Natural Principles of Rectitude, for the Conduct of Man in all States and Situations of Life, ; Demonstated and Explained in a Systematic Treatise on Moral Philosophy

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 456 pages; 1795 T. And J. Swords, New York. 1st edition. HC. Xvi, 456 pp. Rebound in full gray cloth with titles and date lettered in utilitarian gilt to spine; endpapers renewed. Soundly bound, with untrimmed fore and bottom edges and the majority of leaves remaining unopened along the top edge. Contents complete, including half-title. Paper stock bright and clean throughout, with only occasional minimal spotting or foxing. Nominal ex-library indications, including a small circular ink stamp to title page and terminal leaf, and blind stamps to a scattered few pages of text. A remarkably fresh interior, with much of the volume apparently unread. An early American work of moral philosophy by German-born clergyman and Columbia College professor John Daniel Gros, encompassing natural law, ethics, jurisprudence, politics, and the law of nations. Described by Sabin as the first treatise on moral philosophy written and published in America. Sabin 28933; Evans 28775. VG.