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Lot 366
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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[GEORGIA]. ZUBLY, John Joachim (1724-1781). The Law of Liberty. A Sermon on American Affairs, Preached at the Opening of the Provincial Congress of Georgia… With an Appendix, Giving a Concise Account of the Struggles of Swisserland to Recover Their Liberty. London: for J. Almon, 1775.
8vo (199 x 120 mm). (Title-page bound in on a stub.) Modern red cloth, red morocco lettering-piece gilt.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, printed in the same year as the first edition published by Henry Miller in Philadelphia. Swiss-born American pastor and planter, Zubly was seated as a delegate for Georgia to the Continental Congress in September 1775. Despite initially supporting the Patriot cause, he was accused of disloyalty in the fall of 1775 due to his moderate positions. He left the Continental Congress by mid-November 1775, and was exiled with half of his property seized on July 1, 1776. Adams American Controversy 75-160b; De Renne I p. 210; ESTC T37611; Howes Z-23; Sabin 106388.
Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia