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ADAMS (John): A Defence of the American Constitutions, or of…
See original version (French)
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ADAMS (John): A Defence of the American Constitutions, or of…
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
ADAMS (John): A Defence of the American Constitutions, or of the Necessity of a Balance of Powers in a Free Government.
Paris, Buisson, 1792, 2 volumes in-8 (2 ff., XXIV and 547 pp. and 2 ff. and 503 pp.), brown half-basane (bound c. 1830), title and volume number labels in red basane.
Howes, A60. Sabin, 237. Missing from Leclerc.
A very rare ORIGINAL FRENCH EDITION of this masterful work, which had a significant influence on the text of the Constitution of the United States of America as well as on the course of the French Revolution.
Adams was George Washington’s first Vice-President and himself served as President of the United States from 1797 to 1801. He vehemently opposed the French economist Turgot. A fine copy
See original version (French)
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