Author: COBBETT,WILLIAM
Title: Histoire of la Reforme Protestante,en Angleteere Et en Irlande;Dans Une Serie de Lettres Addresses Au Peuple Anglais
Description: Paris: Chez Mequignon-Havand, 1826. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards,with title in gilt to spine.Marbled endpapers.no previous inscriptions.A little light spotting to endpapers.William Cobbett was the Son of a farmer and innkeeper, Cobbett joined the army when he was 21 but had to flee to America in 1791 after making accusations of military corruption. There he was stung into action in 1794 by the visit of Joseph Priestley, the scientist and radical. Convinced that Priestley was a traitor, Cobbett wrote the pamphlet that launched his journalistic career. For the next six years he published 12 volumes of diatribes against American democracy, his style securing him many enemies and the nickname 'Peter Porcupine'. After paying a heavy fine in a libel judgement, Cobbett returned to England in 1800.This handsome copy is the First French Edition,8vo 306pp First Edition. Very Good .

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