1814 · Harrisonburg [VA]
by Walker, George
Harrisonburg [VA]: Published by Davidson & Bourne., 1814. Original sheep [tight binding, some rubbing]. Gilt spine rules, gilt-lettered spine title on red morocco label. [2], iii, [1 blank], 265, [1- binder's instructions]. Lightly foxed, Very Good.
The first American edition of this novel, originally printed in London in 1799, issued from Boston in 1800. An attractive, early Shenandoah Valley imprint, the book is an attack on the radicalism of the French Revolution, mob rule, and notions of the noble savage and the natural equality of men.
Haynes 20469. AI 33562 [5]. (Inventory #: 24328)
The first American edition of this novel, originally printed in London in 1799, issued from Boston in 1800. An attractive, early Shenandoah Valley imprint, the book is an attack on the radicalism of the French Revolution, mob rule, and notions of the noble savage and the natural equality of men.
Haynes 20469. AI 33562 [5]. (Inventory #: 24328)
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