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MORRIS (Robert): - A Letter to Sir Richard Aston, Knt. One of the Judges of his Majesty's Court of King's Bench, and late Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland; Containing a Reply to his scandalous Abuse, and some Thoughts on the Modern Doctrine of Libels. The Fourth Edition.

London: Printed for Geo. Pearch..., 1770. 8vo (in 4s), pp. [iv], 68, including half-title, disbound. Morris was defending John Wilkes for seditious libel in reprinting a "scandalous" work in The London Museum, when he was abused by the judge, Sir Richard Aston; he appeals to the works of the Chief Justice Mansfield in his rebuke to Aston. ESTC T3150 locates copies in L; l CaQMM, CSmH, and OKentU.
GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 129.25 US$ 140.62 | JP¥ 21868] Book number 4988

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