1881 CONFEDERATE 1ed Rise Fall Confederacy Jefferson Davis Slavery Civil War CSA

1881 CONFEDERATE 1^ed Rise Fall Confederacy Jefferson Davis Slavery Civil War CSA

A significantly rare first edition two-volume set of Jefferson Davis’s ‘Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government.’ This historic collection enables the reader to peer into the philosophy and thought of the lone Confederate President. Davis presents a history of the Confederate States alongside an exhaustive explanation of the causes that led to the Civil War, particularly slavery where Davis attempts to defend the fundamentals of its morality and history in the US.

According to Nevins,

“…conceals more than it reveals of the inner history of the Confederacy…An argumentative dissertation on secession and states’ rights.”

Item number: #30756

Price: $950

DAVIS, Jefferson

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete; 2 volumes
  • I – xxi, [3], 707, [5]
    • 9 engraved plates, 1 folding map
  • II – xvii, [3], 808, [4]
    • 10 engraved plates and 12 folding maps
  • References: Howes D-120; Nevins II, 51; In Tall Cotton, 34; Dornbusch III, 182
  • Provenance: Handwritten – Annie B. (Fogg) Welch, Versailles, Kentucky (1847-1926)
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
    • Red Cloth
  • Size: ~9.25in X 6.25in (23.5cm x 16cm)

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