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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Notes on the State of Virginia. Newark: Pennington & Gould, 1801. Octavo, third American edition, with portrait frontispiece (marginal chipping with loss),folding table (spotting to gutter, loss to blank margins),and two text woodcuts, lacking the map; bound in full contemporary marbled sheepskin with original red lettering piece (joints and extremities rubbed, joints starting, some water staining),8 x 4 3/4 in.
Estimate $500-700
[A]4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, 3A-3C4. 392 pages.
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