Rights Of Man: Part The First, Being An Answer To Mr. Burke’s Attack On The French Revolution (signed by Senator Montford Stokes)
by Thomas Paine
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Berry, Rogers, and Berry, 1742 (1791). Paperback. Fair. Signed. First New York edition with incorrect date, 1742 for 1791, 76 pp, with the ownership signature of Montford Stokes (1762-1842) to front cover; manuscript fragment initialled by Stokes laid in at page 35. Unbound signatures as issued in overall fair condition with darkening and soiling, especially to cover title. Stokes was a United States Senator and the 25th Governor of North Carolina (1830-1832). In 1832 President Andrew Jackson named Stokes to head the Federal Indian Commission, a post he held until his death in 1842. Stokes was buried at the Fort Gibson Cemetary in Oklahoma. A particularly scarce item with interesting association.
Synopsis
Rights of Man (1791), by Thomas Paine, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard its people, their natural rights, and their national interests. It defends the French Revolution against Edmund Burke's attack in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).
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- Bookseller
- Hall of Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240141
- Title
- Rights Of Man: Part The First, Being An Answer To Mr. Burke’s Attack On The French Revolution (signed by Senator Montford Stokes)
- Author
- Thomas Paine
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Berry, Rogers, and Berry
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1742 (1791)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques and Collectibles; Antiquarian; History / US;
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