Observations on the Dispute Between the United States and France.
London: Stockdale, Debrett and Wright, 1797.
Price: $150.00
About the item
First British edition. 162 pp. 8vo. 20th-century three-quarter morocco and marbled boards. Extremities quite rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Minor soiling to titlepage, else clean internally. Very good. Howes H209; Sabin 30432; ESTC N1858.
Item #252596
Published the same year as the first American. Harper, a U.S. Congressman from South Carolina, pours scorn on the French, and his Federalist, pro-British stance naturally was popular in England. This work went through several editions.
