[4], 36 pp. Title leaf and last page dusted. Else Very Good, with, as in every copy, a word blotted out on page 7. Bound in modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. A loyal Oxford man, Bentham rebuts members of Parliament who had censured Oxford University for addressing the King in favor of the American Revolution. "Occasioned by some members of Parliament having censured the University of Oxford for addressing the king in favor of the American war" [Allibone]. As Howes notes, Bentham defends "the honor of the University of Oxford, against the. aspersions of E[dmun]d B[urk]e; with observations on the present rebellion." "The author extols the University, praises the ministry, and reviles the Americans" [Sabin]. For those having difficulty with Latin, an English translation issued later in 1776. FIRST EDITION. Howes B363. Adams, American Controversy 76-14a. Sabin 4760.

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DE TUMULTIBUS AMERICANIS DEQUE EORUM CONCITATORIBUS MEDITATIO SENILIS

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J. Fletcher, and D. Prince; B. White, Londini, Oxonii

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1776

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