Sep 28, 2017 - Sale 2455

Sale 2455 - Lot 133

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
OWNED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PRIVATE SECRETARY JEFFERSON, THOMAS. Notes on the State of Virginia. Folding table, other illustrations. [4], 382 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, boards detached but present, damage to lower part of backstrip; lacking the map, moderate foxing, edges tinted yellow; early owner's signature on page [1]. London: John Stockdale, 1787

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Generally considered the first published edition in English, following a privately printed 1785 edition and a 1786 French edition. This copy was owned and signed by George Washington Craik (1774-1808), the son of George Washington's personal physician. Craik's education had been underwritten by Washington, and he became one of Washington's secretaries in 1796. Howes J78; Sabin 35896; Verner 1787.