FISKE, Nathan (1733-1799). The Moral Monitor: Or a Collection Essays on Various Subjects Accommodated to the State of Society in the United States of America. Worcester, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas, 1801.

Isaiah Thomas's own copy. "These essays first appeared in the Massachusetts Spy. Dr Fiske was a critical scholar and a writer of wide influence" (Charles Lemuel Nichols, Bibliography of Worcester 413).

Two volumes, 12mo (170 x 100mm). Duplicate of pp. 289-296 bound at start of vol 2 (one page with small closed tear at upper margin, toned). Contemporary calf (front board with title page detached from both volumes). Provenance: Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831, American printer and founder of the American Antiquarian Society; bookplates; given to:) – American Antiquarian Society (stamps).

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