“SUCH WORKS… ARE THE RAILROADS TO LEARNING”
ROBERTSON, William. Works. London, 1824. Twelve volumes. “New Edition” of Robertson’s lauded histories of Scotland, Charles V and the New World, illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait and seven folding plates (six maps), handsomely bound. $2200.
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FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF RAYNAL'S REVOLUTION OF AMERICA, 1781, THAT PROMPTED PAINE'S FAMOUS 1782 LETTER… TO ABBÉ RAYNAL
RAYNAL, Abbé [Guillaume Thomas François]. Revolution of America. London, 1781.
First edition in English, simultaneous with the first French edition, of Raynal's provocative work that dismissed the American Revolution as a "temporary upheaval," triggering Paine's fierce reply in his Letter… to Abbé Raynal, where he heralded the American cause as "the first war to be based on principle in the history of the world." $1400.
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“HIS WORK CAN STRIKE SPARKS”
RICHARDS, Eugene. Americans We. New York, 1994.
First edition of this exceptional collection by Richards, upholding “the gritty, documentary tradition of American photography” (Parr & Badger) with 95 powerful duotone plates (many double-page). $100.
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