Illustrated Catalogue Of Early English And Later Literature Mainly In First Editions

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Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of Early English and Later Literature Mainly in First Editions: Americana and French Illustrated Books, Beautiful Bindings by Famous Masters A Presentation copy from Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, with autograph inscription of the former. Unique in association copies, the volumes having been written by one President of the United States, and presented by another to a third. This is the original issue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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