![]() ![]() ![]() Burke supported the American Revolution and the quest for liberties it entailed, without the destruction of fundamental government institutions, but he believed the French Revolution to be "one of the greatest calamities which has ever fallen upon mankind." He wrote REFLECTIONS. Item #WRCAM20267 An interesting volume of three works, including the second London edition of Burke's classic diatribe against the French Revolution and an American edition of his LESSONS TO A YOUNG PRINCE. ![]() Some fore-edge curling, with very minor expert paper repairs to REFLECTIONS. Contemporary ownership signatures on each titlepage. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards. New York: Re-Printed by Childs and Swaine, 1791. LESSONS TO A YOUNG PRINCE, BY AN OLD STATESMAN, ON THE PRESENT DISPOSITION IN EUROPE TO A GENERAL REVOLUTION. DEFENCE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND ITS ENGLISH ADMIRERS AGAINST THE ACCUSATIONS OF THE RIGHT HON. ![]()
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