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GODWIN (WILLIAM) An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1793
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GODWIN (WILLIAM)
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles, errata/"Directions to the Binder" leaf at end of volume 2, contemporary tree calf, red and black gilt morocco spine labels, frayed at foot of spines [Kress B2529; PMM 243; Rothschild 1016], 4to, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1793
Footnotes
The Enquiry was "one of the earliest, the clearest, and most absolute theoretical expositions of socialist and anarchist doctrine... [and of his belief] that reason taught benevolence, and that therefore all rational creatures could live in harmony without laws and institutions... and his opposition to all restrictions on Liberty" (PMM).
Provenance: James P. Morris, Bolton; Dolf Mootham, bookplates.





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