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MONROE, JAMES, A View of the Conduct of the Executive, in the Foreign Affairs of the United States, connected with the mission to the French Republic, during the Years 1794,5, & 6 . .. Illustrated by His Instructions and Correspondence and Other Authentic Documents.
Philadelphia: Printed by and for Benjamin Franklin Bache and to be had at the Office of the Author 112, Market Street, 1797. First edition, with half-title & advertisement and errata leaf. 8vo. lxvi, 407 pp. Boards, uncut. Contemporary signature of Hugh Wilson on half- title. Titles in ink on upper board. Rebacked with drab paper spine, new flyleaves. Some minor foxing; repaired tear at Kk2 (pp. 251-2, no loss). Very good. Howes M727; Evans 32491; Sabin 50020. ¶ Monroe's vindication of his conduct as minister to France during the revolution. "Interpreting his mission as the preservation of Franco-American amity, Monroe often seemed a party spokesman rather than a representative of his government. When Washington recalled him in 1796 Monroe defended his actions in a book harshly critical of administration policies" (ANB)
Offered for US$ 650.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 239160