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1794. JEFFERSON, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia. Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey..., 1794. [4],336pp., plus folding table and folding frontispiece map (21? x 15? inches). Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt morocco label. Small bookplate of Belvoir House on front pastedown; faded contemporary ink stamps of the Royal Institution of Great Britain on verso of titlepage and in lower margin of p.336. Light scattered foxing, toning to edge of textblock. A bit of foxing to the map, with some offsetting and toning and starts to the folds near the edges. Very good. HOWES J78. SABIN 35898. CLARK I:262. SOWERBY, JEFFERSON'S LIBRARY 4167. ADAMS, THE EYE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON 57. EVANS 27162. REESE, FEDERAL HUNDRED 6 (ref). The second American edition of Jefferson's famous account of the natural, economic and political conditions of Virginia, and the first American edition to contain a map. This is the only book-length work by Jefferson…