A History of Virginia, from its Discovery Till the Year 1781. With Biographical Sketches of all the Most Distinguished Characters that Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Subsequent Period of our History
Philadelphia: J. W. Campbell, & M. Carey, 1813. Boards. Good binding. Item #10952
12mo. 310 pp. First edition. In publisher's boards, backed in muslin with printed title label. Spine and board edges are rubbed; front board with a vertical crease from fold; a solidly bound copy with light to moderate foxing scattered throughout.
Campbell (1779-1842) was a Petersburg, VA bookstore owner and historian. He was father of Charles Campbell who was himself a history of colonial Virginia. Another edition of this present work with the same collation (and pagination errors) bears a Petersburg imprint. Howes's entry suggests that this Philadelphia imprint was first. In addition to Campbell's history, the book also contains the "Constitution of Virginia" (p. 226-237) and concludes with a "Sketch of the History of the Church in Virginia" attributed to Moses Hoge by the cataloguer at the American Antiquarian Society. An uncommon and early Virginia history, all the more uncommon in publisher's binding. This copy with a previous owner name of Elihu B. Taft, Burlington, VT, 1870 on the front pastedown; this above the 20th century bookplate of John W. Hancock. An appealing copy. Howes C-100; Shaw & Shoemaker 28070; Sabin 10259; Haynes 2834.
Price: $350.00