Mar 22, 2007 - Sale 2108

Sale 2108 - Lot 266

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(REVOLUTION.) [Morgan, John; Watts, Stephen; Reed, Joseph; and Hopkinson, Francis.] Four Dissertations on the Reciprocal Advantages of a Perpetual Union. x, viii, 112 pages. 8vo, early 1/2 calf, backstrip perished, front cover detached; ex-library, with inked stamp on the title and Preface. Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1766

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first edition. John Morgan won the prize offered by John Sargent in this essay contest, held in the wake of the repeal of the Stamp Act. The prize was given at the 1766 commencement at the University of Pennsylvania. Evans 10400; Sabin 25279 (and 84611); Howes S691; Adams, American Independence 40a.