1860 Occasional Productions of Richard Rush French Revolution 1848

Description: Richard Rush was the son of Benjamin Rush, founding father, and an American diplomat, attorney and statesman who negotiated treaties with Great Britain, served in a variety of political positions, including Comptroller of the Treasury under James Madison, and spent many years as diplomat in Europe including during the 1848 revolution in France. He was instrumental in securing the legacy of James Smithson from England, thus instrumental in the founding of the Smithsonian Museum. The “occasional productions” of the title are selections by the executors of his estate of various writings thought to be important or influential including a sketch of the domestic life of Washington and an overview of the court of Louis-Philippe of France. From the Library of the German Society of Philadelphia, there are several red stamps from the library inside as well as boldly written numbers inside the front. Very nicely bound.Good Condition: 8vo: embossed brown Pebbled publisher’s cloth with medallion at center and ornate rectangular borders: pattern continued on spine with gilt lettering having a medallion below: head of spine shows damage with lifted and peeled material: evidence of paper label: softened tail with some small tears: rounded and bent corners with breaks at corners in covering exposing underlying boards: large numbers written inside as well as red Library stamp and pencil in upper right corner, ink from numbers having bled through and shaded the following pages: light edge wear and some soiling: portrait frontispiece of Rush with tissue overlay intact: facsimile letter of Washington inviting Rush to Mt. Vernon: small occasional tear: slight discoloration at edges: “Occasional Productions, Political, Diplomatic, and Miscellaneous. Including, among others, a Glance at the Court and Government of Louis Philippe and the French Revolution of 1848 while the author resided as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary form the United States at Paris”: by the late Richard Rush: edited by his Executors with a copious index: Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co: 1860RAREA1860AFHA

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Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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