Price, Richard Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution, and The Means of making it a Benefit to the World. New-Haven, London, Printed: New-Haven, Re-Printed: by Meigs, Bowen and Dana, 1785. 12mo, 65 [i.e. 87] pp., removed from bound volume, title page and several interior leaves with numerous contemporary scribbles, and notes, text a bit tanned, else a good copy. The author, an intimate friend of Benjamin Franklin, is considered the most influential British advocate of American Independence. This work was first printed in London in 1784; it was reprinted in not less than 14 London editions, and re-printed in America as late as 1820. An early American edition of this work, following the Boston edition of 1784, the present copy is among three editions printed in America in 1785. The work contains chapters on civil and religious liberty, freedom of expression, education, the right to acquire and hold property, banks, public credit, and slavery. Sabin notes: "This tract, which was originally intended only for America, was translated into French by the celebrated Mirabeau. The doctor speaks of the American revolution as "a revolution which opens a new prospect in human affairs, and begins a new era in the history of mankind - a revolution by which Britons themselves will be greatest gainers, if wise enough to improve properly the check that has been given to the despotism of their ministers, and to catch the flame of virtuous liberty which has saved their American brethren." Evans 19201; Howes P-585; Sabin 93937; Trumbull, Connecticut, 1268 Price: USD 450.00 other currencies   order no. 55    inquire

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