A Fine Collection of American Literature and History

Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by R. Aitken & Son, 1789. In two volumes. First edition. 8vo. vi, 359; vi, 360 pp. Full contemporary brown sheep, rebacked, corners renewed, red morocco spine labels, stamped in blind and in gilt, boards variously rubbed; all edges trimmed; contemporary ownership signature on front blank of first volume ("Jacob Rowell"); two near-contemporary ownership inscriptions on front blank of second volume, ownership signature, dated 1860, to same; scattered foxing and soiling to text; scattered light dampstaining. Evans 22090; Howes R-35; Sabin 67687

David Ramsay (1749-1815) was a physician, South Carolina legislator, and historian. His works are particularly valued for their eyewitness accounts of the American Revolution.