SPARKS, Jared. [George Washington].
The Writings of George Washington Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company , 1858.
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The Complete Writings of George Washington Compiled by Jared Sparks and Handsomely Bound in Full Calf
The complete writings of George Washington compiled by Jared Sparks. Large octavo, 12 volumes, uniformly bound in full modern calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt central Heraldic eagle to each front panel, gilt turn-ins, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Washington to volumes 1-3; the frontispiece to volume 1 a portrait of Washington engraved by J.W. Paradise after a painting by J.G. Chapman, itself after a painting by C.W. Peale; the frontispieces to volumes 2 and 3 engraved by A.B. Durand, that of volume 2 after a painting by Gilbert Stuart; additional frontispiece portrait to volume 12 of Martha Washington engraved by J. Cheney. Editor Jared Sparks was a noted early American historian who served as editor of the North American Review and as a Unitarian pastor in Baltimore before becoming President of Harvard College. His edition of the writings of Washington remains his most celebrated contribution to American historical letters. In very good condition. A very attractive set.
George Washington served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. Washington served as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War against the British Crown and presided over the 1787 convention that drafted the United States Constitution. An international icon for liberation and nationalism, Washington left a legacy of documentary records throughout his lifetime. Historian Jared Sparks was the first to collect and publish these writings in the 1830's first with Life and Writings of George Washington (1834-1837), and later with The Writings of George Washington Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private beginning in 1931.
The Writings of George Washington Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private.
$12,000.00
In Stock
