history of rome and these belonged to george mason dated 1769 and were later sign by his son thompson mason in 1792. they are a london addition and george mason often remembered as the father of the bill of rights. he was very politically active as a member of the house of burgesses in virginia all for the pre-revolutionary struggle and a member of the virginia convention. he was involved in drafting the virginia revolutionary constitution and declaration of rights in 1776. really, a very significant figure. the volume is also significant as evidence of the founders interest in ancient history of routing their political understanding in the history of rome and the history of republics. they were looking for examples from classical history for their political philosophies, how to organize the new republic government though they hoped would replace the monarch all system since that time. these are very rare pieces and there is only a handful of mason's books that have survived. i think we have more than anyone else except the wonderful gunston hall located south of washington d.c., south of a

dated 1769 and were later sign by his son thompson mason in 1792. they are a london addition and george mason often remembered as the father of the bill of rights. he was very politically active as a member of the house of burgesses in virginia all for the pre-revolutionary struggle and a member of the virginia convention. he was involved in drafting the virginia revolutionary constitution and declaration of rights in 1776. really, a very significant figure. the volume is also significant as evidence of the founders interest in ancient history of routing their political understanding in the history of rome and the history of republics. they were looking for examples from classical history for their political philosophies, how to organize the new republic an governments, that they hoped would replace -- after the declaration of independence -- the monarchical system that had grown up at that time. these are very rare pieces and there is only a handful of mason's books that have survived. i think we have more than anyone else except the wonderful gunst