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(Jackson, Andrew)
Estimate
35,000 - 50,000 USD
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George Washington. Washington's Farewell Address, to the People of the United States: Published in September, A.D. 1796. Harrisburg: Printed (for the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania) by Packer, Barrett and Parke, 1838
8vo in half-sheets (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.; 210 x 124 mm). Title-page lightly soiled, trimmed close at fore-edges. Disbound. Half blue morocco folding-case.
8vo in half-sheets (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.; 210 x 124 mm). Title-page lightly soiled, trimmed close at fore-edges. Disbound. Half blue morocco folding-case.
Provenance
Andrew Jackson (signature) — Victor and Irene Murr Jacobs (sale, Sotheby’s New York, 29 October 1996, lot 18)
Literature
American Imprints 53509; Sabin 101677
Catalogue Note
Association copy, from the library of Andrew Jackson and signed by him on the title-page. This edition of Washington’s valedictory was one of a series of annual pamphlet-printings of the text ordered by Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives. Volumes from Jackson's library are among the rarest of all presidential books.