[Declaration of Independence]. The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1776. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1777.

8vo (229 x 140 mm). (Spotting throughout, marginal vertical tear on p.215-216 partially affecting text.) Contemporary holland-backed boards with paper label affixed to spine, uncut (soiling, front hinge starting). Provenance: H.W. Bryant (ownership inscription).

FIRST EDITION. The Annual Register was founded in 1758 by publishers James and Robert Dodsley and with co-founder Edmund Burke (1729-1797) serving as its first editor. As journalism was considered to be a disreputable profession, Burke intentionally downplayed his association and all but resigned entirely upon his entering into Parliament in 1765. In 1790 Burke would author Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he angrily condemned the French Revolution; this tract would compel its own response from Thomas Paine, whose Common Sense is often cited as one of the most significant arguments for American independence.

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Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

[Declaration of Independence]. The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1776. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1777.

Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

[Declaration of Independence]. The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1776. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1777.

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