Queries concerning the Conduct which England should follow in Foreign Politics in the Present State of Europe. Written in October, 1788
London, J. Debrett, 1789.
Octavo, [ii] (title leaf), vi, 8 [tables of exports from St Petersburg, including two long double-sided folding sheets), 86 pages.
Disbound (edges lightly speckled), with residue from the old binding on the spine; title leaf slightly chipped at the corners, with some residual glue and a tiny hole near the spine; leading edge of one folding table a little chipped and dusty; a very good copy. On page 56, a correction has been made in ink (lines 6 and 7: 'a single horse' is now '2 horses'), and from lines 15-17, the following has been crosshatched out: 'that the writer of these Queries has lifted it upon his shoulder' (with reference to 'Carronades of a small bore'). An early signature (John Horwoods) is written in ink on the verso of the title page.
Dalrymple (1726-1810), fourth baronet of Cranstoun, was one of the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland. He was a prolific author of history and current affairs, and he 'occupied his leisure with various experiments of a useful kind. He discovered the art of making soap from herrings' ('Dictionary of National Biography').
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