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Notes On The State Of Virginia; Illustrated With A Map, including the States of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania
by Jefferson, Thomas
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
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About This Item
London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1787. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First English edition of Thomas Jefferson's Notes On The State Of Virginia, with maps.. Octavo, [4pp], 382pp, [2pp blank], lacking half-title. Rebacked in contemporary marbled boards, half calf spine with gilt title, five compartments with gilt illustrations, four raised bands. Wear to spine and covers. Plain endpapers with page ends speckled brown, occasional foxing and browning. Contains advertisement and contents page and full map on Page 32. Signature G (81-96pp) bound upside down. Previous owner's signature on title page, notes on page 382 in ink. (Sabin 35896) (Howes J-78) Tipped-in map from Second American Edition (1794), with tape repairs to seams, repaired tear to panel, some toning due to age, dated 1794 on table. Housed in custom made brown leather clamshell case, gilt title on spine. Notes on the State of Virginia was the only book published by Thomas Jefferson during his lifetime. The first version of this book was completed by Thomas Jefferson in 1781. It was published privately in Paris in 1785, with a limited run of 200 copies, while Jefferson was serving as trade representative of the US Government to France. Its first public appearance in English is this edition, The Stockdale Edition, published in London in 1787.
Synopsis
Jefferson’s chronicle of the natural, social, and political history of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and a brilliant examination of the idea of freedom.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 729
- Title
- Notes On The State Of Virginia; Illustrated With A Map, including the States of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania
- Author
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Illustrator
- First English edition of Thomas Jefferson's Notes On The State Of Virginia, with maps.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for John Stockdale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1787
- Keywords
- Thomas Jefferson first edition, signed book Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson Notes on Virginia, First Edition Notes on Virginia, Notes on the state of Virginia first edition, The works of Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
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