1796 Early America Thomas Paine Peter Porcupine Cobbett Rights of Man Washington

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 18^th-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
  • 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
  • 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. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [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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