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"AN INVALUABLE COMPILATION"--GEORGE WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON, GEORGE.) The Immortal Mentor, or Man's Unerring Guide to a Healthy, Wealthy, and Happy Life. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, worn; early bookseller's tag and later bookplate on front pastedown. Philadelphia: Rev. Mason L. Weems, 1796
first edition. A compilation of advice from Luigi Cornaro, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Scott. In 1799, George Washington wrote a glowing endorsement letter for this book, which the publisher had printed onto slips and pasted into his remaining stock. This copy has the Washington slip on the flyleaf, facing the title page. You may recognize the publisher's name; as Parson Weems, he became Washington's most popular early biographer. Austin 1011; Evans 30282.
