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An important secret come to light, or, The States General's reasons for refusing to guaranty the E-------e of H-----r : and to act offensively against France in the Netherlands, as lately proposed by the ministers of G.B. : being the arguments used by Mynheer ------ at a conference held the beginning of October last at the Hague, with two B-----h noblemen, justifying the neutrality of the United Provinces
Title
An important secret come to light, or, The States General's reasons for refusing to guaranty the E-------e of H-----r : and to act offensively against France in the Netherlands, as lately proposed by the ministers of G.B. : being the arguments used by Mynheer ------ at a conference held the beginning of October last at the Hague, with two B-----h noblemen, justifying the neutrality of the United Provinces.
Publication
London : Printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Paternoster-Row, MDCCXLII [1742]
Physical Description
[2], 64 pages ; 22 cm (8vo)
Local Notes
BEIN College Pamphlets 1264 7: 20 cm. From the library of Henry Barker.
BEIN College Pamphlets 897 3: 19 cm. From the library of William Whitman Farnam.
Notes
Published anonymously.
An attack on Walpole and George II, ostensibly a translation but probably an original work -- National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints.
E-------e of H-----r = Electorate of Hanover.
Verso of title page blank.
Head- and tail-piece, initial.
Provenance
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day iii.1--6 (36 vols.), 67-70 (40 vols), and 111-114 (44 vols.), purchased mostly for the Buckingham Palace Library.
Calf, with Horace Walpole's manuscript list of coments, and the pamphlets numbered by him.
Armorial bookplate: Horatio Walpole.
No. 1. Bath, W.P. Review of all that hath pass'd ... : Horace Walpole's title: Review relating to ye convention.
No. 3. Marchmont, H.H. Present interest of the people ... : Unidentified manuscript notes, one giving date: 1742-3?; Horace Walpole's title: Present interest of G. Britain; this copy is 21 cm.
No. 4. Critical, expatiatory, and interesting address ... : Horace Walpole's title: Address to Ld. Bath.
No. 4. Critical, expatiatory, and interesting address ... : The "apostate", identified (probably erroneously) by British museum as Lord Chesterfield, is presumably Lord Bath.--See Horace Walpole's ms. note on title-page.
No. 6. Profit and loss of Great-Britain ... : Unidentified manuscript notes.
No. 7. Caveat against concluding this session ... : Horace Walpole's title: Caveat ag. act of indemnity. This copy is 21 cm.
Variant and related titles
States General's reasons for refusing to guaranty the E-------e of H-----r
States General's reasons for refusing to guaranty the Electorate of Hanover
Binder's title: Pamphlet. No. 5
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
English short title catalogue, T90446
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Early works.
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Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
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England London.
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