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Handsome book set: History of the Principal Republics in the World: A Defence of the Constitutions of the Government of the United States Against the Attack of M. Turgot in his Letter to Dr. Price, by John Adams, Vols. I–III. New edition. London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1794. Hardcovers bound in contemporary tree calf with gilt edges and marbled endpapers, 5.5 x 8.75, totaling 1371 pages. In very good to fine condition, with some rubbing and scuffing to leather; the bindings are tight and the textblocks are clean. Housed in a custom-made clamshell box.
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America is a three-volume work written by John Adams in 1787–1788 to defend the principles of the American government, particularly the need for a mixed constitution with a separation of powers. Responding primarily to criticisms from the French political thinker Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Adams argued for a system with a bicameral legislature, an independent executive, and judiciary to prevent tyranny and ensure liberty. Drawing on historical examples, the work influenced political thought in both America and Europe, supporting ideas that would become central to the U.S. Constitution. A highly attractive edition of this influential early American political work.
