EXETER POLITICAL PAMPHLETS
Plan of proceeding: octavo. First part. Holmes' tract on bodies corporate generally, those in Exeter specially, which includes the novel county-rates, Exeter, 1799. Second part. Holmes' epitome of political history ancient and modern, commented on, In hope of affording some Information to the Middle and Lower Classes of Mankind, countenancing Virtue and discouraging Vice. Third part. Holmes on the police of Exeter specially, ancient and modern, as an accompaniment to Izaacke’s Memorials of the City.
Exeter.
T. Brice, [1795].
First edition.
Part one only, all published. [2], 4, [2], 48pp. ESTC T42425.
[Bound with:] [HOLMES, William]. [Drop-head title: To the Electors of Representatives to serve in Parliament for the City and County of Exeter]. [Exeter]. [T. Brice], [1802]. 13pp, [3]. Not in ESTC.
[And:] [HOLMES, William]. [Drop-head title: New pavements, &c. Third address. [Exeter]. [T. Brice], [1795]. [1], 22-28pp.
[And:] [HOLMES, William]. [Drop-head title: Addressed to Members of Parliament, &c. A sketch on the chancellor's budget Is here humbly offered, December, 1795]. [Exeter]. [s.n.], [1795]. 16pp. ESTC T20517.
8vo. Later green half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Allan Heywood Bright to FEP, inked ownership inscription of M. Barett to head of title page of first bound work, occasional inked underlining/corrections to text, some shaving to margins, light spotting, terminal leaf of final bound work dust-soiled.
[Bound with:] [HOLMES, William]. [Drop-head title: To the Electors of Representatives to serve in Parliament for the City and County of Exeter]. [Exeter]. [T. Brice], [1802]. 13pp, [3]. Not in ESTC.
[And:] [HOLMES, William]. [Drop-head title: New pavements, &c. Third address. [Exeter]. [T. Brice], [1795]. [1], 22-28pp.
[And:] [HOLMES, William]. [Drop-head title: Addressed to Members of Parliament, &c. A sketch on the chancellor's budget Is here humbly offered, December, 1795]. [Exeter]. [s.n.], [1795]. 16pp. ESTC T20517.
8vo. Later green half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Allan Heywood Bright to FEP, inked ownership inscription of M. Barett to head of title page of first bound work, occasional inked underlining/corrections to text, some shaving to margins, light spotting, terminal leaf of final bound work dust-soiled.
A coherent sammelband of four scarce political pamphlets by William Holmes (fl. 1785-1802), of whom little is known. The Critical Review (Vol. XXX), in an article critiquing the first mentioned work, both described Holmes as a 'very obscure author' and pilloried his prose, citing their 'uncertainty respecting the author's meaning' and 'his very inverted incomprehensible style'.
Allan Heywood Bright (1862-1941), Liberal politician, notable for his opposition towards the Boer War.
ESTC records copies of the first mentioned work at three locations in the British Isles (BL, Exeter, and Oxford), and one further copy worldwide (NLA).
The fourth mentioned work is recorded at two British locations (BL and Senate House), and one in North America (Pennsylvania).
The second and third mentioned works are apparently unrecorded.
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Allan Heywood Bright (1862-1941), Liberal politician, notable for his opposition towards the Boer War.
ESTC records copies of the first mentioned work at three locations in the British Isles (BL, Exeter, and Oxford), and one further copy worldwide (NLA).
The fourth mentioned work is recorded at two British locations (BL and Senate House), and one in North America (Pennsylvania).
The second and third mentioned works are apparently unrecorded.
