OF THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGIOUS OPINIONS by Mr. Necker; Translated from the French [by Mary Wollstonecraft]
1796 · Boston
by (NECKER) [WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary] Translator
Boston: Thomas Hall, 1796. Second US Edition. 12mo, pp. 230,1. Bound in contemporary chemical calf, some toning and foxing, covers some bowed. A very good copy.Early ownership signature of Wm S. Nichols, 1813. Evans 30835; CBEL II, p. 792; Todd #4; Windle p. 21. Scarce. Originally published in London in 1788 when Necker was reentering French politics and was Minister of Finance. Necker the father of Mdm. DeStael was an economist connected with the ancien regime in France. (Inventory #: 60239)
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