Author: [Warren Hastings]. BURKE, Edmund.
Title: Articles of Charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors Against Warren Hastings, Esquire Late Governer General of Bengal [with] The Defence of Warren Hastings, Esq .. at the Bar of the House of Commons....
Description: London, Stockdale1786. Octavo calf (rebacked). ¶ I got confused, then bored, trying to untangle all the forms in which Burke's charges and Hasting's defence appeared. So what is here are articles I to XXII of Burke's charges (of which XXII, the last, seems the only one Burke is solely responsible for). Of these, articles I to XVI are continuously paginated and signed; articles XVII to XXI are a separate printing and presumably had a title if sold separately; and article XXII is again separately signed, and titled as the fourth [and last] part. At the end of the first part of the 'Defence' the publishers advertise part II ready for "Thursday next" (9 May) and 'The Charges' complete in one volume which, as Burke had only finished presenting his charges the day before the advert dated 6 May, seems fairly speedy. Hasting's defence is in 3 parts each with titles but is continuously paginated and signed. So, some of it may be first printings and some may be reprinting, presumably from standing type. The rest is up to you.

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