George Washington.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Edition de Luxe. One of 200 numbered copies with all plates in two states and specially bound. Two large octavo volumes. xiv, [1], 303, [1]; ix[[1], 308, [2] pp. Complete with all 24 plates in two states (all original tissue guards present). The frontispiece is an engraving of Martha Washington and it is in color. Publisher's full red morocco, covers with central and corner gilt E Pluribus Unum eagles and numerous gilt stars, spine compartments with repeating gilt eagle designs and gilt lettering, floral endpapers on thick stock, t.e.g., all other uncut. Some general edge wear, head cap of first volume with small splits down the side but still present. Bookplates of Harry H. Schwartz. A very good copy.Harry H. Schwatz was the owner of National Departments Store and was a noted book collector. His bookplate was commissioned to portray his penthouse terrace at 944 5th Avenue (current residence of Barbara Walters).Chauncey Worthington Ford was best known for his edited collections of a number of Founding Fathers documents, including “The writings of George Washington (14 Volumes)”, “Alexander Hamilton's notes in the Federal convention of 1787”, and “Writings of John Quincy Adams”. He also edited collections of the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and other figures in early American history. Ford’s historical work was also notable for his tenure as chief of the newly established Manuscripts Division at the Library of Congress. During his time in charge, from 1903-1909, he organized a significant effort to photograph and copy manuscripts pertaining to early American history which resided in foreign archives (especially France, Britain, and Spain). In this way, copies of many documents which had been missing since 1812 or earlier were recovered. In addition, he edited and published the complete Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. His life was not without tragedy though as in 1902 his two younger brothers committed a murder-suicide.