JEFFERSON, Thomas

Manual of Parliamentary Practice, Composed Originally for the Senate of the United States; The Constitution of the United States, and the Rules for Conducting Business in Both Houses of Congress; With all the amendments, erasures and additions, down to the year 1842; concluding with a tabular statement of the Population of the United States, and the Apportionment of Representatives in Congress, under the Census of 1840.

Columbus, OH: Printed and Published by Jonathan Phillips, 1842. 16mo. 222, (1) pp. Relatively uncommon edition of Jefferson’s Manual (OCLC locates 22 copies), the earliest printed in the “west” [The 1828 Cincinnati edition was the first printed west of the Alleghanies and is the only such edition preceding this one.] Contemporary flame calf (rubbed, spine ends chipped, joints, edges, and corners bumped), leather spine label. Persistent moderate foxing, pencil calculations on the front endpaper, a good copy. Item #69476

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