HISTOIRE DE LA FONDATION DES COLONIES DES ANCIENNES REPUBLIQUES, ADAPTEE A LA DISPUTE PRESENTE DE LA GRANDE BRETAGNE AVEC SES COLONIES AMERICAINES. TRADUITE DE L'ANGLAIS. by [Barron, William]: : David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC : Specializing in the social, political, and cultural history of the Americas.

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HISTOIRE DE LA FONDATION DES COLONIES DES ANCIENNES REPUBLIQUES, ADAPTEE A LA DISPUTE PRESENTE DE LA GRANDE BRETAGNE AVEC SES COLONIES AMERICAINES. TRADUITE DE L'ANGLAIS.

Utrecht: 1778 Contemporary half leather [bit of rubbing, hinges starting but holding]. Orange spine lettering piece. Half title, [4], 247, [1 errata] pp. Text clean and Very Good. Stevens explains, "The point labored at was to show that Great Britain was fully justified by the precedents of antiquity in her attempt to tax the American Colonies." Stevens also says the piece "was published under the patronage of the Court and Ministry." This, the second edition, is the first French translation of the book, published in England the previous year. This edition was intended to counteract Holland's strong pro-French sentiments; England feared that Holland would be pulled into the Revolutionary War on the side of the Americans and French. It contains additional letters discussing the merits of the British and American causes, and an interesting essay-- which does not appear in the British edition-- comparing the Articles of Confederation with the Union of Utrecht. Howes B182. Adams Controversy 77-18b. Stevens Rare Americana 104.

Book Id: 15497

Price: $500.00

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