Cobbett s Political Register Vol. XXVIII From July to September, 1815.

Cobbett, William

Verlag: G. Houston, 1815

Beschreibung

Cobbett s Political Register Vol. XXVIII From July to September, 1815. Printed and Published by G. Houston, London, 407 pp, half leather, 10 x 6 , 8vo. In good condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to corners and edges. Darkened boards from age and wear with toning to marbled paper. Tips and joints are scuffed with light red rot. Front joint tender. End bands are lightly crushed with red rot as well. Front gutter tender. Interior good with light toning and minor instances of foxing. Orange stamp duties placed on the rear of each issue. Free of other markings. Binding intact. Please see photos. Contains twenty-four issues from (Volume XXVIII #1-13) July 8th to September 30, 1815, lacking August 19th issue. (Volume XXIX #1-13) from October 7-December 30, 1815 (lacking October 21 issue). Includes much on the war with Napoleon and the U.S. The Cobbett s Weekly Political Register, commonly known as the Political Register, was a weekly London-based newspaper founded pamphleteer and politician William Cobbett in 1802. Originally propounding Tory views, and costing a shilling, Cobbett changed his editorial line to embrace radicalism, such as advocating widening the suffrage. It had a large circulation for the time of 6,000 copies. The government was alarmed by its radicalism and tried to prevent mass circulation by adding stamp duty on all newspapers, putting them out of reach of all but the wealthiest. Cobbett also published the Register in a cheap 2d pamphlet, which kept political comment but evaded stamp duty by excising news. It soon gained a circulation of 40,000. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers COLB1815EIKW

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Titel: Cobbett s Political Register Vol. XXVIII ...

Verlag: G. Houston

Erscheinungsdatum: 1815

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

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