A defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America : against the attack of M. Turgot in his letter to Dr. Price, dated the twenty-second day of March, 1778. /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, John, 1735-1826
Other Authors: Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 (Illustrator), Smither, James, 1741-1797 (Engraver)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Edition:The third edition.
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 31689.
Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 31690.
Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 31691.
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Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Evans Digital Edition
Evans Digital Edition
Description
Item Description:Half-title, volume 2: Mr. Adams's defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America. Volume II.
Imprint varies. Volume 2: Printed by H. Sweitzer for William Cobbett, opposite Christ Church. 1797.; volume 3: Printed by William Young, for William Cobbett, opposite Christ's Church. 1797.
Volume 1, 6, xxxiii, [2] 4-392, [2] pages, 1 leaf of plates; volume 2, [6], 451, [1] pages; volume 3, [2] 528, [36] pages.
Errors in paging: volume 2, pages 441, 450 misnumbered 448, 250; volume 3, page 504 misnumbered 509.
Frontispiece portrait of Adams engraved by James Smither after the painting by John Singleton Copley.
Short account of the author, volume 1, pages [3]-6, written by William Cobbett; extracted from: Morse, Jedidiah. American geography.
"A list of subscribers."--volume 1, p. [xxiii-xxviii].
"Addition to the list [of subscribers]."--[1] leaf tipped in between p. [xxviii] and [xxix] of volume 1.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:3 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm. (octavo)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.