ADAMS, John Quincy (1767-1848). Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Mortier de Lafayette... Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1835.
ADAMS, John Quincy (1767-1848). Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Mortier de Lafayette... Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1835. 8 o (218 x 137 mm). Printed on heavy paper. CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN RED MOROCCO, covers with single gilt fillet border, flat spine in five compartments, gilt lettered in second, pale green endpapers. FIRST EDITION, IN A PRESENTATION BINDING. The former President of the United States and Harvard professor of rhetoric delivered this great oration to Congress to commemorate Lafayette's important contribution to American Liberty. Adams' oration was read before both Houses of Congress on 31 December 1834. The Appendix prints the proceedings initiated by Adams on 21 June 1834 "to consider and report by what token of respect and affection it may be proper for the Congress of the United States to express the deep sensibility of the Nation to the event of the decease of General Lafayette." The resolution was passed unanimously. American Imprints 29946; Sabin 295. A VERY FINE COPY.
ADAMS, John Quincy (1767-1848). Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Mortier de Lafayette... Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1835.
ADAMS, John Quincy (1767-1848). Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Mortier de Lafayette... Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1835. 8 o (218 x 137 mm). Printed on heavy paper. CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN RED MOROCCO, covers with single gilt fillet border, flat spine in five compartments, gilt lettered in second, pale green endpapers. FIRST EDITION, IN A PRESENTATION BINDING. The former President of the United States and Harvard professor of rhetoric delivered this great oration to Congress to commemorate Lafayette's important contribution to American Liberty. Adams' oration was read before both Houses of Congress on 31 December 1834. The Appendix prints the proceedings initiated by Adams on 21 June 1834 "to consider and report by what token of respect and affection it may be proper for the Congress of the United States to express the deep sensibility of the Nation to the event of the decease of General Lafayette." The resolution was passed unanimously. American Imprints 29946; Sabin 295. A VERY FINE COPY.
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