1715 SIR RICHARD STEELE. The Political Writings - First Edition. From Important Hawaii Book Collector. ZZFineMiscellanea A very shelf handsome binding

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He also met various members of the Russian nobility including several of the Golitsyn family especially Prince Aleksandr Nicolaevich Golitsyn who served as President of the Russian Bible Society

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1715 SIR RICHARD STEELE. The Political Writings - First Edition. From Important Hawaii Book Collector. ZZFineMiscellanea A very shelf handsome bindingRare first edition of the first edition of Sir Richard Steele's political writings. No other examples on the market at the time of cataloguing. Steele was a staunch whig, viewing a representative Parliament as far superior to the monarchy. He believed in open dialogue and that an educated populace would lead to healthy self governance. His ideas, promoted through the pages of The Tatler helped form the "conceived in liberty" framework of the American