Shakespeare and the Founders of Liberty in America
New York: Macmillan, 1917.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #16417
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, shelfwear, spine head frayed, light cock, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "... Shakespeare was acquainted with more than one of the English statesmen who wrested from King James the colonial charters by which, between 1606 and 1620, English liberty was first planted in Virginia and New England - individual freedom and equality, due process of law and independence of courts, trial by jury, the right of representative assembly, and government by consent of the governed; that Shakespeare had confidential relations with these English patriots, the founders of American liberty, and that these prelations are proved by the contents and source of one of his plays; that Shakespeare was in sympathy with the teachings of the moral and political master of the liberal movement, and that this sympathy is manifest in many of the poet's works." - author's Preface. ; Ex-Library; (ix), 270, 6ad pages.
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