first edition Engraved folding map of Dunkirk at rear. xvi, [17]-88 pp. 4to
1714 · London
by Steele, Sir Richard
London: R. Burleigh, 1714. First edition. Engraved folding map of Dunkirk at rear. xvi, [17]-88 pp. 4to. Uncut, in later half sheep and marbled boards. Covers worn, with loss to head of spine, title mounted on stub, repaired at lower outer corner, and soiled. First edition. Engraved folding map of Dunkirk at rear. xvi, [17]-88 pp. 4to. First edition of Steele's account of his trial and expulsion from the House of Commons for sedition, on grounds that he had published seditious material in The Crisis and certain numbers of The Englishman Dedicated to Horace Walpole, who provided Steele's defense. Uncommon on the market. Ashley V, p. 202; Blanchard, Tracts, p. 275; Rothschild 1954. Provenance: Amos Tuck French (bookplate); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate)
(Inventory #: 308163)