Author: [Political History/Theory]. Plowden, Francis [1749 - 1829] Title: A SHORT HISTORY Of The BRITISH EMPIRE, From May 1792 to the Close of the Year 1793
Description: Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1794. 1st US (Evans 27529). Contemporary full mottled calf with maroon spine label. [2], 261, [3] pp. 2 pages of adverts at rear. 8vo: [A]1 B - 2K4. 8-1/8" x 5". VG (minor wear & scuffing to leather/prior owner name stamp [J Nelson] on tp/ffep starting to separate at gutter on lower half). Plowden an eminent legal and political writer who published several works against Mr Pitt, though somewhat improvident in worldly affairs, and had to flee to France to avoid a n adverse court judgment (DNB). In this work, he's at odds with Burke.
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