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Lot 96
JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-826). Notes on the State of Virginia. With Appendix. Boston: David Carlisle, 1801.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
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$1,500
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JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-826). Notes on the State of Virginia. With Appendix. Boston: David Carlisle, 1801. 8vo. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait and the rare fold-out map of Virginia by Samuel Lewis and folding table. [2, blank], 364, [2, blank] pp. Contemporary full tree calf, rebacked to style in modern calf, spine stamped in gilt, black gilt morocco lettering label, original endleaves. FIRST BOSTON EDITION, EIGHTH EDITION OVERALL.
This important American treatise "went through many editions and laid out the foundations of Jefferson's high contemporary reputation as a universal scholar and of his present fame as a pioneer American scientist. Unpretentious in form and statistical in character, this extraordinarily informing and generally interesting book may still be consulted with profit about the geography and productions, the social and political life, of eighteenth-century Virginia..." (DAB).
Condition
Boards worn, scuffed, soiled, hinges repaired, endleaves toned and foxed, text toned and foxed, folding map with a tear at inner margin, edgewear and additional creasing. Very good.
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