![]() ![]() The first printing of the second edition, with the following attributes: title-page with the M (in the date slightly to the right of the "D" in the publisher's name, Dodsley, just above the preface: -iv with floral printer's ornament on iv 1-356pp, line 23, shows the misprint: "ascertainmennt" and a dagger printer's mark at the bottom of p194. Burke's position appealed to the landed class' fear of mob rule it supported the view that the Revolution would destroy French society. This work engendered a strong response, including Thomas Paine's 'The Rights of Man'. Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), Irish political thinker's famous attack on the French Revolution. ![]() ![]() In a Letter Intended to have been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris. Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. ![]()
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