Author: Lehmann, Orla [1810-1870]
Title: Orla Lehmann's Forsvarstale, holdt for Høiesteret i den mod ham anlagte Generalfiscal-Action, Onsdagen d. 19de Jan. 1842
Description: Kjøbenhavn, C.A. Reitzel, n.d. [1842]. boards. 20x13cm, 100 pp, Contemporary binder's leather-backed boards. A rubberstamp to title-page. A crack to rear interior hinge.. Spine and exterior hinges torn and chipped. Just Good. ¶ ["Peter Martin Orla Lehmann (15 May 1810 – 13 September 1870) was a Danish statesman, a key figure in the development of Denmark's parliamentary government... The family belonged to the same social circle as the Ø rsted brothers and the poet Oehlenschläger...Although of German extraction, Orla Lehmann's sympathies were with the Danish National Liberal Party... In 1842 he was condemned to three months imprisonment for a radical speech...Being one of the most stirring speakers of early Danish parliamentarian life (almost like Lamartine in France) and besides a charming and committed man Lehmann however seems to have lacked both sense of reality and a more heartfelt sense of democracy. As 'the freedom fighter of 1848' he remained a national hero in Denmark for several generations but he was not able to maintain his influence..." - wikipedia].

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