Author: Thomas Pelham-Holles
Title: The Duke of Newcastle&Apos;S Letter, by His Majesty&Apos;S Order, to Monsieur Michell, the King of Prussia&Apos;S Secretary of the Embassy, in Answer to the Memorial, and Other Papers, Deliver&Apos;D, by Monsieur Michell, to the Duke of Newcastle, on the 23d of November, and 13th of December Last
Description: London, Edward Owen, 1753. First edition. Disbound. A scarce first edition of this historical letter written by Thomas Pelham-Holmes the Duke of Newcastle, to Monsieur Michell. The first edition of this work. A scarce work. A letter written by Thomas Pelham-Holmes, the Duke of Newcastle, addressed to Monsieur Michell. Pelham-Holmes was the 1st Duke of Newcastle, and was a Whig statesman, living during the Whig supremacy of the eighteenth century. He was a protege of Robert Walpole, and dominated British foreign policy. Bound without the two folding tables. Disbound. Externally, outer leaves are lightly age-toned with spots. Internally, disbound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with the odd spot. Edgewear to the pages. Some loss to the tail of pages 45/46, with no loss of text. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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