Reflections On the Revolution In France, and On the Proceedings In Certain Societies In London Relative To That Event, In a Letter Intended To Have Been Sent To a Gentleman In Paris

London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1790. Second edition. Hardcover. Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), Irish political thinker's famous attack on the French Revolution. This work engendered a strong response, including Thomas Paine's 'The Rights of Man'. Burke's position appealed to the landed class' fear of mob rule; it supported the view that the Revolution would destroy French… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: D. Humphreys, for Young, Dobson, Carey, and Rice, 1792. 256pp. Lacking boards. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. "One of the most brilliant of polemics" [PMM]. Although Burke had supported the American Revolution, the slaughter and excesses of the French Revolution were more than Burke could stomach. This is the best book written in opposition to that Revolution.… Read more about this item

New York, 1791. [4],196pp. [bound with:] VINDICIAE GALLICAE. DEFENCE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND ITS ENGLISH ADMIRERS AGAINST THE ACCUSATIONS OF THE RIGHT HON. EDMUND BURKE...by James Mackintosh. Dublin. 1791 [2]vi,167pp. [bound with:] LESSONS TO A YOUNG PRINCE, BY AN OLD STATESMAN, ON THE PRESENT DISPOSITION IN EUROPE TO A GENERAL REVOLUTION. The Sixth Edition. New York: Re-Printed by… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: printed by D. Humphreys for Young, Dobson, Carey, and Rick, 1792. Second American edition (first printed in NY by Hugh Gaine the previous year), 8vo, pp. 256; see Printing and the Mind of Man, 239; Todd 53gg; Evans 24157; bound with: Mackintosh, James. Vindicae Gallicae. Defense of the French Revolution and its English admirers against the accusations of… Read more about this item

Dublin: printed by William Porter, for J. Sheppard [et al.], 1791. Eighth edition, 8vo, pp. iv, 356; full contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, gilt lettering direct on spine (mostly rubbed away), front hinge cracked; good and relatively sound. "Though designated 'eighth edition' both this and the earlier Dublin issues are of 356 pages, and thus of a version deriving… Read more about this item

London: Printed For J.Dodsley, 1790., 1790. 8vo. pp. iv, 356. contemporary tree calf (spine ends worn, front joint cracked, institutional bookplate, light spotting to a few leaves). Second Edition, First Impression. Burke's eloquent indictment of the 'horrors' and excesses of the Revolution earned him a European authority and popularity that he had never attained in his own country or with… Read more about this item

(1) London: Printed for J. Dodsley, (2) London: Printed for J. Johnson, (3) Birmingham: Printed by Thomas Pearson and sold by J. Johnson, 1790, 1790, 1791.. Three volumes bound in one. First work second edition, fourth impression, the other two first editions. 8vo. iv, 356; (ii), 100, (2); (ii), 152 pp. Later period style brown full morocco, spine with… Read more about this item

London: J. Dodsley, 1791. Book. Very Good. Full Red Morrocco Binding. Eleventh Edition.. 364pp Bound with A LETTER FROM MR. BURKE TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY; IN ANSWER TO SOME OBJECTIONS TO HIS BOOK ON FRENCH AFFAIRS (4TH EDITION (1791) (74pp) Bound with AN APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS, IN CONSEQUENCE OF SOME LATE DISCUSSIONS… Read more about this item

London: Dodsley, 1790. The second edition. Un volume (13x21 cm) di (4)-356 pagine. Traccia di tarlo nel margine bianco ai primi cinque fogli. In lingua inglese. Legatura coeva in tutta pelle marrone, dorso liscio con tassello di titolo; manca cuffia inferiore, usure a due angoli, ma nell'insieme condizioni molto buone. "" Is a political pamphlet written by the British… Read more about this item