WISNER, William

Elements of Civil Liberty, or the Way to Maintain Free Institutions

Ithaca: Andus, Gauntlett & Co., 1853. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Brown cloth, boards blindstamped, titled in gilt on spine; yellow endpapers; vi, [2], [7]-238pp; steel mezzotint frontispiece portrait by A. H. Ritchie. A straight, fresh copy with loss to headcap, gilt dulled, some discoloration to fore-edge, but largely clean: Very Good or better. A work on American government as "an ordinance of God," with a chapter on the "Liquor Traffick" and temperance (217).

Price: $100.00

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