Cover has Paine's signature (T Paine) printed on label. Includes six pages of calligraphy by Thomas Ingmire, five multicolor plus one black and white, printed letterpress using photopolymer plates. Edition of 90, signed and numbered by the calligrapher. Section four is before Section three. "Set in Caslon type, the typeface used in the first printing of the Declaration of Independence as well as a favorite house face in Benjamin Franklin's print shop. The handmade paper used for the binding is from Cave Paper and the text paper is Hahnemühle Bugra. The design, printing, and binding was done at Foolscap Press by Lawrence G. Van Velzer and Pegy Gotthold"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction -- Section One: Early Years -- Section Two: Common Sense -- Section Four: The American Crisis -- Public Good --Section Three: From letter to the Abbe Raynal -- Section Five: Rights of Man -- Section Six: Age of Reason -- Section Seven: Dissertation on the First Principles of Government -- Section Eight: Worship and Church Bells -- Agrarian Justice -- Section Nine: Back to America -- Section Ten: Excerpts from Letters to America -- Epilogue -- Colophon.
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