Rechten van den mensch, of de aanval van den heer Burke op de Fransche Omwenteling beantwoord [...] [trsl. from the English].

8vo: 214 pp.

Contemp. half sheep, gilt spine with 5 raised bands and morocco label, sp. edges. Very good copy.

Bound with: Id. - Idem. Tweede deel. Ibid., 1792. xx-164 pp. [and] Adams, John - Andwoord op het werk van [...] Paine, betyteld Rechten van den mensch [...] [trsl. from the English]. Dordrecht, A. Blussé, 1793. iv-68 pp. [and] - Paine, Thomas - Brief aan ‘t Fransche volk [...]. Amsterdam, H. Brongers, [1793]. [4]-10-[2 bl.] pp.
First Dutch translation of the famous treatise on human rights (and of the French Revolution) by the English political philosopher Thomas Paine (1737-1809). It was written as a reaction to "Reflections on the Revolution in France" (1790) by the ultraconservative Edmund Burke (1729-1797) and served as an inspiration for the American and French constitutions. The present copy contains both parts of The Rights of Man, an answer to Paine’s work by John Adams and a letter by Paine to the French people. Engr. portrait of Paine by A. Loosjes bound with. All. extr. rare publications.
Ref. STCN. - For Adams: Knuttel 22201.