Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution
by Thomas Paine
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
This is an antique copy of "RIGHTS OF MAN ~ Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution" by Thomas Paine. 1894; G.P. Putnam's Sons; New York and London. With a frontispiece portrait of Paine, and vignettes at the beginning and end of the sections.
Condition:
There is a small scuff near the top of the front cover. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Foxing on the bibliography page, frontispiece (and the tissue guard over it), and the title page. Old store label affixed to the front pastedown with a bit of pencil writing beneath and next to it. Nice text pages - clean with no notable issues found. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7982
- Title
- Rights of Man
- Author
- Thomas Paine
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Thomas Paine, rights of man, age of reason, agrarian Justice, crisis in America, common sense, Alexis De tocqueville, democracy in America, montesquieue, spirit of laws, revolutionary War, American revolution, French Revolution, edmund burke
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-Fiction;
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