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WASHINGTON, George (1732-99). The Journal of Major George Washington, sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie ... to the Commandant of the French Forces on the Ohio...and...the French Officer's Answer... Williamsburgh Printed, London, Reprinted for T. Jefferys, 1754.
8vo, 200 x 120mm (7.7/8 x 4¾ in).. Engraved folding "Map of the Western parts of the Colony of Virginia, as far as the Mississippi." (Lightly washed, lower one-third of map in facsimile on laid paper, fold separations in lower folds, short marginal tear in final leaf.) Red morocco janseniste by Riviere and Son, gilt edges, red buckram slipcase.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Washington's first published work, containing the young officer's first-hand narrative of his dangerous winter journey through the Appalachian wilderness to deliver an ultimatum to the commander of the French outpost at Fort Le Boeuf [now Waterford, Pa.], demanding France withdrawal from their Ohio Valley outposts (not surprisingly, the French commander refused). Jeffreys' edition is a reprint of the unobtainable Williamsburgh edition, issued without map, of which about nine copies survive. Church 999; Graaf 4553; Howes W-134; Sabin 101710.
8vo, 200 x 120mm (7.7/8 x 4¾ in).. Engraved folding "Map of the Western parts of the Colony of Virginia, as far as the Mississippi." (Lightly washed, lower one-third of map in facsimile on laid paper, fold separations in lower folds, short marginal tear in final leaf.) Red morocco janseniste by Riviere and Son, gilt edges, red buckram slipcase.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Washington's first published work, containing the young officer's first-hand narrative of his dangerous winter journey through the Appalachian wilderness to deliver an ultimatum to the commander of the French outpost at Fort Le Boeuf [now Waterford, Pa.], demanding France withdrawal from their Ohio Valley outposts (not surprisingly, the French commander refused). Jeffreys' edition is a reprint of the unobtainable Williamsburgh edition, issued without map, of which about nine copies survive. Church 999; Graaf 4553; Howes W-134; Sabin 101710.