Cobbett s Paper Against Gold

William Cobbett

Verlag: William Cobbett, 1817

Beschreibung

Cobbett s Paper Against Gold London William Cobbett 1817 in Good Condition bound in paper wraps, and with some cloth showing at tears on the spine; externally the boards and spine are bumped. Internally the leaves are generally clean and well margined, with the margin of leaf A6 cropped, cutting into the verso a bit, with some mild staining and occasional foxing throughout. Complete in All Respects The volume is paginated as follows: [ii]-vii, [1]-470, [1]. The volume collates as follows: [A]-P8. The volume measures about 23 cm. By 15 cm. By 2 cm. Each leaf measures about 230 mm. By 140 mm.William Cobbett was an English pamphleteer, farmer, journalist and member of parliament, who was born in Farnham, Surrey. He believed that reforming Parliament including abolishing the rotten boroughs would help to end the poverty of farm labourers. Relentlessly he sought an end to the borough-mongers, sinecurists and "tax-eaters" . He was against the Corn Laws, which imposed a tax on imported grain. Early in his career, he was a loyalist supporter of King and Country: but later he joined and successfully publicised the radical movement, which led to the Reform Act 1832, and to his being elected that year as one of the two MPs for the newly enfranchised borough of Oldham. Not a Catholic, he became a forceful advocate of Catholic Emancipation in Britain. Through the seeming contradictions in Cobbett's life, his opposition to authority stayed constant. He wrote many polemics, on subjects from political reform to religion, but is best known for his book from 1830, Rural Rides, which is still in print today. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1531405632979

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Cobbett s Paper Against Gold

Verlag: William Cobbett

Erscheinungsdatum: 1817

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Good