Jun 21, 2018 - Sale 2483

Sale 2483 - Lot 71

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
WARREN, MERCY. History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution. xii, 447; vii, 412; vi, 475 pages. 3 volumes. 8vo, modern calf; foxing, toning, minor dampstaining. Boston, 1805

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"First important historical work by an American woman"--Howes W122. "The eminent author, as the sister of James Otis and wife of James Warren, had uncommon facilities for information relating to certain phases of the Revolutionary movement. . . . One of the earliest connected narratives of the struggle"--Larned, Literature of American History 1537. Sabin 101484.