THE IDENTITY OF JUNIUS WITH A DISTINGUISHED LIVING CHARACTER ESTABLISHED; INCLUDING A SUPPLEMENT, CONSISTING OF HAND-WRITING AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.
NY: Kirk & Mercein, 1818. 8vo. 300pp. Portrait frontispiece, folding facsimiles. Original boards (rubbed, corners and edges worn) rebacked with paper, new paper spine label. Very good untrimmed copy. Item #33679
First American edition, from the second English edition, corrected and enlarged. The author makes the case for Sir Phillip Francis (see DNB for a long article with relevant discussion to this work). Junius, writing 1769-1772, was the pseudonym of a "well-informed Whig who poured brilliantly slanderous invective upon Tory-minded English ministers for a 'series of inconsistent measures' which allegedly ruined England and drove the colonies into excesses little short of rebellion" (DNB). American Imprints 45845.
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