An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States.
Fredericksburg: Green and Cady, 1814.
Price: $1,250.00
About the item
First edition. iii-viii,656pp. plus errata leaf. Lacks half-title. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked, covers worn and dry. Provenance: Edwin A. Dalrymple (bookplate); General Theological Seminary (bookplates and ink stamps). Howes T63; Sabin 94491.
Item #372840
The most important work of the Virginia patriot and political theorist, a book of such power that Beard said, "It deserves to rank among the two or three really historic contributions to political science which have been produced in the United States." Taylor urges control over the powers of the executive and claims that the greatest danger to American democracy lies in a monopoly of power built on "paper and patronage."
