A letter addressed to john cartwright, esq. chairman of the committee at the crown and anchor; on the subject of parliamentary reform.
London.
Printed for Constable, Hunter, Park & Hunter, 1809.
First edition.
8vo.
22pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher’s advertisements. Modern brown crushed morocco-backed tan paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Decorated endpapers, bookplate of Sidney Broad to FEP. Clean and crisp.
The first edition of a pamphlet by Thomas Douglas, fifth Earl of Selkirk (1771-1820), addressed to John Cartwright (1740-1824) renouncing parliamentary reform for its encouragement of political agitators.
A note on the verso of title page states: 'This copy differs from the original only by the transposition of two paragraphs, and a few verbal corrections'.
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref: 30616
A note on the verso of title page states: 'This copy differs from the original only by the transposition of two paragraphs, and a few verbal corrections'.
