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Wyatt, Thomas. MEMOIRS OF THE GENERALS, COMMODORES, AND OTHER COMMANDERS, WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN THE AMERICAN ARMY AND NAVY DURING THE WARS OF THE REVOLUTION AND 1812, AND WHO WERE PRESENTED WITH MEDALS BY CONGRESS, FOR THEIR GALLANT SERVICES. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1848. 8vo, contemporary mottled boards, reinforced later with green cloth at spine and corners. viii, (9)–315, (1) pages; 14 attractive plates depicting both sides of 41 medals, finely engraved by W.L. Ormsby utilizing a medal-ruling machine process. Ex University of Detroit Library, with their stamps and deaccession stamp; library spine label. Binding quite worn, with hinges cracked through; old staining to lower right corner throughout. Good. The first book-length work on American medals, comprised of forty-one biographies of "the illustrious commanders of our two wars, who have been signalized by the presentation of gold medals, &c. ... men who have sealed their patriotic devotion with wounds and scars, as well as of historical incidents sacred to patriotism." Quite scarce. Most of the surviving copies seen are much the worse for wear. Davis 1200. Sigler 2910. Ex Kolbe & Fanning Sale 126, lot 1085; ex Cardinal Collection Library.