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London, England: Henry Colburn, 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Henry Colburn, 1824/26/27-28. First Edition in 4 volumes. Full leather with leather title and volume labels on stamped spines. Title label of volume two has a has a chipped corner else the set is very good. Edges rubbed; foxing to endpapers, and title pages. The text is otherwise in excellent condition. Marbled endpapers and edges. No expedited shipping. International shipping will require additional postage. Godwin is known as one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism. He was the husband of the feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft and father of Mary Shelley. "William Godwin, who 30 years before, had published the highly successful Enquiry concerning political justice, published a four volume study of the English Republic. Godwin's publisher, Henry Colburn, paid an advance of five hundred pounds ...because he expected that the book would appeal to a public…
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HISTORY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND. Hardcover - 1824
by GODWIN, William.
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- Title HISTORY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND.
- Author GODWIN, William.
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Colburn, London
- Date 1824/26/
- ISBN 9781824262720
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History of the Commonwealth of England From its Commencement, to the Restoration of Charles the Second [First edition in 4 volumes]
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