Author: Cobbett, William [1762 - 1835]
Title: ELEMENTS Of REFORM, or An Account of the Motives and Intentions of the Advocates for Parliamentary Reformation
Description: London: Printed and published by J[oyce]. Gold, 103, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, 1809. 1st edition thus (cf. Pearl 68n). There were two editions of the pamphlet issued in London; the other by T. Gillet. This edition not in Gaines. Later grey-paper boards, with black stamped spine lettering. 24 pp. Printer imprint to base of p. 24. 12mo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/8". Some staining to t.p. & following leaf. Boards a bit soiled. A VG copy. According to Pearl, REFORM was "one of the many hostile publications issued by Cobbett's enemies giving extracts from his earlier anti-Reform writings." Cobbett's rebuttal was spirited, as was his wont, with his vociferous demand for Parliamentary Reform eventually landing him in Newgate (1810 - 1812). This the scarcer edition of the two from 1809.

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