Europe: or a General Survey of the Present Situation of the Principle Powers; With Conjectures on Their Future Prospects: By a Citizen of the United States [With:] Typed Letter Signed (Jan. 20, 1903) from nephew Edward Everett Hale stating "Alexander Hill Everet is the author of Europe" [And]: Autograph Letter Signed (Feb. 7 1903) from E.H. Davies to General Bown concerning book's provenance by [Everett, Alexander Hill] - 1822

Boston: Published by Oliver Everett, No. 6 Court Street, and Cummings and Hilliard, No. 1 Cornhill. Hilliard & Metcalf, printers, 1822. [ii], 451 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (9-5/16 x 5-7/8 inches). Later presentation binding of full brown morocco over flexible boards with gilt title to back and front cover; marbled endpapers; totally uncut. Signed bookplate of General John Marshall from his Maine home, "Thornhurst." Flap from envelope containing letters detached and pasted to flyleaf form previous tipping. [ii], 451 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (9-5/16 x 5-7/8 inches). "The book attracted a great deal of attention in its day" - Edward E. Hale. Presentation copy from Edward Everett on behalf of his brother Alexander, the book's author, inscribed to C. Davies in the year of publication. The book then passed to Davis' son E.H. Davies, who presented it to General John Marshall Brown: 'Your Eloquent remarks at the meeting of the Historical Societies at Mr. Gordon's reception, relating to my father's service in connection with the N.E. Boundary dispute, deserve recognition, and I send you a copy of Everett's Europe, which he valued." Davies additionally inscribed the book to General Brown

Alexander Hill Everett (1792-1847), "an American Renaissance man" (ANB) was a lifelong public servant and man of letters. Among many distinctions, he was private secretary to John Quincy Adams, U.S. ambassador to Spain, first American minister to China, and the editor of Boston's NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. "Everett's articles and books on political economy, diplomacy, and literary criticism established him as one of the United States's leading men of letters. In Europe (1822), Everett argued that Europe would remain at the center of the world economy for decades to come" (ANB)

His brother Edward Everett (1794-1865), who Emerson termed "our Cicero," was a member of the House and Senate from Massachusetts, President of Harvard, and man of letters. General John Marshall Brown served in the Civil War, was a trustee of Bowdoin College, and active in the Maine Historical Society

An uncut copy, having passed through many notable hands, of a work from one of 19th-century America's great figures. Sabin 23230; Shoemaker 8863