THE PAPERS OF JAMES MADISON, PURCHASED BY ORDER OF CONGRESS.AND HIS REPORTS OF DEBATES IN THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.

Descripción

Three volumes. 1624 total pages, plus separately paginated prefatory matter in each volume, plus a [246]pp. appendix and index at the conclusion of the third volume. Half title in each volume. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Light dampstain in fore-edge of first dozen pages in first and second volumes, else internally quite clean. A very good set. First printing of James Madison's notes on the Constitutional Convention, and very scarce in this Washington edition. Other editions were produced in New York in 1841, and Mobile in 1842. In financial straits in his old age, Madison sold many of his papers, including his famous notes on the Federal Convention, to the Library of Congress. This collection constitutes the first printing of Madison's notes on the Constitutional Convention, which he insisted on keeping secret until after his death. They have become one of the key texts in modern constitutional debates over the intentions of the founders. The papers were published under the auspices of Henry D. Gilpin, who at the time was Attorney General of the United States. The first thirty pages of text in the first volume contain Thomas Jefferson's notes on the debate over the Declaration of Independence. Most of the Washington edition seems to have been absorbed by institutions, and sets of this first printing are scarce on the market. SABIN 43716. N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM62986

Contactar al vendedor

Denunciar este artículo

Detalles bibliográficos