Examen du Ministère de Mr. Pitt, dedié au Roi de Prusse; traduit de l'Anglois par le Colonel Chevalier de Champigny; avec des Notes Intéressantes
La Haye [the Hague]: Pierre Gosse Junior et Daniel Pinet, 1764. Hardcover. viii, 346 p.; 20 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Mr. Pitt." Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges red. Engraved armorial bookplate on front fixed endpaper: "Le Comte Lannoy De Clervaux." Small printed label on front fixed endpaper: "A Monsieur le comte Félix de Lannoy." Inscribed on half title page: "Monsieur Le Comte De Lannoy De Clerva." Stamp of the Pennsylvania State College Library on the title page verso. Translation by of A Review of Mr. Pitt's Administration by John Almon (1737-1805), an English journalist. William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778), was a prominent political figure in Great Britain during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War) and served as Prime Minister from 1766 to 1768. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss of gilt on lower spine; minor insect damage in lower margins of some leaves; clean and tight. Very Good. Item #007080
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