VIRGINIA] Report of the Committee of Revisors appointed by the General Assembly of Virginia in MDCCLXXVI . Richmond, [Virginia]: published by order of the General Assembly, and printed by Dixon & Holt, 1784. First and only edition. Early patterned paper boards with old ink notation on front board "Jefferson & Wythe's Report," calf spine (probably later). 12 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (31.5 x 20 cm); 6, 90 pp., collating [A]^2 B-R^2 S1 T^2 V1 W^2 X1 Y^2 Z1 2A-2B^2. Spine defective, front board holding on a thread, boards worn, Bar Association stamp on blank area of title, accession date and mark on verso (December 31 1924), generally a clean copy internally (some minor toning, small dark spot affecting a few letters on F1). This folio revision was prepared by Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe, with the aid of Edmund Pendleton (the member living at a "great distance...from this city" mentioned by Jefferson and Wythe on A2r). The work is scarce in commerce, though it is well held institutionally; the last example we can find at auction was in the Brinley sale of 1880, sold for $9.50, where it was described as "very scarce" in the catalogue. In the bibliography of Jefferson's published works in volume 20 of The writings of Thomas Jefferson (p. 10) it is noted that 500 copies were ordered to be printed. The entry indicates that Jefferson's work in the revision included the following bills: 36, 51, 64, 79, 80, 81, 82, and that the Library of Congress holds Jefferson's annotated copy. Swem and Hall A Bibliography of Virginia... 1917 state (drawing in part from the title page) "On Nov 5, 1776 Thomas Jefferson Edmund Pendleton, George Wythe, George Mason and Thomas Ludwell Lee were appointed a committee to revise the laws. George Mason declined to act and T.L. Lee died before having taken any part in the work. On June 18, 1779 Jefferson, Wythe and Pendleton reported 126 bills to the house. Some of the bills thus reported were enacted into laws, at the sessions of 1779, 1785 and 1786, but the bills never seem to have been taken up by the legislature as a complete code." As Virginia was the location where Jefferson hoped to create his ideal republic, all such writings by him that pertain to Virginia's constitution are significant. ESTC W19095; Evans 18863. C The New York City Bar Association
VIRGINIA] Report of the Committee of Revisors appointed by the General Assembly of Virginia in MDCCLXXVI . Richmond, [Virginia]: published by order of the General Assembly, and printed by Dixon & Holt, 1784. First and only edition. Early patterned paper boards with old ink notation on front board "Jefferson & Wythe's Report," calf spine (probably later). 12 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (31.5 x 20 cm); 6, 90 pp., collating [A]^2 B-R^2 S1 T^2 V1 W^2 X1 Y^2 Z1 2A-2B^2. Spine defective, front board holding on a thread, boards worn, Bar Association stamp on blank area of title, accession date and mark on verso (December 31 1924), generally a clean copy internally (some minor toning, small dark spot affecting a few letters on F1). This folio revision was prepared by Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe, with the aid of Edmund Pendleton (the member living at a "great distance...from this city" mentioned by Jefferson and Wythe on A2r). The work is scarce in commerce, though it is well held institutionally; the last example we can find at auction was in the Brinley sale of 1880, sold for $9.50, where it was described as "very scarce" in the catalogue. In the bibliography of Jefferson's published works in volume 20 of The writings of Thomas Jefferson (p. 10) it is noted that 500 copies were ordered to be printed. The entry indicates that Jefferson's work in the revision included the following bills: 36, 51, 64, 79, 80, 81, 82, and that the Library of Congress holds Jefferson's annotated copy. Swem and Hall A Bibliography of Virginia... 1917 state (drawing in part from the title page) "On Nov 5, 1776 Thomas Jefferson Edmund Pendleton, George Wythe, George Mason and Thomas Ludwell Lee were appointed a committee to revise the laws. George Mason declined to act and T.L. Lee died before having taken any part in the work. On June 18, 1779 Jefferson, Wythe and Pendleton reported 126 bills to the house. Some of the bills thus reported were enacted into laws, at the sessions of 1779, 1785 and 1786, but the bills never seem to have been taken up by the legislature as a complete code." As Virginia was the location where Jefferson hoped to create his ideal republic, all such writings by him that pertain to Virginia's constitution are significant. ESTC W19095; Evans 18863. C The New York City Bar Association
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