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Paine, Thomas, et. Al. Compiled By Kurt H. Volk THE RIGHTS OF MAN
New York Privately Published By Kurt H. Volk 1950 First Hardcover Fine Folio
Cream linen covers. Ten documents, with plates illustrating each: Excerpts from the Rights of Man by Thomas Paine; The Ten Commandments; The Sermon on the Mount; Magna Carta; Declaration of Independence; Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen; American Bill of Rights; Emancipation Proclamation; Women's Suffrage Act; Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The publisher states: "This book was inspired by a desire to re-awaken the realization that the democratic institutions under which free men live were bitterly fought for and are to be jealously guarded. It has been privately published in the city of New York by Kurt H. Volk, Typographer, in collaboration with Meyer Wagman and Charle Brodie, Members of His Staff, in the year of our Lord MCML." Glassine jacket present but torn. Expedited or international shipping will require addional postage charges for this oversized book. 006261
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Young, William. (BART) The History of Athens; Including A Commentary on the Principles, Policy, and Practice, of Republican Government; and on the Cause of Elevation and of Decline, Which Operates in Every Free and Commercial State.
London Printed By W. Bulmer and Co. 1804 Third Edition, Corrected and Enlarge Hardcover Very Good Small Quarto
Originally published in 1777. "The eventful period of [French] revolutions ... since the last edition of this work in 1786, hath brought its principles and reasonings to the test of experience; and that experience confirming in every instance the accuracy of its representations and the truth of its tenets - New Preface." Stipple-engraved frontispiece of Young with a bust of Athena. [Isaac, 593]. Xxiv, 475 plus one page of errata; Some foxing to endpapers. Original boards, worn at edges; about an inch of paper chipped from head of spine; spine title label rubbed but nearly intact; pages unopened and untrimmed; armorial bookplate of Inigo William Jones. 005690
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