Rights of man: being an answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French revolution. Eighth edition. By Thomas Paine, ...
Paine, Thomas,1737-1809.
Franklin, Benjamin,1706-1790,associated name.StEdNL: H.S.561(1)
La Rochefoucauld, François,duc de,1765-1848,associated name.StEdNL: H.S.561(1)
Pindar, Peter,1738-1819,associated name.StEdNL: H.S.561(1)
Burke, Edmund,1729-1797,associated name.StEdNL: H.S.561(1)
Rudge, James,18th century,former owner.StEdNL: H.S.561(1)
Paine, Thomas,1737-1809,inscriber.StEdNL: H.S.561(1)
London : printed for J. S. Jordan,
1791.
With a half-title.
ESTC
Bookplate on the front free endpaper "Hugh Sharp Collection 1938 National Library of Scotland". Manuscript inscription in an 18th-century hand on the recto of the first flyleaf "Franklin, in his letter, April 15th, 1787, recommends Thomas Paine to the Duc De Rochefoucauld, at Paris, as "an ingenious, & honest man". Manuscript inscription in a different hand below that "The following epigram is said to have been written by Peter Pindar[?]: -'Tommy Paine wrote this book to prove that the Bible was an old woman's dream of fancies most idle; That Solomon's proverbs were made by low livery[?]; That prophets were fellows who sung semi[...]; That religion's miracles all were a jest; and the Devil on Torment a tale of the priest. Though[?] Beelzebub's abs[...] from hell I'll maintain, For we all must allow that the Devil's in Paris.' (N 02 May 10.' 73. h. 389)" and below that in the same hand "It was Paine who said of Burke that "he went up like a rocket, but came down like the stick[?]". Manuscript inscription on the title page "Mr James Rudge- From his friend Thomas Paine".