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Lot 398
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
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MONROE, James (1758-1831). A View of the Conduct of the Executive, in the Foreign Affairs of the United States... Philadelphia: Benj. Franklin Bache, 1797.
8vo. Half-title. (Some toning and spotting.) Contemporary boards (losses to spine, overall wear).
FIRST EDITION of Monroe's defensive response to criticism of his French Mission. With the [4]+66pp. of preliminaries called for by Evans and Sabin, rather than the 60pp. called for by Howes. Evans, 32491; Howes M-727 [incorrect collation]; Sabin 50020.