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SHERBURNE, HENRY. The Oriental Philanthropist, or True Republican. Portsmouth, N.H: Printed for Wm. Treadwell, 1800. 1st ed. 12mo. 215, [1] pp. Full contemp. calf, leather label. Front outer hinge cracking, a very nice copy. $850.00

 

Grolier Exhibit of C. Waller Barrett, 80: "One of the earliest of a long string of Utopian romances. This one is alid in China, Africa, and Persia. Oriental fairy tale machinery is used to bring about the establishment of an ideal state." Wright I, 2382. Sabin 80332. Evans 38495. Doubtless the first American novel set in China.