Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

132 c   (ISLAM.) The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mahomet. viii, 524 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear; intermittent foxing and browning, occasional inked notes in margins; early gift inscription on title page. Springfield, MA: Henry Brewer for Isaiah Thomas, 1806 [2,000/3,000] first american edition of the koran , with a brief and very unsympathetic introduction:“Thou wilt wonder that such absurdities have infected the best part of the world.” Shaw & Shoemaker 10684. OWNED BY GEORGEWASHINGTON’S PRIVATE SECRETARY 133 c    JEFFERSON,THOMAS. Notes on the State of Virginia. Folding table, other illustrations. [4], 382 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, boards detached but present, damage to lower part of backstrip; lacking the map, moderate foxing, edges tinted yellow; early owner’s signature on page [1]. London: John Stockdale, 1787 [2,000/3,000] Generally considered the first published edition in English, following a privately printed 1785 edition and a 1786 French edition.This copy was owned and signed by George Washington Craik (1774- 1808), the son of George Washington’s personal physician. Craik’s education had been underwritten by Washington, and he became one of Washington’s secretaries in 1796. Howes J78; Sabin 35896; Verner 1787. 134 c   JEFFERSON, THOMAS; Paul Leicester Ford, editor. The Works of Thomas Jefferson, Federal Edition. Frontispiece portraits and engraved additional title pages in each volume; additional plates. 12 volumes. 8vo, contemporary 1 / 2 morocco, minor wear, tastefully rebacked; title pages in red and black, uncut, #160 of 400 sets in the “Connoisseur’s Federal Edition.” New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904 [800/1,200] 132 133