Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Lord Viscount
A Letter to Sir William Windham II. Some Reflections on the Present State of the Nation. III a Letter to Mr Pope.
London, Printed for the Editor, and sold by A. Millar, 1753. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A reissue of the 1753 edition in octavo hardcover format. Frontis, plate and half-title present. A remarkably good-looking, structurally sound copy of the apparent First Edition, bound in marbled paper over boards, leather over tips and spine, with five raised bands over spine, fine though rubbed gilt lettering and ruling to spine, title over burgundy leather label over spine. Some moderate rubbing to and chipping of joints, backstrip, scuffing to tips, extremities, cracking to front pastedown, else sturdy and clean of interior. Red-stained page edges all around, mildly toned of interior, but paper quite fine, and with a sharp and distinct black-and-white engraving of "H.S.L.B., Nil Admirari" at frontis. William Windham (14 May [O.S. 3 May] 1750 – 4 June 1810) "was a British Whig statesman. Elected to Parliament in 1784, Windham was attached to the remnants of the Rockinghamite faction of Whigs, whose members included his friends Charles James Fox and Edmund Burke," according to his Wikipedia entry. He first sympathized with the French Revolution then opposed it. The author of the letter to him, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (16 September 1678 – 12 December 1751), his ideas were influential on the work of Voltaire and the American supporters of colonial Independence such as Thomas Jefferson and William Adams. Bolingbroke was a close friend of Alexander Pope and was said to have been present at his death. Bolingbroke "was an English politician, government official and political philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically despite his antireligious views and opposition to theology," according to his Wikipedia entry. frontis matter, 10-531 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
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Keywords: Henry St. John Bolinbroke Sir William Windham Alexander Pope