BURKE, Edmund (1729-97). Reflections on the Revolution in France, London, for J. Dodsley, 1790, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with combination of gatherings bx, modern half calf, gilt [Todd 53a]; and 9 other pamphlets in 3 vols.including 8 by Burke [Todd 53k; 65a (2 copies); 66a; 66b (2 copies); 70a and 74c]; and a collection of radical pamphlets. (a lot)

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BURKE, Edmund (1729-97). Reflections on the Revolution in France, London, for J. Dodsley, 1790, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with combination of gatherings bx, modern half calf, gilt [Todd 53a]; and 9 other pamphlets in 3 vols.including 8 by Burke [Todd 53k; 65a (2 copies); 66a; 66b (2 copies); 70a and 74c]; and a collection of radical pamphlets. (a lot)

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According to Todd the first issue consisted of 4,000 copies and "for the first two impressions the terminal gatherings were set in duplicate and thus may occur in any one of four combinations."

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