[REVOLUTION] BURKE, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in - Lot 271

[REVOLUTION] BURKE, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France and on the Conduct of Certain Societies in London Relating to That Event. Third edition of this famous critique of the Revolution. A fine copy in a contemporary binding. Paris and London, Laurent and Edward, n.d. [circa 1790] In-8, marbled brown calfskin, ribbed spine, panels decorated with small gilt ironwork, red leather title label, blind-stamped fillet framing the covers, gilt fillet on the edges, guilloché end caps, yellow edges. VIII–536 and 8 pp. (table of contents). A stain along the front cover and a smaller one on the back cover; normal wear and tear; water stains on the margins of the first and last leaves; occasional foxing. Third edition, “revised, corrected, and expanded with a table of contents.” Bound following the table of contents: “Letter from Mr. Burke to His Translator” (8 pp.). In this political essay, Edmund Burke (1729–1797), a liberal member of Parliament and one of the leading figures of the Whig Party, offers a critique of the French Revolution. His analysis, which proved accurate in light of subsequent events, has ensured him a certain degree of posterity. From the library of Henri Joliet, bearing his bookplate with the monogram CBMHI and the motto “Think more than you speak.” On the inside back cover, a label indicating another provenance: “No. 59. Mr. Thomas, parish priest of Mormant, deputy to the National Assembly.” A fine copy.