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1791 Vindiciae Gallicae. Defence of the French Revolution and its English Admirers
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Description
Early Edition, Leather Binding
The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.
Scottish jurist, Whig politician and historian Sir James Mackintosh offers a response to Edmund Burke’s 'Reflections on the Revolution in France'.
Mackintosh defends the early phases of the French Revolution, arguing that its principles of liberty and equality were justified, and he vindicates those English intellectuals who supported it.
ESTC T50908
With the bookplate of T. Lawrence Yeoman to the front pastedown.
Mackintosh presents the case that monarchy and privilege had become corrupt and that a new constitutional order should be pursued.
Condition
In a contemporary calf binding, with gilt detailing to board perimeters. Head of front joint starting, with board firmly held. Rear hinge strained, but firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with spotting to title page and to the perimeters of the odd leaf.
Very Good
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