Two letters addressed to a member of the present Parliament, on the proposals of peace with the regicide directory of France

by Edmund Burke

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London: F. & C. Rivington, 1796. First authorized edition, preceded by Owens's pirated edition which preceded this by thirty hours; 8vo, pp. 2 , 188; bound without the half-title in recent brown cloth, red morocco label on spine. With an occasional annotation in ink in the lower margin, amplifying the reader's understanding. A complicated book bibliographically, requiring Todd 14 pages to explain 18 impressions published the same year. Todd 66b. Item #23681

• Binding: Leather

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