London: John Murray, 1850. RARE. Hardcover. 8vo. Very Good. Very rare British edition. Green cloth covered boards with girl title to spine end blind stamped decoration to boards. Minor bumping to edges. Light fading to spine as well as light soiling to boards. Minor foxing to interior though text is bright and mostly clean. Browning and foxing to several of the plates and protective pages while some remain bright with only minor foxing. Many pages remain uncut. Binding is Very tight. From the estate of Betty Washington Whiting, direct descendant of Martha Washington, with family tree and photo copy of estate auction notice laid in. Also includes a printed note explaining that the book formerly belonged to Martha Washington's daughter Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis along with a list of other copies of the title available for sale at the time. Appendix, 503 pages + 16 pages of publisher's ads. MIDEAST/111925