Le Pot aux Roses oder geheime und vertraute Korrespondenz des ehrbaren Thomas Boot, Hofschuhmachers, mit Sr. Majestät Georg dem Dritten, König von Grosbritanien, und dessen Ministern, den Lords Stormont, Sandwich, Germaine und North. Aus dem Französischen

[AMERICAN REVOLUTION]

Published by no printer, [Hamburg?], 1782

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"AMERICA CANNOT, AND MUST NOT BE INDEPENDENT" 8vo. (2), 244 pp. Bound in contemporary white boards, all edges red. Front joint a little cracked at foot, holding firmly; generally a very good copy, pages clean and fresh. Scarce sole edition of this German translation of a collection of satirical letters "on the conduct of the Dutch during the American war, etc." (Sabin). While the French original, Pot au roses, ou Correspondance secrete et familiere de l'Honorable Thomas Boot, cordonnier royal, avec Sa Majesté George III, is a relatively common book, the present German translation offers a somewhat unusual example of contemporary German interest in the ongoing American Revolutionary War. In the letters particularly the final letter found on pp. 240-245, "Lord Germaine an Thomas Boot" the belief is firmly expressed that even in 1781/2, the English will be victorious: "America cannot, and must not be independent!" (p. 243). OCLC shows US copies at Princeton, Michigan, Tulane, Duke, JCB, and the Huntington. * Sabin 64572 (French ed. only); Check List of American Revolutionary War Pamphlets in the Newberry Library #430 (French ed. only); and cf Echeverria & Wilkie, The French Image of America 782/52.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Le Pot aux Roses oder geheime und vertraute Korrespondenz des ehrbaren Thomas Boot, Hofschuhmachers, mit Sr. Majestät Georg dem Dritten, König von Grosbritanien, und dessen Ministern, den Lords Stormont, Sandwich, Germaine und North. Aus dem Französischen
• Publisher: no printer, [Hamburg?]
• Publication Date: 1782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana