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Wordsworth, William
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- Wordsworth, William
- Concerning the relations of Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal, to each other, and to the common enemy, at this crisis; and specifically as affected by the Convention of Cintra... London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809.
- Paper, ink, leather
8vo (211 x 130 mm). Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, neatly rebacked with the original spine preserved, spine title gilt ("Miscellanies").
First edition of Wordsworth's first prose work, a passionate statement of political outrage which was seen through the press by De Quincey. The Convention of Cintra was a controversial episode in the Peninsular War, which followed the defeat of the French army in Portugal at the Battle of Vimiero. For reasons of expediency, the British generals, without consulting their allies, reached a pact with the French that was seen by many in England, including Wordsworth, as a betrayal of sacred principles of political liberty, as it put defeated enemy troops back at Napoleon's disposal.
[Bound with:]Huskisson, William. The question concerning the depreciation of our currency stated and examined. London: printed for John Murray; and J. Hatchard; W. Blackwood (Edinburgh); and M. N. Mahon (Dublin), 1811.
With ownership notes of Sir John Taylor Coleridge , a nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This pamphlet earned the author the reputation of being the leading financier of his age.
First edition of Wordsworth's first prose work, a passionate statement of political outrage which was seen through the press by De Quincey. The Convention of Cintra was a controversial episode in the Peninsular War, which followed the defeat of the French army in Portugal at the Battle of Vimiero. For reasons of expediency, the British generals, without consulting their allies, reached a pact with the French that was seen by many in England, including Wordsworth, as a betrayal of sacred principles of political liberty, as it put defeated enemy troops back at Napoleon's disposal.
[Bound with:]Huskisson, William. The question concerning the depreciation of our currency stated and examined. London: printed for John Murray; and J. Hatchard; W. Blackwood (Edinburgh); and M. N. Mahon (Dublin), 1811.
With ownership notes of Sir John Taylor Coleridge , a nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This pamphlet earned the author the reputation of being the leading financier of his age.
Literature
Cornell 22; Wise, pp. 16-17; Tinker 2336 (lacking the "Advertisement" leaf); CBEL III, 185; CBEL (3) IV, 499.