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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 588

[Washington, George]. Marshal, John: The Life of George Washington Commander in Chief of the American Forces. Philadelphia, C.P. Wayne, 1804-1807. 6 volumes including Atlas of Engraved Folding Maps (missing the 22-page subscriber's list as is often the case). Octavo, contemporary full tan calf, red morocco spine. Chief Justice John Marshal's magisterial biography of George Washington, Marshal's revered friend. It was Marshal who announced Washington's death, eulogized him, arranged his funeral rites and led the committee to erect a monument in his honor. Motivated by a request from Bushrod Washington, George's nephew and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, to write an official biography, Marshal drew greatly on Washington's diaries, letters and secret archives to compile this great work. Ex libris (in old pen), some foxing front and back pages, joint cracking, and nibbling of front endpaper in Volume III, overall a clean and sound first edition set, About Very Good.

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