1796 Early America Thomas Paine
Peter Porcupine Cobbett Rights of Man Washington
A collection of short political treatises written
against Thomas Paine. Paine’s political activism throughout the 18th-century
caused many politicians to attack Paine through various literary means. One
such figure was English radicalist William Cobbett who published under the
pseudonym of Peter Porcupine who published works such as “Antidote to Tom
Paine’s Poison” which offered rebuttals and answers to Paine’s famed “Rights
of Man”. This tome includes the following works:
·
“Antidote to Tom Paine’s Poison” by Cobbett
·
“An Answer to Paine’s “Rights of Man” by Makenzie
o Includes Cobbett’s
(Porcupine) letters regarding the same
·
“An Apology for the bible in a series of Letters to Thomas Paine”, by
R. Watson Bishop of Landaff
o Philadelphia: James
Carey, 1796.
·
“A Letter to the Infamous Tom Paine, in answer to his letter to George
Washington”, by Cobbett
Item number: #23380
Price: $950
PORCUPINE, Peter [pseud of William Cobbett].
[Antidote to Tom Paine’s
Poison].
Philadelphia: printed for William Cobbett, 1796-1797. 1st
edition
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages
o [5], 252-327, [1]; vii, [2], 10-96; [2], 80, 18
§ Each work
separately paginated
· References:
· Language:
English
· Binding: Leather;
tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5in (21.5cm x 13cm)
· Very rare and desirable
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