Thomas JEFFERSON
Mélanges politiques et philosophiques extraits des mémoires et de la correspondance de Thomas Jefferson, précédés d'un essai sur les principes de l'école américaine et d'une traduction de la constitution des États-unis
Paulin|Paris 1833|12.70 x 21.10 cm|relié
Paulin, Paris 1833, 8vo (12.7 x 21.1 cm), (4) 468 and (4) 475 (1), bound
First French edition.
Contemporary half dark blue calf. Spine with fillets and roulettes to head and foot. A little slight rubbing, mostly to corners. Faint scattered foxing. A fine copy.
Of the four volumes of the memoirs and correspondence of Jefferson that appeared in the US in 1829 (Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies, from the papers of Thomas Jefferson), the French publishers preferred a judicious and enlightened selection, rather than publishing the integral text. The essay on the principles of the American school is followed by the Constitution of the United States. The extract from the memoi
First French edition.
Contemporary half dark blue calf. Spine with fillets and roulettes to head and foot. A little slight rubbing, mostly to corners. Faint scattered foxing. A fine copy.
Of the four volumes of the memoirs and correspondence of Jefferson that appeared in the US in 1829 (Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies, from the papers of Thomas Jefferson), the French publishers preferred a judicious and enlightened selection, rather than publishing the integral text. The essay on the principles of the American school is followed by the Constitution of the United States. The extract from the memoi
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