Lot 172
FERGUSON, ADAM
REFLECTIONS PREVIOUS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MILITIA
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 January 2019 at 11:00 GMT
£400
Description
London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1756. 8vo, without wrappers, some soiling [ESTC T93204]
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the late Dr. Nicholas Phillipson, Emeritus Reader in History at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Phillipson is best known as a leading historian on the Scottish Enlightenment and its wider European context. His best known work is Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life [2010], a detailed biography of the economist which covered new ground and won acclaim.