THE LIF AND TIMES OF BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN: A History of the Fourteenth Century

London and Charleston: Truebner & Co. and John Russell, 1864. 8vo. 2 volumes: xvi, 287; viii, 314 pp. Portrait frontispiece to volume one. Jamison (1810-1864), a native of the Orangeburg District, attended South Carolina College and spent two years practicing law, but spent most of his life as a planter, serving for a decade in the state legislature and pursuing historical studies when he had time; Jamison served as president of the South Carolina secession convention in December, 1860 (see DAB). Parrish 5519. Harwell Confederate Hundred 44: "His work is likely to restore to its deserved place in the temple of fame a name which has been deprived of honours freely bestowed on much less deserving claimants" (quoted from "The Index," London, 1864). Harwell Cornerstones of Confederate Collecting 12. Some foxing, but a very good copy. Original gilt-stamped decorated brown cloth (somewhat rubbed, some foxing). (8091). Item #60994

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