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London: A Strahan, for J. Hatchard, 1801. Ilustrador. London: A Strahan, for J. Hatchard, 1801. Maritime Diplomacy During the Anglo-French Wars [Great Britain]. A Collection of Publick Acts and Papers, Relating to the Principles of Armed Neutrality, Brought Forward in the Years 1780 and 1781. London: Printed by A Strahan, for J. Hatchard, 1801. viii, 278 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"; 21.5 x 13 cm). Later pebbled cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing and light wear to extremities, joints cracked, a few chips to spine. Ex-library with gilt institutional name to front board, library bookplate and shelf label to front pastedown, and ink stamps to title page and p. v. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing, early owner signature (of Mark Dyer) to head of p. 1. $250. * Only edition. This collection of treaties and other public documents and state papers was issued in the context of the conflict between Britain and France that would culminate in the Napoleonic Wars. Britain and France had already been sparring intermittently as part of the American and French Revolutionary Wars, and Britain would declare war against Napoleon in 1803. The collection was intended to establish "some of those Grounds of long recognized Law, and of antient and modern Treaties, on which this Country, as a belligerent Power, rests its Pretensions to exercise the Right of searching Neutral Ships, and of confiscating all such contraband Articles or Enemy's Property as may be found on board" (Advertisement). Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature 18210.

London: Published by A. Strahan, 1801. Ilustrador. First Edition. London: Published by A. Strahan, 1801. "Intended As a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries" Mortimer, Thomas [1730-1810]. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. Lectures on the Elements of Commerce, Politics, and Finances; Intended as a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England; And Peculiarly Calculated to Qualify Young Noblemen and Gentlemen for Situations in Any of the Public Offices Under Government, And for Parliamentary Business. London: Published by A. Strahan, Printers-Street; For T.N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster Row, 1801, 1801. xxviii, 442 pp. Includes six-page subscriber list. Added stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, lettering piece, blind fillets and gilt publication date to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to interior, somewhat heavier in places, light foxing to a few leaves, owner inscription (of Dudley P. Bailey, Jr, dated 1846) to verso of portrait. $850. * Only edition. Best known as the author of Every Man His Own Broker (First edition, 1761), Mortimer was an attorney, diplomat and writer with an interest in commercial law. He believed Blackstone provided an essential component of the nobleman and gentleman's education. His Lectures were intended to cover the remaining areas: commerce, politics and finances. The engraving is based on a portrait by Sir William Beechey [1753-1839]. Titled "Thomas Mortimer, Esq.," it was published in London by J. Sewell in 1799. Not in Eller. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 481.

London: Published by A. Strahan, 1801. Ilustrador. First Edition. London: Published by A. Strahan, 1801. "Intended As a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries" Mortimer, Thomas [1730-1810]. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. Lectures on the Elements of Commerce, Politics, and Finances; Intended as a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England; And Peculiarly Calculated to Qualify Young Noblemen and Gentlemen for Situations in Any of the Public Offices Under Government, And for Parliamentary Business. London: Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street; For T.N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster Row, 1801. xxviii, 442 pp. Includes six-page subscriber list. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary tree sheep, rebacked retaining original spine with lettering piece and gilt fillets, front hinge mended. Some rubbing, corners bumped and lightly worn, upper corner of title page repaired. Light toning, negligible foxing to some leaves, internally clean. A handsome copy. $850. * Only edition. Best known as the author of Every Man His Own Broker (First edition, 1761), Mortimer was an attorney, diplomat and writer with an interest in commercial law. He believed Blackstone provided an essential component of the nobleman and gentleman's education. His Lectures were intended to cover the remaining areas: commerce, politics and finances. Not in Eller. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 481.