Political Disquisitions.
James Burgh.
Political Disquisitions.
Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1775
3 volumes. xxiii, [9], 486, [2]; vii, [9], 477, [3]; [16], 460, [55] pages including ad leaves. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear; foxing, intermittent dampstaining and minor wear, first half-title lacking upper corner with loss of some text; early ownership inscriptions on endpapers.
First American edition. Criticizes the heavy taxation of the American colonies at length. "Of the utmost interest for its espousal of a moderate political stance, and especially for having influenced the Founding Fathers"--Reese, Revolutionary Hundred 27.
The subscriber list which begins the third volume is headed by "George Washington, Esq., Generalissimo of all the Forces in America," and includes other heavyweights such as John Dickinson, John Hancock (2 sets), Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush, and numerous Continental Congress delegates and military officers.
Adams, American Controversy 74-13 (re 1774-1775 London edition); Evans 13851; Sabin 9246.
Provenance: Peregrine Brown (1727-1777) of Kent County, MD; his daughter Sophia Charlotte Brown Comegys (1752-1819) and her husband Cornelius Comegys (1754-1817).
James Burgh.
Political Disquisitions.
Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1775
3 volumes. xxiii, [9], 486, [2]; vii, [9], 477, [3]; [16], 460, [55] pages including ad leaves. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear; foxing, intermittent dampstaining and minor wear, first half-title lacking upper corner with loss of some text; early ownership inscriptions on endpapers.
First American edition. Criticizes the heavy taxation of the American colonies at length. "Of the utmost interest for its espousal of a moderate political stance, and especially for having influenced the Founding Fathers"--Reese, Revolutionary Hundred 27.
The subscriber list which begins the third volume is headed by "George Washington, Esq., Generalissimo of all the Forces in America," and includes other heavyweights such as John Dickinson, John Hancock (2 sets), Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush, and numerous Continental Congress delegates and military officers.
Adams, American Controversy 74-13 (re 1774-1775 London edition); Evans 13851; Sabin 9246.
Provenance: Peregrine Brown (1727-1777) of Kent County, MD; his daughter Sophia Charlotte Brown Comegys (1752-1819) and her husband Cornelius Comegys (1754-1817).
