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PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE
PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE
PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE
PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE
PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE
PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE
PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE
PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE
PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE
PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE
PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE
PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE

PRINTED 1795 THE CENTAUR NOT FABULOUS IN SIX LETTERS TO A FRIEND RARE BOOKPLATE

$ 5.27

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Author: Edward Young
  • Region: North America
  • Subject: Americana
  • Special Attributes: antique books,
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Topic: American (US)
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Personalized: No
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Leather
  • Place of Publication: Philadelphia
  • Modified Item: Yes
  • Year Printed: 1795
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Up for auction is an intriguing volume titled:
    The Centaur, Not Fabulous In Six Letters To A Friend, on the Life In Vogue.
    Philadelphia: Printed for T. Stephens, No.57 South Second Street, and W. V. Woodward , Franklin’s Head, ( new sign) fourth side Chestnut 1795. This volume contains the bookplate of
    John Fitzgerald Lee
    , or his son by the same name:
    "
    John Fitzgerald Lee (May 5, 1813 – June 17, 1884) was the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army from 1849 until 1862 and the first Judge Advocate General since the position had been vacant since 1802. He was a member of the Virginia Lee family being a grandson of Richard Henry Lee and a cousin of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general who became commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
    He was also the brother of Samuel Phillips Lee, a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and the brother-in-law of Montgomery Blair, the postmaster general Abraham Lincoln. The office of Judge Advocate General had been formally discontinued on March 2, 1821, when the military establishment of the United States had been reduced.
    The office was brought back on March 2, 1849, for the president to appoint a suitable captain of the army. His son, also named John Fitzgerald Lee (1848–1926), served as president of the St. Louis Bar Association, president of the David Rankin School of Mechanical Trades, and director of the St. Louis Public Library. A dormitory on Washington University is named after this younger John F. Lee"
    Condition : Bound in what appears to be full tree calf leather small volume measures" 4 x 7"  The hinges are weak top of spine shows loss. Title page shows section clipped missing from and closed tear or cut across top of preface.  As always feel free to ask.