Item #252597 Observations on the Dispute Between the United States and France. Franco-American Relations, Robert G. Harper.

Observations on the Dispute Between the United States and France.

London: Debrett, Wright and Hatchard …, 1798.

Price: $100.00


About the item

Fourth British edition. viii, [5] -109, [1] pp. 8vo. 20th-century speckled calf, gilt, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Spine lightly sun-faded. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Minor scattered foxing. Very good plus. Howes H209; Sabin 30432; ESTC T110410.

Item #252597

Published the year after 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.