Pierre DU CALVET
Appel à la justice de l'Etat [Appeal to the Justice of the State; or A Collection of Letters to the King, to the Prince of Wales, and to the Ministers; together with a Letter to the Gentlemen of Canada, faithfully setting forth the dreadful acts of arbitrary violence that prevailed in the colony during the recent disturbances, and the true sentiments of Canada regarding the Quebec Bill, and the form of government best suited to restore peace and public happiness. A letter to General Haldimand himself. Finally, a last letter to Lord Sidney, containing an abstract of the news of the 4th and 10th of May last, relating to what took place in April in the Legislative Council of Quebec, with the protests of six councillors, led by the Lieutenant-Governor Henry Hamilton, against the new State inquisition established by the Governor and his party]
Sans nom d'éditeur|London 1784|12.7 x 21.5 cm|Relié
Very rare first edition of this substantial memorandum on the "Pierre Calvet Affair", which unsettled Canada in the aftermath of the American War of Independence.
Sabin 21044. In the CCF, copies only at the BnF and Rouen.
A few light spots of foxing; a faint marginal dampstain to the fore-edge of the front endpaper.
Half green sheep with corners, smooth spine slightly darkened and ruled in gilt, gilt fillet border to the marbled paper boards, a central gilt cartouche bearing a crowned cipher to each cover. Corners rubbed, a few scuffs to the edges, bookplate pasted to one pastedown, lemon-coloured edges; nineteenth-century binding.
Parallel to the work The Case of
€4,500