[GORDON, Thomas (1691-1750) and TRENCHARD, John (1662-1723), editors]. The Independent Whig. London: J. Peele, 1721. 8vo (197 x 117 mm). Near contemporary full paneled calf, five raised bands on spine (binding worn, front board detached, text wrinkled with occasional soiling, rear hinge starting, final few leaves with marginal dampstaining). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. This bound volume collects issues I-LIII of the weekly periodical of the Whig movement, which helped shape and influence republicanism in both Great Britain and their American colonies (which, in part, led to the thinking behind the Revolutionary War). A cornerstone of the “Commonwealth Man” tradition.