William. YOUNG

THE SPIRIT OF ATHENS, BEING A POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIO

      YOUNG, William. THE SPIRIT OF ATHENS, BEING A POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE HISTORY OF THAT REPUBLIC. London: J. Robson, 1777. 8vo. Contemporary full-calf. xv, 296 pages. First edition. This political and philosophical history of the Athenian Republic was written Young when he was twenty-eight. It brought him considerable fame and went through three editions. Young went on to become a member of Parliament, owne plantation in the Dominican Republic and was appointed governor of Tobago in 1807. Armorial bookplate. Contemporary ink inscription on title page. Fron hinge professionally strengthened. A very good, handsome copy. [Publisher: Publisher]