Selections from the Private Correspondence of James Madison, from 1813 to 1836. Published by J.C. McGuire Exclusively for Private Distribution.
Madison, James.
Washington, D.C: [J. C. McGuire for Private Distribution], 1859.
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$950.00
About the item
Large-paper, privately printed. Presentation copy inscribed by McGuire to Richard H. Stanton. [4] 3-419pp. 4to. Contemporary half morocco and marbled paper covered boards, rebacked, worn at corner. Foxing. Howes M202; Sabin 43721.
Item #377923
Upon the death of James Madison, his stepson, John Payne Todd, sold copies of Madison's letters to the publisher J. C. McGuire. The present published Correspondence is a selection from the letters written by Madison including letters that relate to the interpretation of the Constitution. Only a limited number printed in large paper for private distribution. In the Menzies Catalogue, Joseph Sabin describes it as “exceedingly scarce.”.
