Lessons to a Young Prince, by an Old Statesman, on the Present Disposition in Europe to a General Revolution AND a lesson on the mode of studying and profiting by reflections on the French Revolution

David Williams, Edmund Burke

Published by H D Simmons, 1790

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1790. Pamphlet. 159pp. 8vo. 19cm. The fourth edition of this political primer (printed in the same year as the original publication). With the addition of a lesson on the mode of studying and profiting by reflections on the French Revolution, by the right honourable Edmund Burke. Written by the founder of the Royal Literary Fund and addressed to the Prince of Wales, later George IV. A teacher, author, and minister, Williams visited France repeatedly and was actually made a French citizen in 1792. The work is illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of the prince, done by A. Van Assen and with five charts depicting arrangements of political power in England and America at various time periods. Occasional spots of foxing. . . . . Seller Inventory # KHS0058079

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Title: Lessons to a Young Prince, by an Old ...

Publisher: H D Simmons

Publication Date: 1790

Condition: Very Good