Speech of Edmund Burke Esq. on Moving his Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies, March 22 1775. The Third Edition.

  • Burke, Edmund
  • London: Printed for J. Dodsley 1778
  • ESTC T49653; T41525; T37878; T52093; T49637; T49643 & Todd 25d; 23b; 28e; 29b; 39d; 33e.

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8vo, pp. [ii], 107, [1]. Half-title discarded. [Bound with:] Mr. Edmund Burke’s Speeches at his Arrival at Bristol, and at the Conclusion of the Poll. The second edition. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1775. 8vo, pp. 31, [1]. [And:] A Letter from Edmund Burke, Esq;… to John Farr and John Harris, Esqrs… on the Affairs of America. Fourth edition. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1777. 8vo, pp. 79, [1]. Half-title discarded. [And:] Two Letters from Mr. Burke to Gentlemen in the City of Bristol, on the Bills Depending in Parliament relative to the Trade of Ireland. The Second edition. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1778. 8vo, pp. [iv], 32. [And:] A Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. at the Guildhall, in Bristol, Previous to the late Election in that City, upon certain points relative to his parliamentary conduct. The fourth edition. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1781. 8vo, pp. [ii], 68. Half-title discarded. [And:] Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq… on presenting to the House of Commons (on the 11th of February 1780) a Plan for the better security of the independence of Parliament, and the oeconomical reformation of the civil and other establishments. The fourth edition. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1780. 8vo, pp. [ii], 95, [1]. Half-title discarded.
Six works bound together in 20th-century plain sheep. Paper mostly toned, some staining and other soiling, a few gutters with old tape repairs visible. Binding rubbed and marked. Occasional marginal pencil marks.

Notes

A coherent sammelband of Edmund Burke's political speeches, all in early reprints.
The first is an early reprint of Burke's second great speech on America, arguing against punitive measures or war in the dispute with the colonies that became the American War of Independence. Of the 34 copies of this printing listed in ESTC, only 2 are in the UK (BL and Oxford), with the majority of the remainder in North American institutions.

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