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History of the Progress of. Roman Republic

1783réf. 1203151783. First Edition. FERGUSON Adam LL.D. The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic. London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell in the Strand: and W. Creech in Edinburgh 1783. Three volumes. Tall quarto 9-1/2 by 12-inches contemporary full brown calf sympathetically rebacked in calf-gilt red morocco spine labels original plain endpapers preserved. $4500.First edition of Ferguson's monumental work a core influence on America's Founders in its argument against standing armies and a particular influence on John Adams who ""incorporated large sections of the History within his Defence of the Constitutions"" with six maps three folding including large folding map of ""The Roman Empire"" an especially distinctive association copy with a striking American provenance in possessing the owner signatures of the U.S. Navy's Commodore James Biddle in each volume. An impressive wide-margined copy.The Scottish Enlightenment ""created the basic idea of modernityÉ It marks a crucial turning point in AmericaÉ and a contemporary world shaped by technology capitalism and modern democracy."" Adam Ferguson a core Enlightenment figure along with Adam Smith David Hume Francis Hutcheson and Lord Kames believed that the American Revolution the perils of an over-extended British empire and the end of the Roman Republic sparked a persistent philosophical question: ""How can a self-governing republic rule over a vast expanseÉ without becoming an empire and therefore acquisitive and corrupt"" Herman Scottish Enlightenment viii 247. By carefully examining that and other seminal questions in this massive-three volume History Ferguson ""account of Rome's mixed constitution with its emphasis on distinctions of rank and senatorial virtue"" would prove key to America's Founding Fathers including ""John Adams who incorporated large sections of the History within his Defence of the Constitutions of Government 1787"" McDaniel Adam Ferguson 214. This work is also highly distinctive in that Ferguson alone among his peers served in the British army and as chaplain of the famed Black Watch. His History as such highlights his unique influence as a philosopher who ""was actively involved in political controversies in Scotland including arguing for the necessity of the Scottish militia post-1745 and was involved in international politics such as the Carlisle Commission which unsuccessfully attempted to resolve the differences between the British Crown and the American ColoniesÉ It is not only Ferguson's experience with these events but also his interpretation of historical processes which sets him apart from many of his contemporaries through his critiques of modern politicsÉ he feared that as the Roman Republic changed to a dictatorshipÉ so would the British"" Journal of Scottish Historical Studies.Ferguson's friend and colleague Adam Smith was ""one of the proofreaders of the manuscript"" for this History and ""thought it had 'the highest degree of merit'"" Bryn Mawr Classical Review. By focusing on ""the era of the late Roman Republic when the Senate was powerful"" Ferguson argues that Rome ""had mainly a negative lesson to teachÉ in his view the career of Caesar showed the disastrous outcome when a charismatic and ambitious leader appeals exclusively to the self-interest of the populace"" Skjonsberg Adam Ferguson. He draws ""on Montesquieu's classic typology of governmentÉ yet had less confidence than Montesquieu or Hume and Smith for that matter that legal or constitutional arrangements were sufficient guarantees of libertyÉ Acutely aware of the crisis precipitated by the American Revolution Ferguson emphasized how commercial overreach could itself provoke warÉ and dissipated political liberties"" Journal of Scottish Philosophy. In addition to emphasizing ""the fatal consequences of military virtue and of entrusting arms to mercenary soldiers"" Ferguson's History argues for a militia that inculcates ""the practice of moral virtue."" His warnings against a standing army and in favor of an engaged citizen militia would soundly resonate with America's founders Robertson Scottish Militia. With six maps including: large folding map of ""Principal Kingdoms and States"" large folding map of ""Italy with the Provinces of Caesar"" full-page map of ""Theatre of the Campaign in Africa""; large folding map of ""The Roman Empire""; rear errata page III. ESTC T77047. Encyclopedia of Philosophy II:188. Jessop 122. Title page of each volume with partially erased contemporary owner signatures; along with clear owner signatures of ""James Biddle U.S. Navy."" Commodore James Biddle of the U.S. Navy was a brother of financier Nicholas Biddle and a nephew of Captain Nicholas Biddle who was one of the first captains of the Continental Navy and would be killed at sea in a battle during the American Revolution. The owner of this copy Commodore James Biddle ""first attracted national attention when he commanded the US sloop Hornet during her defeat of the British Penguin in one of the last sea battles of the War of 1812"" Journal of the Early Republic. He was then put in command of Oregon Country on the USS Ontario. In 1845 he took part in the ratification of the Treaty of Wanghia the first treaty between the U.S. and China and as Commodore anchored his flagship the USS Columbus with the USS Vincennes at Echo Bay in an early attempt to open trade with Japan.Interior generally fresh with light scattered foxing one leaf with expert restoration to corner loss not affecting text I165; contemporary calf boards with a few inoofensive stains and expert restoration. An extremely good copy. hardcover books

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SMITH AdamABAA

Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

1791réf. 1306621791. SMITH Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1791. Three volumes. Octavo early full speckled calf sympathetically rebacked in calf-gilt red morocco spine label. $8500.Sixth edition of Smith's landmark work the first published after his deathÑ""the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"" PMM 221 in contemporary calf boards beautifully respined.""The tone of irreverent skepticism with which it describes the motives of men and governments has influenced the style of economic discourse to the present dayÉ The historical importance of the Wealth of Nations is surpassed by no other economic bookÉ Smith for the first time put together the body of economic knowledge that can still be recognized as an early form of what today may be called mainstream economicsÉ There is little in Jean-Baptiste Say Robert Malthus David Ricardo and John Stuart Mill that is not more or less directly an elaboration of Adam Smith"" Niehans 62-72. On publication of the first American edition not long before this 1791 English edition Thomas Jefferson wrote ""In political economy I think Smith's Wealth Of Nations the best book extant."" ""Where the political aspects of human rights had taken two centuries to explore Smith's achievement was to bring the study of economic aspects to the same point in a single workÉ The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"" PMM 221. Smith's Wealth of Nations was an immediate success when first published in 1776 and four additional editions came out during Smith's lifetime. The 1776 first edition is exceptionally rare. Bound without half titles. ESTC T95383. Goldsmiths 14612. Kress B2209. Armorial bookplates.Occasional light foxing a beautiful copy in restored contemporary boards. hardcover books

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SHORTT Adam DOUGHTY Arthur GABAA

Canada and Its Provinces

1913réf. 1304021913. First Edition. Signed. SHORTT Adam and DOUGHTY Arthur G. editors. Canada and Its Provinces. A History of the Canadian People and Its Institutions by One Hundred Associates. Toronto: Edinburgh University Press for the Publishers' Association of Canada 1913-14. Twenty-three volumes. Quarto original full dark green levant morocco gilt raised bands front covers with elaborate gilt armorial centerpieces top edges gilt uncut. $4800.First ÒAuthorÕs EditionÓ number 714 of only 875 sets on handmade paper of this comprehensive chronicle of Canadian historyÑthe Òmost authoritativeÉ for half a centuryÓÑillustrated with over 275 plates portraits facsimiles charts and maps including numerous double-page color maps beautifully bound in publisherÕs deluxe levant armorial morocco-gilt.""Canada's past through brief compared with that of the Motherland or other European countries is full of interest instruction and even romance. The story of the early centuries is fascinating and dramatic. It has its conspicuous examples of high endeavour and brave accomplishmentÉ and may be presented as to awaken not only the interest but the patriotic pride of every intelligent citizen"" Introduction. The first five volumes comprise a history of Canada from its early exploration and colonization by the French and British through the creation in the mid-19th century of a united Canada. The next three volumes trace the Canadian Dominion's political development focusing on the establishment of the new government Indian affairs and fishing and territory treaties. This history is followed by two volumes on industrial development two volumes on Canadian arts and letters and ten volumes on specific provincial histories. The last volume is a general index. ""The most authoritative history of Canada available for half a century familiar to generations of students it stands as one of the most ambitious and successful private publication projects complete in Canada"" Fleming and Lamonde History of the Book in Canada: 1840-1918 177. ""The Authors' Edition the first was printed and bound by T. and A. Constable of the University of Edinburgh Press in a deluxe formatÉ Each volume was carefully finished to the highest quality possible to give this prestige edition of 875 sets 'a noble and enduring attire'É With monies realized from the sale of the first edition a less elaborate Archives edition was publishedÉ as well as another deluxe edition the Edinburgh for sale only in the United States and BritainÉ For all editions volume 23É was delayed by war until 1917"" Fleming and Lamonde 176. Signed by printer T.A. Constable on the limitation page in each volume. Without rare original dust jackets. A fine wide-margined set splendidly printed and beautifully bound. hardcover books

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SMITH Adam BURKE Edmund TUCKER JosiahABAA

Humble Address

1775réf. 1240791775. AMERICAN REVOLUTION BURKE Edmund TUCKER Josiah D.D. An Humble Address and Earnest Appeal to Those Respectable Personages in Great-Britain and IrelandÉ Whether a Connection with or a Separation from the Continental Colonies of America Be Most for the National Advantage and the Lasting Benefit of these Kingdoms. Gloucester: R. RaikesÉ Sold by T. Cadell 1775. Slim octavo period-style half brown morocco and marbled boards raised bands; pp. 1-3 4-93 3. $3200.First corrected edition second overall issued within days of the same year's first edition of the ""important and influential"" British economist's seminal rebuke of Edmund Burke charging him with a crucial misunderstanding how the political economics of self-interest would best prevent further ""Disturbances and Disputes"" with America urging Britain in 1775 to ""separate totally from the ColoniesÉ to enter into Alliances of Friendship and Treaties of Commerce as with any other sovereign independent States"" handsomely bound.""A controversial figure during his lifetime"" particularly in his views on the economics of Britain's stance toward the American colonies Tucker was well known to Adam Smith and Founding Fathers Madison and Jefferson who each owned copies of his writings. ""Increasingly recognized as an important and original 18th-century theorist"" ODNB Tucker was ""espousing the cause of American separation as early as 1766 before the Americans themselves had considered this eventuality with any seriousness"" To key scholars ""Tucker analyzed the American conflict more accurately than his contemporariesÉ yet so different were his views from all those around him that he has been noted asÉ a 'visionary' Trevelyan or a 'fanatic' Clark"" Rashid ""Tucker's Proposal"" in Journal of the History of Ideas V43 No.3 439. His assessment of American independence was not motivated ""by any sympathy for the Americans."" Instead ""their rapid economic growth and dislike of regulation would he believed eventually lead them to separate from Britain through self-interestÉ and the developing American crisis over taxation touched upon all Tucker's major interests: the need to maintain a mutually self-interested and beneficial trade between Britain and her colonies his dislike of war and mock patriotism and his distrust of political radicalism"" ODNB. ""Central to Tucker's philosophy of economy is the concept of 'self-love' whichÉ became part of Adam Smith's concept of the 'invisible hand'É Tucker regarded trade as Britain's gloryÉ and went so far as to suggest that the colonies should be detached from Britain to allow greater freedom of trade a view which brought him into conflict with Edmund Burke"" Dictionary of 18th-Century British Philosophers V2:898.When Burke attacked Tucker in the famed March 22 1775 Speech on Conciliation with America Tucker quickly responded with Humble Address. Here he marshals arguments and evidence to counter claims that Britain would lose its profitable commerce if America broke free. Tucker contended the ""greater part of the colonial trade was motivated by self-interest andÉ it was a simple corollary that neither shipping nor navigation could be hurt by the independence of the colonies."" To further support his position he details ""customs-house figures from 1765-72 to show that it was not Americans but Germany and Holland who purchased more British exports than the Americans"" Rashid 454. To F.P. Lock ""Tucker anticipated one of Adam Smith's shrewdest insights that regulations and restrictions impeded commerce rather than protecting it. For Tucker imperialism was uneconomicÉ Let the Americans be independent and they will continue to trade with Britain as long as British goods are competitive Thus Tucker like Smith denied the economic value conventionally attributed to the possession of colonies. Burke disagreedÉ in the 1770s Burke still held to the mercantilist belief that exclusive or preferential trade with its colonies benefits the home country"" Edmund Burke I:388. Copies of Tucker's works ""including those on the colonies are found to be in Adam Smith's library"" Rashid 456 and works by Tucker in Jefferson's library included Humble Address ""initialed by Jefferson"" Sowerby 3061. ""Second Edition Corrected"" on title page. With folding chart of exports; rear advertisement leaf. Engraved ornamental initials heading and tailpiece. Preceded by the November 1775 first edition. ESTC T36739. Adams American Controversy 75-144b. Sabin 97350. Goldsmith's 11300. Kress 7174. A fine copy. hardcover books

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