Observations on the Dispute Between the United States and France.

London: Debrett, Wright and Hatchard, 1798.

Price: $75.00


About the item

Stated sixth edition. i, [ 5]-109, [1] pp. 8vo. Modern half roan and marbled boards, spine gilt. Spine lightly rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Small hole in center of last leaf, affecting part of five lines of text. Else, very good. Howes H209; Sabin 30432; ESTC T109519.

Item #252604

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 in Dublin and London, as well as the U.S.