• “Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution” (1791)

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  • Lapidus Pamphlets
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Language:
  • English
Creator:
  • Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Call number:
  • 2006-0796N
  • Lapidus 5.1166
Extent:
  • [4], [vii]-x, [5]-162 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo in 4s)
Format:
  • Book
Description:
  • The first edition had been printed earlier in the same year by Johnson, but only a few copies were issued, as the publisher became frightened and the work was transferred to Jordan. The present edition contains a preface by the author not found in the earlier edition. Cf. Conway, M.D. Life of Paine, 1892, v. 1, p. 284.
  • Dedication "To George Washington": p. [3] at front.
  • "Preface to the English edition": p. [vii]-x.
  • Verso of t.p. and of dedication blank.
  • Princeton copy 3 Ex copy imperfect: half title wanting.
  • Princeton copy 1 Lapidus 5.1186 bound with Hey, Happiness (ESTC T35970).
Publisher:
  • London : Printed for J.S. Jordan ..., 1791.
Subject:
  • Burke, Edmund 1729-1797—Reflections on the revolution in France
  • France—History—Revolution, 1789-1799—Causes
  • Great Britain—Politics and government—1760-1820
Source acquisition:
  • Princeton copy 2 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
  • Princeton copy 1 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
References:
  • ESTC N13086
Created:
  • 1791-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
  • 1791
Location:
  • Special Collections 2006-0796N
  • Special Collections Lapidus 5.1166
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dcrx914071j
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Range label:
  • Logical
Binding note:
  • Princeton copy 2 Lapidus 5.1166 in original boards; in brown protective case.
Author:
  • Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Provenance:
  • Princeton copy 2 Lapidus 5.1166 provenance: Robert B. Honeyman; gift to Lehigh University, accessioned by Lehigh 29 April 1959; deaccessioned by Lehigh on May 13, 1977 and passed to either Seven Gables Bookshop or Sotheby's; perhaps lot 45 in Sotheby’s NY sale number 4481M in 1980 but bought in; purchased from Heritage Bookshop, Los Angeles by Sid Lapidus in August 1982; gift, 2021.
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