[Rarebooks] fa: THE PAMPHLETEER 1813-14 - ECONOMICS Religion LAW East India Company SLAVE TRADE &c. - 4 vols.

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

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The Pamphleteer: Respectfully Dedicated to Both Houses of Parliament. Vols. I-IV. London: Printed by A.J. Valpy, Tooke's Court, Chancery Lane; Sold by Gale and Fenner, Paternoster Row [et al], 1813-1814. Four volumes, 8vo (22 cm) in full period tree calf. Second edition of the first volume, first editions of the rest. Bindings with rubbing, wear to the edges and chipping to the spine ends, some joints cracked but holding; some foxing to the first and last leaves of each volume, a few occasional light spots elsewhere, a couple of leaves with closed tears to the edges, else quite clean and fresh.
A complete run of the first four volumes, comprising the first eight numbers, of The Pamphleteer, a sporadically published collection of pamphlets and tracts on the religious, economic, scientific, political, legal, social and cultural issues of the day. With eighty-six separate works in all, many of which are "originals" published here for the first time. Titles include:

ON GOVERNMENT & LAW:
	- Anticipation of Marginal Notes on the Declaration of Government of the Ninth of January, 1813, in the American National Intelligencer.
	- An Address to the Parliament of Great Britain, on the Claims of Authors to their own Copy-Right.
	- A Sketch of the Various Proposals for a Constitutional Reform in the Representation of the People, Introduced… from 1770 to 1812. Never Before Published.
	- Reform of Parliament, the Ruin of Parliament. By Henry Hawkins, Esq. Never Before Published.
	- Strictures on the Right, Expedience, and Indiscriminate Denunciation, of Capital Punishment. Original.
	- The Origin, Object and Operation of the Apprentice Laws… Original.
	- Insurance Against Robbery; or The Present System of the Police Considered, and a New One Proposed. Original.
	- An Appeal to the Legislature for the Repeal of the Act Regulating the Marriage of the Royal Family. Original.
	- Brief Observations on the Punishment of the Pillory.
	- Etc.

ON ECONOMICS , TRADE, &c.:
	- A View of the Consequences of Laying Open the Trade to India, to Private Ships; With some Remarks on the Nature of the East India Company's Rights to the Territories… and on the Conduct and Issue of the Late Negociation for the Renewal of their Exclusive Privileges.
	- A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Buckinghamshire…On the Subject of an Open Trade to India.
	- The Letters of Gracchus on the East India Question.
	- Outlines of a Plan of Finance: Proposed to be Submitted to Parliament.
	- Observations on Mr. Vansittart's Plan of Finance. Original.
	- An Account of a Supply of Fish, for the Manufacturing Poor. By Sir Thomas Bernard, Bart.
	- Public Prosperity: or Arguments in Support of a Plan for Raising Six Millions Sterling…
	- Memoir concerning the Commercial Relations of the United States with Great Britain. By M. de Talleyrand.
	- Etc.

ON RELIGION:
	- An Appeal to the Protestant Dissenters of Great Britain, to Unite with their Catholic Brethren, for the Removal of the Disqualifications by which they are Oppressed.
	- Two Lectures on the Question of Catholic Emancipation. Original.
	- Letter Addressed to the Clergy of Somersetshire, relative to Undue Marriages.
	- An Inquiry into the Consequences of Neglecting to Give the Prayer Book with the Bible. By Herbert Marsh, D.D., F.R.S.
	- An Examination of Mr. Cobbett's Objections to the Bill for the Relief of the Unitarians. An Original.
	- Etc.

MISCELLANEOUS:
	- Observations on Several Authors and Books in the English and Foreign Languages, Which are Necessary for the Formation of a Select and Small Library.
	- The Case Stated between the Public Libraries and the Booksellers.
	- Dramatic Emancipation, or Strictures on the State of the Theatres, and the Consequent Degeneration of the Drama; on the Partiality and Injustice of the London Managers [etc.]; Particularly Deserving the Attention of the Subscribers for a Third Theatre. By James Lawrence, Knight of Malta, Author of the 'Empire of the Nairs,' — 'Englishman at Verdun,' &c. Original.
	- The Life of Henri Masers de Latude, who was Imprisoned Thirty-Five Years. To which is added Some Account of the Bastille. Never Published in this Country.
	- The History of Toussaint Louverture. A New Edition, with a Dedication to His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias.
	- Narrative of the Crucifixion of Matthew Lovat, Executed by His Own Hands, at Venice, in the Month of July, 1805. Now First Translated into English.
	- On Buonaparte and the Bourbons, and the Necessity of Rallying Around our Legitimate Princes, for the Safety of France and of Europe. By F.A. de Chateaubriand.
	- A Few Suggestions on the Slave Trade, By Homo.
	- The Speech of Sir Samuel Romilly… on that Article in the Treaty of Peace which relates to the Slave Trade.
	- Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow. To which is Annexed a Copious Index to Many Passages Relating to this Bird… By Thomas Forster, F.L.S.
	- Etc., etc.