Letters on the English Nation: by Battista Angeloni, a Jesuit, Who resided many years in London. Translated from the Original Italian by the author of 'The Marriage Act.'

SHEBBEARE, JOHN

Published by London'printed in the year ', 1755

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2 volumes, 8vo, pp lx, [4], 228: [8], 296, bound in contemporary calf, spine with raised bands, rubbed and chipped at spine ends, lacking labels, internally very sound and clean FIRST EDITION, a political satire, modelled on Bolingbroke's writings against Robert Walpole. This work alone entitled Shebbeare, in the opinion of Boswell, 'to a respectable name in literature.' The work was reprinted in modified form the following year with the publisher's name included in the imprint. Seller Inventory # 28518

Bibliographic Details

Title: Letters on the English Nation: by Battista ...

Publisher: London'printed in the year '

Publication Date: 1755

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good