A Letter to the Examiner

Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, To Jonathan Swift

Publication Date: 1710

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A Letter to the Examiner By Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke. 1710 First Edition Printed in London. The Volume is in Very Good Condition, rebound in later marbled papered boards: Externally the boards and spine are lightly scuffed in general, with some paper peeling on the spine. Internally the leaves are generally clean and well margined, with some mild foxing and marginal toning, primarily at the title, and little else in the way of stains or tears. The Volume is Complete in All Respects The volume is paginated as follows: [2]-16. The volume collates as follows: A8. The volume measures about 18.5 cm. By 12 cm. By 0. Cm. each leaf measures about 185 mm. By 110 mm. Henry St John,1st Viscount Bolingbroke was an English politician, government official and political philosopher, and a friend of Jonathan Swift. Eagerly entering politics early in his life, St. John associated himself with Robert Harley, and set about fighting the Whig government prosecuting the War of Spanish Succession. The refusal of the Whigs to make peace with France in 1706, and again in 1709 when Louis XIV offered to yield every point for which the allies professed to be fighting, showed that the war was not being continued in the national interest, and the queen, Parliament and the people supported the ministry in its wish to terminate hostilities. It is this understanding of the continued war, and of the conduct of the Marlboroughs at court fuel the frustration at the heart of this letter. Attributed to Bolingbroke, the letter calls on the Examiner s editor (Swift) to continue to harangue the whig administration, and to address its shortcomings. Swift was pleased with this pamphlet and included it in the First Collected Edition of the Examiner "The Examiners for the year 1711. To which is prefix d, A letter to the Examiner, London 1712". Visit our website for More Images and/or Binding Spins.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Letter to the Examiner
• Publication Date: 1710
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good