| Uniform title | Observations sur le Mémoire justicatif de la cour de Londres. English |
| Series |
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17093
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17093. ^A478749
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| General note | Concerns the Mémoire justificatif pour servir de réponse ä l'Exposé, &c. de la cour de France (London, 1779), written by Edward Gibbon at official request, which relates to the conduct of France in assisting the Americans in the war for independence. |
| General note | Translation of an anonymous pamphlet entitled: Observations sur le Mémoire justificatif de la cour de Londres (Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1780), attributed to J.-M. Gérard de Rayneval in: Barbier, M. Dictionaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes. 2d ed. (Paris, 1827), s.v. 23110. Attributed to Pierre Beaumarchais by Evans, who names Peter Stephen Du Ponceau as translator. Beaumarchais published a distinct work with the same title under his own name, whose imprint reads: A Londres, ä Philadelphie, 1779. |
| General note | Signatures: [A]² B-2I² [2K]² ([2K1] verso, [2K2] blank). |
| References |
Evans 17093 |
| References |
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4079 |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17093). |
