"GRAND AND IMPRESSIVE, BEYOND ALL THAT IS YET WRITTEN IN THE VOLUME OF HUMAN HISTORY"

DEVENS, R.M. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One Hundred Great and Memorable Events of Perpetual Interest in the History of Our Country, Political, Military, Mechanical, Social, Scientific and Commercial. Atlanta: E. Nebhut, 1876. Thick quarto, contemporary brown sheep rebacked with original spine laid down, black morocco spine labels. $350.

Early edition of this profusely illustrated recounting of the greatest events in the first 100 years of the American republic.

"It is proposed in this volume—as meeting what is believed will be the almost universal preference of the People—to present… a panoramic view of those wonders and prodigies, both of men and events, which peculiarly reflect the patriotism, taste and genius, the exploits, tragedies and achievements, of the Century, in their most prominent and emphasized examples." The first edition was published the same year in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Scattered soiling to interior, boards moderately worn. A very good copy.