GODWIN, WILLIAM. An Enquiry concerning Political Justice and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness. [iii]-xiii, [23], 411, [1]; [24], 424 pages; Volume 1 lacks half-title. 2 volumes. 8vo, 195x124 mm, 19th-century 1/2 leather, front covers loose; contents toned or browned with occasional marginal dampstaining, Volume 1 title and Volume 2 half-title heavily soiled, stain in upper outer corner of Volume 2 title. Dublin: Luke White, 1793
first dublin edition, pirated from the London original edition of the same year, "the purest expression of Godwin's philosophical anarchism" (DLB). Printing and the Mind of Man 243 (original edition).
