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Examen du Gouvernement D'Angleterre, Comparé Aux Constitutions Des États-Unis. Où l'on réfute quelques assertions continues dans l'ouvrage de M. Adams, intitulé: Apologies des Constitutions des États-Unis d'Amérique, & dans celui de M. Delolme, intitulé: De la Constitution d'Angleterre. Par Un Cultivateur de New-Jersey. Ouvrage traduit de l'Anglois, & accompagné de Notes.
A Londres; Et se Trouve a Paris, Chez Froullé... 1789, French edition with the addition of considerable notes, octavo,viii, [1] - 291 pp., bound in full contemporary calf, red leather spine label, marbled endpapers, some wear to corners and spine ends, some wear to outer hinge of front cover, very occasional light spots to text, short repaired closed tear to top edge of p. 289-290, else a very good, tight, clean copy.
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This work is a translation, with considerable additions, of a work entitled: Observations on Government; including some Animadversions on Mr. Adams's Defence of the Constitution and Government of the United States of America... printed in New York in 1787, which Sabin, ascribing authorship to William Livingston, terms a "very rare pamphlet," of 56 pages, Howes, ascribing its authorship to John Stevens, states that it is "one of the earliest works on the Constitution." The work was long attributed to William Livingston however scholars have conclusively determined that the work is by John Stevens 1749-1838 best known for his pioneering contributions to steamboat and railroad transportation. John Stevens was born in New York, the son of John Stevens and Elizabeth Alexander. He grew up in Perth Amboy, graduated from King's College, studied law with James Duane, and soon took an active role in New Jersey affairs, including service as treasurer of the state during the Revolution. After seeing the work of John Fitch and James Rumsey in the development of the steamboat, Stevens devoted much of his life and fortune to the advancement of steam transport on water and rail. He was the author of the first American book on railroads in 1812.
The work was translated from the English by M. Fabre, the notes, which were written by Dupont de Nemours, Condorcet, and Gallois, begin on page 67 and continue to page 242. The text of the United States Constitution, translated into French begins on page 243.
Sabin 41646; Howes S-968
