ALLARD PaulLivre Rare Book
Das Leben des Georg Waschington George Washington mit Sonderbaren Anecdoten Sowohl ehrenvoll fur ihn selbst als auch Nachahmungswurdig fur seine junge Landsleute . . . Aus dem englischen ¸bersezt nach der neunten sehr verbesserten Auflage.
181019577Libanon Penn.: J. Schnee f¸r M. Carey in Philadelphia 1810. First edition in German. Lower half of the fore-edge of the front board nibbled; some general wear; large light damp-stain to the entire text block; a good sound copy. 12mo contemporary full calf brown leather spine label gilt rules and lettering 210 pages. Engraved frontis and six engraved plates including a portrait of Washington. The Weems life of Washington cherry tree anecdote and all here in the earliest translation for an American German-speaking audience. The clumsily attractive plates are captioned in German and English both. Arndt 1761; Sabin 102479: "The earliest of the German versions of the text of the Life as it has generally been known." J. Schnee f¸r M. Carey in Philadelphia, unknown books
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