Letters Containing A Sketch of the Politics of France. From the Thirty-First of May 1793, Till the Twenty-Eighth of July 1794, and of The Scenes which have Passed in the Prisons in Paris

Williams, Helen Maria

Verlag: Mathew Carey, 1796

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Letters Containing A Sketch of the Politics of France. From the Thirty-First of May 1793, Till the Twenty-Eighth of July 1794, and of The Scenes which have Passed in the Prisons in Paris, by Helen Maria Williams, Printed for Mathew Carey, William Young, Thomas Dobson, H. & P. Rice, and John Omrod, Philadelphia, 1796, 283 pp, original tree calf leather, 7 x 4.25 , 12mo. In fair condition. Both boards are detached. Ex-library of the Mechanic s Society of Lancaster, PA. Worn original binding with moderate wear to extremities. Spine abraded with light dryness and slightly loss at head and tail. Foxed and mildly toned throughout. Some leaves chipped and brittle at edges. Free of known markings. Binding intact. Please see photos. Carey imprint. Helen Maria Williams (1759-1827) was a British novelist, poet, and translator of French-language works. A religious dissenter, she was a supporter of abolitionism and of the ideals of the French Revolution; she was imprisoned in Paris during the Reign of Terror, but nonetheless spent much of the rest of her life in France. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers RAREA1796BEGN

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Titel: Letters Containing A Sketch of the Politics ...

Verlag: Mathew Carey

Erscheinungsdatum: 1796

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fair

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