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Cornell University Press, 1956-06-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 7x4x0. 1956 paperback. Shelf wear and staining to covers and edges. Pages are tanned with some markings. Name written inside.

Cornell Univ Pr, 1956-06. Paperback. Good.

Great Seal Books, 1956 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A little shelf wear. Owner signature on inside front cover. Ink note on page v. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. xi, 116 pp. .

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Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010-06-10. Paperback. Good.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010-05-29. Paperback. Good.

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-09-12. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010-05-29. Paperback. Good.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 9x0x7. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London : Printed for J. Johnson, 1792-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 152p. Second edition. Rebound in later quarter beige cloth. Marbled boards. Complementary work to Paine's Rights of Man, published just before Part II. Overshadowed by Thomas Paine, Barlow's treatise is a well composed political pamphlet against the remnants of Europe's feudal systems. Using allusions to the American Revolution, Barlow argues that elites in Europe should embrace the inevitability of the reforms occurring in France, producing long-term benefits for all of society in the end. A sensible political pamphlet has prejudised me in his favour. Mary Wollstonecraft (Letter to William Roscoe, 1792). Lacking pages 153-156p. Some pencil marginalia. Sabin 3414

London: J. Johnson, 1792 . Paperback. Good. 9.5" by 6". None. The second edition of the first part of Joel Barlow's political pamphlet, arguing in favour of the French Revolution. The second edition of the first part of this two part work. Scarce in all eighteenth century editions.Barlowe's somewhat incendiary political pamphlet argues for the destruction of the remaining feudal systems in Europe, with a specific focus on the merits of the French Revolution. He argues that political reform would benefit all of society, and uses the example of the American Revolution as evidence of this.ESTC T21074With an advertisement leaf to the rear. In the publisher's original paper wraps.The work of American poet, diplomat, and politician Joel Barlow. Barlow supported the French Revolution and was an ardent Jeffersonian republican. His works are often studied alongside Thomas Paine's 'Rights of Man'. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Loss of paper to back strip head, and to centre of back strip. Mark to… Read More

BARLOW, Joel. Advice to the Privileged Orders, in the Several States of Europe, Resulting from the Necessity and Propriety of a General Revolution in the Principle of Government. Part I. New-York: Re-printed by Childs and Swaine, 1792. 1st American ed. (4), 118 pp. Orig. self-wrapperes, stitched as issued. Disbound. Archival repair to blank corner of title page where a previous owner's name was cut off, else a very good copy. Very scarce. Part one is complete in itself. Although Barlow, the author of The Vision of Columbus, was a New Englander, he was much beloved by the French and was eventually made an honorary French citizen. "More significant was the first part [1792] of his Advice to the Privileged orders, a stirring political document which disposes of the critics who label Barlow merely as the grandiloquent versifier. In debt, unquestionably, to Paine's greater work, The Rights of Man, it is still unique. It forcibly presents the doctrine of the responsibility of the State, a doctrine as… Read More