1825 1st/1st American Military Biography REVOLUTIONARY WAR Putnam Gen. LaFayette

1825 1^st/1^st American Military Biography REVOLUTIONARY WAR Putnam Gen. LaFayette

American Military Biography compiles short biographical sketches of key American Revolutionary War figures from both sides. It outlines the war’s causes from an American perspective and includes an extended biography of General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette. Among the notable officers featured are Ethan Allen, Daniel Boone, Nathan Hale, Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Morgan, Israel Putnam, George Washington, John Paul Jones, Benedict Arnold and John André.

This rare first edition was initially published in 1825 in Cincinnati and printed by Roberts & Burr. Written anonymously, authorship of this work has been attributed to Amos Blanchard—then editor of the Cincinnati Journal—by the Library of Congress.

Item number: #18347

Price: $499

[BLANCHARD, Amos]

American Military Biography; Containing the Lives, Characters, and Anecdotes of the Officers of the Revolution, Who Were Most Distinguished in Achieving our National Independence. Also, the Life of Gilbert Motier La Fayette, Major-General in the Continental Army—Marshal of France, and Commander in Chief of the National Guards.

[Cincinnati]: Roberts & Burr, Printers. Printed for Subscribers, 1825. First Edition. First Printing.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • xxiii, [1], 5-140 (i.e. 240); 184
  • 6 engraved plates
    • Frontispiece – Judgment Day of Tories (Frontispiece)
    • Destruction of the Tea in Boston Harbour.
    • Battle of Saratoga (folding plate damaged)
    • Putnam’s Escape from the British at Horse-Neck.
    • Storming of Stoney Point.
    • Capture of André.
  • Edition Points(s): First Printing
    • Collation: xxiii, 240, 184 (Later editions consolidated pagination)
    • Frontispiece: “Judgement Day of Tories”. (Later editions used “Battle of Saratoga” folding plate)
    • Title page: No publisher attributed, reads “Printed for Subscribers, 1825”
    • Title page verso: “Roberts & Burr, Printers”
    • pg. 240: Erroneously numbered “140”
  • Reference(s): Sabin 1146
  • Provenance: Handwritten – John Barrow
    
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~7.5in X 4.5in (19cm x 11.5cm)

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