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1727WRCLIT52793London: Printed by J. Watson. 1727. 231pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound volume. Paper flaw in blank portion of half-title some dust-spotting in gutter of title but a good copy. Second edtion of at least three editions cited by Goldsmiths all dated the same year. Shippen's "probity was best displayed in 1727 when singlehanded he opposed the settlement of the civil list urging its reduction by 200000l. annually in a speech of great frankness. He spoke of the 'frequent journeyings to Hanover' and the 'bottomless pit of secret service;' but no member could be found to second his motion" - DNB. GOLDSMITHS 6558. HANSON 3748n. KRESS 3724. Printed by J. Watson... unknown books
1791WRCLIT83235Paris: Imprimerie National 1791. 18pp. Later cloth and boards. Nice copy partially untrimmed. First edition. An uncommon report one of many compiled by the prominent revolutionary and publisher of the POINT DU JOUR. In this case the properties deeded to the king are listed along with values and incomes derived from them hitherto. OCLC: 223318958. Imprimerie National hardcover books
1797WRCLIT72915London: Printed for John Stockdale 1797. 702pp. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume untrimmed. Manuscript '7' on title leaf some dustsoiling at edges and to title otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Observations on naval impressment domestic financial policy peace negotiations with France universal suffrage and other current matters including reference to Adam Smith in a footnote. ESTC includes two entries for this title one for a single copy lacking the advert leaf and locates a total of ten copies. OCLC/Worldcat locates eight copies spread across three entries ESTC N1307 & T148317. GOLDSMITHS 16901. OCLC: 228758936; 17313149; and 612540379. Printed for John Stockdale unknown books
1785WRCLIT72914Dublin: Printed for Luke White 1785. 2ii200;24pp. plus errata slip affixed to title verso. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Modest tanning at edges and some dusting to title and terminal leaf two old stamps of a defunct mercantile library; a good copy. First Dublin edition this being ESTC's normal state of the title with '86' and 'His'. The concluding 24pp. are separately signed and paginated printing "A Bill for Effectuating the Intercourse and Commerce between Great Britain and Ireland ." ESTC suggests that the various London "editions" are likely related to the same setting as this printing. Woodfall "is said to have visited Dublin by invitation in 1784 to report the debates on the 'commercial propositions' Nichols Lit. Anecd. i. 303. His reporting was an effort of memory; he listened to a speech and then committed to paper a remarkably accurate version of it. His fame had preceded him and crowds followed him in the streets of Dublin because he was supposed to be 'endowed with supernatural powers.' Nichols records that Woodfall's report was printed and prepared for sale as a pamphlet and that 'not more than three copies were ever called for" - DNB. The last observation perhaps explains the efforts to market sheets under the London imprints although the extraordinary abundance of copies reported in OCLC suggests some measure of circulation occurred. ESTC N16791. BLACK 1433. KRESS B.984. GOLDSMITHS 12965. BRADSHAW 2149. Printed for Luke White unknown books
178929932Londres Paris: de l'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury 1789. Later printing. 208pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf marbled endpapers gilt spine. Very good. Bound with four other titles see below. Later printing. 208pp. 1 vols. 8vo. ESTC notes four other printings of this with different pagination but not this with 208 pages which is possibly a false imprint. Calonne had the dubious honor of being Minister of Finance under Louis XVI and left for England on the outbreak of the Revolution. <br/><br/>Bound with four other titles:<br/><br/>1 VERMOND l'Abbé de. La Cour Plénière Héroï-Tragi-Comédie . jouée le 14 Juillet 1788 . viii 104pp. 8vo Baville: ls Veuve Liberté 1788.<br/>2 _______. La Dernière edition de la Cour Plénière . iii 115pp. 8vo Baville 1788.<br/>3 LE FRANC DE POMPIGNAN Jean-George. Le Lever de Bâville Drame Héroïque . Pour servir de suite à la Cour Plénière . 76pp. 8vo Rome: Chez Barbarini n.d.<br/>4 LINGUET Simon Nicolas Henri. La France plus qu'Angloise ou Comparaison entre la Procédure entamée à Paris le 25 Septembre 1788 contre les Ministres du Roi de France et le Procès intenté à Londres en 1640 au Comte de Strafford principal Ministre de Charles Ier Roi d'Angleterre . Troisième edition. 141pp. 8vo Bruxelles 1789. Kress 1554 & 1555 different issues of the same year de l'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury unknown books
