Two letters addressed to a member of the present Parliament, on the proposals for peace with the regicide directory of France. / By the Right Hon. Edmund Burke.

Edmund Burke

RA Collection: Book

Record number

25/103

Author

Edition

Second Edition.

Imprint

London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington, 1796

Physical Description

[4], 188 p.; 208 mm.

General Note

First published as 'Thoughts on the prospect of a regicide peace'. The edition statement is taken from the half-title.

Errata appears on the verso of the title-page, followed by Letter I ('On the Overtures of Peace', p. 1-138), and then Letter II ('On the Genius and Character of the French Revolution as it regards other Nations', p. 139-188).

References

ESTC, N034528

Provenance

Part of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA presented by Mrs Rodwell in 1937 (see RA Annual Report for 1937, p. 55).
Bound (5) in vol. V of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA.

Binding Note

In green quarter-bound leather; spine with two red leather labels, both lettered in gilt, the first as 'Miscellaneous' and the second as 'Vol. / V'.

Subject

Burke, Edmund 1729-1797 ; Correspondence - Great Britain. Parliament ; Early works to 1800 - France History Directory, 1795-1799 Foreign public opinion. - Great Britain Foreign relations France - Great Britain Foreign relations France ; Early works to 1800

Contributors

Mrs. Rodwell, donor
Richard Westmacott the Younger RA, previous owner
F. and C. Rivington, publisher/bookseller