[BURKE (Edmund)]. Observations on a Late State of the Nation.1769

Printed for J. Dodsley, Second Edition, half-title, [4], 155, [1]pp., disbound. This is primarily a reply to William Knox's "Present State of the Nation", 1768, with comments on Thomas Whately's "Considerations on the Trade and Finances of this Kingdom", 1766. It contains frequent references to the American Colonies. Todd, 16b; Kress, 6612; Goldsmith, 10557; Higgs, 4719; Sabin, 56488; Adams, 69-9b.