[JOHNSON, Samuel.] Thoughts on the Late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands, London, for T. Cadell, 1771, 8°, FIRST EDITION, revised issue with with cancelled K2 (lacking half-title, the title, BI and final leaf L2 are detached), disbound. [Courtney & Smith p.115; Rothschild 1252]

细节

[JOHNSON, Samuel.] Thoughts on the Late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands, London, for T. Cadell, 1771, 8°, FIRST EDITION, revised issue with with cancelled K2 (lacking half-title, the title, BI and final leaf L2 are detached), disbound. [Courtney & Smith p.115; Rothschild 1252]

拍品专文

"This pamphlet was written in answer to letter 42 (Jan 30, 1771) of Junius. It contained a history of the Islands from the earliest times to their seizure by the Spaniards and their restoration to the English, without prejudice to the question whether the Spaniards possessed 'the prior right of sovereignty', with a long dissertation on the evils of warfare and the reason why war against Spain should not be declared. At page 37 is a paragraph attacking the 'feudal gabble of a man of lessening character' [Lord Chatham]."