American soldier, lawyer, and statesman (1746-1825) who was a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention and who ran unsuccessfully as the Federalist candidate for vice-president in 1800 and for president in 1804 and 1808. Signed book: Victoires, Conquetes, Desastres, Revers et Guerres Civiles des Francais,de 1792 a 1815, Vol. 21. Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke, 1820. Hardcover bound in full calf, 5.25 x 8, 344 pages. Signed at the head of the title page in ink with his ownership signature, "Charles Cotesworth Pinckney." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: G/None, with scuffing and wear to front board, leather missing from spine and most of rear board (but binding remains intact), cracked hinges, and toning to extremities of textblock. An intriguing military title from Pinckney's personal library.
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