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London: G. G. and J. Robinson. Poor. 1791. Hardcover. Front cover is detached but present. Spine backstrip is missing the middle portion, each end is a loose flap. Spine label is missing. Covers have general slight wear. Front free endpaper has a diagonal crease to the upper outer corner. .

Hardback. New. This new edition offers an extensive editor's introduction, a fully annotated text of the first edition of Vindiciae Gallicae and an appendix which includes the significant substantive revisions that Mackintosh made to Vindiciae Gallicae in the late summer of 1791.

London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson. Very Good. 1791. Third Edition. Hardcover. Later (? ) half calf with marbled boards, gilt decor to spine, red spine label. The third edition with additions. Rubbing to boards. Armorial bookplate. [4] xiii [i] 15-351 [1] pp. Slight foxing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London: 1791., 1791 378p. Page edges slightly browned. Bookplate of Earl of Carysfort, Elton Hall 1894, with his paper shelf label. 8vo. Original full leather binding, front joint fragile. "'Vindiciae Gallicae' was published in April 1791 in answer to Burke's 'Reflections' Three editions were speedily sold, and the publisher liberally gave Mackintosh 'several times' the sum of L30, originally stipulated. Burke had been answered with much power by Thomas Paine. Mackintosh's reply, however, taking a less radical ground, and showing much literary and philosophical culture, was the most effective defense of the position of the Whig sympathizers with the revolution. It was partly translated into French by the Duke of Orleans". [DNB]. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! FRENG 2 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

1791. London: Printed for G.G.J. And J. Robinson, 1791.. London: Printed for G.G.J. And J. Robinson, 1791. An Important Defense of English Supporters of the French Revolution Mackintosh, Sir James [1765-1832]. Vindiciae Gallicae: Defence of the French Revolution and Its English Admirers, Against the Accusations of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke; Including Some Strictures on the Late Productions of Mons. de Calonne. London: Printed for G.G.J. And J. Robinson, 1791. [iv], 351, [1] pp Octavo (8" x 5"). Recent marbled boards, calf lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to text, light foxing to a few leaves, light soiling to tile page, small chip to its lower corner. $250. * Second edition, published the same year as the first edition. A reply to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (1791) by the great Scottish jurist, Whig politician and historian. Three editions were speedily sold, and the publisher liberally gave Mackintosh 'several times' the sum of ?30, originally… Read More

London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1791. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], xiii, [1], [15]-351; contemporary marbled boards, neatly rebacked, old red morocco label preserved, hinges with cloth reinforcement, some early underlining of the text in pencil; good and sound. "Three editions were speedily sold, and the publisher liberally gave him 'several times' the sum of 30 pounds, originally stipulated. Burke had been answered with much power by Thomas Paine. Mackintosh's reply, however, taking a less radical ground, and showing much literary and philosophical culture, was the most effective defence of the position of the whig sympathizers with the revolution" (DNB).

London: Robinson, 1791. First Edition. 8vo, pp. (iv), 351. Bound in modern calf, spine gilt over original marble boards. A very nice clean tight copy. Contemporary ownership signature of Dr. Webb on the title-page, a few inked marginal comments as well. Mackintosh was a philosopher born in 1765. In answer to Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution he wrote Vindici' Gallic'.... Burke had been answered by Thomas Paine, but Macintosh's reply, taking a less radical ground, and showing much literary and philosophical culture, was the most effective defence of the position of the Whig sympathisers of the revolution." It was partly translated by the Duke of Orleans (later Louis-Philippe). Macintosh's revolutonary ardor was cooled by the events in France and he later became an ardent admirer of Burke. Mackintoch later attacked Godwin and was rewarded by conservative forces with the facilities for his teaching a course in law.