Essay on the Character and Influence of Washington

£500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

The first edition in English of François Guizot's introduction to a French edition of Sparks' Life of George Washington that was published in Paris in 1839-1840. First edition in English; 8vo (18.5 x 12 cm); bookplate to front pastedown, ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto, old pencil inscription to final f. of text verso, slightly toned with moderate spotting; publisher's blind-tooled black cloth, rebacked, the original spine laid down, uncut edges, very good; [iii]-xvi, 188pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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