Political Essays, with Sketches of Public Characters.

  • Hazlitt, William
  • London: Printed for William Hone 1819
  • Keynes 49.

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Description

FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. xxxvi, 439, [1]. Modern quarter navy morocco, blue cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt. Some spotting and soiling, mainly marginal, a few leaves with more substantial stains.

Notes

The first edition of this collection of essays including a substantial section dedicated to reflections on Malthus. Coleridge and Southey also feature among more directly political characters like Burke, Pitt, and Fox.

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