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Author: Marshall, John
Title: The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States...
Place Published: Philadelphia
Publisher:C.P. Wayne
Date Published: 1804-1807
Description:

5 volumes + atlas. [2], xxii, 488, 45; viii, 560, 72; viii, 580, 28; viii, 626, [2], 16; vii, [1], 779, 36 pp. Stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait. Atlas with 10 copper-engraved maps, 8 double-page, 2 folding. Text volumes are (8vo) 21x12.5 cm (8¼x5"), original half beige paper over gray paper-covered boards, Volume II rebound in beige paper-covered boards; atlas is (4to) 28.4x21.5 cm (11x8½"), three-quarter brown cloth over paper-covered boards. First Edition; atlas from second edition.

First edition of Marshall's seminal biography of George Washington, with the rare and significant atlas volume. Sabin notes that later histories did not contain the Colonial History. He also quotes Jared Sparks as stating that "after the able, accurate and comprehensive work of Chief Justice Marshall, it would be presumptuous to attempt a historical biography of Washington." The maps in the atlas relate to military operations in the Revolutionary War, and include the Boston area, New York Island, northern New Jersey, New Hampshire, Yorktown, etc. References: Howes M317; Sabin 44788.

Written by the American statesman, jurist and Chief Justice of the United States, John Marshall, a contemporary of Washington. Based on records and papers provided to Marshall by the President's family and reflects Marshall's Federalist principles.

Text volumes with some extremity rubbing, chips to spine heads, that of Vol. III replaced with new leather, that volume with some staining to top margins within; atlas spine well rubbed, extremity wear, some very light foxing to maps; overall the set is in very good or better condition.