Title: Essay on political society Author: Dana, Samuel Whittelsey Place: Whitehall Publisher: Printed by William Young bookseller and stationer... Philadelphia Date: 1800 Description: [3]-234 pp. 22.5x13.5 cm. (8¾x5¼"), original pale blue boards. First Edition. Rare political commentary from the early days of the United States. Evans cites an inscription in Wilberforce Eames's copy attributed authorship to Dana who, according to DAB, "combined the best thought of the Federalists and the Jeffersonians." Dana, a Connecticut Federalist, reveals the concerns motivating Federalist thinkers, and the questions that they sought to answer concerned the fragility of republican government and the persistent threat of despotism. Evans 37381. Small bookplate of John Walter on the front pastedown, and an ink inscription by him at the bottom of the last printed page, "Read 10 March 1844 with great care - J. Walter." Lot Amendments Condition: Boards rubbed, soiled and worn, spine partially perished; lacking blanks at front and rear, top margins of pp. 9-12 chipped with tears, some darkening and foxing, a fragile book in good to very good condition, quite rare in the original boards. Item number: 213721
Title: Essay on political society Author: Dana, Samuel Whittelsey Place: Whitehall Publisher: Printed by William Young bookseller and stationer... Philadelphia Date: 1800 Description: [3]-234 pp. 22.5x13.5 cm. (8¾x5¼"), original pale blue boards. First Edition. Rare political commentary from the early days of the United States. Evans cites an inscription in Wilberforce Eames's copy attributed authorship to Dana who, according to DAB, "combined the best thought of the Federalists and the Jeffersonians." Dana, a Connecticut Federalist, reveals the concerns motivating Federalist thinkers, and the questions that they sought to answer concerned the fragility of republican government and the persistent threat of despotism. Evans 37381. Small bookplate of John Walter on the front pastedown, and an ink inscription by him at the bottom of the last printed page, "Read 10 March 1844 with great care - J. Walter." Lot Amendments Condition: Boards rubbed, soiled and worn, spine partially perished; lacking blanks at front and rear, top margins of pp. 9-12 chipped with tears, some darkening and foxing, a fragile book in good to very good condition, quite rare in the original boards. Item number: 213721
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