Lessons to a young prince, by an old statesman, on the present disposition in Europe to a general revolution. With the addition of a lesson on the mode of studying and profiting by the Reflections on the French Revolution: by the Right Honorable Edmund Burke. Embellished with five copperplates, delineating five political constitutions in a mode entirely new. [Three lines in Latin from Cicero]

People / Organizations

• David Williams (Author)

Imprint

[New York]: London--printed: New-York, re-printed by Childs and Swaine. Sold by Berry and Rogers, no. 35, Hanover-Square, --1791--

Added name

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839, publisher. Childs, Francis, 1763-1830, printer. Swaine, John, 1762?-1794, printer. Berry, John, d. 1795, bookseller. Rogers, John, bookseller. Host Item [Unknown host].

Publication year

1791

ESTC No.

W36416

Grub Street ID

347132

Description

[5],10-68[i.e., 10-76]p., [5]leaves of plates : ill. ; 8⁰

Note

Attributed to David Williams by Evans.

Issued as the first title in: Select pamphlets: viz. 1. Lessons to a young prince .. Philadelphia : Mathew Carey, 1796 (Evans 31172). Also issued separately (Evans 24001).

Edition statement transposed; precedes "With the addition .." in title.

Error in paging: page numbers 49-56 repeated.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]? B-I? K?