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Lot 258
Three Early First Edition Histories by David Ramsay, M.D. of South Carolina
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
All octavo, to include: The History of the Revolution of South Carolina, From a British Province to an Independent State (Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1785), two volumes, octavo, 19th century calf with gilt red morocco title plate, four fold-out maps (three of four boards disbound; moderate foxing; map of South Carolina split into thirds along folds; chips to calf; owner inscribed on title page of both volumes; fair condition); The Life of George Washington (New York: Hopkins & Seymour, 1807), full calf with gilt black title plate on spine (wear to boards; lacking frontispiece; light foxing; overall good); History of the United States, From Their Settlement as English Colonies in 1607, to the Year 1808 (Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1817), three volumes, mid-19th century linen with gilt calf spine having raised bands (foxing; wear to boards; tight binding in good condition).

By descent from the library of the late John Earle Jones, Greenville, SC

Trained as a physician, Ramsay is best remembered for his prolific and often eye-witness accounts of an emerging Unites States.

$300 - 600