8vo. 48 leaves, printer’s imprint at the end, publisher’s advertisement on the last leaf.
Halkett and Laing V, 385.
On the back of the title is pasted a clipping from the
Morning Chronicle
, dated London, September 1, beginning:
A Morning Paper of Saturday, quoting an obscure pamphlet lately published, accuses the late Ministers of being the authors
or encouragers of the pamphlet so imprudently published last November, entitled “State of the Negociation.” A More disgraceful
and scandalous imposture than the latter pamphlet never issued from the London press; and it was immediately disavowed by
Ministers . . .
According to Halkett and Laing, whose authority is the Bodleian Library, the author of this pamphlet was Charles James Fox,
who died on 13 September, 1806. The Earl of Lauderdale (James Maitland, eighth Earl, 1759-1839), went to Paris on August 2,
1806, as joint commissioner with Francis Seymour, Earl of Yarmouth, for concluding a peace with France. The negotiations proved
abortive, and Lauderdale returned to England in October.
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3.
The Edinburgh Review, April 1806. N
o. XV.
[
Edinburgh:
D. Willison, printer,
1806.]
8vo. 122 leaves, including 3 leaves at the beginning with a list of works published by
Archibald Constable & Co.
Edinburgh, and
John Murray,
London [with the imprint of
James Muirhead, Rose Street], and the contents of No. XV and a leaf at the end
with
Works in philosophy, belles lettres, &c. just published by
William Creech,
Edinburgh, and
John Murray,
London
, followed by a blank. Printer’s imprint at the end.
The first article is a review of
War in disguise, or the frauds of the neutral flags
[no. 2809 above], followed by reviews of Griffiths’
Travels
, Cumberland’s
Memoirs
,
Inquiry into the state of the nation
, Miss Edgeworth’s
Leonora
, and others. Pages 223 to 234 contain the
Quarterly list of new publications, from 9. January to 10. April 1806.
Jefferson was a subscriber to the
Edinburgh Review over a period of years, and in a letter to the Marquis de Lafayette dated from Monticello May 17, 1816, mentioned: “
. . . you are aware that the Edinburgh Review is considered as the ablest work of that kind which has ever been published
. . .
”
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4. DIACON,
Joseph.
Coup-d’oeil sur la situation politique de l’Europe, par Joseph Diacon. A
Paris: chez
Rondonneau, imprimeur ordinaire du corps législatif,
septembre 1806.
First Edition. 16 leaves, including the half-title.
On the title is the autograph signature of Wm. Lee, Bordeaux.
Joseph Diacon was at this time clerk to the Minister of War in Paris.
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5. MEDFORD,
Macall.
Observations on European courts, and outlines of their politics, &c. &c. By Macall Medford, Esq. of America; during a residence of fifteen years in Europe, and upon his return to America.
London: printed by
Swan and Son, for
J. Blacklock, and
Thomas Dobson,
Philadelphia,
1807. [Price
two shillings.]
First Edition. 8vo. 26 leaves, dated at the end from 9, Grosvenor Street, King’s Road, July 23, 1807; printer’s imprint at the
end.
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6. MEDFORD,
Macall.
Oil without vinegar, and dignity without pride: or, British, American, and West-India interests considered. The
second edition. With a preface, and additions. Together with a chart, shewing the rise and fall of the trade between the
