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Descriptive Information

Title
Letters on the Revolution of France, and on the new constitution established by the National Assembly : occasioned by the publications of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, M.P. and Alexander de Calonne, late Minister of State. Illustrated with a chart of the new constitution to which is added, an appendix containing original papers and authentic documents relative to the affairs of France : addressed to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. M. P. Part I [ Vol. II ; Part I. containing the French constitution.] / by Thomas Christie.
Call Number
Lapidus 5.774
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc2f75rj820
Publisher
London : Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1791.
Language
English
Date Created
1791
Extent
viii, 276, [1]-195; [4], 76 pages ; 21 cm
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 1 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
References
ESTC T71365
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
"Part I" includes an ’Appendix’ with separate pagination and register; "Vol. II. Part I. containing the French constitution" in the title; no more published?
The "chart" is two 1⁰ sheets, the first entitled ’Sketch of the new constitution of France. Respectfully inscribed to M. Louis Alexandre de la Rochefoucauld, by Thomas Christie’; the second sheet is headed 'Continuation' and has at foot: "Addresse des 200 electeurs de Bordeaux, Nov. 14. 1789".

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Subject
Burke, Edmund 1729-1797—Reflections on the revolution in France
Calonne, Charles Alexandre de 1734-1802
France—History—Revolution, 1789-1799—Causes
France—Politics and government—1789-1799
France—History—Revolution, 1789-1799

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File Count
577

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f5108dd6-c00a-46c9-8541-39fc9f514e84/manifest