The life of George Washington : commander in chief of the American forces during the war which established the independence of his country, and first President of the United States. Compiled under the inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington from original papers ... to which is prefixed, an introduction containing a compendious view of the colonies planted by the English on the continent of North America
Print Book, English, 1804-1807
Printed for Richard Phillips, London, 1804-1807
collective biographies
5 volumes : illustrations (some folded), folded maps, portrait ; 22 cm (8vo)
16398143
The octavo edition of the first English edition, printed about the same time as the quarto edition (same imprint and contents); differs from quarto edition in pagination and foliation, cf. Baker, Sabin, Servies and Howe cited below
Pagination: v. 1: xxxvi, 579, [1] p.; v. 2: viii, 633, [3] p.; v. 3: viii, 572 p.; v. 4: viii, 684 p.; v. 5: viii, 843, [5] p.; [15] leaves of plates (some folded)
"List of engravings": v. 5, [1] p. at end
Includes publisher's ads at end of v. 1, 2, and 5