[BOLINGBROKE (Viscount Henry St John)]

A Letter to Sir William Windham. II. Some reflections on the present state of the nation. III. A letter to Mr. Pope. By the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke.

London: Printed for A. Millar, 1753. First edition, [2], 531, [1]pp., with half-title and etched portrait frontispiece, endpapers browned from turn-ins, contemporary speckled calf, spine tooled in gilt, red morocco title label, joints just starting otherwise and excellent copy.

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Book number: 38234

Keywords: ECONOMICS HISTORY POLITICS

[BOLINGBROKE (Henry St. John), Viscount:

Case of Dunkirk Faithfully Stated and Impartially Considered. By a Member of the House of Commons.

London: Printed for A. Moore..., 1730. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 51 [52 blank], disbound. Another edition of 32 pages was published in the same year, but it is not clear which has precedence. Bolingbroke suspected that the French were rebuilding the harbour of Dunkirk and re-fortifying it, in contravention of the Treaty of Utrecht: "The case of Dunkirk certainly rattled many independent backbenchers. To weaken their attachment to the opposition Walpole made great play of Bolingbroke's clandestine and suspicious role in bringing on the whole debate. He succeeded in turning the debate into a discussion on Bolingbroke's past conduct and he managed to discredit the opposition's legitimate criticism of ministerial negligence. Bolingbroke tried in vain to recover lost ground by writing The Case of Dunkirk Faithfully Stated and Impartially Considered (1730), and followed this up with a justification of his own conduct" (Oxford DNB). Goldsmiths' 6825.

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Book number: 5636

Catalogue: Politics

Keywords: politics government prose

[Henry St. John Bolingbroke]

The Case of Dunkirk Faithfully Stated, and Impartially Considered. By a Member of the House of Commons

London, Printed for A. Moore, 1730. First Edition. Self-wraps. 32pp. Stitched. Light toning to pages. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. .

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Book number: 25862

Catalogue: History

Keywords: FRANCE, NON-FICTION, ANTIQUARIAN, HISTORY, GREAT BRITAIN, FOREIGN RELATIONS, PAMPHLETS Antiquarian Americana

[BOLINGBROKE (Henry St. John, Viscount):

The Character of the Pretender. By his Secretary, the late Lord Bolingbroke. Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum.

[No Place] Printed in the Year 1756. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 192 x 120 mms., pp. 15, [1], later plain grey wrappers; title spotted, tear on verso of last leaf neatly repaired. This copy, with a manuscript letter from the chief figure behind the book, explains the fuller context of this well-recorded anti-Jacobite publication from 1756. The ESTC (T106589) finds no copies with a similar MS letter or any other kind of MS letter. One copy listed in the ESTC, however, the one at the British Library, is known to have a MS annotation that suggested it, too, arrived to its recipient accompanied by a MS letter at the time: that recipient's annotation reads in part, "Rec. Mar. 3. 1756 at London from Edinburgh / inclosed in a Letter dat. Feb. 24. 1756 & signed the / Friend of Liberty". Then, in square brackets, the recipient adds that "this paper", meaning, presumably, the printed pamphlet itself, and "ye letter" were "wrote by Peters", the "Bookseller in Edinburgh". The letter that accompanied the British Library copy of the book is no longer present with the book, however. The copy of The Character of the Pretender (1756) on offer, however, has a full-page letter that appears to be an analogous communication, as it, too, is dated to February 24, 1756, and is signed "The Friend of Liberty". Presumably the man behind the book wrote similar letters to accompany some or all of the copies that he posted to various people in the kingdom. This is the manuscript letter in the copy on offer, the addressee presumably being a bishop or archbishop in Scotland: My Lord In the present Juncture of Affairs, 'tis beyond question, the duty of every man who wishes well to our happy Constitution, to do every thing in his power, for disappointing the designs of Our Enemies. As the French will probably play their Old Game, the Pretender, on us, I have thought it proper to [?cause] print Lord Bolingbroke's Character of him, & have sent a Copy to every Minister in Scotland, that they may use their endeavours to undeceive the poor deluded Jacobites in their Parishes. Your Lordships known regard for the Interests of Religion & Liberty, has encouraged me to use the freedom of Sending one of them to Your Lordship, who I'm confident will take the most proper Method for publishing it throughout your Diocese, as one of the best Antidotes against the deadly poison of Jacobitism. I am descended from the Old Stock of Whigs before the Revolution, And have the honour to be with all imaginable Respect My Lord Your Lordships Most Obedient and Most humble Servant The Friend of Liberty Febr[uar]y 24th. 1756. To have this letter, with its additional and decidedly full context to the publication of the anti-Jacobite tract The Character of the Pretender (1756), is remarkable and salutary, but the question remains: Who is "The Friend of Liberty"? There is no editor specified on the title-page of The Character of the Pretender (1756). Nor is there a publisher or place of publication given in the imprint. The imprint consists of the sparest statement: "Printed in the year, 1756." In the February 1756 issue of Scots Magazine, however, there is a notice of The Character of the Pretender (1756) under the section headed "New Books". The notice appears, tellingly, in a subsection for books published in Edinburgh, and both the price of the book is given, "2 d.", and the publishers are given as well, or booksellers from whom the book could be obtained: "Gray & Peter". There is only one duo named Gray and Peter who worked together as booksellers in Edinburgh in the late 1750s: William Gray and Walter Peter, who would later found a circulating library together. The online Scottish Book Trade Index has entries on them, but detail is sorely lacking. This letter, likely written by Walter Peter, or written at his behest, must be one of the more informative texts to survive from their joint ventures. At this time in British and Scottish history there was considerable overlap in anti-Jacobitism and anti-Catholicism, as well as general opposition to the French, as a nation from whom an invasion was periodically, and justifiably, feared. Related tracts distributed by Gray and Peter, tracts whose context is perhaps illuminated indirectly by the present letter, include A Specimen of the Unrelenting Cruelty of Papists in France, and the Unshaken Faith and Patience of the Protestants of that Kingdom; Now Entering upon the Seventieth Year of their Persecutions (1755) and Britain's Remembrancer: or, The Danger Not Over: Being Some Thoughts on the Proper Improvement of the Present Juncture (1757). As to the editorship or authorship of The Character of the Pretender (1756), the ESTC gives of course Bolingbroke as the primary author, but adds that the book was "Probably edited by [Gabriel?] Peters". The surname "Peters" was presumably gleaned from the examination of the BL copy, where the recipient, in an annotation, probably wrongly, gave "Peters" rather than "Peter" as the name of the Edinburgh bookseller from whom he or she received the book. (The conjecture that the full name of the editor is Gabriel Peters appears problematic today, as he is known now, according to the Scottish Book Trade Index, primarily as a stationer who plied his trade in the early 1770s.) That standard survey of Jacobitism and anti-Jacobitism compiled by Charles Sanford Terry, The Rising of 1745, with a Bibliography of Jacobite History, 1689-1788 (1903), has an entry on The Character of the Pretender (1756), but offers no attribution for the work beyond Bolingbroke (p. 263). Nor does Terry cite Walter Peter at any point in his bibliographical survey. The information provided by the full-page letter in this copy of The Character of the Pretender (1756), seen against the partially-correct annotation in the BL's copy, with the addition of the short but probably accurate notice in Scots Magazine from February 1756, combines to strongly suggest a new attribution: the men behind this publication were very likely William Gray and Walter Peter, with the latter of the two, Peter, likely having had by far the larger share in the production. ESTC T106589 finds The Character of the Pretender (1756) to be particularly rare in North America, with only four copies found there: two held by the Huntington in California, and one each held by the Newberry in Chicago and Princeton in New Jersey. For the British Isles and Ireland, the ESTC finds several copies in Scotland, and then only BL, Cambridge, Lambeth, and Westminster Abbey, the abbey, interestingly, holding the copy once owned by Zachary Pearce, who, in 1756, was both the Dean of Westminster and the Bishop of Rochester.

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Book number: 9992

Catalogue: Politics

Keywords: politics Jacobite prose

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount

A Collection of Political Tracts

London, Printed for T. Davies, 1769. [iv] 388 [8]p. in contemporary brown leather with spine title label and gilt trim, marbled endpapers. With the bookplate of Solomon R. Guggenheim inside the front cover. .

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Book number: 050364

Keywords: England Political Science Bolingbroke Guggenheim

[Bolingbroke, Henry St John Lord Viscount].

A DISSERTATION UPON PARTIES; In Several Letters to Caleb d’Anvers, Esq;

London: Printed for R. Francklin ..., 1749. 7th Ed. Engraved frontis., dec. devices and initial letters. Title page and front f.e.p. adhered to frontis. along gutter hinge, sm. note to f.e.p., light browning, upper hinge cracked, contemporary mottled sheep, some wear, gilt lettered label to spine chipped with loss, upper joint cracked.
¶ ESTC T16281. With the signature of Edward Richmond Swales (1884-1965) writer and literary reviewer.

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Book number: 283684

Catalogue: HISTORY: HISTORY

Keywords: HISTORY; HISTORY

Bolingbroke,Henry.

L'idea di un re patriota.

Introduz.e traduz.e commento di Guido Abbatista. Roma, 1995, Donzelli Ed. Coll.Biblioteca. cm.12x17,5, pp.184, legatura editoriale con soprac - Ottime condizioni / Excellent condition

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Book number: 39769

Catalogue: Storia D Moderna

Henry St John Lord Viscount Bolingbroke

A Letter to Sir William Windham II Some Reflections on the Present State of the Nation III a Letter to Mr Pope

London, Printed for the Editor and sold by A Millar, 1753. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Henry St John's letter to William Wyndham written during his exile and a letter to his friend Alexander Pope. Complete with half-title. With a frontispiece of Lord Viscount Bolingbroke. ESTC no. N2688. Another copy was issued in this year with the title page 'Printed for A Millar&apos. ESTC cites in an 'uncontrolled note' that this edition is a reissue of this work. An interesting collection of letters from this controversial figure of the eighteenth century. Bolingbroke was a leader of the Tories who supported the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. In a half morocco binding with paper covered boards. Externally, smart with patches of rubbing to the boards, resulting in some loss. Minor rubbing to the head and tail of spine as well as to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with just the odd spots. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Book number: 617L18

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: Letter Pope William Windham Jacobite Pope Religion Tories None

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount

Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism, on the Idea of a Patriot King, and on the State of Parties, at the Accession of King George the First

London, A. Millar, 1752. Hardcover. 280p. Very good condition, bound in later green pebbled leather, With this is bound the author's Reflections concerning innate moral principles. Written in French by the late Lord Bolingbroke. And tr. into English. London, Printed for S. Bladon, 1752. 83 p. 1 p. of ad.

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Book number: 41892

Catalogue: International Relations & Politics

Keywords: Ethics; Political Parties - Great Britain; Patriotism Patriotism Kings and Rulers - Duties Political Parties - Great Britain Great Britain - Politics and Government - 1727-1760

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount.

Letters, on the Spirit of Patriotism: on the Idea of a Patriot King: and on the State of Parties, at the Accession of King George the First.

London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catherine-street, in the Strand, 1749. 0. Hardcover. Octavo, xi, [i], 9-251, [i]pp. With the half-title present. First authorised edition. Modern half calf over marbled boards. ESTC T38534. Very Good.

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Book number: 1838

Catalogue: Signed and/or Presentation Copies, Theater

BOLINGBROKE. Henry St. John, Lord Viscount.

LETTERS ON THE STUDY AND USE OF HISTORY.

T. Cadell. London. 1770. New edition, Corrected. 8vo. (8.2 x 5.3 inches). Very good, tall, wide margined copy. Some worming to the blank margins but generally a very good and clean copy. Bound in contemporary full tan calf. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled in gilt, which is rubbed. Red title label, gilt. Front hinge cracked but holding firm. Overall a very good and attractive copy.

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Book number: 11125

BOLINGBROKE, Henry St. John

Letters to Sir William Windham and Mr Pope

Cassell, 1889. Used - Very Good. VG hardback . Cassell's National Library, dated 1894. A small volume. Free endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing on page edges and endpapers. Binding tight. Dark blue cloth with blind lettering on front board and gilt lettering on spine. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_85212_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS307300I

ST JOHN Henry Viscount Bolingbroke

Letters on the Study and Use of History Volume I [&] Volume II

Printed for A. Millar, 1752. 1st edn. 2 vols. 8vo (9 x 6 ins). Contemporary full calf (headcaps and corners worn and outer joints weakened, labels lost). Pp. [vi] + 315 + [3] [&] [vi] + 286 + 4 contents + [2] blank (previous owners' armorial bookplates on front endpapers; no inscriptions). .

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Book number: 165519

Catalogue: Modern History

[Henry St. John Viscount Bolingbroke]

Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism: On the Idea of a Patriot King: And on the State of Parties, at the Accession of King George the First

London, T. Davies, 1775. Hardback. The influential essays of Henry St. John, including his important essay which influenced George III and the Founding Fathers. A volume of influential essays by Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke.Most notably this collection includes 'On the Idea of a Patriot King', in which Bolingbroke describes an ideal type of kingship, placing himself above politics and squabbles, and selecting only those are best suited for the job. This essay went on the influence the young George III, Voltaire, and the Founding Fathers of the United States.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Bolingbroke was the leader of the Tories, who supported the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion which tried to overthrow George I. A new edition.Two pages of adverts to the rear.Bound without the half-title. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart, with minor marks and spots to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Faint surface crack to the spine. Library stamp to the recto of the front endpaper. Offsetting to the paste downs and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 841P32

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism patriotism politics henry st john patriotism george i Not Stated

BOLINGBROKE Henry St. John 1st Viscount [ ] ( 1678 - 1751 ) - Claude de Thiard de Bissy ( 1721 - 1810 ) [ ] (1721 - 1810) ( translator ) :

Lettres sur l'Esprit de Patriotisme, sur l'Idée d'un Roy Patriote, et sur l'Etat des Partis, qui divisoient l'Angleterre, lors de l'Avénement de Georges I. Ouvrage traduit de l'Anglois.

.: Londres ( Paris ? ) , no printer, no publisher, 1750, in-8°, 204 x 133 mm, (4)nn pp + vii pp + 255 pp, bound in full mottled calf, smooth spine with gilt decoration and title, edges painted red, nice copy allthough there is some worming in the inner margin of the first 6 leaves. This is the first edition of the French translation. (Livre en français). .

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Book number: 40959