Considerations on the Order of Cincinnatus: to which are added, As well several original papers relative to that institution, A Letter from the late M. Turgot, Comptroller of the Finances in France, To Dr. Price On the Constitutions of America...….
London: J. Johnson, 1785. Hardcover book. An English edition of the work, Howes 653 "another edition, L 1785 [12] 284". Written by Mirabeau at the suggestion of Benjamin Franklin, this is a critique of the Society of the Cincinnati, expanding on from a work by Aedanus Burke of South Carolina. The Order of Cincinnatus was founded in 1783 as a fraternal, hereditary society dedicated to commemorate the American Revolutionary War, and membership was made up of officers and descendants of military officers who had served in the Continental Army. Burke's pamphlet accused the Society of conspiracy to recreate the hereditary governments of Europe. While the accusations were unjustified, they played an important role in the political debates of the 1780s, including the efforts to revise the Articles of Confederation.
It was not allowed to be printed in Paris.
8vo, xii, 284pp. Early quarter brown calf with marbled boards, rubbed, outer hinge cracking. All edges untrimmed, internally very good, a bookplate has been removed from ffep leaving some marks. Howes M-653. OCLC 6621734. Good + overall. Item #10514
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