A Compend of Logick: For the Use of the University of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia: Budd and Bartram, 1801. First edition. This seems to be the first book on logic to be both written and published in the United States (earlier books on logic had been published at the end of the eighteenth century, but they were reprints of British authors). Slight edgewear. Toning to endpapers. A very good, clean copy. Scarce in commerce. Contemporary brown sheep. Twelvemo. 132 pp. Item #17502
John Andrews (1746 – 1813) was an educator, Episcopal clergyman, and one of the leading scholars of classics and philosophy in the early United States. Andrews also served as the fourth provost of the University of Pennsylvania, having been unanimously elected to the position in 1810 after over two decades as a professor and vice-provost. Andrews also wrote Elements of Logic (1807) and Elements of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (1813).
Shaw & Shoemaker (1801), #68. Penn Libraries University Archives & Records Center. “Penn People” exhibit, under “John Andrews, 1746 – 1813.”.
Price: $750.00