Russell, Lord John

Essai Sur L'Histoire Du Gouvernement Et De La Constitution D'Angleterre Depuis Le Regne D'Henri VII Jusqu'a Nos Jours

Paris [De l'Imprimerie de Smith,] Rosa, 1821 First French Edition. 8vo. [213 x 128 x 19 mm]. [1]f, vii, [i], 275 pp. Bound in contemporary calf, marbled endleaves, sprinkled edges. (Rebacked with new red goatskin label, the sides scraped and the edges of the boards worn). Some foxing, largely confined to the first section and a few margins. The work was not reprinted in France until 1865. NUC records only three copies of this first French edition (DLC, MH, ICU). With the bookplate of John, sixth Duke of Bedford (1766-1839), the father of the author. From the library at Woburn Abbey.

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