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[Américana] - MARSHALL (John) – A history of the colonies planted by the English on the …

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[Américana] - MARSHALL (John) – A history of the colonies planted by the English on the continent of North America, from their settlement to the commencement of that war which terminated with their Independence. Philadelphia, Abraham Small 1824. In-8° (22,3 x 14 cm) de xv-486 pp., reliure d’époque pleine basane mouchetée, dos lisse avec filets or et pièce de titre noire. Des rousseurs. Première édition séparée de l’introduction à l’importante ‘Vie de Washington’ publiée en 1804-07. « John Marshall's work is essential… The work is political history as well as biography. the only comprehensive account by a great statesman of the full founding of the United States-- of the founding of an independent people as well as of its government. There is no other concentrated history of the essentials by such an authority on American institutions » (Robert K. Faulkner). Réf. : Howes M-316, Larned 866 : ‘Son exactitude et, dans toutes les parties, son équité sont irréprochables’, Sabin 44787.
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