Reflections on the revolution in France, and on the proceedings in certain societies in London, relative to that event. In a letter intended to have been sent to a gentleman in Paris.
Philadelphia: printed by D. Humphreys for Young, Dobson, Carey, and Rick, 1792. Second American edition (first printed in NY by Hugh Gaine the previous year), 8vo, pp. 256; see Printing and the Mind of Man, 239; Todd 53gg; Evans 24157; bound with: Mackintosh, James. Vindicae Gallicae. Defense of the French Revolution and its English admirers against the accusations of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke; including some strictures on the late production of Mons. De Calonne. Phila.: printed by James Young, 1792, pp. 175, [1] ads; long knife slice in Y1-Y2 (no loss); "This is esteemed as the most able of the answers to Burke" (Evans); Evans 24495 noting that it is often bound with the following; bound with: The French Revolution, revised, amended, and finally decreed at the National Assembly. Phila.: printed by William Young, 1791, pp. [3]-22; knife slice in the final two leaves (no loss). Full contemporary sheep, red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; moderate browning, slight dampstain at the back, and aside from the knife, certainly a nice enough copy with the ownership signature on the front flyleaf of "Doctor Joseph Bailey, New York, May 14, 1805." Item #27289
Price: $750.00
