Bartlett" front flyleaf of volumes one, four, and five. Spines feature red morocco title labels and green morocco volume labels with gilt lettering. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the first edition.ĭescription of the Wolf Law Library's copyįirst edition, first impression bound in contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original spines laid down. It later appeared on Randolph's 1832 estate inventory as "'Marshall's Washington' (4 vols., $10.25 value)." Both Brown's Bibliography and George Wythe's Library on LibraryThing include Marshall's Life of Washington. Jefferson gave it to his son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph. Thomas Jefferson inherited Wythe's copy and noted it in his inventory of Wythe's Library as Marshall's Life of Washington. George Wythe is listed as a subscriber in the atlas volume of the first edition. Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
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