The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States.

MARSHALL, John [George Washington].

Item Number: 130534

London: Richard Phillips by T. Gillet, 1804-07.

First English octavo edition of Marshall’s magisterial biography of Washington. Octavo, five volumes bound in full contemporary tree calf with red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, frontispiece portrait of Washington, 2 folding plates, 10 folding maps. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.

John Marshall's description of the life, character, and achievements of the "Father of America" is unparalleled by any other author. As a contemporary and peer of Washington, he has a unique and intimate perspective on the man that no other historian can claim. If you want a first hand description of this history changing figure, than John Marshall's work is essential. The work “is political history as well as biography… the only comprehensive account by a great statesman of the full founding of the United States— of the founding of an independent people as well as of its government… There is no other concentrated history of the essentials by such an authority on American institutions” (Robert K. Faulkner).