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Verlag: British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241692432ISBN 13: 9781241692438
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241697612ISBN 13: 9781241697617
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand, London, 1818
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
3 vols. 8vo. Third edition, revised and corrected. Third edition, revised and corrected. 3 vols. 8vo. Beautiful Contemporary Binding. Contemporary polished brown tree calf, flat spine gilt with six compartments, marbled edges. Fine.
Verlag: J. Debrett, London, 1787
Anbieter: Hordern House Rare Books, Surry Hills, NSW, Australien
Octavo; a little light spotting but a very nice copy in old half roan. An ironic (and sometimes biting) commentary on the political state of Britain by Sir Nathaniel Wraxall, including a savage attack on Lord Sydney and the First Fleet set for Botany Bay. Wraxall was a contemporary of Townshend in parliament, and the two men locked horns on a number of issues including the contentious scheme for a penal colony in New South Wales. This edition, the seventh "with additions", as well as the sixth edition of the same year, are the only two versions to contain the long passage on pages 77-83, which is in fact one of the earliest printed references to transportation to Botany Bay. Overall, Wraxall is scathing in his opinion of sending felons to the 'extreme verge of Nature' and likens the scheme to the fabled land of Lilliput by Swift. Lord Sydney comes under heavy fire; indeed Wraxall condemns him as downright incompetent in handling the most basic issues. Regarding the departure of the First Fleet, he writes 'was it not permitted to consult either reason, or naval experience, or humanity, in the time, chosen for their embarkation? Must the month of February be selected from the twelve, for the season of their departure? Does Lord Sydney recollect the fatal issue of Anson's, and of Pizarro's squadrons.If Lord Anson's experience and admonitions were insufficient: if Cook's more recent information were vain, even Robinson Crusoe would have taught him better.' Sydney's reputation as an able politician who became an insipid peer derives, to some extent, from the pithy appraisal that Wraxall included in his memoirs - that 'Tommy Townshend displayed very considerable talents. Lord Sydney, when removed to the Upper House of Parliament, seemed to have sunk into an ordinary man'. 'What can be said is that Sydney was perhaps mistaken in accepting a peerage and thus losing much of the influence that came from being a Commons man. He had been appointed by Rockingham - and retained by Shelburne and Pitt - for his debating skills, which were notable. His administrative skills, once in high office, were not so readily apparent.' (DNB). .
Verlag: Scribner and Welford, New York, 1884
Anbieter: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USA
hardcover. Zustand: near fine. Edited, with notes and additional chapters from the author's unpublished ms. by Henry B. Wheatley. Frontispiece portrait and numerous other engraved portraits, rubricated title pages. 5 volumes, tall 8vo, 3/4 polished brown calf, gilt-decorated spine, raised bands, t.e.g. New York: Scribner and Welford, 1884. Near Fine.
Verlag: T. Cadell, London, 1776
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print on red banner; Boards quarter bound with brown leather to spine and marbled paper to boards, wear to edges, short tears at top of hinges, light scuffing to leather, rubbing to paper, stain on rear; Text block has deckle edges, bookplate on front pastedown, initials in ink on front flyleaf, foxing to endpapers, light occasional foxing within, slight puckering to paper, else clean and tight; iv, 411 pages, tipped-in folded map. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. 1366597. FP New Rockville Stock.
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine soft ground etched portrait, printed circa 1820 . Mounted/matted and ready to frame. A fine opportunity to purchase an unusual and attractive engraving.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1809
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. An original antique engraving. Mounted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.
Verlag: Cadell & Davies, London, 1813
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive, decorative and unusual.
Anbieter: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Armadale, VIC, Australien
Traduit de l'anglais, de M. P., sur la septieme Édition. Par M. L. D. Paris : chez Hardouin & Gattey, 1787. Octavo (185 x 120 mm), disbound; pp. iv. [5]-76; a crisp, clean example. French translation of the seventh edition of a work attributed to Tory politician Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, 1st Baronet (1751-1831),A short review of the political state of Great-Britain at the commencement of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven (Ferguson, 28). Wraxall was a detractor of the British penal system in general, and a vehement opponent of the scheme for transportation to the proposed penal colony at Botany Bay in particular. The last few pages contain what are among the first references in print to transportation to Botany Bay, including scathing criticism of Lord Sydney. The translator, Louis Dutens (1730-1812), was a French writer who spent most of his life in Britain or in British service on the continent. He was both a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Trove: SLNSW; NLA [TOGETHER WITH] Réponse du Peuple au Pamphlet de la Cour, intitulé: Court Examen de l'Etat Politique de la Grande-Bretagne au commencement de l'Année 1787. Traduit de l'Anglois, de M. D., sur la Quatrième Edition. Paris : chez Hardouin & Gattey, 1787. Octavo (185 x 120 mm), disbound; pp. 40; a crisp, clean example. French translation, also by Louis Dutens, of The people's answer to the court pamphlet: entitled a short review of the political state of Great Britain (London, 1787). This is a response to Wraxall's polemic against the British government, attributed to Whig statesman and Foreign Secretary, Charles James Fox (1749?1806), a fierce proponent of transportation. No copies located on Trove.