The Life of George Washington, Complete in Four Volumes (Library Edition)

Complete in four volumes. 404; 405; 404; 414. 8vo. Original dark green cloth, gilt titles and decorations, top edges gilt. Frontispieces of four different portraits of George Washington. Washington Irving’s Life of George Washington (published in five volumes in 1856–59) was the product of his last years and remains his most personal work. Christened with the name of the great general, Irving was blessed by Washington while still a boy of seven, and later came to know many of the prominent figures of the Revolution.