ESSAYS ON THE FOLLOWING INTERESTING SUBJECTS: VIZ. I. GOVERNMENT. II. REVOLUTIONS. III. THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION. IV. KINGLY GOVERNMENT. V. PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION AND REFORM. VI. LIBERTY & EQUALITY. VII. TAXATION. AND VIII. THE PRESENT WAR, & THE STAGNATION OF CREDIT AS CONNECTED WITH IT
by Young, Joh
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Edinburg, 1794. [2],120pp. 12mo. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. A few pages roughly opened, occasional light tanning. Very good. "Fourth edition, corrected." Several editions were published in 1794. Young was a minister at Hawick, in southeastern Scotland, near the border with England. His essays touch on a variety of subjects, including the relation of citizen to ruler, the legality of revolutions, Thomas Paine and the British constitution, the conflict with France, political representation and liberty, and much more. ESTC N2704
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- Title
- ESSAYS ON THE FOLLOWING INTERESTING SUBJECTS: VIZ. I. GOVERNMENT. II. REVOLUTIONS. III. THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION. IV. KINGLY GOVERNMENT. V. PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION AND REFORM. VI. LIBERTY & EQUALITY. VII. TAXATION. AND VIII. THE PRESENT WAR, & THE STAGNATION OF CREDIT AS CONNECTED WITH IT
- Author
- Young, Joh
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Edinburg
- Date Published
- 1794
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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