LADY ANCRAM'S FRENCH REVOLUTION
Mercure Britannique; ou notices historiques et critiques sur les affaires du tems.
Londres [i.e. London].
De l’imprimerie de W. et C. Spilsbury, Snow-Hill. Se trouve chez l’auteur, 1798-1800
First edition.
27 of 36 numbers:
Volume I. [Nos. I/III-VIII (Aug./Sept.-10th Dec. 1798)]
Volume II [Nos. IX-XVI (25th Dec. 1798-10th April 1799)]
Volume III. [Nos. XVII-XX, 25th April-10th June 1799)]
Volume IV. [Nos. XXV, (25th Sept. 1799), XXX (10th Dec. 1799), XXXII (10th Jan. 1800)] Volume V. [Nos. XXXIII-XXXVI (25th Jan.-25th March.1800)]
8vo. Uncut. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. No. XXXIV without upper panel. From the library - recently dispersed - of the Marquesses of Lothian (who also held the Earldom of Ancram) at Newbattle Abbey, with contemporary ownership inscriptions of Lady Ancram to majority of wrappers.
Volume I. [Nos. I/III-VIII (Aug./Sept.-10th Dec. 1798)]
Volume II [Nos. IX-XVI (25th Dec. 1798-10th April 1799)]
Volume III. [Nos. XVII-XX, 25th April-10th June 1799)]
Volume IV. [Nos. XXV, (25th Sept. 1799), XXX (10th Dec. 1799), XXXII (10th Jan. 1800)] Volume V. [Nos. XXXIII-XXXVI (25th Jan.-25th March.1800)]
8vo. Uncut. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. No. XXXIV without upper panel. From the library - recently dispersed - of the Marquesses of Lothian (who also held the Earldom of Ancram) at Newbattle Abbey, with contemporary ownership inscriptions of Lady Ancram to majority of wrappers.
A near unbroken run, in original state and with evidence of contemporary female ownership, of Genevan- born French political journalist and Counter-Revolutionary reformer Jacques Mallet du Pan's (1749-1800) semi-monthly journal on Swiss independence and European political affairs during the period of Napoleonic expansion; widely considered to be one of the most insightful contemporary works on the internal - and external policy - of the Directory.
Mallet du Pan, was, along with Edmund Burke and Joseph de Maistre, an important theorist of the conservative reaction to the French Revolution. He began editing the Mercure de France, a leading literary journal, in 1784. In 1792, he left the country at the behest of Louis XVI to contact other monarchs opposed to the Revolution. His Considérations sur la nature de la révolution de France (1793) drew wide attention in Europe for its critique of the Revolution, and Mallet du Pan became a prominent advisor to those governments which opposed France. In 1797 he was forced to leave the Continent for London, from where he began to publish Mercure Britannique.
Nos. 1-3 include a political history of Switzerland; subsequent numbers analyse, country by country, current political events in Europe. Great Britain is discussed last in each issue, and often heaped with praise. The last issues contain an analysis of 18 Brumaire and the beginnings of the Consulate, although death rudely prevented Mallet du Pan from completing the work. Vol. 5 concludes with an appeal for funds to aid the cause of Swiss independence and an account of Mallet du Pan’s death and funeral. The periodical was issued concurrently in Italian, German, and English editions, in western Europe, Britain, and Ireland.
The British Critic (February, 1799) praised Mallet du Pan's efforts, concluding: '...to the whole we give our strongest recommendation, as a most able periodical history, of the most interesting and alarming series of events and situations in which polished society has ever been placed.'
Harriet Lowry-Corry, Viscountess Belmore (1762-1805), first wife of British Army officer William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian (1763-1824).
Mallet du Pan, was, along with Edmund Burke and Joseph de Maistre, an important theorist of the conservative reaction to the French Revolution. He began editing the Mercure de France, a leading literary journal, in 1784. In 1792, he left the country at the behest of Louis XVI to contact other monarchs opposed to the Revolution. His Considérations sur la nature de la révolution de France (1793) drew wide attention in Europe for its critique of the Revolution, and Mallet du Pan became a prominent advisor to those governments which opposed France. In 1797 he was forced to leave the Continent for London, from where he began to publish Mercure Britannique.
Nos. 1-3 include a political history of Switzerland; subsequent numbers analyse, country by country, current political events in Europe. Great Britain is discussed last in each issue, and often heaped with praise. The last issues contain an analysis of 18 Brumaire and the beginnings of the Consulate, although death rudely prevented Mallet du Pan from completing the work. Vol. 5 concludes with an appeal for funds to aid the cause of Swiss independence and an account of Mallet du Pan’s death and funeral. The periodical was issued concurrently in Italian, German, and English editions, in western Europe, Britain, and Ireland.
The British Critic (February, 1799) praised Mallet du Pan's efforts, concluding: '...to the whole we give our strongest recommendation, as a most able periodical history, of the most interesting and alarming series of events and situations in which polished society has ever been placed.'
Harriet Lowry-Corry, Viscountess Belmore (1762-1805), first wife of British Army officer William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian (1763-1824).
ESTC P6376.
£ 1,250.00
Antiquates Ref: 28799
