1774 Political Disquisitions 1ed by James Burgh US Constitution Washington Adams

1774 Political Disquisitions 1^ed by James Burgh US Constitution Washington Adams

John Adams declared Burgh’s Political Disquisitions “a book which ought to be in the hands of every American who has learned to read” (Wood, Creation of the American Republic, 165).

James Burgh was an 18^th-century English politician best-known for his landmark work “Political Disquisitions”. This work was one of the most important works on human rights of free speech and suffrage. It includes the speeches and letters and other discussions from Parliament and was one of the most influential works on the development of the United States Constitution. Sabin says of this work that it

“produced a great effect upon the mind of the American colonists during the Revolution.”

Item number: #22284

Price: $1500

BURGH, James

Political Disquisitions or An Enquiry into public errors, defects, and abuses

London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly, 1774. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • I – xxiii, [9], 486
  • II – vii, [7], 477, [1]
• References: Evans 13851; Sabin 9246; Sowerby 2720
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8in X 5.25in (20.5cm x 13cm)
• Very rare and desirable

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