Jefferson's Memorandum Books: Accounts with Legal Records......(2 volume Set)
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997. 8vo. Very Good / Very Good. Item #16682
An exquisite set, uncommon as such.
Among the Second Series of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, these two volumes have extensive detailed coverage of his day-to-day life. These disciplined records of personal expenditures, and of various other daily observations, furnish valuable information about prices and availability of commodities of the period and provide abundant evidence of Jefferson's devotion to a systematic way of living and of his insatiable curiosity.
Blue cloth. Gilt title on spine. Square tight bindings. Owner's signature to front endpapers and title page. Sporadic pencil underlining and notes in marginalia. Dust jackets with mild rubbing and edge wear, including a one-inch closed tear to lower front flap fold of volume I. Both jackets present handsomely in archival mylar.
An interesting look into Jefferson's personal daily life and a nice addition to any quality Jefferson collection.
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