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[003600] Burke, Edmund. Two Letters Addressed to a Member of the Present Parliament WITH A Letter from the Rt. Honourable Edmund Burke to His Grace the Duke of Portland WITH Three Memorials on French Affairs WITH A Third Letter to a Member of the Present Parliament. London: F. And C. Rivington, 1796. Reprint. 8vo. Full Calf. Good.

Sammelband of pamphlets by Burke, 1796-1797. 1. ‘Two Letters Addressed to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace With the Regicide Directory of France’, 1796, [3], 2-188p; 2. ‘A Letter from the Rt. Honourable Edmund Burke to His Grace the Duke of Portland, on the Conduct of the Minority in Parliament. Containing the Fifty-Four Articles of Impeachment Against the Rt. Hon. C.J. Fox. From the Original Copy, in the Possession of the Noble Duke’, printed for the Editor and Sold by J. Owen, 1796, [5], 2-94pp, [2]; 3. ‘Three Memorials on French Affairs. Written in the Years 1791, 1792 and 1793’, 1797, [3], ii-xxxi, [2], *2-*4, [1], 2-199pp, [11] and 4. ‘A Third Letter to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France’, 1797, [3], ii-vi, [3], 2-165pp, [1].

Near contemporary tree calf, smooth spine, divided into six panels, title label to second panel. Chipped to spine ends with small amounts of loss exposing end bands, rubbed. Internally lightly browned throughout, occasionally slightly soiled, with a few small nicks and tears.

First mentioned lacks the half-title (with the edition information), but it is definitely a later edition, see Todd 66 for a myriad of editions; second mentioned is Todd 67e (the first counterfeit edition, of which there were several, possibly Scottish); the third is Todd 69C (the third impression) and the fourth lacks the half-title and adverts and is also a later impression, see Todd 71