Books

Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1829. Hardcover. VG, typical foxing, crease in spine, wear at hinges and edges of board, some pencil markings on endsheet and title page, remarkably bright and readable despite foxing.. Full leather binding with gilt lettering and profuse decoration on spine. 2 preliminary leaves, 280 pp. First edition printed after Jefferson's death in 1825. Scarce. "The following Notes were written in Virginia, in the year 1781, and somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter of 1782, in answer to Queries proposed to the author, by a foreigner of distinction, then residing amongst us" - advertisement from the author.