Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow | May 20, 2023
Sat, May 20, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 73
Lee Family of Virginia Personal Copy, Lectures on History and General Policy...
Estimate: $400 - $600
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...to which is Prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life by Joseph Priestley, Dublin: Luke White, 1788, octavo, full contemporary polished calf, five raised bands, two folding plates: one a timeline of empires, the second a timeline of historical persons
Note: This was once Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee's personal copy and it contains his signature along with the signatures of James J. Randolph and Peyton Randolph, the latter a one time Acting Virginia Governor and great nephew of the Continental Congressman of the same name.
Condition
good overall, has been rebacked, bumped or frayed corners, dampstaining, foxing, fading, delicate prelims with further separation possible, tape reinforced interior binding, front board with older horizontal fissure
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Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow
