A defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America, [electronic resource] : against the attack of M. Turgot in his letter to Dr. Price, dated the twenty-second day of March, 1778. By John Adams, LL.D. president of the United States. In three volumes.
1797
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A defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America, [electronic resource] : against the attack of M. Turgot in his letter to Dr. Price, dated the twenty-second day of March, 1778. By John Adams, LL.D. president of the United States. In three volumes.
Author
Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Edition
The third edition.
Publication Details
Philadelphia : Printed by Budd and Bartram, for William Cobbett, opposite Christ Church, 1797.
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Language
English
Description
3 v. : ill. ; 8⁰.
Note
Half-title, v. 2: Mr. Adams's defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America. Vol. II.
Imprint varies. Vol. 2: Printed by H. Sweitzer for William Cobbett, opposite Christ Church. 1797.; v. 3: Printed by William Young, for William Cobbett, opposite Christ's Church. 1797.
Vol. 1, 6, xxxiii, [2] 4-392, [2] p., 1 leaf of plates; v. 2, [6], 451, [1] p.; v. 3, [2] 528, [36] p.
Errors in paging: v. 2, p. 441, 450 misnumbered 448, 250; v. 3, p. 504 misnumbered 509.
Frontispiece portrait of Adams engraved by James Smither after the painting by John Singleton Copley.
Short account of the author, v. 1, p. [3]-6, written by William Cobbett; extracted from: Morse, Jedidiah. American geography.
"A list of subscribers."--v. 1, p. [xxiii-xxviii].
"Addition to the list [of subscribers]."--[1] leaf tipped in between p. [xxviii] and [xxix] of v. 1.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Imprint varies. Vol. 2: Printed by H. Sweitzer for William Cobbett, opposite Christ Church. 1797.; v. 3: Printed by William Young, for William Cobbett, opposite Christ's Church. 1797.
Vol. 1, 6, xxxiii, [2] 4-392, [2] p., 1 leaf of plates; v. 2, [6], 451, [1] p.; v. 3, [2] 528, [36] p.
Errors in paging: v. 2, p. 441, 450 misnumbered 448, 250; v. 3, p. 504 misnumbered 509.
Frontispiece portrait of Adams engraved by James Smither after the painting by John Singleton Copley.
Short account of the author, v. 1, p. [3]-6, written by William Cobbett; extracted from: Morse, Jedidiah. American geography.
"A list of subscribers."--v. 1, p. [xxiii-xxviii].
"Addition to the list [of subscribers]."--[1] leaf tipped in between p. [xxviii] and [xxix] of v. 1.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Evans, 31689
Evans, 31690
Evans, 31691
English Short Title Catalog, W20115.
Evans, 31690
Evans, 31691
English Short Title Catalog, W20115.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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