Common sense : addressed to the inhabitants of America on the following interesting subjects, I. of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English constitution, II. of monarchy and hereditary succession, III. thoughts on the present state of American affairs, IV. of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections / by Thomas Paine.

Accession number

PML 46008.1

Creator

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.

Published

London : Printed for H.D. Symonds, 1792.

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane, 1954.

Notes

Edition statement precedes statement of responsibility on t.p.
"N.B. The new edition here given increases the work upwards of one-third."
Words and passages likely to offend English readers are left blank.
Signatures: A-C⁶.
Binding lettered: Paine's Works.

Description

36 p. ; 20 cm

Inscriptions/Markings

Text preceded by a manuscript contents list for the volume, bound in before the first title page, written in ink in an unidentified hand, with "Paine's Works" at head.

Provenance

Bookplate of Josephine B. Crane.

Binding

Brown calf, gilt.

Classification

Book

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Department

Printed Books