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The North Briton.
by NORTH BRITON] WILKES, John (editor)]
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THE PRINCIPLE OF THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH - A KEY MOMENT
first collected edition 3 vols. small 8vo. (in fours) [4], 222; 241, [6]; 206, iv (contents), [1 (errata)]pp., contemporary calf, sides with bold and attractive mottled staining and a gilt rolled border, spines panelled by raised bands highlighted by double gilt fillets, black morocco title labels gilt, direct numbered gilt, slight rubbing at joints and to spines, but a very nice copy. Complete with the very uncommon vol. 3.
Contemporary (or near) signature on all three titles not deciphered, but possibly James Crummer .
ESTC n11141 Fairly common institutionally but with a significant number of copies without Vol. 3
The radical newspaper North Briton founded in 1762 to counter Tobias Smolett's pro-government paper The Briton was edited and in large measure written by John Wilkes. Nos. 1 to 44 appeared in folio format on successive Saturdays from June 1762 to April 1763 but No. 45 created a furore with lasting implications. That issue in criticising a speech by King George III implicitly accused the king of lying and Wilkes was charged with libel and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Wilkes challenged his arrest warrant and the seizure of his paper and won his case, and his release established an important constitutional freedom. However when later in the year he reprinted the issue it was seized by the government. "Before it could be burned, an assembled crowd rescued the text, and the ensuing events caused Wilkes to flee across the English Channel to France, and be eventually imprisoned again ... by the time Wilkes was released from prison in 1770, '45' was still a popular icon not only of Wilkes, but of freedom of speech in general" [wikipedia].In this edition vols. 1 and 2 contain Nos. 1 to 45. Vol 3. includes reprints of other material relating to the episode including the king's speech, parliamentary records, numerous letters by Wilkes, the 'extraordinary' issue of The North Briton of April 7th which 'was printed but never published', and contemporary comment from other newspapers and periodicals (The Monitor, The Auditor, St. James's Chronicle) and The North Briton No. 46 of Nov. 1763. This volume is paginated continuously throughout and with no. 46 at p.153-164.
The paper was later continued by William Bingley as nos. 47 to 218 (1768 - 1771) and he was similarly gaoled
first collected edition 3 vols. small 8vo. (in fours) [4], 222; 241, [6]; 206, iv (contents), [1 (errata)]pp., contemporary calf, sides with bold and attractive mottled staining and a gilt rolled border, spines panelled by raised bands highlighted by double gilt fillets, black morocco title labels gilt, direct numbered gilt, slight rubbing at joints and to spines, but a very nice copy. Complete with the very uncommon vol. 3.
Contemporary (or near) signature on all three titles not deciphered, but possibly James Crummer .
ESTC n11141 Fairly common institutionally but with a significant number of copies without Vol. 3
The radical newspaper North Briton founded in 1762 to counter Tobias Smolett's pro-government paper The Briton was edited and in large measure written by John Wilkes. Nos. 1 to 44 appeared in folio format on successive Saturdays from June 1762 to April 1763 but No. 45 created a furore with lasting implications. That issue in criticising a speech by King George III implicitly accused the king of lying and Wilkes was charged with libel and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Wilkes challenged his arrest warrant and the seizure of his paper and won his case, and his release established an important constitutional freedom. However when later in the year he reprinted the issue it was seized by the government. "Before it could be burned, an assembled crowd rescued the text, and the ensuing events caused Wilkes to flee across the English Channel to France, and be eventually imprisoned again ... by the time Wilkes was released from prison in 1770, '45' was still a popular icon not only of Wilkes, but of freedom of speech in general" [wikipedia].In this edition vols. 1 and 2 contain Nos. 1 to 45. Vol 3. includes reprints of other material relating to the episode including the king's speech, parliamentary records, numerous letters by Wilkes, the 'extraordinary' issue of The North Briton of April 7th which 'was printed but never published', and contemporary comment from other newspapers and periodicals (The Monitor, The Auditor, St. James's Chronicle) and The North Briton No. 46 of Nov. 1763. This volume is paginated continuously throughout and with no. 46 at p.153-164.
The paper was later continued by William Bingley as nos. 47 to 218 (1768 - 1771) and he was similarly gaoled
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- Bookseller
- P & B Rowan
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45785
- Title
- The North Briton.
- Author
- NORTH BRITON] WILKES, John (editor)]
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for J. Williams
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1763
- Size
- small 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- freedom speech periodical radical anti-establishment
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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