Nov 21, 2024 - Sale 2687

Sale 2687 - Lot 161

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(LAW.) The House's own copy of "Journal of the House of Representatives." 831 pages. 8vo, contemporary tooled polished calf, minor wear, inscribed on front board; minor foxing, early inked marks. Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1826
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A later printing of the earliest House journals from 1789 to 1793, notable mainly for its provenance. It is inscribed on the front board in an early hand "Library, House of Representatives." Laid in is a 19th-century bookplate, "To Be Returned to the Senate Library."