Letters written in Holland in the Months of September October, 1787. To which is added A Collection of letters, and Other Papers relating to the Journey of the Princess of Orange, on the 28th of June, 1787
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London: Printed for the Benefit of A Charitable Institution at Bath, and sold by J. Robson and W. Clarke..., 1788. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 205 x 120 mms., pp. [ii], 192, [3], 4 - 100, 2 folding engraved maps, contemporary lightly speckled calf, red leather label; binding very slightly dried but a very good to near fine copy. This work by Thomas Bowlder (1754 - 1825) was one of his earliest publications, written to chronicle the Prussian army's campaign against the Dutch. Commenting on the work in 1788, The Monthly Review was a bit sniffy: "These Letters appear to have been hastily written , and without any great prospect of awakening attention....," concluding, however, on a slightly less grudging note: "he is nevertheless a sensible and intelligent man, as may be gathered from several observations in his book; and has, undoubtedly, the merit of having given us an authentic detail of facts, which may prove highly useful to the historian...."
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- Letters written in Holland in the Months of September October, 1787. To which is added A Collection of letters, and Other Papers relating to the Journey of the Princess of Orange, on the 28th of June, 1787
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