Robertson's Edition. An account of the trial of thomas muir, esq. younger, of huntershill, before the high court of justiciary, at edinburgh. On the 30th and 31st days of August, 1793, for sedition..
Edinburgh.
Printed by J. Robertson, and sold at his office, [1793].
First edition.
8vo.
160pp. Modern cloth-backed white paper boards, with original lettering-piece preserved and pasted to spine. Lightly rubbed. Leaves browned, with spotting and light scuffing throughout.
The first edition of a tract compiled by Scottish printer and publisher James Robertson (1747-1816), retelling the proceedings of the trial of Scottish reformist and Quaker leader Thomas Muir (1765 –1799) for charges of sedition, held in Edinburgh across the 30th and 31st of August, 1793. Muir, who was sentenced to 14 years transportation, became the most famous of the so-called Scottish Martyrs, whose charges were protested in Parliament by several radical MPs. He would eventually escape New South Wales and return to Europe to assist Thomas Paine in his fight for British reform.
ESTC T19436.
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref: 34548
