Jefferson (Thomas) Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 4 vol., first edition, edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph, engraved portrait frontispiece and 4 folding facsimile leaves of Jefferson's draft of Declaration of Independence bound in vol. 1, lacking half-titles, all but vol. 1 with bookseller's ticket of O.D. Bartlett of Towanda, Pa., book-label of A.J. Whitney to front free endpapers, vol. 3 with ink letter to title, vol. 1 final f. of Index and facsimile leaves detached (facsimiles little brittle and frayed at lower edge, one with short tear into text without loss), occasional marginal pencil annotation, couple gatherings working loose, foxed and browned throughout, heavier at points, contemporary mottled calf, morocco spine labels chipped and one lacking, worn, vol. 3 upper cover detached along with front free endpaper, some other covers detached or working loose, [Sabin 35891], 8vo, Charlottesville, F. Carr, 1829.

⁂ Published just three years after Jefferson's death in 1826, and edited by his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph.

Provenance: A gift from Betsey Cushing Whitney, by descent to the present owner.