first edition in English
GENTZ, Friedrich von; HERRIES, Charles John (translator).
On the State of Europe before and after the French Revolution; being an answer to L'Etat de la France à la Fine de l'An VIII.
London, Printed for J. Hatchard, bookseller to Her Majesty, opposite York House, Piccadilly, 1802.
The translator John Charles Herries (1778-1855) would go on to enjoy a successful career in the Treasury and Parliament, eventually serving a brief stint as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the short-lived Goderich ministry of 1827-1828.
First edition in English; 8vo (22.5 x 15 cm); slight dampstaining to head of textblock throughout; publisher's blue paper covered boards, carefully rebacked preserving the original paper label to spine, uncut edges, boards soiled; cxxiv, 391, [1]pp.
Stock code 121081
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On the State of Europe
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