[Rarebooks] fs: American Revolution, Dublin imprint- pirated piracy

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(No. 9181 )  Raynal, M. l'Abbé [Guillaume Thomas François] (1713-1796). 
RÉVOLUTION DE L’AMÉRIQUE.
Dublin: Chez Guillaume Wilson, 1781. 3/4 leather, Duodecimo, [i-ii], 
vii-[viii], 131 pages, Engraved head and tail-piece. Very Good.
      Scarce Dublin imprint of the French edition of this curious work, 
published without Abbey Raynal's permission. It is advertised by its 
"Editor" as having come from a previously unpublished manuscript but is now 
believed to have been pirated from the 1780 revision of Raynal's "Histoire 
Philosophique et Politique" (see Adams, 'The American Controversy,' vol. II, 
pp. 776-777). Interestingly, Thomas Paine responded to this work in 1782 
with numerous corrections of errors, a refutation of Raynal's notion that 
the American Revolution was little more than a dispute over tariffs and 
taxes, and a complaint that Raynal had copied portions of "Common Sense" 
without acknowledgment. ADAMS, AMERICAN CONTROVERSY #81-59k; SABIN #68103. 
Bound in marbled paper over boards with leather spine and corner tips, spine 
lettered in gilt. Rubs to exterior extremities and along joints, gilt on 
spine remains legible. This copy lacks all but the last page of the 
Introduction, though the title page and text itself are complete. It is 
unclear whether this is a binding error or subsequent loss. Parts of 
signatures B and C protrude slightly from the rest of the textblock. 
Endpapers mildly foxed, hinges remain sound....... $300.00
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