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Political Disquisitions; or an Enquiry into Public Measures .
Philadelphia: Robert Bell and William Woodhouse 1775. 3 volumes. Octavo (8x4 ¾ inches, 200x120mm). Contemporary leather non-uniform bindings. Condition: foxing and staining; covers detached and worn. Provenance : a matched set, with various 18th and 19th century owner signatures. first american edition of the seminal work on radical political theory said to have influenced the founding fathers. Burgh's Political Disquisitions , his best known work, details his thoughts on liberty, freedom of speech and human rights. The list of subscribers of this American edition includes George Washington, Thomas Jefferson John Hancock John Dickinson and other notable Signers and Revolutionaries. Evans 13851; Sabin 9246.