[DEFOE (Daniel)].

The History of the Mitre and Purse, In which The First and Second Parts of the secret History of the White Staff are fully considered, and the Hypocrisy and Villainies of the Staff himself are laid open and Detected. The Second Edition.

London: Printed for J. Morphew..., 1714. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 72, disbound. The work is variously attributed to William Pittis and/or Francis Atterbury, who is represented here as the Mitre, and Simon Harcourt, the Lord Chancellor as the Purse. It is a reply to Defoe's pamphlet Secret History of the White Staff.

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EDEN (William):

Four Letters to the Earl of Carlisle, from William Eden, Esq. On certain Perversions of Political Reasoning; and on the Nature, Progress, and Effect of Party Spirit and of Parties. On the present Circumstances of the War between Great Britain and the combined Powers of France and Spain. On the Public Debts, on the Public Credit, and on the Means of raising Supplies. On the Representation of Ireland respecting a Free-Trade. The Second Edition.

London: Printed for B. White..., and T. Cadell..., 1779. Tall 8vo (in 4s), pp. [iv], 160, including half-title, uncut, recently rebound in quarter calf, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, morocco label, marbled boards; some soiling of and slight wear edges, fore-margin of half-title slightly frayed. This work by William Eden, later Baron Auckland (1744 - 1814) was published in Dublin, Edinburgh, and London in 1779, and a third edition followed in 1780, with a fifth letter on population added. He sent a copy of the first edition to Edmund Burke on the day of publication, saying that "this glorious Country, tho now in imminent Danger, has ample Possibilities for a Recovery."

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EDEN (William), Baron Auckland:

The Substance of a Speech made by Lord Auckland, on Monday the Second Day of May, 1796. On the Occasion of a Motion made by the Marquis of Lansdown.

London: Printed for J. Walter..., 1796. 8vo, pp. [3] - 41 [42 blank, disbound; title-page detached at inner margin.

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EYEGLASS (P. A.):

The True Story of the Great Densetshire Election of 1886 Copies can be had of all Booksellers.

London: Printed for the Booksellers [no date] [1886] 8vo, 210 x 140, pp. [16], pamphlet as issued. Mr. Eyeglass has addressed his work to his grandchilden.

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HARPER (Robert Goodloe):

Observations on the Dispute between the United States and France. To his Constituents, in May, 1797. Third Edition.

Philadelphia Printed. London: Reprinted, by Direction of the Editor, at the the Philanthropic Reefer...and sold by Debrett and Wright...[inter alia]; and by all other Booksellers, Except John Stockdale..., 1798. 8vo (in 4s), pp. viii, 109 [110 Postscript], disbound. Harper's pamphlet was first published in American in 1797 and reprinted on both sides of the Atlantic at least thirty times in the next three years. The anonymous editor of this London printed explains who Harper is (representative to Congress from South Carolina) and provides a context for Harper's defiance of France's threats to seize goods on any ship bound for a British port. A note on the verso of the title-page explains that the editor had first offered the pamphlet to Stockdale to print, but Stockdale demurred, and it was published elsewhere. After its success, Stockdale promptly proceeded to publish pirated editions. The printing history of the work is probably still unsettled; the Preface here is dated 24 January 1798. See Howes H209; Sabin 30432. ESCT t086555.

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[HOADLY (Benjamin)]:

An Enquiry into the Reasons of the Conduct of Great Britain, With Relation to the Present State of Affairs in Europe.

London: Printed, and Sold by James Roberts..., 1727. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 112, disbound; title-page a bit soiled. Sabin 32280. Goldsmiths' 6501.

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[JOHNSTON (James)]:

More Essays of Panegyricks upon the Last Words of William the First, Prince of Orange; The Founder of the Government of the United Provinces. By a Gentleman of Middlesex.

London: Printed for A. Millar..., 1731. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. xvi, 64, disbound.

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[LYTTELTON (George), Lord and MONTAGU (Elizabeth)]

Dialogues of the Dead. The Second Edition.

London: Printed for W. Sandby..., 1760. 8vo, 197 x 116 mms., pp. xii, 320 [321 Errata, 322 blank], many leaves foxed or slightly soiled, bound in revolting 19th century plum calf, hard morocco boards, with spine worn and wormed, but happily with the autograph of the painter Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784) on the top margin of the title-page, with Lyttelton's authorship inscribed in a contemporary hand below the title, "By ye right Honble Lord Littleton"; and on the front paste-down end-paper, the bookplate of the "Dundee Free Libary," printed on pink paper, which flourish in the mid 19th century. Finally, on page 273, the first page of Dialogue XXV is a note in a contemporary hand concerning Archibald, Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine, one of the two interlocutors of that dialogue. politics Writing to Horace Mann on 24 May 1760, Horace Walpole said of this work that is was "paltry enough; the style, a mixture of bombast, poetry and vulgarisms. Nothing new in the composition, except making people talk out of character is so." Elizabeth Montagu wrote three of the dialogues, numbers 27 - 28. Ramsay painted Montagu in 1762, two years after Dialogues of the Dead was published. The autograph of Allan Ramsay is very similar to one that I have in my possession, and I am confident that the volume once belonged to him before it was acquired - and rebound - by the Dundee Free Library.

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N° du livre: 8901

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[MACPHERSON (James)]:

A Short History of the Opposition During the Last Session of Parliament. The Fifth Edition.

London: Printed for T. Cadell..,m 1779. 8vo (in 4s), pp. vi, 58, including half-title, disbound. Adams, 79-69f.

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[MONTELEONE (Isidoro Casado de Avezeda de Rosales).

Remarks upon Mr. S--------y C------s's letter to the Marquis of Monteleone, &c.

[London] [?1718]. SOLE EDITION. 8vo, 180 x 110 mms., drop-head title only, stitched as issued, blue covers; fore-margin closely trimmed and frayed with some loss of letters. ESTC T169026 notes that "Mr. S-----y C------y" is "Mr. Secretary Craggs," i. e., James Craggs the younger (1686–1721), diplomatist and politician, secretary of state for war. The pamphlet is concerned with the implications of the Quadruple Alliance of 1718 and alludes to Craggs's pamphlet, Letter to the Spanish ambassador dated from Hampton Court, 4 Sept. 1718.

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OBSERVATIONS.

OBSERVATIONS on the Conduct of Great-Britain, with Regard to the Negociations and other Transactions Abroad.

London, Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts..., 1729. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 61 [62 blank], disbound; a little dust-soiled.

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[PULTENEY (William)].

A Letter to Mr. P** On Occasion of his late Letter In Answer to the Remarks, &c.

London: Printed for J. Roberts..., 1731. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. 68. BOUND WITH: A Proper Reply to Mr. P-----'s Answer. London: Printed for J. Roberts..., 1731. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 32. 2 pamphlets in one volume, bound in recent cream goatskin. The author of the Letter to Mr. P** is not identified, but he is replying to Pulteney's An answer to one part of a late infamous libel intitled Remarks on the Craftsman's vindication of his two honourable patrons .. in a letter to the most noble author. The second work is also by the same (unknown) author, though "noble author" suggests that Pulteney, the Earl of Bath, knew who he was. The controversy was a dispute between Walpole and Pulteney, and Walpole was so enraged with Pulteney's work that he ordered the printer to be arrested..

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REASONS.

Reasons for the Neutrality of Great-Britain, Deduced From her Exploits for the House of Austria.

London: Printed for J. Wilford..., 1734. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. [iv], 27 [28 blank], including half-title, uncut, stitched as issued; half-title slightly soiled, edges a little frayed.

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[ROBINS (Benjamin)]:

An Address to the Electors, and other Free Subjects of Great Britain; Occasion'd by the Late Secession.In which is contain'd A particular Account of all our Negotiations with Spain, and their Treatment of Us, for above Ten Years past. The Second Edition.

London: Printed for H. Goreham..., 1739. 8vo (in 4s), pp 63 [64 blank], tilte-page and last blank page soiled, bound in 20th century full cream goatskin with title blocked in black on spine. A very good copy.

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SEVILLE. B. (A.):

The Treaty of Seville, and the Measures that have been taken for the Four Last Years, Impartially Considered. In a Letter to a Friend.

London: Printed for J. Roberts..., 1730. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), pp. 32, bound in 20th century full cream goatskin with title blocked in black on spine. A very good copy.

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