ADAMS JOHN A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of t

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ADAMS, JOHN. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. 8vo, contemporary calf, varnished, worn, rear board detached; rehinged, early signature erased from title page, minor foxing; bookplate on front pastedown. London, 1787

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first edition. Adams wrote this work on constitutional theory while serving as Minister to the Court of St. James. First published in America later in 1787, the work was often cited in the debates of the Constitutional Convention. Howes A60; Sabin 233.