Algernon SIDNEY

DISCOURSES CONCERNING GOVERNMENT.

      SIDNEY, Algernon. DISCOURSES CONCERNING GOVERNMENT. London: Printed by J. Darby, 1704. Folio. Later half-calf. Engraved frontispiece portrait, (viii), 176, 179-202, 205-424, (48) pages. Second edition. First printed in 1698, the second edition has many corrections and the additi of a paper deilvered to the Sheriffs prior to his conviction on treason and h subsequent execution. Our copy has the engraved frontispiece, lacking in man copies. Sidney's essays supported the republican principles of government. They greatly influenced Locke as well as the American revolution. Thomas Jefferson, William Byrd, and Robert Carter II all owned copies of this title. An early supporter of Cromwell, Sidney became critical of his leadership but still opposed Charles II and was implicated in the Rye House Plot which led t his trial for treason. Ours is a clean, crisp, well-margined copy in a hands later half-calf binding. While the pagination is erratic, the book is comple [Publisher: Publisher]