HERNDON'S LINCOLN. The True Story of a Great Life Etiam in minimis major. The History and Personal Recollectons of Abraham Lincoln

[Lincoln, Abraham]; Herndon William H.[enry] and Weik, Jesse W.

Edité par Chicago Belford, Clarke & Company 1889

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3 volumes. First Edition in the scarce blue cloth, one of only 1500 copies presumed to be printed. The three volumes now housed in a fine dark-blue morocco backed slipcase, the spine panel with raised bands and gilt lettering. With many full-page plates throughout, including facsimiles, portraits, locations and scenes. 4to, publisher's original polished blue cloth, the covers with facsimile of Lincoln's signature in gilt, the spines gilt lettered and decorated with a portrait of Lincoln in gilt, original patterned end-leaves, top edges gilt. xx, 199, [5 ads.]; [200]-418, [6 ads.]; [419]-638, [2 ads.] pp. A handsome and very well preserved set of this fine work, light evidence of shelving at the extremities, a pleasing set. FIRST EDITION. A FINE AND IMPORTANT WORK ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN. William Herndon had been a friend of Lincoln's for many years, and was also his law partner. His biography and written consideration of the President is by one who was close to Lincoln and is especially well regarded because of the familiarity of the author with his subject. Herndon was the first to reveal the story of the supposed romance between Rutledge and Lincoln, much to Mary Todd Lincoln's anger and dismay. However, Herndon despised Mary Todd Lincoln and may have fabricated or enhanced the story of a romance between Ann Rutledge and Abraham Lincoln to serve as a "thorn in the side" of Mary Todd Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln's surviving son Robert Todd Lincoln was also upset by Herndon's claim. Most of Herndon's sources came from interviews with Lincoln's early friends in New Salem and Ann's relatives. Since Herndon first made his claims about Lincoln's relationship with Rutledge public in 1866, after the death of both parties, the nature of the relationship quickly became, and still remains, a matter of historical controversy.

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• Titre: HERNDON'S LINCOLN. The True Story of a Great Life Etiam in minimis major. The History and Personal Recollectons of Abraham Lincoln
• Éditeur: Chicago Belford, Clarke & Company 1889
• Reliure: Couverture rigide