7. [SAINT-JOHN,
Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.]
The Craftsman extraordinary; containing an answer to The Defence of the enquiry into the reasons of the conduct of Great-Britain.
In a letter to the Craftsman. By John Trot, Yeoman. Publish’d by Caleb D’Anvers, Esq;
. . .
London: printed for
Richard Francklin,
m dcc xxix
. [1729.]
36 leaves, including the half-title (with the price,
one shilling) and the last leaf, with the errata on the recto and a list of
books lately published on the verso.
Halkett and Laing I, 451.
John Trot, Yeoman, was one of the pseudonyms of Henry Saint-John, Viscount Bolingbroke.
[2766]
J. 189
Collection of the most val
(
~b
)le tracts of 1764, 5, 6, 7.
4. v.
8
vo.
Almond.
1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 182, Debrett’s Collection of Tracts 1763-70 4 v 8vo.
A Collection of scarce and interesting tracts. Written by persons of eminence; upon the most important, political and commercial
subjects, during the years 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769 and 1770 . . . In
four volumes. Vol. I. [-IV.]
London: printed for
J. Debrett,
m dcc lxxxviii. [-
m dcc lxxxvii.]
[1788, 1787.]
DA510 .C6
4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 202 leaves, including the last with
Debrett’s advertisement; vol. II, 184 leaves; vol. III, 228 leaves; vol.
IV, 180 leaves.
Not in Lowndes.
Sabin 19123.
Rebound in half red morocco, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Not initialled by Jefferson, who has expanded,
with an autograph entry in ink, one of the items in the Contents list in volume IV.
Jefferson ordered his copy from
Payne (London), in a letter written from Paris on January 28, 1789.
Contains several tracts of American interest, including
Dr. Franklin’s Examination before the House of Commons, in support of the repeal of the American Stamp Act
, and
Proceedings of his Majesty’s privy council, upon an address to remove Governor Hutchinson, with the Speech of Lord Loughborough
upon that occasion; collected by Israel Mauduit, Esq.
John Almon, 1737-1805, English bookseller, publisher, and journalist, sold his business in 1781 to John Debrett (d. 1822). He published
in 1766 a
Collection of the most interesting tracts, lately published in England and America, on the subjects of taxing the American
Colonies, and regulating their trade
. Debrett’s collection was the only one sold by Jefferson to Congress.
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J. 190
The militia reformed, essay on national credit, revenues &c.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 175, as above.
Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., old sprinkled calf, rebacked with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved
in the new endpapers. The tracts are numbered in ink serially on the title-pages.
JA36 .P8 vol. 22
1. [TOLAND,
John.]
The militia reform’d; or an easy scheme of furnishing England with a constant land-force, capable to prevent or to subdue
any forein [sic] power; and to maintain perpetual quiet at home, without endangering the publick liberty . . .
London: printed by
John Darby and sold by
Andrew Bell,
mdcxcviii
. [1698.]
