The John Adams Library

This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. The second volume was never published.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy: significant annotations.;John Adams Library copy: transcriptions of handwritten annotations available.

This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. A sequel to the author's work on the 'Defence of the constitutions of government of the United States.';John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy contains: significant annotations.;John Adams Library copy: transcriptions of handwritten annotations available.

This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Signatures: A-I{esc}p4 {esc}sK{esc}p2{esc}s) (2.;Leaf G2 wrongly marked C2.;P. 67 is misnumbered 59, and bears an advertisement for STC 18483 and 20074.;E.W. = Edward Winslow.;Identification of printers from STC; Eliot's Court Press pr[inted]. quires B-E.;A continuation of Mourt's relation, giving the annals of the Pilgrim colonists down to September, 1623.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy bound with numerous other items, all separately cataloged.;John Adams Library copy inscribed on first leaf: Thomas Prince his book.;John Adams Library copy: significant annotations.;John Adams Library copy: transcriptions of handwritten annotations available. ;John Adams' signature on title page: John Adams.

Vol. 1. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams' signature on title page, v. 1-2: John Adams.;John Adams Library copy has signature removed from title page, v. 1-2.;Errata on p. [8], v. 1.

Vol. 1. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Includes half t.p.;Signatures: v. 1, [a]{esc}p4 {esc}sb-d{esc}p4 {esc}sA-2X{esc}p4 {esc}s(2X4 verso blank); v. 2, pi{esc}p4 {esc}sA-2O{esc}p4{esc}s; [A]{esc}p4 {esc}sB-F{esc}p4{esc}s.;Pagination, v. 1: 385 p.; v. 2: 301, [1], 48 p.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy: significant annotations.;John Adams Library copy: transcriptions of handwritten annotations available.

Vol. 2. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Includes half t.p.;Signatures: v. 1, [a]{esc}p4 {esc}sb-d{esc}p4 {esc}sA-2X{esc}p4 {esc}s(2X4 verso blank); v. 2, pi{esc}p4 {esc}sA-2O{esc}p4{esc}s; [A]{esc}p4 {esc}sB-F{esc}p4{esc}s.;Pagination, v. 1: 385 p.; v. 2: 301, [1], 48 p.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy: significant annotations.;John Adams Library copy: transcriptions of handwritten annotations available.

This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Title vignette.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams' signature and other writings on first leaf: John Adams His Book February 22 ... ;John Adams Library copy inscribed on verso of first leaf: Gulielmus Whittenmore of Cambridge 1751? and John Adams Book. ;John Adams' signature on t.p. and p. 1: John Adams Book 1749/50. ;John Adams Library copy: minor annotations.

Vol. 2. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. The imprint is fictitious.;John Adams Library copy imprint varies slighty: lacks t.p. in red and black and 'A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu'.;John Adams Library copy incomplete: wanting v. 1.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy, v. 2, 4, inscribed on first leaf: John Adams 1783 March.;John Adams library copy, v. 3-4, have bookplate: John Quincy Adams.;John Adams Library copy: minor annotations.;Translated from the Greek.;Includes index.;Index for all volumes in v. 4.

Vol. 3. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. The imprint is fictitious.;John Adams Library copy imprint varies slighty: lacks t.p. in red and black and 'A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu'.;John Adams Library copy incomplete: wanting v. 1.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy, v. 2, 4, inscribed on first leaf: John Adams 1783 March.;John Adams library copy, v. 3-4, have bookplate: John Quincy Adams.;John Adams Library copy: minor annotations.;Translated from the Greek.;Includes index.;Index for all volumes in v. 4.

Vol. 4. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. The imprint is fictitious.;John Adams Library copy imprint varies slighty: lacks t.p. in red and black and 'A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu'.;John Adams Library copy incomplete: wanting v. 1.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy, v. 2, 4, inscribed on first leaf: John Adams 1783 March.;John Adams library copy, v. 3-4, have bookplate: John Quincy Adams.;John Adams Library copy: minor annotations.;Translated from the Greek.;Includes index.;Index for all volumes in v. 4.

Vol. 1. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy inscribed, v. 3-4: John Adams.;John Adams Library copy incomplete: wanting v. 1-2.;Includes index.

Vol. 2. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy inscribed, v. 3-4: John Adams.;John Adams Library copy incomplete: wanting v. 1-2.;Includes index.

Vol. 3. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Includes index.;The imprint is fictitious.;Other imprints report t.p. printed in red and black; this imprint varies, printed in black.;John Adams Library copy: minor annotations.;John Adams Library copy inscribed on first leaf, v. 4: John Quincy Adams.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Quincy Adams.

Vol. 4. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Includes index.;The imprint is fictitious.;Other imprints report t.p. printed in red and black; this imprint varies, printed in black.;John Adams Library copy: minor annotations.;John Adams Library copy inscribed on first leaf, v. 4: John Quincy Adams.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Quincy Adams.

This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Signatures: [A]-D{esc}p2{esc}s, E{esc}p3{esc}s, F-Z{esc}p2{esc}s, Aa-Ll{esc}p2{esc}s, Mm{esc}p1{esc}s.;Head-pieces; tail-pieces; initials.;Includes index.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

Vol. 2. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Pagination, v. 1: xxii, 402 p.m 1 leaf of plate (fold.); v. 2: vlii, 450 p; v. 3: viii, 444 p.; v. 4: v. 111, 400 p.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy contains: significant annotations.;John Adams Library copy: transcriptions of handwritten annotations available.;John Adams Library copy contains original cataloguer's note: In Priestly's History of Early Opinions Concerning Jesus Christ, Adams writes, 'Plato, Rousseau, Zinzindorph, Swedenborg...Priestly, Nimrod, Hughs, etc. etc. etc. Some of them immensely learned, some divinely eloquent, some ignorant as horses and crazy as bedlamites.'

Vol. 3. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Pagination, v. 1: xxii, 402 p.m 1 leaf of plate (fold.); v. 2: vlii, 450 p; v. 3: viii, 444 p.; v. 4: v. 111, 400 p.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy contains: significant annotations.;John Adams Library copy: transcriptions of handwritten annotations available.;John Adams Library copy contains original cataloguer's note: In Priestly's History of Early Opinions Concerning Jesus Christ, Adams writes, 'Plato, Rousseau, Zinzindorph, Swedenborg...Priestly, Nimrod, Hughs, etc. etc. etc. Some of them immensely learned, some divinely eloquent, some ignorant as horses and crazy as bedlamites.'

Vol. 4. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Pagination, v. 1: xxii, 402 p.m 1 leaf of plate (fold.); v. 2: vlii, 450 p; v. 3: viii, 444 p.; v. 4: v. 111, 400 p.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy contains: significant annotations.;John Adams Library copy: transcriptions of handwritten annotations available.;John Adams Library copy contains original cataloguer's note: In Priestly's History of Early Opinions Concerning Jesus Christ, Adams writes, 'Plato, Rousseau, Zinzindorph, Swedenborg...Priestly, Nimrod, Hughs, etc. etc. etc. Some of them immensely learned, some divinely eloquent, some ignorant as horses and crazy as bedlamites.'

Vol. 1. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Pagination, v. 1: [36], 410 p.; v. 2: 415-771, [13], 160 p.; unnumbered blank pages inserted throughout text, approximately doubling page count.;John Adams Library copy appears to be missing t.p. in v. 2;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy: significant annotations.;John Adams Library copy: transcriptions of handwritten annotations available.;John Adams' signature on title page, v. 1, p. 415, v. 2: John Adams.;John Adams Library copy: annotations not by Adams. John Checkley, former owner of this volume and an Anglican minister in New England, used this book as a letterbook to keep extensive copies of letters sent during the 1720s.

Vol. 2. This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Pagination, v. 1: [36], 410 p.; v. 2: 415-771, [13], 160 p.; unnumbered blank pages inserted throughout text, approximately doubling page count.;John Adams Library copy appears to be missing t.p. in v. 2;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy: significant annotations.;John Adams Library copy: transcriptions of handwritten annotations available.;John Adams' signature on title page, v. 1, p. 415, v. 2: John Adams.;John Adams Library copy: annotations not by Adams. John Checkley, former owner of this volume and an Anglican minister in New England, used this book as a letterbook to keep extensive copies of letters sent during the 1720s.

This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Plates are individually numbered 1-44; pages are not numbered. Many pages between plates are blank.;Plates 33-60 represent the work of Michelangelo; the work of Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini is shown in two unnumbered plates at end.;Dedication to il sig. cardinal Flavio Chigi: p. [3].;Engraved t.p.;Some plates have letterpress descriptions on their versos.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy inscribed on verso of first leaf: No. 1891 S. Tab 3...;John Adams Library copy: minor annotations.;John Adams Library copy inscribed with Adams' translation of dedication on p. [4], as well as other translations throughout.

This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Attribution of authorship from Barbier.;Includes half t.p.;Table of contents at end.;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library copy contains: significant annotations.;John Adams Library copy: transcriptions of handwritten annotations available.

This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. Signatures: [A]{esc}p4 {esc}sB-Xx{esc}p4 {esc}sYy{esc}p2{esc}s;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. [First edition].;Signatures: A{esc}p3{esc}s, B-K{esc}p8{esc}s, L{esc}p14{esc}s, M-Z{esc}p8{esc}s, Aa{esc}p8{esc}s, 2 leaves unsigned (L{esc}b4{esc}s, cancel; last leaf blank).;Pages 161*-172* inserted with addendum.;Coat of arms of Gabriel Manigault Caroliniensis. del. on p. [1].;With a reproduction of original title-page of Areopagitica on p. [203].;John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams Library: gift copy. ;John Adams Library copy inscribed on first leaf: John Adams. A gift from his Friend Brand Hollis.;John Adams Library copy inscribed on second leaf: The Hide. July 28. 1786.

This is a 2010 Print on Demand version of the original rare and collectible copy from KirtasBooks. This is part of the John Adams Library collection for The Boston Public Library. John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.;John Adams' signature on second leaf: John Adams. ;Originally incorrectly attributed to Montagu's tutor, Forster.;With a half-title page; also contains [4] p. of notes not printed in their proper places and errata at the end.