A defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America
Subtitle: against the attack of M. Turgot in his letter to Dr. Price, dated the twenty-second day of March, 1778
By: By John Adams, LL.D. president of the United States. ; [One line from Pope] ; In three volumes. Vol. I [-III]
Edition: The third edition.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 31689; Early American imprints -- no. 31690; Early American imprints -- no. 31691
Publisher: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for William Cobbett, opposite Christ Church.
Published: 1797
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Portraits; Constitutions; Republics; Political science; Constitutional history; Constitutional law
Notes: Half-title, v. 2: Mr. Adams's defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America. Vol. II.

Imprint varies. Vol. 2: Printed by H. Sweitzer for William Cobbett, opposite Christ Church. 1797.; v. 3: Printed by William Young, for William Cobbett, opposite Christ's Church. 1797.

Signatures: v. 1, [a]⁴ b-e⁴ A-3C⁴ (3C4 blank); v. 2, [A]⁴(-[A]4) B-3L⁴ 3M² (3M2 verso blank); v. 3, [A]1 B-4B⁴ 4C².

Vol. 1, 6, xxxiii, [2] 4-392, [2] p., 1 leaf of plates; v. 2, [6], 451, [1] p.; v. 3, [2] 528, [36] p.

Errors in paging: v. 2, p. 441, 450 misnumbered 448, 250; v. 3, p. 504 misnumbered 509.

Frontispiece portrait of Adams engraved by James Smither after the painting by John Singleton Copley.

Short account of the author, v. 1, p. [3]-6, written by William Cobbett; extracted from: Morse, Jedidiah. American geography.

"A list of subscribers."--v. 1, p. [xxiii-xxviii].

"Addition to the list [of subscribers]."--[1] leaf tipped in between p. [xxviii] and [xxix] of v. 1.

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