A Short History of the British Empire from May, 1792 to the Close of the Year 1793

by Francis Plowden

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First American edition. 2 , 1-16, 25-261 pp, 2, ads . 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, label, some wear at joints but sound. Bookplate of Henry Marshall, M.D. Evans 27529. Item #35574 Plowden 1749-1829 defends Britain against Burke and Thomas Paine and the excesses of the French revolution. He wrote much against Pitt.

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