Burke, Edmund & William PittSammelband of three important Works by Edmund Burke and William Pitt regarding American independence. London: 1775Together three works, 4to (185 x 264 x mm). Some spotting, marginal browning, one or two marginal repairs. Bound to style in half period russia and period marbled boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second with gilt lettering piece, others ruled in gilt. Titles as follows: Burke, Edmund. The Speech of Edmund Burke Esq.; On Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies, March 22, 1775. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1775. Half-title bound after text, contemporary marginalia. Howes B979 ("b"); American Controversy 75-17a; Sabin 9296 — Burke, Edmund. The Speech of Edmund Burke Esq.; On American Taxation, April 19, 1774. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1775. Burke's famous argument for the repeal of the duty on tea. Howes B980 ("b"); American Controversy 75-16a; Sabin 9295 — Pitt, William. Plan Offered by the Earl of Chatham, to the House of Lords, Entitled, A Provisional Act, for Settling the Troubles in America, and for Asserting the Supreme Legislative Authority and Superintending power of Great Britain Over the Colonies. London: Printed for J. Almon, 1775. Pitt's grand plea for conciliation, presented in February of 1775. Not in Adams; Rosenbach 7:4802; Nebenzahl 12:136; Sabin 63071 As important collection of three key efforts by two of the most noted American sympathizers of the pre-Revolutionary period, with this copy once having belonged to a British official in Revolutionary-era Quebec. "Whatever England has been growing to by a progressive increase of government, brought in by varieties of people, by succession of civilizing conquest and civilizing settlements, in a series of seventeen hundred years, you shall see as much added to her by America in a single life" (Burke, ...Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies). PROVENANCEFrancis Maseres, Attorney General of the British Province of Quebec from 1766-1769 (half-title of first volume signed "F. Maseres. May 25, 1775"; titlepages of second and third volumes signed "F. Maseres"; first work with marginalia)
Burke, Edmund & William PittSammelband of three important Works by Edmund Burke and William Pitt regarding American independence. London: 1775Together three works, 4to (185 x 264 x mm). Some spotting, marginal browning, one or two marginal repairs. Bound to style in half period russia and period marbled boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second with gilt lettering piece, others ruled in gilt. Titles as follows: Burke, Edmund. The Speech of Edmund Burke Esq.; On Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies, March 22, 1775. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1775. Half-title bound after text, contemporary marginalia. Howes B979 ("b"); American Controversy 75-17a; Sabin 9296 — Burke, Edmund. The Speech of Edmund Burke Esq.; On American Taxation, April 19, 1774. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1775. Burke's famous argument for the repeal of the duty on tea. Howes B980 ("b"); American Controversy 75-16a; Sabin 9295 — Pitt, William. Plan Offered by the Earl of Chatham, to the House of Lords, Entitled, A Provisional Act, for Settling the Troubles in America, and for Asserting the Supreme Legislative Authority and Superintending power of Great Britain Over the Colonies. London: Printed for J. Almon, 1775. Pitt's grand plea for conciliation, presented in February of 1775. Not in Adams; Rosenbach 7:4802; Nebenzahl 12:136; Sabin 63071 As important collection of three key efforts by two of the most noted American sympathizers of the pre-Revolutionary period, with this copy once having belonged to a British official in Revolutionary-era Quebec. "Whatever England has been growing to by a progressive increase of government, brought in by varieties of people, by succession of civilizing conquest and civilizing settlements, in a series of seventeen hundred years, you shall see as much added to her by America in a single life" (Burke, ...Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies). PROVENANCEFrancis Maseres, Attorney General of the British Province of Quebec from 1766-1769 (half-title of first volume signed "F. Maseres. May 25, 1775"; titlepages of second and third volumes signed "F. Maseres"; first work with marginalia)
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