Letters of Shahcoolen, a Hindu philosopher residing in Philadelphia, to his friend El Hassan, an inhabitant of Delhi
by [?SILLIMAN (Benjamin)]:
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Boston : Printed by Russell and Cutler..., 1802. FIRST EDITION. Large 12mo, pp. 152, including half-title, contemporary sheepskin, black leather label; small piece cut from upper right-hand corner of title-page, front joint cracked, rear joint slightly cracked, top and base of spine chipped, binding a bit dried. The work is also attributed to Samuel Lorenzo Knapp and is notable for its attack on republicanism as well as Mary Wollstonecraft and Godwin.
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- Bookseller
- John Price Antiquarian Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3992
- Title
- Letters of Shahcoolen, a Hindu philosopher residing in Philadelphia, to his friend El Hassan, an inhabitant of Delhi
- Author
- [?SILLIMAN (Benjamin)]:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston : Printed by Russell and Cutler..., 1802
- Keywords
- politics philosophy prose
- Bookseller catalogs
- politics;
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- 12mo
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- Cracked
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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