Knapp, Samuel L.

Letters of Shahcoolen, a Hindu Philosopher, Residing in Philadelphia; to His Friend El Hassan, an Inhabitant of Delhi

Boston: printed by Russell and Cutler, 1802. First edition, 12mo, pp. 152; printer's woodcut device on title page; contemporary full calf, black leather label on spine; joints starting, extremities rubbed; good and sound. Modern library bookplate sadly pasted over an early American bookplate. Dedicated to John Quincy Adams. "...Shahcoolen's lucubrations on Mary Wollstonecraft and woman's rights, American poetry, American landscape, and other topics are steeped in juvenile solemnity" (DAB). American Imprints 2490. Item #53954

Price: $250.00