,488,45; viii,560,72; vii,527,28; viii,626,[1],16; vii,779,36pp. Atlas: ten maps (all folding or two-page) and 22pp. subscriber list. Frontispiece portrait in first volume. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked in period style, gilt-decorated spines, red morocco labels, marbled endpapers. Atlas: Original half calf and marbled boards, printed paper label on the front board. Light shelf wear, light scattered foxing and toning, especially to frontispiece and titlepage of first volume. Atlas boards worn and hinges cracked but strong. Contemporary bookplate of Elizabeth Biddle on front pastedown of each text volume, contemporary ownership inscription of W.S. Biddle on titlepage of each text volume. A very good set. Seller Inventory # 58103
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